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PAGE TWELVE THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1950 Maintenance of Proper Body Balance in Golf Br ALE. MORRISON Central cress Canadian : Sports Writer Ben Hogan, in testing his ability to return to top golf, is learning that the whole swing can be no better than his body balance and action. : Aside from the influence of in- juries to his legs, Ben's upper body should be as good as ever. Yet, he finds his arms and hands are not whipping the clubhead through the ball with the old-time crispness and sccuracy. His attempts to regain his top form are truly a demonstration of Ben's fighting heart. At present the limitations im- posed on his legs, weakened by in- juries and a long convalescence, hold him down. There are thousands of golfers to- day, however, whose strong and healthy legs are raising hob with their swings through failing to afford the player anything like the proper body balance and actiun. These legs are unruly in many cases because the player does not have the right mental picture of what they should do during the swing. Most golfers recognize the need to shift the weight from on: leg to the other though they fail to do it. Very 'ew realize that ihe weight must remain balanced from heel to toe throughout the swing. And I have yet to meet or hear of the golfers, amateur or pro, who had Jjearned that almost everything about the swing depends on this heel and toe balance. In short, most of your trouble in handling clubs originates in your failure to attain and maintain the proper posture during your swing. This will be the point of beginning for the next lesson in this winter series of exercises on swing funda- mentals. The illustrations will, wherever possible, give you both front and side views of the prescribed posi tions and movements. Bear in mind always, that. your he-' and toe balance is the deciding factor about body action. I assure you that this action will not be at all difficult if you carefully follow my instructions about the posture and head position. Sports Roundup Augusta, Ga., April 6--(AP)--Nor- man Von Nida, the little beret- wearing Australian who is paired with another little guy, Ben Hogan, fo today's opening round of the Masters Golf Tournament, must have tried out 50 clubs since he has been here . . . Von Nida likes the American-made implements bett: than those he can get at home and is trying to find a set that suits him exactly to take along to the British Open . . . Sammy Snead complained he "never was so nervous" after com- pleting his final practice round, which could be taken as a good or bad sign. Some experts figure it was the pressure of being favorite that ruined Cary Middlecoff here last year in-the elite tournament, but others recalled nervous gents who played way over their heads as a result. Ace. Packer, Duke University backfield coach, encountered centre Jim Gibson, injured in spring foot- ball practice, in the university tonsorial parlor the other day . . . "How's the shoulder, Gib?" Parker qu ried politely . . . "Not so good, coach," replied the 24-year-old athlete. "Guess I'm getting too old for this game." . . With a perfectly deadpan expression, Ace matched Gibson's sigh and said: "That's the way I felt once--when I was 35." Frank Stranahan is shown making a long iron shot with the correct body action and balance which finds the body balanced from side to side, also from heel to toe. . Swimming Star Must Soon Quit His Sport Career By ARCHE MacKENZIE Canadian Press Staff Writer Victoria, B.C., April 6 (CP)--Apt- | ly-named Pete Salmon is heading back to the University of Washing- ton, well aware that both a medi- cal and swimm areer is r ing the impossible stage. "If it interferes with medicine, swimming is out," the big, voluble Champion said matter-of-factly as he reviewed his swimming progress, which includes seven senior Domin- ion records plus three junior marks still untouched. "I figure I have perhaps two more years--not more--before my stud- ies get tough. That still means a chance at swimming, but after that, swimming will go." The 20-year-old Salmon is no long-distance man but his free- style and back-stroke times in shorter events now are almost as good as when using the breast- stroke, long his forte. He holds the record for the senior 40, 100 and 2Q0-yard breast; the 120 and 150-yard medley; the 100-yard free- style and the 100-yard backstroke. His free-style won the 110-yard event at New Zealand in February's British Empire Games Competition. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT S------ By The Associated Press New York--Charley Norkus, 19015, Bayonne, N.J., knocked out Curt Kennedy, 191, Wichita, Kas. (1). Oakland, = Calif.--John .L. Davis, 137, Oakland, outpointed Gene Bur- ton, 145, New York (10). Akron, O.--Joe Blackwood, 16113, Paterson, N.J., outpointed Artie Towne, 160, New York (10). HIT OR MISS by Sixta Pe ' 4-7 A rights ", + « Good pitcher, but he's a little near sighted . . .! " 2 .| city about two-thirds the size of BUSH LEAGUE Bushwackers Hurricanes Hell Divers .. Singers Wildcats Strikers 'Woodpeckers High triples: F. Felski 730; B. Nu- gent 719; H., Ballantine 696. High singles: F. Felski 350; L. Burgess 307; S. Bowers 300; H. Nu-/ gent 299. Who the heck cares how the Stan- ley Cup playoffs turn out? Look at the fight for this last section. It cer- tainly is as tight as anything the N.H.L. ever dished out with three teams who are eligible still much in the fight, namely, the Bushwackers (22), Singers (19), and Wildcats (19). Lloyd Crossley and his Hurricanes certainly had no mercy on the Bush- wackers as they hit an all-time team high with 3708 for three games with lovely team scores such as 1362 and 1275. Every man on the Hurri- canes were well over 600 with the exception of Kuch, the lowest of the rest was Archie Bruce with 653. So you can rest assured that the Bush- wackers had to hit in order to squeeze out two points. The Bush- wackers had four men over the 600 mark with yours truly leading the way with 641, The Bushwackers were hitting all right as they hit 3364 and we guarantee if they keep that up they will take this section despite the Hurricanes' terrific ef- fort to knock them off. Pete Borrow and his Wildcats cer- tainly got a couple of BIG breaks, and we do mean BIG as they won four points with team scores such as 961 and 978. To these two magnifi- cent team scores they added 1176 for the third game and walked off with seven points, to put them right at the heels of the Bushwackers and tied with Singers. Now we have the news of the season. J. Keenan hit 637] Yes sir, Pete Borrow had better give thanks as he not only took four points with two ??? scores but had | his 40 handicap man come through with 637 to lead the whole team to the victory. The Strikers finally came through with a lovely night as it was a night | for the underdog all the way around | the board as they knocked off the! Easy Aces four, five points. Lorne Burgess fattened their total points | total as he led the Strikers with | strikes with 683 with J. Patton com- ing through with 623. The Strikers were. very good in their victory as they garnered 3470, with Easy Aces making sure they fought for every point as they hit 3410. H. Nugent and S. Bowers were the only ones making the Aces look Easy as they hit 688 and 656, respectively. Led by Doug Kerr and G. Keenan the Hell Divers slowed up the Sing- ers soemwhat as they took seven points, (thank, fellas!), holding them in second place. Doug hit 669 and G. Keenan 609. This really fattened their total points. The Singers have a newcomer in the person of M. Cuil- lerin as he is taking Rudy Rohrer's | position on the team due to Rudy's transfer to Belleville as, by the look | at this score, he is a very good suc- | cessor as he hit 389. So long from | Long! Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. By DAVE STOCKAND Canadian Press Staff Writer April 6--(CP)--Ever heard of a swimming champion from Sahara desert, or a great mountain climber from the plains of Kansas? Likewise, where are tomorrow's Stan Leonards and Ben Hogans going to come from if embryo golf- ers have no place to practise their putts? That's the moan of Eric (Van- couver Province) Whitehead, who writes of a "Strange Local Para- dox." Vancouver, No Place To Go "Here we are in-the so-called Evergreen Playground of Canada, with the country's nearest approach to a year-round golfing climate and ...thousands of embryo and would-be golfers have no place to 0." . Vancouver, Eric points out, has only nine 18-hole courses. Two, by virtue of a rule of memberships, are "Open only to sons and daugh- ters of present members." On the other hand, Winnipeg, a Vancouver, has 18 courses. Port- land, Ore., a city of comparative size, has 30, and "more building." The Outcome Junior interest in the game is necessary "to bring on a badly- needed crop of new players to take over in National Competition when the current crop of outstanding amateurs fades away," says Eric. No Sympathy It is considered unlikely, writes Andy (Vancouver Sun) Lytle, that Hazen McAndrew of Vancouver Canucks of the Pacific Coast Hoc- key League will: 1. Throw any more punches at referees. 2. Any more pucks in the Pacific Coast League. McAndrew was indefinitely sus- pended for throwing at least four punches at a Referee and, says Andy, Hazen prooably "has had it." Two Northern Division Club owners, he says, believe the player has "forfeited the right to sympa- thetic consideration." "They consider the attack not only vicious, but unprovoked. There is no legitimate excuse at any time' for Players or Managers to attack NNN ATmen" Packacnt , * Rup umAT Srp rpnov? They Kiss and "Make This unusual picture was taken after Tony Janiro, of Youngstown, Ohio, Up" J and Rocky Graziano, of Brooklyn, N.Y. fought their way to a draw in a 10-round non-title middleweight set-to at New York's Madison Square Garden. The crowd-pleasing pair fought so well, that the International Boxing club, which took in a record gate of $81,049 from 16,983 fans, plans an early rematch. Fight marks first go-round in the Garden in over four years for Graziano, former middleweight champ. --Central Press Canadian. ¢ or violently abuse officials. The National Hockey League learned this the hard way and reformed on discovery that men of integrity and self-respect wouldn't take the jobs at any price. because of the abuse that went with it." HOCKEY CAPTAIN Glasgow Rangers Win Scottish Cup Glasgow, April 6 -- (Reuters) -- Glasgow Rangers Wednesday de- feated Queen of the South 3-0 in their Scottish Cup soccer semi- Hamilton, N.Y.--Rene Lavallee, junior defenseman' from Oakland, RI, has been chosen captain of the 1950-51 Colgate University hockey team. final replay at Hampden Park: Rangers now meet East Fife in | the final April 22. | | Jim Hexall kicked the | field goal on record in 1882. longest (Editor's note: This is another in a series on prospects of major league 'baseball teams.) By JACK HAND Sarasota, Fla. April 5 -- (AP) -- Man for man the Boston Red Sox are the best team in the American League, Two years in a row they dost the pennant on the last day. This time they should go all the way. How can you pick against a club with Ted Williams and Vern Stephens, each with 159 RB.I's, in the line-up . .. with Dom DiMaggio in centre field, Bobby Doerr on second, Birdie : Tebbetts catching and Johnny Pesky on third. Sure the pitching is uncertain, but whose isn't? Lefty Mel Parnell (25-7) figures to be the ace of manager Jo& Mc- Carthy's staff. If he doesn't take 20, the entire league will be sur- prised. Joe Dobson (14-12) appears ready to better his poor 1949 early season form. | Ellis | Kinder, the 35-year-old righthander, probably won't be up| to another 23-6 year. That happens once in a lifetime. But he had a| consistent low earned run average, even with St. Louis Browns. | Backing up the Parnell-Dobson, | Kinder combination, the Sox have two potentially great kid southpaws in Maurice McDermott and Chuck | Stobbs, a bonus pitcher with a fine 11-6 record last year. Many thifk McDermott, a tall, skinny 21-year-old 'can be one of the game's best lefthanders when he gets around to it. There were | flashes of brilliance in his 5-4 season, Dave. Ferriss, twice a 20-game! | winner before felled by arm trouble, | | Buddy Sport Shorts From Britain By MICHAEL O'MARA Canadian Press Staff Writer London, April 7 (CP)--The Times, an august journal which rarely deals with any sport other than those traditionally British, broke its usual silence on hockey to comment on Canada's world championship victory here. .. "The Canadian team," wrote the Times' skating correspondent, "owed their success not only to their su- periority in combination and in puck control, but to the fact their mem- bers were better skaters than the others. ; "After all, this is hockey on skates and on ice, and the team that knows its medium best starts with a great advantage." He took to task the British team for "far too much exhibition of bad temper." referring to "the unseemly | brawl that developed in the U.S.A. vs. Great Britain fiasco." In that game Bill Sneddon, youthful British defenceman, drew a misconduct penalty for threaten- ing the referee, there was a vigor- ous fist-fight and numerous minor outbreaks of ill will between the teams through the game. "The sooner," said the Times man, "that these young athletes learn what referees are for, and a looks his best in two years. Walt Masterson, bothered by a sore el- bow last season after his purchase from Washington, has been taking it easy. If Walt comes around, Sox pitching will be in fine shape. Addition of the veteran catcher, Rosar, figures to give 35- year-old Tebbetts more chance to rest. Matt Batts is the third receiver. Summing up, the Sox have power to burn. The infield 'is steady, if | not spectacular, and the pitching should be adequate. (Tomorrow: Cincinnati Reds.) the. }- Mrs. Henry Pearce of Luton, Bed- measure of self-discipline, ter for the game." | fordshire, will be the keenest critic of the referee at the Football As- sociation Cup Final at Wembley April 29. She's his wife. ; From her seat in' the grandstand Mrs. Pearce will follow every move the arbiter makes. If she lisagrees with any of his decisions, she'll tell him after the game. She always does. Henry, 43, acknowledges the bene- fit of his wife's soccer advice. She's been studying the game since girl- hood and knows more about it than most male fans. Ha Pearce, a big-time referee ft 22 years, will be handling his first Cup Final. "It's a life-time ambition realized," he told reporters. The grave of "the Tipton Slash- er," William Perry, world bare- knuckle champion from 1850 to 1857, is to be renovated. A group of Dudley, Worcester=- shire, sportsmen are raising a fund for the work. 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