Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1915 — MANAGER JOHN M’GRAW CONVERT TO GOLF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MANAGER JOHN M’GRAW CONVERT TO GOLF

The conversion of John McGraw to the cause of golf is complete. "Nobody loves outdoor exercise more than I do,” said McGraw, “and I find that golf is the best game for keeping in the open air that I ever saw. I still have my doubts about it being a good thing for ball players, especially those who are expected to hit well, during the regular season, but it is a good thing for me, and I expect to keep it up until I play a pretty good game. I improved enough at Havana to do the nine holes in 64, which they tell me is pretty good for a beginner. Hitting a golf ball is entirely different from hitting a baseball. “A peculiar thing to me is that my greatest difficulty is in driving the ball straight ahead. I have a tendency to slice. When playing baseball I was regarded as pretty accurate in placing the ball, but evidently the same prill'

cigles do not apply to the stroke in golf. “Mathewson was the best golfer in our party, and I believe he would have won the tournament if he had not decided to withdraw. He had won two games, but did not want to beat a local club man out of the trophy, even if it had been possible for him to do so. “Another thing," he added, “I's that I will continue to play left-handed. I do not believe in this idea of changing over. It is the only way I can swing naturally, and, in my opinion, a golfer had better stick to the style that is most natural. It is that way in baseball, and I can find no logical reason why a man should not play golf lefthanded just as well as right-handed. Still, I am not proficient enough yet to begin telling these experts how to play their own game. But I’m going to learn.”

McGraw and Mathewson, Golf Enthusiasts.