Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1939 — Page 28

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Lee Tallies ‘No. 6—Tips for the Golfer—

663 to Top Pin Scorers

Atkins League Bowlers Take | *

Second and Third Spots | On Honor List.

Bill Lee of the Parkway Recreation League topped a slim list of Shooting Stars today with a 663. His game totals last night were 235, 223 and 205.

Be Consistent,

Atkins League bowlers took sec ond and third positions. Lloyd Beckwith registered a 638 built on games of 160, 225 and 244. Smith rolled into third place with 628 on games of 199, 205 and 224. The At':ins League was in action at the Indiana plant. Pearce of the Elks loop and H. Johnson of the Industrial were next in line, each tallying a 626.

The Shooting Stars

Bill Lee, Parkway Recreation Llovd Beckwith. E. C. Atkins Smith, E. C. Atk Pearce, Elks H, Johnson, 0. .

Jones, Elks : “ Charles Ebert, Industrial ...

Lee Laux. Industrial Pete Riester, Industrial ........ Carl McAfee. Industrial .........00000 Huber, E. C. Atkins Collins. E. C. Atkins LAs ARAL AS Ernie Schuster, Industrial | Ken Christensen. Flks rhb Burks. E. C. Atkins . Hardacre, Industrial Members of the McCarty Furniture bowling team gathered night at the Empire Room of the] Claypcol Hotel to vay tribute to their sponsor, R. K. Stafford, of Fortville | The McCarty quintet placed by a| 10-point margin first in games oul in the Washington League at the Illinois Alleys the past season In addition to leading teams with 78 victeries against 21 defeats, the McCarty pinmen rolled 3115 for a three-game total and was the second high team in individual game scoring with 1096. Members of the team present were Earl Bright, captain; Art| Baker, Ernie Voelz, George Godwin and Bob Kelley Other guests at the meeting were families and friends of the team members, Mavor Norris of Fortville; Len Riley, radio commentator; and Paul Moore, Huntington,

Industrial

Two Golfers Tie In Lions’ Tourney

The “toss of a coin” will decide! which two members of the Indianapolis Lions League will get a silver serving tray svmbolic of ning the league's “blind par” tournament Frank M. Daniel and Flovd Tx rie! each scored 70 in the tournament on the Pleasant Run oourse yesterday Thev will

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“toss for possession of the tray at the weekly club meetmeg at the Hotel Washington Wednesday noon Dr. Paul Blakesee with 69, one under "blind par.” for the opening tournament Dawson placed third and Heaton and Peek were fourth he second 1 be held

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17 Cars Entered in Midget Auto Meet

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have been rethe first midget auto race of the local season to be held at Cary Ranch, eight miles south of! Indianapolis on State 135 Sunday afternoon. Heading the list, of short track ylots are George and Chuck Shearer and Lucky Bill Davis, Indianapolis; Shorty Inlows, Hamilton, O,, and Wally Novak, Chicago. Qualifying trials on the half-mile track will begin at 12 o'clock noon and the first race is to start at! 2:30. There will be five elimination races, a consolation event and then the main attraction. Myron Gerber is race manager.

Anderson to Be Host To State Golf Meet

ANDERSON, May 5 (U. P) —The men’s state amateur golf championship will be held at the Anderson Country Club July 31, officials of the amateur association announced after a meeting here vesterday. James Scott of New Albany is defending champion. Entries will be accepted by mail until July 27, by Cliff Wagoner, Golf Association secretary, at Indianapolis. Entries ma: be made until noon on July 29 at the Anderson club.

Spring Table Tennis Tourney in Progress

Semifinalists in the spring tabie tennis tournament have been decided as a result of preliminary contests at Tomlinson Hall last night. Several of the matches went into extra sets, as play took place in three divisions. Champions in mixed singles and doubles will be run off starting at 7 o'clock tonight.

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Short Shots Constitute 65, Per Cent of Golf Game, | Pro Estimates. |

Chip shots and putts are explained by Tommy Vaughn, Pleasant Run golf course professional. in this article, the sixth in a series of interviews,

By TOM OCHILTREE Realization that a golfer who scores a 72 uses up approximately 35 or 36 shots a round on putts and short chips should impress upon the average player the extreme importance of this phase of the game. Tommy Vaughn, dark-haired and Run golf course estimates that the

65 per cent of the game. Off the tee and along the fairway | one good player is about like another, Their swings are almost] identical and their degree of con- | trol doesn't change a great deal. A study of any tournament shows the play around the green spells the dif-| ference between the winner and the losers

It's Easy to Be Good |

Mr. Vaughn, whose pleasant manner and method of instruction has | made him a great favorite with players, has been assigned to the East | Side course for two years. He con-! stantly attempts to stress the importance of the short game and points out that persons of all ages and either sex can become proficient in this department of play. Good putting and chipping demand consistency since the allowable margin of error is much less here than in any other shot The chief thing to remember about a putt,” he said, “is that it 1s primarily a wrist action. I believe the body should remain still and serve to anchor this stroke Using the regular overlapping grip with an open stance, I keep my weight on the right leg and foot to prevent lunging. A person who lunges or sways into a putt usually! strokes the ball out of line.

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Back Swing Important “The stroke can be steadied by resting your right arm on the right leg. This also serves to keep this] arm out of the stroke and leaves the movement to the wrists. Your body | should feel at ease, but should not get into the stroke. | “Much of a person’s putting touch depends on the back swing. A golfer must remember the amount of back] swing needed for each distance. The] stroke through should be natural! and casy.”’ \ As to the various types of puts,| the most difficult, he said, are those which must be made from the up- | hill side of the cup since the plaver always has less control over the ball. One principle to remember is that, the putting stroke starts with the left foot at right angles to the line, of run, and the position of this foot must not be changed during the stroke. In a sense, this maintains the stiff left side principle that is applied to all other strokes. and shows the relationship of the putt to other strokes Mr Vaughn explained that

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properiy placing the club. or soling it, is very important. The sole of the club, as most people know, is the bottom side. The putter should be so placed on the green that every part of the bottom will be in contact with the green with equal] pressure. putter of what little loft it has and results in the ball sliding instead of rolling when struck.

You Can't Putt in a Curve

Everv putt in the beginning must be visualized as

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Improper soling robs the! :

a straight line. You

can't putt in a curve although the] |

surface of the green may curve the] ball. You therefore have to putt in| a straight line to the point where] you expect the terrain to affect the| ball. “This is the reason for lining up each putt,” Mr. Vaughn said. “By crouching behind the ball and sight«| ing toward the hole a plaver can see|

the roll in the green and judge ac-|

cordingly. Remember that the slope of a green has more effect on a

slow-moving ball than one one that! =

is rolling fast. Iwor this reason the portion of the slope nearest the hole is the most important, since the ball | should be slowing down when it reaches that point.” | On short chip or pitch and run | shots from three to seven vards off | the green Mr. Vaughn uses a five or six iron. This shot also is made | from the wrists and the stance ems- | ployed is very similar to the putt, | . Termed Economy Shots He said the danger tor an average

player using an eight iron on such | a shot came in the tendency many |

|have of hitting too far under the |

ball, causing it to jump a short | ip in the air and fall without any | roll. | Actually these run-up shots are! very similar to approach putts. As in the putt the length of the backthe | distance desired. The club should be set down squarely and flatly on the

1. Tommy Vaughn, Pleasant Run golf course professional, demonstrates the proper form for a short chip shot from just off the green. Notice that his head is ever the ball and his stance is closed. He uses a No. 5 or 6 iron and makes the shot from the wrists. 2. Here is the follow through on the same shot shown in No. 1. There has been no change in the position of his head, body or feet. On the swing he has been careful to keep the right elbow close to the body. 3. A secret of proper putting is the lineup of the ball with the hole. Only in this way can a player accurately calculate the rolls in the green. 4. This is the position for the putt. He uses the regular overlapping grip and keeps his weight on the right leg and foot to prevent lunging. He steadies the stroke by resting his right arm on his right leg.

| sole and should not be lying back practice them to maintain their at the toe or cocked up and turned touch. Remember that by missing over, he pointed out. a three-foot putt you are completely “Putts and chip shots are the nullifying the effect of a fine drive great economy shots of golf,” he you may have had from the tee on said. “Players should constantly that particular hole.”

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City’s Amateur Baseball Race Will Get Under Way Tomorrow

Mayor Invited to Toss Out First Ball in Ceremony At Riverside.

Mayor Sullivan has been invited to throw the first ball opening officially the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association season tomorrow at Riverside Park, at 2.30 p. m. Thomas M: Quinn, association president, is to be on the receiving! end of the initial pitch. Sunday|

leagues will swing into action’ the next day. Twenty-four teams,

representing

[the first week-end of play. Bairds’ | Service Station team of the Big-Six Sunday loop drew a bye for this week of play. Twelve of the teams are in the Industrial and Municipal loops which start activity tomorrow. Falls City Hi-Brus, City champians, open defense of their title against Lilly Varnish, whom they | defeated in their league last season to go into the final playoff. | New sponsors of teams in the | Municipal League are Empire Life |and Accident Insurance Co. man|aged by LeRoy Bartlett and Harry

| Hirschberger's Fall Creek Athletics. |

In the Manufacturers’ loop the new sponsors are the Basca Manu- | facturing Co.,, managed by Harry | Short; Richardson and Co., led by | Charles Ziegler and Red Cab, man|aged by Art Holden. | The Big Six League has one new- | comer in Loyal Order of the Moose, ( managed by G. E. Ogden, and Wal[ter Atkinson will pilot the Polk's | Milk nine in the Industrial League. The week-end schedules follow:

SATURDAY industrial League Hi-Brus vs. Lilly Varnish, Riverside 1 Polk's Milk vs. Link-Beit, Hosiery Union 35 vs. Rockwood Rhodius 2. MANUFACTURERS’

| LEAGUE | Ft. Harrison vs. U. S. Rubber Works, Garfield 3

Red Cab vs. Basca, Riverside 3. | Richardson and Co. vs. P. R. Riverside 4. | Games start at 2:30 p. m. SUNDAY { Municipal League | General Exterminators vs. Beanblossom, | Rhodius 2. Union Printers vs. Ajax Beer, Riverside

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| Creek Athletics, Brookside 1 BIG-SIX LEAGUE Torr KEMBA vs. Garfield A. C., Riverside 3. Loyal Order of Moose vs. Bowers Enveope Co., Garfield 3. aird’'s Service Co. drew a bye.

| The Indianapolis Cardinals will play at Kokomo Sunday. All play-

ers are asked to report to 1002 Lex- Northwestern Park for their game

ington Ave., by 10:30 a. m. For at Kokomo Sunday. All play » R. Day at abov - y. players are games write R. Day e ad asked. to be at. 355 W. 11: Sr of

dress. All state clubs notice, {10:30 Sunday morning. Games are The Bohemian All-Stars team is wanted with strong state teams.

scheduled to practice today and to-| Write Carlin Rowlett at the aforemorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at mentioned address.

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