Pro Golfers Say A Good Putter Will Win Money
By OSCAR FRALEY
New York —(U.P.)— The touring golf professionals insist that "you drive for fun but you putt for money" and the answer seems to be that there is no easy way to become a financier of the fairways.
There is no secret to good putting according to what I can discover. You either put it in the hole or you don't.
If you do,you're a winner.
But there isn't any way to do it. Line up a few professionals and ask them about it and that's the answer you'll get. They use a wider assortment of putters, stances, and grips than Heinz ever heard about and most of the time they're all screaming except the guy who winds up winning the tournament. He won because he was putting.
Consider former National Open champion Julius Boros, as example. Big Jay has three methods of putting -wristy, not-so-wristy, and firm-wristed. He simply changes from one to the other as he loses his "touch."
Sammy Snead is one of the chief moaners and yet a fellow like Jimmy Demaret calls "the slammer," president of the "S. & E. club."
"All you can see after Sam putts is his seat and elbows as he bends over to lift the ball out of the cup." Demaret grins.
On the other hand, Lew Worsham uses the same method practically all of the time but he solves the problem by using two different types of putters. In the winter, on slow greens, he strokes with an aluminum-headed mallet. On the faster summer greens he favors a brass-bladed putter, on the theory that he'll get about the same summer distance with his winter stroke because the ball comes off the brass face more slowly.
You get an argument between Jackson Bradley and young Wally Ulrich. Bradley holds out for experimentation of all types while Ulrich contends you face utter ruin with too much wandering.
"I was a good putter but by trying to get better I racked myself up," Ulrich complains.
Bradley's rebuttal is that after "trying everything" he has come back to "essentials" and is concentrating on stroking the ball correctly.
Dick Mayer, another of the younger crop, aeted just like the veteran pros when he "tried about a dozen different putters." He partially solved his problem, being exceptionally tall, by having a longer shaft attached to his blade
"For me it was better to putt from an upright position," he says, "and by keeping my wrists firm I found I didn't hit off line as much."
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—Kansan photo by Gene Bratton
STRIKE ONE—An unidentified varsity baseball candidate nugs in, swings, and misses. The KU baseball team is busily preparing for its season's opener next weekend.
TCU Javelin Ace Eyes Third KU Relays Title
Wes Ritchey, a 195-pound Texas Christian physical education major, could be the first man in Kansas Relays history to annex a triple-crown in the javelin throw here April 17 when Midwest and Southwest Track aces converge in Memorial stadium.
Ritchie won here as a sophomore in 1852 with a cast of $204^{- \frac{1}{3}}$, then a TCU record. In so doing he dethroned Abilene Christian's Paul Faulkner, the defending champion, by a 7-1 foot spread. Ritchie dropped back to 189- $6_{1}$ last year but that still was good enough to beat his arch toe, Pete Mayeaux of Texas A&M.
Darrow Hooper's annexation of his third discus gold medal last year for Texas A&M, left the javelin as the only weight event which has not crowned a triple winner in the 28-year-old history of the Jayhawk games.
The latter heave was just 15 inches behind his school record of 206-3, erected last year in a dual against Abilene Christian. He also won the Texas Relays last year in a high wind at Austin with a peg of 179-4.
The 6-1 Horned Frog has been beyond 200-0 in both his starts to date this spring. He won the Border Olympics at Lorado at 200-3, then reached 205-0 in a dual against North Texas state.
If he chose, Ritchey probably could do well in the decathlon here. He is a capable broad-jumper and pole-vaulter and has competed in
Texans have dominated the spear event here since Hardin-Simmons' Alton Terry set a record of 229- $ 2 / 1 4 $ in 1937. Including that heave six different lone star schools have crowned kings here although none have approached Terry's mark. In the past 13 Relays, Texas schools have landed nine titles.
as many as five events in dual meets. It is likely he'll concentrate on the javelin, however, especially with his early improvement this year. There was some concern late last year when he developed a sore arm after winning here and lost the Southwest conference championship to Mayeaux.
Ritchie already has reached a select estate by winning two Kansas pennants. Only others to turn that trick have been Mark Panther, of Iowa, who scored a doubleton in 1935 and 1936; Bald Wadram, Missouri, 1939 and 1940, and Herb Grote, Big Seven record-holder from Nebraska, won put two back to back in 1946 and 1947.
The Horned Frog will be the lone individual event performer shooting at completion of a triple crown here. Hopper joined the list last year in
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Lincoln, Neb.—(U.P.)-Bill Orwig, a University of Michigan assistant football coach since 1948, moved into an athletic hot seat today, the post of athletic director at the University of Nebraska.
Orwig Named New NU Athletic Head
Orwig, former head grid coach at Toledo, was named to the Husker directorship yesterday by Dr. Walter W. Beggs, chairman of the University's board of athletics.
Miss Hazzard also rolled the high 30 with 456. The Sigma Kappa team came out on top in the team high 10 and 30 with 581 and 1535 points.
In Tuesday's women's bowling league, Barbara Pering and Martha Hazzard tied the high 10 score with 170 to lead the Sigma Kappas to a 4-0 victory over the Scotts.
The DU team upset the Joan's Boys in the men's division. Charles Belt rolled 189 and 488 in the high 10 and 30 to lead his team.
In the other two matches, Kappa Gamma tied Theta Phi Alpha and the Jays took the lead over Corbin.
It was the third match of four to be held this year in the national intercollegiate bowling tournament for women. The final meeting will be held next month.
Alley Angles Miss Miller Sets Pace inWomen's Bowling Tourney
In the national intercollegiate bowling tournament, Sally Miller rolled a two-game total of 312 to lead the Kansas women's team in action the past week. Lorna Craig was runnerup to Miss Miller with a 273. Helen Stealey was third with 272. Mary Snead, fourth with 268, and Sally Foster, fifth with 258.
In the only other game, Boogers defeated the Delta, 3-1, rolling a 1764, which included a handicap of 30.
Don Waggoner rolled a 200 game Monday night to lead Dragnets to a 4-0 victory over the Silent Men in the Monday night bowling league.
Waggoner also rolled the high 30 with a 524. His team, Dragnet, had the high 10 with 605 and the high 30 with 1726.
In the other two games, Phi Kappa Sigma beat the Scratch and Gamma Tau won over Beta gamma. Gamma Tau was the high scoring team, rolling 593 and 1682 in the high 10 and 30.
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