Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1932, Page 47

SPORTS. PAID ROLE SEENS 10 IMPROVE SKILL Houghton and Armour Among Noteworthy Examples of Metamorphosis. | | amateur golfer into a first- class professional in recent years? Have you noticed the way 50 many amateurs of only aver- age ability have branched out as top-ranking professionals within a few months of their change from amateur to professional status? There has been so many examples over the last 10 years of amateurs who turned pro becoming top-notch pro- fessional players that there must be something to the business of becoming & golfing business man that results in & vast improvement in the game of the man who turns pro. Just a few examples of good run-of- the-mine amateurs who have become top-notch professionals are Tommy Armour, Densmore Shute, Fay Coleman and John McHugh, and right here in ‘Washington Al Houghton, the Kenwood pro, who stands at the top of the heap among the paid players in th> Middle Atlantic sector. George Von Elm is another former amateur who turned pro, and has become one of the very best of the men who make their living by their skill at the game. But George was better than an average amateur. Any gent who wins the amateur cham- pionship, as Von Elm did in 1926, after having been runner-up two years be- fore, is better than average, particu- larly since the rise of Von Elm was contemporaneous with the best years of Bob Jones. AKE Tommy Armour as an ex- ample. Tommy came to this coun- try from Scotland back about 1920, & battle-scarred veteran of the British army, a fine amateur golfer in the Old . but just an average player . His first amateur championship here found Tommy going to the third round, where Ouimet beat him. The following vear Bob Gardner beat him in the first round, and in 1922 Harrison R. Johnston licked him in the first round of the tourney at Brookline. That was the last time Tommy qualified for the amateur championship. He was just a good amateur, only a fair hitter for length. playing most of his shots with a fade, in the typical British fashion; even then a great iron player, | but never championship material. What | has happened since? Tommy turned | professional in the Winter of 1924, and immediately became one of the leading | vy winners of the Winter circ He won tk National Open champion-; ship in 1927, and today Tommy, 10 | years ago an averagz amateur, is| ranked among the first half-dozen pro- | fessional golfers of the world What a‘ change in 10 years! Densmore Shute, the son of an Ohio profescicnal, played several times in the amateur championship, but went nowhere in particular. Just another‘ average amateur. In 1928 he turned pro, and Denny could have won the open championship of 1929 had he had the experience he now has. If he had played the last five holes at Winged Foot_in‘level par, he would have nosed out Bob Jones and Al Espinosa by a stroke. Today Shute is ranked high among the professional golfers of the land a star among stars. He recently ‘won the Miami-Biltmore tourney, after winning the Glenn Falls Open and fin- ishing second in the Kenwood Open. NLY last week Johnny McHugh, another man who as an amateur was only an average player, fur- nished the real sensation of the San Francisco match play tourney by push- ing over Olin Dutra, a top-heavy fa- vorite to win. McHugh turned profes- sional last year, along with Fay Cole- man, another good California amateur. Von Elm turned “business-man golfer” in the Fall of 1930, a few weeks before Jones withdrew from amateur competi- tion. In 1931 Von EIm tied for the open championship, losing to Billy Burke in a 72-hole play-off, only after showing the most rugged pertinacity and grit. Twice he holed long putts to | tie on the eighteenth hole. Right here in Washington you can take the case of Al Houghton. Al was only a fair-to-middlinig amateur back Golf Analyzed BY JOE GLASS—! AVING described in previous articles how star golfers use the left knee and ankle in the back swing, we can now go to the swing itself, considering it detall by detail. Right now it should be said that in practice only one detail should be taken up at a time. It should be worked with until action ‘becomes automatic. Granted that you understand your stance must be easy and in com- fortable relationship to the ball, that You know how to grip properly, and COOPER ,SLIGHTLY BENT EYE ON BALL GOOD GRIP COMFORTABLE STANCE BY W. R. McCALLUM. AVE you watched the meta- morphosis of an average THE BARBER FINALLY FIGURES OUT HOwW HE CouLD HAVE MADE GAME AND AN EXTRA TRICK (N THE HAND HE PLAYED THE NIGHT BEFORE N 05 nymusume, me in the days when he was at his penk' as a Simon-pure, along about 1926 and | 1927. He won the Congressional and Washington tourneys as a member of the Manor Club, but he was by no means the best amateur around the Capital. What has happened since? In 1928 Houghton turned professional, first taking the job as pro at the White Flint Country Club and later becoming attached to the Kenwood Golf and Country Club. Since he turned pro- fessional Houghton's game has improved 50 much that today he is rated as the top-notch pro in this sector, holder of the Maryland Open championship, leading qualifier for the P. G. A. and tied for the lead in the National Open qualifying test, winner of the Shenan- doah Open and first Iccal pro in the Kenwood Open. What has caused this | change from an ordinary amateur to a first-class pro, admitting that the pro- fessional game is faster than that of the amateurs? L says that sheer necessity is at the base of his own improvement. Forced to meet better players at their own game, he pulled his skill up until he came abreast and then passed most of the men with whom he com- %n old friend MA peted. tice and closer attention to the details | of the swing than he could give as an amateur. “It all resulted from a new and different viewpoint on the game,” he says. “I knew I had to go out and improve, and I started to practice hard and work out theories that I didn’t have time to work on as an amateur.” Armour, just a moderate hitter while a Simon-pure, is one of the longest and straightest hitters in the world today. He accomplished his improvement by steady practice and by ‘amplifying and improving one of the soundest golf swings that ever has been seen. Today Tommy Armour is ranked among the longest smiters of a golf ball to be found anywhere. Ven Elm was only a moderate hitter as an amateur. But after he turned professional he realized the valuz of extteme length. Today he is as long as any man in this country. The same is true of Leo Diegel, who was a good amateur around Detroit before he turned pro back in 1919. There isn't any doubt that in most cases a change in the status of a golfer from amateur to pro results in a big improvement in the game. Will it be true of Roland MacKenzle, who has just turned professional? returns’ PACL CIGAR VANA & DOMESTIc RSuMATRA wrRAPPER, “LER lO¢Szze reducedto Sale Starts 9 A.M. SELLING OUT Bankrupt Stock WALFORD’S 909 Pennsylvania Ave. Watches, Jewelry, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Etc. At 40% to 60% Off Going Out of Business! 'Everything Must Be Sold! Don’t Miss This Sale! thnt you will keep your head down— as Harry Cooper is shown doing in the drawing above—what is the first detail of the back swing that should be practiced? The answer is, taking the club head back from the ball with an ex- tended left arm and hand, the right arm and hand doing little else than balance the club. In practicing this detail use a full swing each time. 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