The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-10


While the redoubtable Francis
Oulrnet will not be among those to
drive off next week, Ray ouimet
will represent the Massachusetts
family. Ray Oulmet, now a Kansas
City resident, showed the way in
medal tests about a month ago In
the Trans Mississippi championship,
ultimately won by Charles Mckee,
Des Molnes, himself due Saturday.
Ray met strong opposition right after
this feat, however, and fell by the way
in the opening match round. With
Ouimet, who is pretty sure to be on
either the TN. G. A. or Missouri
State team in the Olympic cup contest,
will come Jim Ward. a figure in some
of the earlier 1920 competitions in the
Missouri Valley
In addition to Mckee, the Iowa state
champ, Jim Hubbell will carry colors
of Des Moines club. He has for some
years been an attendant at Trans Mis-
sissippi events.
Manion Friday had a So on the out
side nine, one down on par, but ran
into trouble when he took up his put
ter coming home and registered a Az
but one up on DOGGY. Golfers, no doubt,
will recall the combination of Manion
and Oakmont. Twelve months ago this
chap was the medalist in the National
Amateur at Pittsburgh. After leading
a field which contained such stars as
Heron, Evans, Francis Ouimet, ct al,
the st. Louisian drew Bobby Jones in
the first round and the Atlanta youth
trimmed him. Manion Friday was So
fictitious about Jones entry. Probably
he has in mind return affair and
mayhap entertains fond thoughts of a
from Chattanooga with the remainder
of the S. G. A. delegation. now in at
tendance at the annual title play over
the Chattanooga Golf and Country
club green.
Bockenkamp the 1919 runner up to
Harry, Legg in the Western, Friday
played more consistent golf His card
showed 40 and 3S. Both had some
thing to say about the greens. It is
a bit difficult for them to accustom
themselves to Bermuda the two finding
the green's fast as well as tricky in
judgment of distance. Undulatng as
the green's are, Bockenkamp said he
allowed for slope, but the grass was
so stubby and thick his ball almost in
variably went straight, despite the un-
evennesS.
Both these boys found trouble with
their short approaches. They are ac-
Customed to the pitch and run at St
Louis and at Memphis c. c, Such sim
ply isn't done, that's all off the tee
they had distance and were fairly
straight.
Hubby declares that George Rotan Is
coming. Rotan is remembered as the
long hitting Texan who played here
in the Southern of 1914, and the Trans
Mississippi the following year Incl
dentally he is remembered as the man
who had such wicked looking iron in
his bag, a cross between a giant nib
lick and garden spade, as well as be
ing the executor Of a remarkable slice
shot around the corner of the old eighth
hole in the 1914 affair. Rotan is on
great game now. 1t has not been 80
days since he won the Bynnewood Gun
at Philadelphia, and, too, he is used
to Bermuda grass
Wilbur Brooks, W. c. A. president.
brings a large delegation from Cleve-
land Saturday. The assistant secre-
tary, Craft Higgins, also arrives Satur-
day from Chicago Likewise John A.
Bell, Nashville, head of the Tennessee
association, is expected
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With but one exception no announce
ments have been made Of team selec-