Sarazen Makes Hit As Lecturer at Eastern Colleges ^OLLEGE Golf
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Sarazen Makes Hit as Lecturer when great golfers and great golf styles at Eastern Colleges are mentioned. Sarazen feels that he owes golf more ^OLLEGE golf received further impetus than he can give back and after a fashion from the lectures and demonstrations of saying, he does. He's glad to devote made by Gene Sarazen before large his spare time to argosies such as this groups of students at Harvard and Dart- without any monetary rewards whatsoever. mouth. Gene made his appearances at the He feels that anything he can do to Eastern schools prior to the National further the game or interest in the game Open and found that golf interest of col- will eventually come back in some meas- ure to himself or to other pros such as legians had developed substantially since himself. his previous college appearances. So far as parties such as this one go, He is so convinced that one of golf's there may be nothing immediately in them greatest opportunities for growth exists for Sarazen in person, but there's un- among collegians that he is planning to doubtedly much in them for the local golf club and for the pasture game in general. devote considerable time to college visits It was noticeable, also, that Sarazen kept after his return from his world tour. the name of the local pro, Tommy Keane, The kids have gone for Gene's lecture, before his audience in a pleasant and com- exhibitions and demonstration in a great plimentary way. way. He has put on a strong, broad plug He was showing, for instance, the im- for the game and centered interest on portance of the grip, and, with a series of local pros so the campus prospects will bad shots showing how a faulty grip not feel the urge to come under the tutelege only ruined a golfer's game, but might lead him on to such disqust that he'd give of the pro who is on the job at a course the game up altogether. in the college neighborhood. "The grip," said he, "is nothing that Strong newspaper publicity has been can't be straightened out with one look given the Sarazen appearances. from your golf professional. Tommy Bill Cunningham, Boston sports com- Keane can clean it up for you in less than mentator, devoted one of his columns to one lesson." Gene's show at Dartmouth. Of this affair, Sarazen was pleasant to people without seeming to try. And he's the fellow who Bill wrote: once was so completely misunderstood by Squire Gene Sarazen, the Connecticut the golf filberts that they called him farmer and some time golfer, spent one everything but regular. afternoon and evening showing members of the Dartmouth undergraduate body and the faculty how easy it is to hit a golf Shawnee Open Back as Annual ball far and straight. He gave a first hand Post-Open Fixture demonstration on the local golf course in A WELCOME sign of the return of the the afternoon, a demonstration which was good old days was the revival of the strongly attended, and in the evening, he showed his interesting reels of golf movies, Shawnee Open at the famous Buckwood providing the sound himself by word of Inn course of the Worthingtons. In 1912 mouth. over this course at the Delaware Water- gap the first Shawnee Open was played. Audience Finds The event became practically an Old Home Gene Knows His Stuff week for pros, and discussions after the Squire Sarazen does a first class job. rounds had much to do with the early He gave a quick review of the entire golf stages of the PGA. C. C. Worthington, primer, showing how to grip the weapons, Buckwood head man, played an important how to propel them through space and how and how not to make them meet the role in helping the pros get their organiza- gutta percha sphere. His audience fol- tion started. lowed intently and asked lots of questions. It was the usual custom for the Na- It was noticeable in his talk about shots and how to make them that he took par- tional Open champion to make Shawnee ticular pains to praise Bobby Jones. This his first tournament appearance after his was interesting because the money players Open victory and Manero continued that used to love Mr. Jones in the powerful re- this year. verse, the principal reason being because Ed Dudley, winner of the 1930 Shaw- Mr. Jones used to insinuate himself into nee Open, won this year's revival with their open tournament and more than oc- casionally win it. But Sarazen is too hon- 288, finishing the last half with two fine est a golfer and too honest a man not_ to 70 rounds. Ralph Guldahl three-putted the recognize the grandeur of the famed citi- last hole to tie for second with Roland zen of Atlanta and to grant him his due Mackenzie. .