The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1941 Page: 6 of 8
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THE MATHIS NEWS
CT. PETERSBURG, FLA.—A year
^ or so ago Sammy Snead, the ex-
hillbilly from the uplands of West
Virginia, was golf’s most famous
entry. Through the
last year this man-
tle had floated to
the shoulders of
Ben Hogan from
the plains of Texas.
Snead in one sea-
son picked up over
$20,000 in prize
money. Hogan
hasn’t yet reached
that mark, but his
general average
through the last 12
months has been
one of golf’s sensational stories.
Gene Sarazen thinks Hogan today
is the greatest golfer in the game—
one of the greatest of all time as
far as shotmaking and grim, com-
petitive concentration are con-
cerned. What is there left?
Snead played brilliantly through
the recent international four-ball
championship, but Hogan’s luster
carried an even deeper roseate tint
or glint. Tire slender Texan was
phenomenal.
How They Compare
I asked Bob Macdonald, not only
one of the star stylists of his time,
but also one of the best instructors
and keenest observers, to give me
his idea of their swings. Bob Mac-
donald is a veteran Scot who has
played golf for 40 years and has
seen them all drift by.
“Snead and Hogan have different
methods of hitting the ball,” Bob
said, “Snead gets most of his power
largely from his left shoulder which
controls a good part of his swing.
He has a magnificent left shoulder
turn. Of course, the left side of his
body, left hip and left knee, turn
with the left shoulder. He doesn’t
depend so much on hand and arm
action.
“Hogan uses his hands as well as
any golfer I ever saw. I might even
go further and say he uses them bet-
ter than any golfer I ever saw. Of
course, Hogan also has a sound left
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SAMMY SNEAD
side body turn. But from the top
of the swing he calls on the whip-
lash power of his hands to speed the
clubhead on through the ball. Ho-
gan uses his hands much more than
Snead uses his. Snead uses his left
shoulder more than Hogan does.”
At the time we were following the
final match together.
“Here are some other details that
should be watched,” Macdonald
said. “Watch how well both Hogan
and Snead use their feet. By that
I mean the transference of major
weight from the left side to the right
on the backswing. I should say
that Snead has more width to his
swing than any golfer I’ve seen. His
arc is tremendous.
“They are both in position at the
top of the swing to use their full
power, which so few golfers ever
are. Not enough golfers ever think
enough about the backswing. They
only think of hitting the ball, which
means the downswing. How can you
have a good downswing when you
have no backswing for a foundation
in the way of balance?
Delay at the Top
“Watch this,” the veteran contin-
ued. “I mean the smooth, unhur-
ried pace of Snead’s backswing and
the slight delay Sam has at the top.
You never see him hurry either a
backswing or the start of down-
swing. Timing, after all, is largely
a matter of taking your time.
Snead does this all through his
swing. He completes his large arc
without any rush at any time.
“Hogan’s swing is faster, but just
as well timed. His hand action
takes care of the entire situation,
once his backswing is finished prop-
erly. His two hands work perfectly
in relation to the clubhead account-
ing for his marvelous iron play.
Because of the tenseness and con-
centration required through his tour-
nament play I asked Ben if he
weren’t afraid he might burn him-
self out.
“I’m taking that chance,” he said.
“I figure I’d have to get all I could
from golf for two or three years
more and then settle down on a
small Texas ranch. You have to
work hard to meet the pace in this
modern golf. It leaves you dizzy.
Here I’ve been playing my head off
for months and when I landed at
Belleair I hadn’t won a tourna-
mprvt ”
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Events in the Lives of Little Men
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HE HAS ONE
Solicitor—We are offering our new
perfected talking machine on easy
monthly payments.
Henry Peck—I don’t need one. I’m
married. I
Vacation Trips
Two friends were talking. One al-
ways takes a trip in the summer
and the other has to stay at home.
The one who goes tried to console
her friend by saying:
“Well, the nicest part of a trip is
being so glad to get home. It cer-
tainly feels good to be back again.”
“I suppose then you think I have
a better time than you do because
I get to stay home,” was the un-
i- happy reclv.
1000 B. C.
“What’s old Flint toting all those
tablets for?”
“Says he has a new idea for a
comic strip.”
Farm
| Topics 1
WATER NEEDED
BY DAIRY COWS
Plentiful Supply Increases
Milk Production.
By H. R. SEARLES
(Extension Dairyman at University Farm,
' St. Paul.)
Dairy cows sometimes fail in milk
production because the herdsman
skimps on the least expensive of all
the milk-making materials. Plenty
of water is absolutely necessary if
a cow is to produce up to her natural
ability. The best possible feed ra-
tion will not get results if watering
is irregular and limited.
Water is doubly important be-
cause the dairy cow needs it for
feed utilization as well as for the
milk which is itself about 87 per
cent water. Water is the carrier
by which nutrients and wastes are
transported in the body; it keeps
body cells in good shape to carry
out their work; it helps break down
feeds for use; it controls the body
temperature. A shortage of water
results immediately in lower milk
production. Heavy milking cows are
affected even more than light pro-
ducers.
Cows on dry feed need correspond-
ingly more water than those on suc-
culent feed such as green grass or
silage. On the other hand it has
been shown that the cow is not par-
ticular how she gets her water. If
plenty of water is available to drink,
the animal will do as well on dry
feed as on feed which carries mois-
ture.
The U. S. department of agricul-
ture reports that drinking cups in
the barn result in definite increases
in milk production. With water at
hand at all times the cow will drink
about 10 times a day.
Declining Soil Fertility
Causes Drouth, Flood
“We don’t have weather like we
once had,” is a trite saying which
is unsupported by any scientific evi-
dence. But the experience of recent
years has shown that the effects of
weather are worse than they once
were, according to Dr. William A.
Albrecht of the department of soils,
University of Missouri. All because
we have neglected our soil.
Drouths are more disastrous than
formerly because the eroded and
shallower surface soils can’t take
and hold the rainfall, he explains.
More of the precipitation runs off
and less is stored in the deeper soil
zones to be drawn on in drouthy
periods.
Studies at the Missouri agricul-
tural experiment station during
drouth years revealed that the earth
three feet below the surface of tilled,
eroded or shallow soils was com-
pletely dry and slow in moisture re-
covery. But earth three feet under
sods or deep surface soils showed
good evidences of moisture. Recov-
ery was rapid and the moisture
moved down into the deeper levels
as storage water.
Man alone can help counteract the
results of his carelessness, Dr. Al-
brecht added. The remedy lies in
an intelligent, never-ending program
of soil conservation. It lies in put-
ting back into the soil the valuable
plant nutrients—nitrogen, phosphor-
us and potash — that have been
drained away by constant cropping.
It means raising and maintaining
the total fertility level of the soil
rather than trying to spur the
growth of a single crop.
Growing Spinach Seed
May Be Profitable
An expected spinach seed short-
age for next year is causing many
farmers to consider growing the
seed for sale.
Spinach seed is not difficult to
grow if weather conditions are fa-
vorable, according to C. H. Niss-
ley, of New Jersey college of ag-
riculture, Rutgers university.
Seed should be obtained either
from wintered-over spinach or
from very early plants. The seed
should be matured before mid-
summer, he added.
Nissley explains that because
the seed develops at different
times, it is advisable to harvest
plants when the first ripened seed
begins to shatter. Then the plants
should be cut, tied in bundles and
stacked, or they may be cut, gath-
ered and placed on large can-
vases protected from rains to dry
before being threshed.
An average acre yield of spin-
ach seed is 500 pounds, but yields
of 1,000 pounds per acre are not
uncommon.
Baby Chicks
Buttermilk or sour skim milk are
the best feeds for chicks when they
are first placed under the canopy,
advise poultry specialists of the
North Carolina State college. The
baby chicks should also have access
to dry mash and water. Another
good feed is cooked infertile eggs
[eft over from the first candling.
Grain feed may be given after the
first seven to ten days. It is very
essential that plenty of mash hopper
ipace be supplied.
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Oldest University
Azhar university at Cairo, Egypt,
is the world’s oldest. It is pre-
paring to celebrate its 1,000th an-
niversary this year. This univer-
sity is the center .of Moslem,
learning and Moslem authority,1
and attracts students from all Mos-
lem countries, such as Arabia, In-
dia, Malaya, China, the Philip-
pines and the Balkans.
BITTER
VISION
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THROUGH EVS
GLASSES WAS
I DISCOVERED BY
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AROUND l27£
THE BETTER WAY TO TREAT
Constipation due to lack of
PROPER BULK IN THE DIET IS TO
CORRECT THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE
With a delicious
CEREAL, KEUOEtiS
ALL-SPAN - EAT
IT EVERY DAY AND
DRINK PLENTY
OF WATER „
Selfish Enjoyment
The man who enjoys something
exclusively commonly excludes
himself from true enjoyment of it.
—Thoreau.
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PAIN WHERE IT HURTS
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WNU—P 14—41
Small Beginnings
The beginnings of all things ar*
small.—Cicero.
Tha^agiing
Backache
May Warn of Disordered
Kidney Action
Modem life with its hurry and worry.
Irregular habits, improper eating_ and
drinking—its risk of exposure and infec-
tion—throws heavy strain on the work
of the kidneys. They are apt to become
over-taxed and fail to filter excess apid
and other impurities from the life-giving
blood.
You may suffer nagging backache,
headache, dizziness, getting up nights,
leg pains, swelling—feel constantly
tired, nervous, all worn out. Other signs
of kidney or bladder disorder are some-
times burning, scanty or too frequent
urination.
Try Doan’s Pills. Doan’s help the
kidneys to pass off harmful excess body
waste. They have had more than half a
century of public approval. Are recom-
mended by grateful users everywhere.
Ask your neighborl
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