The New York herald., 1921-12-23
BREDEMUS AMONG
LINKS ARCHITECTS
Former Athletic Champion,
'Pro' at Del Rio, Plans Corpus
Christi Course.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

John Bredemus. who succeeded to the
all around athletic championship Of the
United States when Jim Thorpe. the In.
dian, was declared professional. and
who learned his golf at Van Cortlandt
Park, has been in Corpus Christi lay
ing out a golf course. John is profess
sional at the San Felipe Country Club OF
Del Rio, Tex. and is making quite
name for himself down that way, by all
reports. both as q maker of records and
courses. In addition, the old athletic
star also is finding time to strike blow
or two on behalf Of his brother profess
sionals up North. At present the boys
are giving John a lot of credit for the
arrangements for the big open tourna-
ment which is to be staged on the public
links at San Antonio early in February.
The original intention Of the pro-
moters of this event was 20 have the
tournament late in February. or even In
March. AS this would have been too
close on the calendar to some OF the
Florida tournaments. leaving the profess
SIGNALS the jump all the way back from
ticipate in the events which also had
been spoken Of for New Orleans and
Houston. there was q strong probability
of the negotiations falling through until
Rredemus took hand. John had the
date of the San Antonio meet set for
February 2, and A. and he now is work.
ing hard on Houston and New Orleans.
He writes to say that he has high hopes
Of getting these organizations to change
<11n tor wi
begin on February II and is respec-
lively instead Of February Fl and
March I.
After other Journeys.
Bredemus also has been trying to line
UP Dallas and Fort Worth so that the
professionals who travel a long distance
will have some real inducement. The
prize money at San Antonio as called
for by the program will aggregate $4,000.
The winner will receive s1.50o. the run
nerup $3.50. the third $500. the fourth
$400, the fifth $500, the sixth 5000 and
the seventh 800. Other prizes will be 500.
$50, $40, $50, $50, $45, $40, $35 80, $25,
500, SIS and $40. There will also be s25
for each score under 70 and s25 for the
best eighteen holes for each round. An
amateur pro event. will procede
the main tournament, with prizes of
| 800, s75 and $50 to the professional on
the winning team.
| A glance at the prize list in the main
event will convince most that after the
first half dozen the prizes are scarcely
worth the trip to such distant point as
San Antonio. Even the sixth will
scarcely clear his expenses for the week.
A suggestion that the professionals
should endeavor to have a better appor-
| finn ert ~
number to win a prize that would nearly
meet expenses has been acted upon. but
the San Antonio club has replied that 1t
| is too late now to make such change,
! the prize list having been extensively ad-
vertised throughout the country. The
idea was to take $500 from the first
money and spread down the line so that
the twentieth prize still would be some
thing like $50. The plan was well
thought of by the promoters of the San
Antonio tourney. but for the reasons
stated it was thought unwise at this
stage to reduce the first prize. How
ever, word has now been received to the
effect that $500 extra will be forthcom-
ing just the same. in this way the purse
will be $500. instead of $4,000.
First Consider the Expense.
For the Houston tourney $1,000 has
been offered, as follows: $500, 5000,
500. 800 and $780, New Orleans Of
fers $4,000. broken up as follows: 5000.
$3.50. s325. $500. $3.50, sc25. 5000 $3.50.
S1e0 and 500. As there will be between
thirty and fifty pros in these tourna-
fnents IL follows that many will return
home badly out OF pocket. These South
ern clubs wishing TO give tournaments
should take into consideration that the
majority of the pros come from the
North. The prizes are very attractive
from the standpoint OF players such as
Hagen. Hutchison end Barnes. How
ever, most of the pros first consider the
expense. When the organizations begin
to realize how important It is to have
in their meetings half hundred of the
pros who are good but not quite so con-
sistently good rs the Big Three, the
Southern winter tournaments are sure to
be more popular.
Even a 5000 tournament Is not such
an attraction TO the majority of the pro-
| fessionals when the scene Of combat is
so far removed from their home club
Only one can win the first prize OF
$1,000. a second or third place Is W, II
worth while. but there Is little nourist
ment in even Il sixth prize of $500 When
the player has to travel so far to win IL.
purse of 500 is neat little thing to
pick up when the pro has to make less
than an hours journey and spend only a
dollar or two to get to the tournament