New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-06

The kid homebreds, nearly all of
them caddies only few years ago, are
now taking charge of the landscape.
They were slow in following Hagen's
lead, but now they are coming on like
tidal wave, engulfng everything in
sight. The first rumble of the ap-
preaching storm began to break last
winter, when Leo Diegel won a big
tournament at Shreveport, Gene
Sarazen the Southern open at New
Orleans and George Kerrigan took
away top honors at Jacksonville.
They were all thrown in against
strong fields, where at one time or an
other Hagen, Barnes and Hutchinson
were involved.
But no one took them with any deep
seriousness until the Skokie open,
where homebreds occupied four Of the
first five places, one of the homebreds
being an amateur. And the combined
ages of Sarazen and Bobby Jones were
less than that Of John Black, the noted
son of Troon and Oakland.
1ne w ave fathers N0iume
Full proof that the wave was still to
gather volume came when George
kerrigan Won the Massachusetts open
and Johnny Farrell led fine field by
SIX strokes at Shawnee, with brill
liant 81 for his finishing thrust
When one considers that Sarazen,
Farrell and Kerrigan are all just TWEEN
ty-one, poised upon the great threshold
of youth-the golden age-it is SIM
pie enough to see how far and how
swiftly they should go when experience
comes to the aid of their skill and
power and they have come upon the
steadiness that should make them mas
tiers.
The success of one has helped the
others,
at was shame John Black didn't
win at Skokie," some one remarked the
next day.
II know" replied young Johnny Far
reii, but Sarazen's win is going to be
a great thing for us youngsters. We
know now that we can do it,"
And Farrell, in his next tournament,
score that Sarazen needed at Skokie
And Shawnee is possibly stroke
harder on the round.
The Tide of Ambition
No small part of this development
has been carried along by the new
tide of ambition that has struck young
home-bred ranks.
They have begun to see the big pos
slbllltles of a winning name, and most
OF them have been willing to work,
70 practice with unceasing patience, to
place their games upon a sounder
foundation of consistency. And they
are the most confident lot we have
seen come along since the early
days of McDermott and Hagen, who,
from the start, were quite willing to
swap drives, approaches and puts with
any golfers living for almost any
amount.
When you hook youth, skill and con-
fidence together you have a combina-
ton that is about al easy to stop as a
forest fire, duluge or a simoom.
The Divisions of Golf
There are four main divisions of
winning golf
|. Hard practice and study.
2. Skill.
8. Confidence.
4. Experience.
The first, if the knack is there, leads
to the second. The second, where the
'heart is in the right place, leads to the
third.
The fourth is something that only
time can bring about.
Yet around the ages of twenty and
twenty-ene many of these homebreds
have had more than q brief experience,
losing. no chances to enter any tourna-
ment in sight.
There are other fine homebreds, such
as Eddie Loos, who have made fea-
ture of instruction and who have taken
little part in competitions. These may
never win championship, but they are
also laying the foundation for success
full careers, as the frst-class instruc-
tor who is constantly on the job will
be more and more in demand 1t
wouldn't surprise us to see the field
shortly divided, with the tournament
player collecting his in prize money
and in exhibitions, with the better
instructors, who do little touring,
taken over by the larger clubs. The
younger homebreds, who are now
going out for tournament play, COM