Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
DULL BUSINESS YEAR
DEVELOPS GOLF PLAYING
U. S. Association Reports 6
Additional Clubs in
1921.
GROWS MORE POPULAR
Officials of Organization Assert Tint
tournaments This lcnr Are Co
Ing To he Epochal in score. mil
Character Of Play
By Alexander T.. jones.

hS alexander T.. jones,
United News StaT Correspondent.
CHICAGO. Jan. 7l.-Thcrc was at
least one saving grace about the
economic depression of the year past
1t certainly did give the over
worked business man time to catch
up on his golf.
The United states Golf Association
Is completing its annual meeting
here and the executive committee re.
port reveals that sixty-thrce new
golf clubs We're added to the magic
association circle during the year.
This is, whale of report. The
| nearest approach To this record in
any either ycu- was seventeen. There
are now 53S golf clubs active and
allied, In the association. and the
grand old game is growing in popu-
inrity by such unprecedented leaps
that 1t is little wonder that the meet
ing here is cXuding enthusiasm and
predictions are boisterously made
that 1929 Is going to set all records
for golf interest.
Prepare for Tournaments
Already the association leaders are
looking forward To the national
amateur at Brooklinc. Mass. next
september ana TO the national open
at the Skokic Club here in July.
Western golfers are already pre-
pairing for the Brooklinc tournament,
and Western cracks can prepare for
the biggest invasion of cntrics-ot
high caliber-in the history OF the
game.
1t is n long way to Massachusetts,
| but the Pacific Coast is going 10
send crack delegation this year.
| just as 1t did at st. Louis last Sep
tcmber. If you listen to the Western
delegates Mt the meeting. Jesse
Siege Gun" Guilford. the Boston
champion. is going to see lots OF
golf when the Brooltlinc tournament
| gets down to brass lacks, and on the
strength OF the st. Louis results
these predictions are more than
| talk.
| There will be Lee Stei and Bon
Stein, of Seattle. who came through
in great style last year; DIR. .. i.
cumbcd only after stirring match
| with Guilford: George Won Elm
| Salt Lake City. who carries some
mean clubs in his bag. ana Jimmy
Manion. ST. Louis, who was put out
by Wee Willie Hunter. British
champion. after tough round
May Become Champion.
| 1ncn tnrFt Will Dc -
| Johnston. ST. Paul. who Guilford beat
| one IN after a hammer and tongs
battle. In the opinion ~ seasoned
| authorities, this same Johnston Is
| going TO be champion some day.
| There are names that were un-
| known to championship golf Il year
| ago. but they are goin" !" be rs wen
known. the Western golfers tell You
| rs Chick Evans. Francis ouimct' BOD
| lnl
| Tho East will undoubtedly produce
her young corners in greater numbers
! this wear for the tournament IMAM
could be mustered for the trip to
81 Louis last year. These inciude
Max Marston. philadelphia. and Jesse
Swccter, The former intercollegiate
champion.
hut hereafter. tho meeting here de-
| Cided, three certified scores showing
championship figures is not going
TO cntitir n golfer To enter the cham
| pionships. The recommendation OF
Jimmy" Standish, Detroit member
of the executive committee, is that
no player be allowed to compete un-
less ms is recommended by the clup
OF which he is member.
10 Limit Number of Entries.
| The idea OF this is to limit the
number of entries and to get away
| quicker to big-tim golf. There Is
no telling player who has shot a
- on his home course that he Is not
Il championship possibility. He ar
| rivcS at the tournament with all the
assurance OF Il Jock Hutchinson
| shoots 90 in the qualifying round and
unnecessarily cutters up the land
scape. There was even a preliminary
qualifying round ut ST. Louis but
| this. cutting the field To ca. did not
relieve the situation sufficiently. y
fevcrish gang hung around the score
board questioning everybody Nom as
| ISOLATION officials To Caddics IT IL
might not Ice possible for 90 to get in
II is heart breaking, this caucus
| around the score board. bunch
around Il stock market bulletin
board with prices sliding. is a calm
and rational gathering In compari-
son Men wccn with lutle attempt
10 conceal their emotion, when their
finely shot 81 is found To be ii little
high. The tension becomes unbear-
able. !; is worse than standing
around the morguc waiting To see IT,
perchancc. one of the wreck victims
may he Il dearly loved member OF the
| family.
So the association hopes to elimi-
nate this tragic feature ms much as
possible. An effort will he made to
limit the field to 100.
And with this Observation-Disclosures
by the high humanitarianism indica
| tive Of our timcs-and the grea,
growth Of the game and the natural
development Of fine young players In
all parts Of the country. IL is easy
To believe that the tournaments this
wear are going to be epochal In
scores and character Of play.
NirEinin Enters Penn Relays.