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r F THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1022, CRICKET SOME OLD COUNTRY GOLF COURSES| Written for the British Whig by Dr. L. J. Austin, Professor, | SPORTING THEM DAYS IS GONE FOREVER Queen's University, City. | Last we:l: we played a round on the Bristo: 2nd Clifton golf cour a few miles cvor tle famous susper- | ston bridge. ow let us hae a tour round the others in the ne gi.- | borhood before starting down the sea coast. There is nothing very startling about any of these and a | full description waste | time and space, | 1. Henbury, about three miles from Clifton, is also rather hard to get at except in a car. It originally presented nine holes on a flat park- land, with nice turf but no special features. Before the war a further nine holes were constructed in th valley beicw, with a few nice water | shots, but it was always rather soft "nd grass too lush. For a long tim: | 'this course was the favorite with the lady pieyers, as many of the others | wore closed to them. 2. Long Ashton is situated not | very far from the Bristol and Clift and presents many fine holek or down turf. The course is interrupt- ed by a curlous walled village of about forty cottages called Provid- ence. Tradition says that this originally one of two or three serves" peopled by the crews of sev-| eral galleons of the Spanish Armada, that made their way up the Bristol | Channel 'under the mistaken Idea | that they had rounded the Land's | End after their painful passage round Scotland. 3. Mangotstield is a fayorite alub with the city business men, as it is easily reached by the local train ser- vice. Although there are some very curious shots to be made up and down a deep valley, it is, on the whole, a disappointing course and frequently wet in the hollows. would only was 're- 4. Saltford is situated about halt way between Bath and Bristol on some high and rough ground above a beautiful] stretch of the Avon. For a long time it was a very popular re- sort, as it was the only club that per- mitted golf on Sunday. Most of the others are now open and this attrac- tion is removed, but progress in this direction has been slow in the whole Of the West Country, as compared | the | hundred and twenty miles aw { works and deep ditches with London. I suppose that none of RANK Tro # No. 5---~The Wooden Ciubs, The driver and brassie are the most powerful clubs of the set. When these are used the length of the swing and the pivot of the jody are at thelr maximum. Some players take the club further _ back then others. The horizontal is supposed to be the ideal position but it must be noted that very few golfers stop their back swing at this point. It 1s impossible and indeed inadvis- able to be dogmatic in this point for every one must find out for himself what his own best hitting position is. A person with small hands and weak forearms will require a longer . swing to develope the hit, than an- other - stronger person, and one should be guided absolutely by his own physical characteristic as to how far he takes the club back. As laides are generally physically weaker than men they will require a longer swing as a rule. There are two parts to the swing, or at least two ways of viewing it, for the swing is always to be consid- ered as a unity--the arc the club makes and the twist of the body. It is admitted now by the best author- ftles that there should be no sway of the body and the most consistent per- formers are those who observe this . idea. The body simply pivots and should require no more space to ex- ecute the swing than that needed at the address, I know of one instructor who in order to make it clear that there is no sway in the upswing makes his PSON, AMATEUR CHAMPION F CANADA. 2 members will ever this arti-} and so, I may safely say that | Saltford is made for a peculiar game | Lut hardly for golf. { jath has a really fine course at | Sham Castle on the top of the high! down land, but I cannot take you | there as 1 have never played on it | Before proceeding to the coast it | | Is well worth while to spend a day| touring the country to see the re-| mains of the primitive races and of | Romans. The hot springs at | Bath were very elaborately utilized | by the Romans, the large swin ing | and private hot baths being in ex-| cellent preservation. | Running from Bath to Bristol and then on all the way to Exeter, one | was | a continuous line of fortifications, | originally British in construction and | later used by the Romans. Each camp with its circular rings was ar-| ranged on the top of high hills to permit of signals all along i Two camps are situated at Bristol | itself on the cliffs of the Avon| Gorge, placed to cover the only ford | practicable in the river at that date. | Ye the {| The finest military position is found at Cadbury Camp about six miles out | with a huge triple circle of earth Although it | is such a fine specimen it is but lit-! tle known as it is rather inaccessible | and In very wild country, but Is well worth a visit, If time permits a large Druid cir- cle some eight or nine miles cut should be visited. This is a fine ex-| ample of those mysterious structures! and ranks as second best to Stone- | | henge. | After inspecting the huge stones| and line of the Druid remains a| rough road on the Mendip Hills takes | us to the Cheddar Gorge--a sort of | miniature canyon running down to] the flats of the channel. The most famous stalactite caves in the old! country, are found at the base of | these cliffs and should not be miss-| ed. | After a pleasant day| wandering about the- country we shall proceed to resume the golf by | starting next day at the Weston-| super-mare. spending wid in this way the imaginary wal! whl be touched. But with the expert players this movement is very small. This should make beginners pause and wonder for often times in their enthusiastic endeavors to follow through they hurl their bodies for- ward before the ball has been struck, which can result "in nothing but dis- aster, In order'to give a ball any great distance with the wooden clubs, there ---- MACDONA pupils swing without a club, with the * right side close to a wall. If the side touches the wall the swing is not | properly made. If this example were | carried out further, so that an im- | _aginary wall were placed at the left | © side, it should be possible to hit the | ball without touching the wall with ~ the left side. Of course gfter the | ~ ball fs hit the hands travelling at so fast a olip will naturally pull the | weight after them on to the left foot, | SH, Shbaoe? | must be considerable pivoting. A ti HULLO THERE - MISTER TOMPKINS -- I'VE SOME SAMPLES HERE, OLD CHAP! RUMMY THESE (OUD FRESM SALES- MEN GET MY GOAT -- THIS OUGHT TO SHUT KNOWN "PEP" ~ My Boy-\ YOUR FAMOUS VIM AND Comuriph ~---- To prove this one bas simply to restrict {the body absolutely and hit the ball by use of the hands only. The hands cannot get into a hitting position and the temptation is to sway the Ix dy. Now the twist of the body and the distance the club goes back are not necessarily dependent on each other A good example of this is Miss Leitch who takes the club little, if any, past the horizontal and still has a free and pronounced a body twist as any- one in thé game. This among other things is not the least of the reasons for her great length from tee. The indifferent player may and fre- quently does take the club much fur- ther past the horizontal but has quite a restricted body pivot, As said be- fore the weaker player, even though his body movement may be as much, will require to take the club further back than his stronger brother. So long as one always has control of the club, regardless of the distance it goes back, no one is justified in say- ing that there is an over swing. In 922 + Unaed Feature Syndhcare AAA AAA A PA the well executed swing if a line is drawn through the ball to the hole, and extended, the club head will pass inside this line on the back swing and also after hitting the ball. course with slice and pull this will not be the case. If the swing is thought of as an are it will help to { make it rhythmical, The whole swing | should be | men conceived as one move- It should not be built up in parts. One should persistently think of getting maximum results with minimum efforts. Above all preserve an even balance for without this suc- cessful golf is impossible, Anything which makes balancing easier is to be recommended. Every one will not attain this end in the same way, But if the above general principles are followed, it will be less difficult than if they are broken. In taking the club back, beginners are often avised to throw their arms well out from the body----the idea is to get freedom into the swing. ~This is apt to cause the body to sway if indulged in too much. It must be re- rr ty LDS (LICL TORY (og ] ed Packaces I5¢ "Error BRIN G UP FATHER jemberey that the blow in golf is jdeltvered from the inside, as can { readily be proven by motion pictures | of players in action. The arms should Of | not hug the body too much in the {address nor be thrown too far out. In the back swing the right elbow | slips around olose to the body. {| The pace of the swing will usually be in keeping with the type of the player. A high strung tempermental player will naturally make his shots quicker than the dour, phlegmatic person. -Not every one can play his shots as quickly as Duncan and for { the vast majority to attempt to do | 80 would destroy their games, Taking the club back should not be | (as 3ome one remarked) a funeral | rite, nor a music hall trick, but some- [thing in between, The great thing is | to take the club back naturally, In | connection with the drive I recall a | verse and I pass it on as a gem, not | of poetry but of golf wisdom. | "Do mot try to over do it, BADMINTON TO BOXING Think of The Last Cost First There are wheels cost- ing less than the MAS- SEY to buy. But they will inevitably cost much more to keep. 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Let the | Player strive to find out what is ne- tural, in this detail as in all other things. '"Hold the driver fairly slack." If it is held too tightly, it is apt to stiffen the forearm muscles, which makes a smooth swing difficult. Some advise holding tighter with the left hand. My advice is not to. attempt to make either hand the master one, I try to hold the club firmly but not grimly, with both hands, and I do not consciously hold tighter with either my left or right. | I have experimented a little, but the | results were not nearly as good as when I played naturally without try- ing tor give prominence to either hands It seems to me that a great deal of nonsense has been written mr, Special Price, three piece sets $125.00. Living Room Tables to match. ROBT. J. REID LEADING UNDE RTAKER 280 Princess Street. Ambulance Call 577w. 2 gbout the relative work of the right and the left hand. The game is dif- ficult enough inherently (I apprehend for most persons) without creating fictions. So long as people believe it | {| is difficult for them, it will be so. There is such a thing as getting too We can much form, Every student of the game arrives at the point where his game would be better if he would take the old Pro's advice and simply stand up to the ball and "swoop her awa." (Copyrighter Britigh and Colonial Press Limited.) Next Article__Irom Play, For your 8hoe Shine and Hat' Cleaned Call on us | do both jobs whiie you wait Private Parlor for Ladies. WM. BISBIKOS 90 Princess St. Phone 1333 |= . eed If the bird sings too early, beware of the cat. ) : Debt and misery are neighbors. A tett----y BY GEORGE McMANUS SIR THEY I~ ARE THE WORKMEN ARE VERY ANGRY AT YOO WELL" YOU GO AN TELL 'EMF THERE 16 ANY ONE OF "EM THAT THINKS HE CAN LICK ME - 1D LIKE TO see Him: WELL - YOURE. he FIRED - I'LL. NOT HAVE ANYONE WORKIN HERE THAT Kin LACK MES: