Show or J T TUE H E ancient and honorable game of golf is looking for a standout one who can be labeled the champ So far no such person has propped himself against the skyline 3 of fame Starting with the Los Angeles Open the winners of this years year's T Jr I I I tournaments have been Ben Hogan L Lloyd l 10 o y d Mangrum Bob Bobby b y L Locke 0 eke D Dutch u t c h Harrison Jimmy Demaret and Sammy Snead Close up and threatening threatening threatening threat threat- ening we have had Skip Alexander Dick Metz Johnny Palmer and sev sev- eral others who Sam Snead have ripped the hide Ide off par to no avail with rith win win- ers aers beating the Old Man by 15 orto or 16 to strokes One of the thrills was to find Snead locating a lost long-lost putting puttIng putting putt putt- ing touch which brought him the Texas open title In forthe for forthe forthe the 72 holes Just 20 under par Wherever he ho finishes Snead still carries a big gallery having havIng having hav hav- ing the type of swing big galleries gal gat- Jedes love to watch full watch vatch full and free with complete lack laek of effort Snead Hogan Demaret and Locke are the gallery favorites beIng being being be be- ing possessed to a large degree of that Indefinable ingredient known is as color Color is something the galleries jr r the crowds like something with witha a I t definite human appeal There must be better definitions but well we'll wenet let et you think think them up up Ruth and Dempsey had it to a greater degree than anyone else Locke is playing as well as he did last year but so far he hasn't been able ible to leave the pack behind The pros will all be in Florida at an early sarly date and from Florida the trek will be into the Carolinas and then Ulen to Augusta Ga for the Masters Masters Masters Mas Mas- which should be a nectarine Lull tull of juice this season with so many possible winners playing over overa a championship course Keep Swinging Stringing Recently we visited here and there with a number of leading professional professional pro pro- golfers The idea was to milk them of any helpful advice that might remove a few strokes from the scores of any readers Here Dere was the consensus The idea is to keep swinging swinging- to swing every club Many golfers golfers golfers golf golf- ers seem to think the game Is divided Into three elements elements- wooden club play play Iron Iron play play play- and putting This isn't true Every Every Every Ev Ev- ery golf stroke should be and must be a swinging motion You certainly swing your wooden wood wood- en clubs Many figure the iron shot Is ls a hit It isn't Any iron you use must be a swing This is also true of putting You must swing the putter not not use it to stab or jab Watch Horton Smith or Locke putt The trouble most bad putters have Is that they dont don't swing the putting blade You can get twice as much power from a swing as you can with witha a hit or a punch This advice came from such golfers golfers golfers golf golf- ers as Locke Hogan Demaret and Snead Snead has been swinging every club except his putter He was Jabbing jabbing jabbing Jab jab- bing and stabbing with this moneymaking moneymaking moneymaking money- money making blade until he hit San Antonio Antonio An An- tonio where he started a smooth swing in hi motion When you get the miseries miseries miser miser- ies les you are a lost soul Snead told me On a yard hole he had just driven more than yards over a out baked-out terrain His approach with a wedge had stopped eight feet from the cup His first putt ran three feet past and he blew the next one one one-a a five in place of a probable three That's what Sammy meant by the miseries The toughest part of a big golf tournament one veteran said Is ls still trying to concentrate concentrate concentrate concen concen- through 72 holes There are times when It is hard enough to concentrate on one hole bole Ethics in Boxing There is one ring division that should have set any number of records rec rec- in iii in place of cracking up This is the middleweight bunch It was discovered that Rocky Rock Graziano acting as a soldier had deserted the army serving 8 or 10 months for this escapade It also was charged that he had boasted of oi breaking out of service and earning many dollars Which he did As far as Graziano is concerned the main argument has been along two lines No 1 Granted he was guilty guilt which he be was he be has bas served his sentence and has paid the laws law's penalty Isn't that enough Wb Why punish him further No 2 A war deserter should not be allowed to make a killing by running away Ills penalty should have been death before a firing squad or at least 10 years in stir A weak minded court let Itt him oft off too easily If many young men find In time of war you can desert and comeback come comeback comeback back for a clean up wh why hang around |