Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1939 — Page 11
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8,19%9 _ ee oo oo ‘No. 4—Tips for the Golfer—
Long Irons Call for Much Practice; Dick Nelson Says
S Horse You ' Named in #2 Fine Shape
Sky Raider Frolics With His » Yearling Playmates on Blue Grass Farm.
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By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer LEXINGTON, Ky, May 3.—We quit wondering about who's going to win this year’s Derby after Johnstown broke that track record last week, so today we went out to a nursery farm here to look at the 1341 Derby winner.
A bright sun cut through the chill of the early morning air as our cams rolled through the wide gates of Sonny Whitney's place in the fa-
* . mous blue grass country.
Maj. Louie Beard, famous in his day as an international polo star, was waiting for us. “Where is he?” we asked. “Over in the pasture with his boy friends,” smiled the Major. “You can’t miss him; looks just like his daddy.” The major unhooked a gate and we stepped inside. He called a Ne-
gro halter boy and said, “Go fetch
* the Top Flight colt.”
* cept for his coloring he’s his daddy |
' the other stallions and mares you
“See,” said the major, when the
boy returned with the yearling. “Ex-| |
all over.” By now this was reasonably plain even to us.
No Mistaking Him
There was the same star on his head, the same Roman nose, the same high withers which create an illusion of a sway back, the same general outlines of build. Just to be sure, an hour or so later. we went over to the Riddle! Farm and had a visit with Big Red | himself. There was no mistaking it now. Big Red’s 22 years old now, but he hasn't changed much since the days when he was Mr. Big of the] American turf. Standing there in| the bright May sun, proudly erect, as if he sensed visitors had called, he looked like something carved out of rich red marble.
His Mammy Was Good, Too
Yes. we suppose it’s true; there, was only one Man O' War. Even | now, in the twilight of his life, he] bulks head and shoulders above all
see on the farms down here. The Major had sent the boy for|
the “Top Flight Colt” but all his/of lengthy par
clubs will go a long way to dissi-
1. Dick Nelson, Meridian Hills Country Club professional, demonstrates the proper position of the | feet on long iron shots. His stance is not quite as | wide as for wood club shots, while his grip is firm | Notice that his knees are | | |
without being tense. slightly bent in the address.
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Their Proper Use Aids You With Other Distance Golf Clubs.
Long iron play is discussed by Dick Nelson, Meridian Hills Country Club professional. This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Indianapolis golf instructors.
By TOM OCHILTREE
Dick Nelson, Meridian Hills Country Club professional, believes that accurate long iron play coupled with proficiency in the use of wood
pate the average beginner's dread four and par five!
conversation was about his daddy,| holes. |
and his daddy, as you must have]
There is an old golfing proverb!
2. He is keeping the clubhead low on the backswing, avoiding any tendency to pick it up. At this stage the club is almost in a straight line with the left shoulder. He keeps his. knees on a fairly level plane to insure a correct pivot. There is a feeling of balance and smoothness in a proper backswing, and there is no reason for the head to move.
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3. At the top of the backswing there has been a rotation of the right hip but no swaying back motion. He warns against the danger of hurrying the backswing, and says this part of the stroke should take twice as long as the downstroke. Hurrying the backswing causes
loosening of the grip and loss of balance and control.
you always have to solve the problem of playing through to the point where you can use your chips and putts. For Mr. Nelson, a quiet, mildmannered teacher who has retained toward the game the analytical attitude of the student, there are no short cuts to good golf. To play any shot well demands regular practice and this practice must be directed in the proper channels to reduce the chances for development of faults. He contenas this is particularly true of full irons, since the average player often isn't called upon to play his No. 1, 2 or 3 iron with the frequency that he uses a driver or a putter. “Proper practice with a full iron has other advantages,” he said. “It gives a player confidence and helps him keep his driving swing grooved. If a person learns to hit a long iron
guessed by now, was Man O' War. which says something about “never properly he should have little trouTop Flight was his mammy, rec-|up, never in.” and while the problem | ble with the rest of his distance|that this is a swing. The position . ord money willing filly of all time. of holing out after your arrival at! clubs.” This is the little fellow who was/the green can't be minimized, it is|
who naturally will first birthday this Derby Day. He's the little fellow the readers of this newspaper named last summer. Remember. The judges finally cided the best name was Raider.
deSky
“Let Me Go”
The Major took the little fellow from the Negro and held him by| the halter . . . “of course you can't tell anything about a yearling,” he said. “All you can go by at this stage is appearance and action and so far he has measured up more than satisfactorily. I don’t think he will disappoint us. Will you, fellow?” Sky Raider looked at the Major with those peculiarly tender eyes all yearlings seem to have and then he turned his head impatiently toward the end of the field where his playmates stood waiting, plainly annoyed at the intrusion. You could | almost hear the little fellow saying, | “Aw shucks! Let me go, so I can! have some fun.”
Brown, Martin | Signed to Fight
| | Herb Brown, Indianapolis light-| weight, will meet Jerry Martin, Cin-| cinnati, in the six-round semi-| windup of the Hercules A. C. box-! ing show Friday night, Matchmaker Kelse McClure announced today. | Brown has knocked out four of the] last five fighters he has met here. McClure announces that only two! more scraps remain to be signed to fill the program. Last night McClure paired LeRoy Dycus with Ray Woods, both local lightweights, Dycus is undefeated here in two battles. Herb Gilmore, Cincinnati, featherweight, is ready for Patsy Paterson. Somerset, Ky., in the eightround main go. Paul Smith and Claude Dixon, local welterweights, are matched in a four-round preliminary tilt.
Little Giant Nine To Host Quakers
Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, May 3.—| Wabash College's baseball team | will be host to the Earlham College Quakers tomorrow in the first of a two-game series between the two schools. Saturday the Little Giants will meet Michigan State Normal here. Walt Davis is expected to get the | starting call for one of the games| with either Bill Hawkins or Sam Scheivley starting on the mound in the other. Wabash's track team will meet Indiana State and Central Normal here Saturday ‘in a three-way event. Little Giant netmen will have matches at DePauw Friday and with Earlham here Saturday. Wabash golfers will be idle this week, but will swing into action against state foes next week.
Muncie Triumphs NEW CASTLE, May 3 (U. P).—
Muncie High School's track team];
defeated New Castle, 84 to 52, here yesterday.
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The Assumption softball team again today stands in the top spot of the C. Y. O. Parochial League championship race as a result of its 6-to-1 victory over St. Joan of Arc in West division play yesterday. Highlight of the East division games was a home run by Grothe of the Little Flower team. His team beat St. Philips, 17 to 6.
C. Y. 0. PAROCHIAL LEAGUE RESULTS WEST St. Ann’s, 13; Cathedral, 3. Sacred Heart, 38; St, Rita's, 3. St. John's, 11: Holy Trinity, 2. Assumption, 6; St. Joan of Are, 1.
EAST
Little Flower, 13; St. Philip's, 6. Holy Cross, 1: St. Francis, 3. St. Catherine's, 13: Holy Name, 8. St. Patrick's, 11: Lourdes, 2,
BASEBALL The South Side Ramblers are seeking a game with a city or state club for next Sunday. Call Boyd at DR. 5813.
The New Palestine Merchants also are on the lookout for a Su day encounter. Write Walter Kin at Fountaintown, Ind.
The West Side Merchants want | an opponent for next Sunday at| Grande Park. Contact Russ Seller, 906 Mooreland Ave.
The Empire Life & Accident Insurance nine, 11-6 victors over the Bohemian All-Stars, will open its Municipal League season next Sunday. Meanwhile the Empires will practice today and Friday at 4:30
The fast-stepping Beanblossoms will take on the General Exterminating team at Rhodius Park No. 2 Sunday. Lefty Wright or Don Burke will be on the mound with Johnny Gilligan or Red Jennett catching. All players are asked to be at Rhodius at 1 p. m. They also will practice tomorrow night. SOFTBALL The Bush-Feezle Thursday Night League will hold its final meeting at 7:45 o'clock tonight at the BushFeezle Store. Any team interested in entering this league should have a representative present.
Market, winner of two! games, is seeking out-of-town games, especially at Greenwood, Franklin, Martinsville or Lebanon.
Write Joe Matta, 924 Bates St.
The Indianapolis Hot Points are seeking road games on a 60-40 basis. Write Al McElfresh, 3810 Bartlett St.
The Indianapolis Buddies, who scored a 15-8 victory over the Bedford Coca Colas in their latest start, will play at Bloomington next Sunday. For games write Ral McLinn, 1105 Fletcher Ave.
The Woodstock Caddies will meet the Indiana Avenue Marksis at Golden Hill Sunday at 3 p. m. Woodstock players are asked to re
Louie's
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For the average
His Job at First Base Will Be There Whenever Gehrig Says He Is Ready
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the 11379 persons in the stands realized what they were about to see. Fielding practice waz over snd the diamond was clear when out of the Yankee dugout came a familiar, thick-legged figure. It was Capt. Lou Gehrig of the Yankees carrying the New York lineup to the umpire. Lou knew that “Gehrig, 1b” was not written on that lineup for the first time in almost 14 ycars, but nothing on his face pave any indication that it mattered. The umpire and Manager Del Baker, carrying the Detroit lineup, were slow to get to the plate and for a minute or more Gehrig stood there alone. He looked toward first
Weiss Signs With Detroit Lion Eleven
DETROIT, May 3 (U. P.).—Howard Weiss, star back on the University of Wisconsin football team last year, has sighed with the Detroit Lions, the Lions management announced.
Tennis League To Meet Tonight
Team managers and players of the men’s and junior divisions of the Indianapolis Amateur Tennis League will hold a regular meeting to discuss plans for the opening of league play June 11, at the league headquarters, 126 N. Pennsylvania St, tonight at 7:45 o'clock. Ahother meeting for the Women's division of the league will be held at league headquarters tomorrow evening at 7:45. Officials report that plans for this division are nearing completion. The Men's division will be made up of four divisions of eight teams each, with six players on each team, four regulars and two alternates. Seven matches will be scheduled for each team during the season. A junior and boys’ division is now being organized for competition on Saturdays. Registrations will be accepted now. Any manufacturer, club or organization desiring to enter a team in any division of the league should register at once. The league is associated with the U. S. L. T. A.
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golfer mastery of this portion of the game shouldn't be nearly as difficult as wood play. The face of these clubs and their thinner soles help the player solve that ever present problem of getting the ball into the air without having it- teed. These clubs also enable golfers of all degrees of ability to play shots from lies that would make the use of a brassie or spoon risky. Mr. Nelson points out that in playing an iron the stance is not quite as wide as for the wood clubs. Since the shaft of an iron is shorter you naturally stand closer to the ball and use a little shorter backswing. The grip should be slightly stronger than on a wood but not tense. $ There is a caution on the backswing. The club head should be kept low to avoid the error of picking the club up and chopping at the ball. Mr. Nelson stresses the point that the player has to keep in mind
Another error to be avoided is the | rolling of the wrists—an action which will throw the club head out of position. The downswing itself starts with the same easy motion used in wood shots and the wrists are uncocked as the lowest point of the arc is reached, lashing the club head forward. Mr. Nelson warns of the topping danger which can be caused by a faulty original position. The player should exercise care to see that the lowest point of his arc of swing is not somewhere back of the ball. ‘Some people think you should take a lot of turf in order to get backspin,” he said, “but I don’t think this is necessary as long as you hit the ball firmly and follow through naturally. The loft of the club itself should give you all the back spin needed.”
He also points out that a player can be sure he has made a proper shot if his follow through naturally!
: | of the head is fixed and there is no| takes the club head after the ball. | Long irons generally are classified reason for it to move on the back-| There should be no loss of balance the club to slip in his hands. born a year ago on Derby Day and well to remember that no matter as those clubs having less face loft | swing since the legs, body and wrists; on the follow through.
{are doing the work,
base and then toward center field. Just then the public address system blared out the news that Gehrig would not play. Lou had heard the roar of the crowd in seven World Series, when parks were packed to the rafters, but it is doubtful if he ever heard a cheer like the one that ang through the chill air at Briggs Stadium yesterday afternoon. Every one of the 11379 persons in the park seemed to be splitting his throat in tribute to the man who had hammered their home team into submission on so many afternoons during the last 14 years. Gehrig handed his lineup to the umpire and walked back into the shadows of the dugout. And when the Yankees raced out on ihe field
Trotters Turn In Fast Drill Laps
Three of the fastest training miles this spring in Indiana have been reported by the Sep Palin Stables at the Indiana S‘ate Fairgrounds. A trio of trotters, the world champion, Greyhound, 1:55%, Vesta Hanover, 2:003i, and Sister
Mary, 2:08'i, worked together in 2:14 with the last half in 1:04 and the final quarter in 30 seconds. Vesta Hanover is owned by Leo McNamara, owner of the Two Gaits Farm and the other two by E. J. Baker of St. Charles, Ill.
lcab outside the park.
An important ingredient of long|
in the second half of the first inning Babe Dahlgren, a utility infielder, was on first base. Fate piled it on Gehrig as he sat in the dugout. With him in the lineup the Yankees had been in a slump. With him out of the lineup they came to life and hammered Detroit pitchers for 22 runs.
Gehrig took a long time to dress after the game. Over in one corner of the locker room a trainer was rubbing liniment into Red Ruffiing’s right arm. Finally Gehrig said: “It seemed funny not to be out there on the field. I don’t know when I'll go back in. I like warm weather and it's pretty cold now.” Then he finished dressing and walked fast. almost ran, to a taxi-
Montooth Paces Tiger Track Mates
Times Special GREENCASTLE, May 3. —George Montooth, DePauw University’s star trackman, led his team to a 91-{0-40 victory over Wabash here yesterday afternoon. Castle, Wabash, tied with Montooth for high scoring honors with 10 points.
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iron play, as in all other shots, is proper timeing — a feature of the game which Mr. Nelson believes is connected with a player's mental attitude. “It is a very common tendency,” he declared, “to become overanxious when addressing the ball and hurry a swing. Usually the player has brought the club back too fast. “I believe that the backswing should consume just twice the time
of the downswing. To develop this|y,
I have used a counting system on some players with success. “As a student begins his swing I
have him count three slowly. In the|w. Lewi
time it takes him to say ‘one, two’ he should be at the top of his backswing, and on ‘three’ he should be clear through the shot. “Concentration on a proper backswing will cure a lot of troubles for a player. If the club is brought back too fast it takes too much muscular force to stop its motion, and this causes a waggle at the top of the swing. It also may cause a player to break his grip and allow
“If the player then adds the fault of a rushed downswing, his club head will be out of control when he strikes the ball.” The cure for all this is development of a feeling of easy smoothness in the swing, he said.
Tomorrow—Wally Nelson of the Lake Shore Country Club on short irons.
Times Special ST. PAUL, May 3.—The Redskins’ newest losing streak has reached three straight and their spirits were low as they prepared to embark upon another struggle against the champion Saints at Lexington Park today.
Yesterday marked the Tribe's
eighth defeat in the last nine starts|or and the sixth since they pulled out 3 Cal
on the road. The Apostles rushed the situation yesterday and snatched four runs in the first inning. Gil English, St. Paul third sacker, took careful aim and blasted Red Barrett's offering for « home run, Two runners were on the sacks at the time and the surprise rally put the Redskins out of the ball game, the final score being 7 to 3. The home team chalked up a fourth marker in the second stanza. In the fourth the Indians splurged for three runs and knocked Avie Himsl out of the box. The Saints came back with two runs in their half of the fourth when Leroy Anton homered with one runner ahead. Sugar Cain relieved Himsl on the home rubber in the fourth and Horace Lisenbee replaced Barrett. Tribe errors cone tributed to Red’s downfall. Jimmy Sharp took up the Tribe toil in the sixth and finished out the grind. The Indians outhit the
Saints, 10 to eight, but also outfum-
bled them, three to two. It was another example of the team with the long punch winding up on the long end. The Tribesters will close their Lexington Park stay tomorrow and then move over to Minneapolis for four games in a series which calls for a double-header on Sunday.
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Butler, 15; Franklin, 5. Indiana Central, 6; Hanover, 35. Taylor, 10; Manchester, 3. Dartmouth, 9: Yale, 3. Duke, 5: Princeton, 3. Wisconsin, A; Illinois Normal, 3. Oklahoma. 6; Kansas, 5. Missouri, 7; Iowa State, 2. Minnesota, 9: St. Johns, 0. Michigan, 7; Western (Mich) Teachers, 0.
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