GOLF.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2169, 6 June 1914, Page 12

GOLF.

[By Gr.r.LN.j

THE OLYMPIC GAMES OF 1816. Germany Preparing. A sidelight on tho thoroughness with wlnuli Germany is preparing for th(s Ul.smpjV Giiinci of ISHB, nlncli are to bo hold in lierlii-., is provided by a step which the Golf Association of that country hns jusi decided to take (says an iSticljsh exchange). Whilo golt is rapidly growing in popuianly u, Germany, no plirrer of anything like championship olags has yot been, produced. Dnternuupd to remedy that condition of affairs, tbo German Golf Association has resolved upon or. elaborate pliui cf coaching promising plavors in the hope* of securing a side eupablo of winning; the Olympic contest. With that object in view, George Duncan, tho famous Scottish prolession.il who won tho leading tournaments of hat autumn, has been asked to go out for a month to Hamburg this year to ast os "trainer,.'* tho communication to luia defines his duties.

It is understood that the idea ie to select a numbor of i young golfers who show a natural aptitude for th& game, and for Duncan then to coach those plarora so that they may learn the right methods And have two years for practice aad development prior to the tour" nament. If a. suilatilo date can bo arranged Duncan w ill probably accapt. This is unmistakably the most systematic attompt ever mado ill jiolf to produco j'ouug champions, isvon the United States has dons nothing like it, and in thk country the spirit rff intorntitifinal rivalry has never prompted tho taking of any special steps for tbo maintenance or tho suproin&cy which Great Britain has enjoyed, s&ve in connection nith a fow events, on tho links. Hitherto Germany has never been conBidcred in connection with_ international nolf, but the now GC'heujo is bo" practical r4 to suggest that the. condition cf affairs may be greatly changed tffo years henco.

Tho Olympic tournament waR held at St. Louis iu 1004, when Mr. 6. S. Lyon, of 'i'orohto, triumphed. An attempt was made to repeat it at Sandwich in 1903, but the- leading British amateurs declined to support it, and tiro affair wa6 a fiasco, Lyon walked over. Hi s. to bfl levived at lierlin in 1016. Whether tho feeling of British golfers will have altered by then remains to be seen, but certain it is that other countries will enter. Finding the Line. In the course of an autobiographical account of liis early progress. Jack White (open champion of lt)U4) Bays: "There seems to bo a fairly general opinion that I am a pretty good putter, and 1 am often asked for hints about this part of the game. 1 have already baid where- 1 believe I obtained what skill 1 possess, and how I came by it; and I havo only to add that 1 think too much stress Is often laid on. the necoseitj for hitting'tho ball nicely and pro-* poily, to the comparative neglect of more important considerations. After all, almost anybody can hit the bail properly in putting. Little art and (mill aro needed to do bo. The great thing is to Jiud tho hue, and my own success «ith tho putter is, as I havo already indicated, almost entirely duo to my gift , ior finding the line, and being very sure about it almost at olicc.

(I lot lam not a quick putter in an ordinary Way—ralher Quicker than usual in big events—and i,t may bo asked if, finding f tho line being everything and makih'gi , the , "strolls comparatittle, and if I iind my line at o'loe, why do 1 not putt moro quickly t Well, I oeliovQ in a man taking a lot of thno.over his putts, nol for tlio sako ot studying thorn or thinking but his plans—though be mav do that il necessary—but simply in order that he may thoroughly compose himself Wγ uliat is, after all, tho most important and critical aud nervous part oi tho whole play to a hole. Lob t'lio player mako his stroko vhon ho lecls lie is quite ready and auiious to do eo, and nOt a spoocd earlier. Too many players putt before fhoy aie ready, because they feel that they have .exhausted the tinio limit. Ot cour.se there are tem--peraments- that hiako it possiblb for ainan to putt almost instantaneously, but 1 am satisfied thot they are rare. Certainly 1 rannot puit quickly, sure as 1 may be of what I am going to do, and the exact way in wkicn I am goinß -to <lo it, I will mako a confession. It is uot onco in a blue moon that I feel it. to be nocessarj - , or even dosirablo, to , go to the back of tho hold, and mako long and anxious look nt. tlio lino from i there. This is simply n,othinf; more -or j loss tiian a trick oi mine to gain time.' 1 want to get my nerves sot. So Igo to | look at tho line from the back of the ■ hole, and when 1 feel happy and com'-| fortaWo I go to tho ball agam and eend | it on what it is hoped is Hs last journey In that pnrtienjar directieii. I do not believe in quick putting. It is like getting married. You may do it in hasto and you have plenty of time to lopent afterwards."

- On Smoking. 1 do not know that auy kind of spe- ,• ois 1 training is nccpeeary for g.olf (says : Harry Yardon in tho "'Daily i I did train very carefully for tho open i championship at Sandwich in 1911 (I , gave Up smoking and dietod myself re- . Figiouslv), and as I won tlio process may i be held to have Justified itpclf to tho' > full. r I am hot sure, however, that smokhic; i is hajwiful; sometimes it is helpful iuasmwh as in tho anxious frame of mind ;u which ono walks forward to tho ball during (i critical period of the contest it tends to keep one coo] and collected • I am trco to confess that the reaeon , I do not sraoko when playing in publin in this country is that I have never done so and hato not llio courage- to * start now, I sometimes onvy Bay when 1 watoh him going round puffing placidly at his pipe. I smokrtl most of tho time that I was playing golf in Iho United Staler oxcept during' tho championship, and it is perhaps sufficient to 6ny on this subject th.U the golf w as hotter with nicotono than without it. Tho Karor! Cilia. Tlio members of the Kr.rori Golf Club will bo enraged in n boiry match to-day. A contract has boon let fnr improvoi mentu to the club house, and members i of tho would appreciate tho extra spact* and cpnpial conveniences which will bo provided. Tho ladws" of tlio Karon Club havo had some pleasant competition.* this season, two of tl'ieso beinc ivnn by Miss bbcarci, practically a beginner at tho ' game. The Club hopes to have Iho service* of a good coach at an rorly date, and promising players will hnvo an opportunity of still -further lmprovinn their st\lo and pky. A rcfurit mak-h will he plaved with Jolmsonnllo Club nest Saturdsj. Jotttnss. Tlio iroquoivt fccnrfenco of da.vs of lieavy tain should lead Urn Ctound Cotn> mittrei; of tho different clubs to Hmsuler ihe advis.ibiliSv of the Wd of the Butt Club by mjortniß m thfir jru'es a local Hilo, "for tlio preservation o f the links." 'Ilio uile oh tho Hutr. oonrfo is thru it it hfll fliould be touiid t- -1 ]ift\*> flboliV Or pirtiMlv buriod it'Ml ft hern 'I drops, it nl.iv, with tho coHJ=e>n of the piaM't's opponpni. bo Irftcl and dioppfd o\ci the sptt nvHifiiit penalty The r'l-onnd Mt the low hnles «\\ most, cf the courses h \evv j.nft at piP'Cilt, nnd to back n bnll out *bcn it is buried Jearcs nil uply scar which will not glow over for months,

Ift addition U tfliich, the , 'jxjhalijv on tlie player Is unfair, .Id tliafeig n'rofpssioiißlmatfiii $ Wo> plesdon in April, Ja.aifts flr-aid'. :pM[leil ■lii'B BecWd tot? & 6hi : nij) of i itfie.& to tip toft of slip grc.pn., and {<i:#q fiiiiiu.Ro.nic.n4 of fts ■cs-owxl , !;? 'to»4 t<i:- ; p!:ay .out *>f :sredeep rough jvitlv a branch.. Jietiviccii Jjis aTfijSi Mid foofc sevetft) mfiiutes fii getting lija "stance.-," .afl.d hie 'pjaticneii waf! *#» a nms ehflS hk intra Mrtt .prevented, liiip. from ■lyife : wHh \%4o.n< ' .•