Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1926, Page 37

Jones, in His Fmgt HIS SKILL DUE TO LUCK, ~ SAYS KING OF LINKSMEN| Attributes His Progress in Sport to Having Stewart - Maiden as Model for Form—Asserts Left Hand ‘Governs All Shots Exceptfng Putt. Em?)’ ) e and k Bobby . B. Keeler, golf.writer for the Atlanta Journal, nown as; Bol Jomes' Boswell, obtained for The Associated Press, Tollowing . interview 10ith the 10qrld ‘golf champion, which is the only int which Jones says he ever has givew out or probadly ever will give out. The interview was ob- tained in response to @ request from the general manager of The Associated Press -to John 8, Cohen, editor of the dtlanta Journal, who was asked that Jones be quoted from. the point of view of a master stylist on how to play the game. The interview is copyrighted by The Associated Press. ¢ TLANTA, Ga., July 14.—~Bobby Jones, open golf champion of America A and Gréat Britain, and amateur champion of America, all at the same time, is a difficult boy to interview. But that is not at all because he is the first official golfing champion of the world. It is becawse he is one of the most modest boys in the world. It required 3 good deal Lof convincing to g-in'hi; first, and very likelyshis last, formal interview | gree: ‘on golf.. I told him the greatest of press associations believed that many peoplewanted to'hear from him, in his own words, how he played golf— the “master-stylist”—and how he won championships. Bobby' at last blushed and gave in. 8 ok ‘ “All‘right,” he said. “Where do we start? % i i “Where you started golf,” I suggested. ow did you get your game? ' “Luck,” he answered succinctly. shots, and he even plays the ball as *The biggest piece of golfing luck I | far ahead as-opposite .the left instep. sever had *was when the Atlanta Ath-| 1 think the idea is tp keep the weight Jdetic Club got Stewart Maiden for its | well back of the stroke. When it wmjo 1 was § years old then|®gets in front a ing can happen and lived opposite the gate of the East | and usually doe: Lake golf course. Next year dad 1 asked about hands, arms and moved pur family into a little cot-| &rip. tage on the club property, alongside| “I never think about my hands. The what now'is the first fairway. I had [ regular overlapping or Vardon grip taken up golf in a small way with a | seems to take care of that pha: sawed-off cleek one of the East Lake | pretty well. I think that grip players had given me. . t, if your hands are reasonably “Stewart never gave me any lessons| big and strong. The little finger of 1 just followed him around and |the right hand overlaps the fore- watched him. I wanted to play golf, | finger of the left, the left thumb be- and he was the best player about the | Ing burled ur‘nd:;';.h. :}:cgt ':cl‘;n ‘: club, and I imitated his style—like| very compac! wi nds % Keep the hands from working against finest and soundest style I ever have | The club is held strictly in_the seen. Naturally, I did not know this | fingers rather than delicately. Don' at the time. But I grew up swinging | Squeeze it. I can spoil a shot any- like him. In the last 10 years I've | time by tightening my grip con- changed a good deal in some ways.|sciously, :&y build is not like Stewart's, you now.” u're fatter,” I suggested. Bobby’s ears reddened. I'm not as fat| right hand on the shaft and overlap as I was when I got off the Aqui-|the right little finger with the fore- tania ten lost I take the putter back with hand and stroke the ball Scioto, and I'm not fat anyhow. As I| with the right. was saying, I don't swing just like| “It has worked very well at times, Stewart today, but that was the [as at Merion and Oakmont, and not so rou'nd.luon. and tll can n‘:m golf course any time ai ng ex- actly like him. He has a sound and :;hflg?eg. Thirty-nine putts—it was rrible. Bobby needs only 31 or 32 putts in “In golf 1 should say it was a style | Play, an rount ne's which would suit fundamentally any|he used only 29. Thus his winning card of 74 In the last round of the Py punlens he vas anatomlcally | British open, with 39 putts and only 35 other strokes in it, was a wonderful nerve ST vt Sz S S 2.y ven't hel the : % atyie by changing it. Anyway. 1 e stralgh help believing that fs the bekt 'Y thi d I think to acquire a sound game—imitation of that arm tends to make & ' | NURMI GETS NEW MAR IN BEATING EDWIN WIDE 100l k or. played asked me, somewhat shyly, if’ he a long time over the shot 0 Interview on Golf, Tells How i} EN I ‘ —BY CORINNE FRAZI : NTEREST 'of the junior sportswomen on the municipal playgrounds of the District is centering around the series of tennis tournaments which rapidly are getting under way to decide which players shall represent the various grounds in the interplayground Garfield and Rosedale events already are -in will start play tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock for t! st year Twin Oaks ran a doubles tourney instead of singles. 1es Shanahan were the winning team. These two the final round of the coming event. ound. thieen Stead and are expected to figure D. C. GOLFERS ENTER = f:: MEET AT SHERWOOD The first annual.invitation tourna- ment of the Sherwood Forest Golf Club on the plotures course over- it promptly, and if he took & full | pext swing or a three-quarters swing. He said he did not remember one single thing about the pllylnfoof that shot after he decided to go n. A ‘“What did you think about last Sat- urday when you stood on the last tee at Scioto with 480-yard hole on which to get a birdie four to go ahead of Joe Turnesa?"” Bobby grinned refiectively. “I thought I'd sock this one, lod. " . "1 that was ' before wunf, I dian't think of anything consclously while I was swinging.” ‘Well, he socked 310 yards with the nst him; And he got home th a spade iron mashie second and got the birdie four and won the cham- iron. It keep the ‘feel’ of that left hand better that way.” About the nerve strain in tourna- ment play: » ““There are two kinds of golf," said Bobby seriously, “there is golf and causes me the most suffering. worse than the last, oddly emough. You see, in starting, I don’t know how I'm going to be hitting my shots, the first few holes. The start at was torture, because I had played wretchedly in practice and was un- certain if T could hit the ball decently. I do notthink nervousness hurts 3; game. more nervous I am B (e S slopplest rounde T have played I was not nervous at ali. As to the strain, | . I don't seem to be conscious of it during a round. Afterward—well, I know something has been done to me. I sort of collapsed at Columbus, after getting back to the hotel. I all in. e Pat Hufty an ton have been sent special invitations to play in the tourney, and several of this group and other Washingtonians may enter the tourney. Gy Mallonee won the low gross n the annual tournament of the Washington Typothetae held yes. o |terdayiat the Columbia Country Club. Mallonee turned in a gross card of 85. Charles German won the low net prize with a card of 98—24—T4. The golfing members of the Ty- thetae were the guests of Fred D. on at & luncheon which preceded the ‘tourney. Six golfers broke 100 for the course. Summaries of the winners and scores follow: T e S Mol 5 e Jow mfi. German, 98—24— St SmRse P hoas DAl was & leet drom e :tvuu—mn-mu—u— c've:t in ?uq\md morhxll.é- ';“:;l J\E: Abble Green, director of George: town ph.vgo\-nd. on which a doubles rname; staged last year, has she. will run off a singles tourney this summer, begin- ning next Monday, July 19, and if pos- sible, will follow this by a doubles series. Last year Margaret Kearney Kiatt! won the doubles title and Sadie and represented Georgetown in the play for- the city title. Miss Green States that the winner and runner-up of singles tournament this year Wwill be teamed together for the big announced . . | event in August, Play in the Rosedale event was in- who frequent th Adams playground are busily sharp. éning their wits over divers checker- in preparation for the checker tournament which will be staged at on this ground, should be reported to her by 6:30 Thursday evening. E“:nl:lflon play will. begin at o'clocl morning. The finals will be played in the afternoon. Swimmers of the fair sex from Lud- low - playground are scheduled to t.l‘t: a dip 'I;A th rnoon , accompanied b; Lydia Edwards, their dlnl:n‘or. 1§ WEDNESDAY, RLD SWIM RECORD FARRELL IS LEADER IN SHAWNEE GOLF SHAWNEE:ON-DELAWARE, ' Pa., July 14 ' (Pe—Johnny Farrell of Quaker Ridge led the field at the end of the first halt of the 72-hole medal play ‘Shawnee .open golf : tourna- ment. He had a card of 71—69—140 for the 36 holes, five better than Bill Mehlhorn, Chicago, and Bobby Cltl.: shank, ' Progress, who tied for ond. ‘With the exception.of Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, nearly all the stars who played "in the national open at Columbus last week teed off yesterday. Other cards in the field of 143 players under 150 were Bill Melhord, Chi Bobby Cruitshank, 145. - Jack Forrester, Baltusrol, 71 7—148. Bob MacDonald, Chi ol 2N KRAMER OPPOSES MENDO IN: PHILADELPHIA RING CLEVELAND, Ohlo, July 14 (. —Danny Kramer, Philadelphia, and Jimmy Mendo, - Cleveland, feather- welilhu, meet here tonight in the main bout of four ten-rounders. Kramer was to have met " Johnny Datto at Cleveland last night, but the Filipino injured his hand bout with Charlie ‘Glazer of Chicago Td- | a5t week. n by the ecessary e v, |fact that the majority of the Oriole -|and will not gather again on their home courts unti] after September 1. or Cottman, who is arranging ‘| for the intercity’ play, states that she hopes to be able . |team T | notify the Washington group as soon END EUROPEAN TOUR BY A. R. DECKER. = . " Radio. BERLIN, July 14.—Howard Kinsey and Vincent Richards, tennis ambas- is able to arrange a date of meeting. GERMAN NET FANS LAUDING LANDMANN BERLIN, July 14. ~The play of Dr. Helnz Landmann Darmsf 1 m.m»mtumumuamumfl silver cup. Floyd Hybert, Buffalo welter weight, meets Harold Weygert, Mil- waukee, in the semi-final. 10'5 W . BY TED DREWES. National Public Parks Tennis Champion. ET'S go into the matter of foot faults—a most important angle of tennis. No one wants to foot fault. It is a simple matter to keep from doing so. A foot fault is therefore hardly excusable. Learn to serve without a fault, If your foot touches the line it is a foot fault. And pping on_the line certainly is a foot fault. Btep- ping intd the court is & foot fault and swinging a foot over the line just previous to hitting the ball is a foot fault. Keep both feet back of ths line until the racket hits the ball. That" a fair service. It is better to keep a little back of the line and avold trouble. One foot must stay on the ground. A jump is a foot fault. The diagram shows three foot faults in figures 1, 2 and 3. In figure 4 the closest foot 13 inches back of the line. That is the safest way to play it. The player who deliberately foot faults is as lacking in sportmanship a8 if he miscalled a ball on the line. ‘There should be no poor sportsmen among the members of The Star Boys Club, and let's learn our tennis so thoroughly that no one will ever be able to suspicion that any one of us deliberately foot faulted. What do you want to know? Ask questions: Question—What is the surest way to learn to serve correctly in tennis? Answer—Take . your position at least six inches behind the base line and then you won't even approach a foot fault. . — U. S. WOMAN TENNIS STARS T0 BE DINED By the Associsted Press, NEW YORK, July 14-—America's woman stars of tennis, successful in their Wightman cup invasion of Eng- land, will be dined tonight as part of the program welcoming them back from Europe. Coples of the famous trophy which has come back to the United States after an absence of two years, will be presented to Miss Helen Wills, Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup, Mrs. Hazel Hotch- kiss Wightman, Miss Eleanor Goss, Miss Mary K. Browne and Miss beth Ryan. The list includes all play- ers of winning teams since the series between America and England was started in 1923, the first victory going to_the United States. Jones W. Mersereau, president of the United States Lawn Tennis Associa- tion, and Julin 8. Myrick, chairman of the International play committee of the association, head the welcom- ing committee. FOUR ENGLEWOOD BOYS AMATEURS. ONCE MORE CHICAGO, July 14 (#).—Four Englewood high school foot ball stars, who participated in a professional game Wetween Milwaukee and the Chicago Cardinals of the National League last season, have been re- stored to amateur standing. David Davidson, principal of the school, assumed the responsibility of declaring the youths amateurs. He said the boys did not realize they were breaking the amateur code, even if they did receive pay. HO IN TRUCKDC( The coming of the ‘Americans to .| Betlin is considered a mlu as well & good player in childhood. If You don't get started in childhood, take ! .;',’"'{:::Mn'.‘“ some lessons. &ood prof 0] can work out a style that will suit you, if iy g ";'-"'m';%t’:..::'umud"';{. - ‘you will do what he says,” the m::u;. I know the right hand -y il anyway. provi the punch, or most of it. But a ml for me, . Jouse Discusess Mle Biyie. if I get to-thinking about the right |walk along like an Indian, concentrat- The subject iof style characteristics hand, or ignoring the left, the right ly on the next shot. with came up, Bobby now being universally | seems to get in too soon and all kinds national tennis. His merit, however, 'was lllustrated in 1923, when he cap- |¢ tured the Gérman championship by by | defeating Baron Von Kehrling, who m_;':-w competed at Wimbledon. o player's Kinsey, Monday, was 6—1, mans, who surprised tl 3 their play. Without experience in in. ternational tennis, the Germans did not know where their players stood. » regarded as the glass'of fashion and |of trouble resuits. the mold of in. golf. ' Bobby did Géts “Feel” in the Stroke. mnt to talk about this phase. I S “By regarding the left as I "Well, judging by the pictures I !e-nietalon‘o! et 806 of myself,” he admitted, “I keep | and the right, no matter how , my feet closer together in the full | comes in at the proper juncture. At 8i ‘when I had those rounds for the British ball. ' My arms do not seem to get far |ing away from my body in the back swing and I suppose this is what they mean |as if I could ? in saying my style is compact. My | Where I wanted to. I’ stance is very slightly open for all | this phase seriously shots except the putt, that is the left | months and try to improve my game, foot is a bit farther back from the | Which certaln line of shot than the right. ent this year, “I do not regard this as important. Sometimes I play shots with my toes Jevel and I know fine players who employ a very open stance and 'with a square stance—the t and still othets with a closed stance, the right foot being drawn back. The main point in my stance, as 1| ¥ understand it, is to play the bail op- lff“ld 2 posite the left heel in all normal full | ] do I don’t maki wood shots and in most normal full | §aid emphatically, iron shots for distance. Two or three | (IBK OF even one years ago I was getting into a lot of | Fras trouble, pulling and smothering, by carelessly letting the ball start toward the line of the right heel. Pitch Shots and Trons. I play many pitch shots and irons, :fl when s low flight with much back- | gu I telt Kopmpflmd, 3 Adams News Depot, 902 G N.W. ‘feel’ in the stroke; | Ing . desperadtel: an eighth of a mile to walk before|They now believe they have cham- reaching the ball, I feel sort of with, or the referee, or some friend th the gallery relieves the tension. Then when I get to the ball I can snap on the concentration as hard as I need to.”" : “One thing more, Bobby. There is 1ot of Int;:ut in n‘:hou nen‘:l'tl:; strokes ve cal on you at St. mu and Brookline, and at say that one cost ship; and the one at % Off Ancluding Priestley, Trop plonship material < Vincent Richards told the writer. he considered the Germans capable of making a good showing in a world match. However, the Americans were obviously stale, having played more than 100 games in the last four months. i (Copyright, 1926.) JERRY A. C. .ORGANIZES. Heinrich ~ Kleinschroth and Dr. Landmann had a lead of 8—7 over The Jerty Sportf Athletic Club, with Tivoll Buil ; headquarters in the has with A . asan ocean breeze! And lookfor the “B. V. D.” label. Itstands for matchless Comfort,Fit and Wear.: - Be Sure to SEE i's“B.V.D” - - JtALWAYS Bears this Red-Woven Label rop- cals and Mohairs, also Me- | dium-weight Fabrics suit: able for Fall wear. % cooling shower —a brisk rub—then slipintosnowy “B.V. D.”—; Y 5 y i~ b % to 1 Ton, COMPLETE with FULL PANEL body— delivered, $995. 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