Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-31

may have been an old mans game at
one time, but recent developments in
this greatest of outdoor sports indi-
cate that the youngsters are rapidly
taking possession of it.. Youth will
be served, as Grantland Rice insists
a veteran in any sport from baseball
to boxing.
Since Gene Sarazen captured ,the
title of open champion Of the United
States in the tournament at Stoke
and followed this up by carrying off
the crow of the Professional Golfers
association at Pittsburgh it remains
only for Bobby Jones, or some one
Of his years, to wiz the amateur
championship at Brookline, Seprem-
Der 20, to demonstrate the complete
supremacy of youth in golf. Sarazen
has barely passed his majority, while
the Atlanta prodigy is a year his jun
Tor. Johnny Farrell is another pro-
fessional and Jesse Sweetser another
amateur who ranks close to Sarazep
and Jones, and there are hundreds Of
boys daily or the golf courses of the
country developing form and expert
ence that will max them ~contenders
for the championships of next year
and the ear after.
Sarazen's triumph at Chicago wad
at the expense of all the veterans of
golf, professional and amateur, who
could be brought together from Eng
land, Canada and the United States.
Black. the old-timer from the Pacific
coast. who Is q grandfather and old
enough to be Genes father, had the
prize almost within his grasp, but he
slipped in the final heart-breaking
test. 1t may have been merely the
break of the luck, but the fact re,
mains that It was a contest Of age
against youth and youth won. At
Pittsburgh in the last round Sarazen
vas pitted against the veteran EN-
NETT French who had defeated him
in a score Of matches in days gone
by. It was a gruelling struggle and
again youth was going strong at the
finish with age slipping.
The amateur championship at
Brook1ine will bring together prob
ably tho greatest aggregation Of golf
notables eve contesting for a prize
that mean nothing but glory. and the
experts who follow the sport closely
are predicting that again youth, in
the person of Bobby Jones, will carry
off the honors. Jones led the ANA
tours In the open at Stoke and is at
the top of his game. English profess
SIGNALS such as Mitchell and Duncan
class him as one of the greatest golf
players In the world. His only weak
ness heretofore has been n of tenn
perament-.or temper-and 1t is said
that until he Is now capable of pla--
ing through a tournament at the TOP
OF his game and II he does that It
will take a miracle man to stop him.
Why Youth Challenges,
There are two reasons. at least, why
the youngsters are challenging the
tradition that golf is an old mans
game. The first Of these Is that the
more destinations than any other ever
invented and that proficiency In It
calls for all the qualities Of mind.
heart, skill and strength that can be
put into any sport. It requires study,
patience. persistence, self-control and
perfect co~-ordination OF brain and
body. And anyone who thinks that
golf. 10 not q test Of nerves and physi-
cal endurance has " played
through the finals Of q tournament.
For many years, in this country es-
pecially, BOYS and young men looked
upon golf az 9 game to be taken up
sport and. would be content to dodder
around the open fields In pursuit OF
health and senile pleasure. They were
inclined to be supercilouS and patron
Iixing when told that there was more
Ito the game than they thought. They
wore cocksurs.6 They didn't think
they knewi Unfortunately. too, 1t
|happened almost invariably that when
Ione Of these youngsters took q golf
club In hisshand and essayed hitting
liz ball he had the novtce's luck and
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