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ttrnc. but recent developments In tnis
greatest OF outdoor sports Indicate
that the youngsters are rapidly TAX
,uw possession OF II. Youth VIII be
served. an Grantand Rice insists when
no chronicles the Waterloo OF a yeter-
an in any spor. from baseball 20 boy
ing.
since Gene Sarnxen captured me
title of open champion OF the DnHeo
states In tho tournament At StoHio
and followed this up by carrying OH /
the crown OF the Professional Golfer
Association Mt Pfttsburg IL remains
only for Bobby Jones, az somo one OF
his wears. to win the amateur cham /
| pionship at Brookline, September z-s,
| To dernonst rate tf1e complete suprem-
acv os9youth IN golf. Sarnzen has
barely pa ssed his majority. while the
Atlanta prodigy is a year his junior.
johnny Farrell is another professional
and jesse sweetser another amateur
VINO ranks close to Sarazen and Jones,
and there are hundreds OF boys dally
on the golf courses OF the country de-
veloping form and experience that VIII
make them corteDders for tho cham
pionships Of next year and the yea
after.
sarazen's triumph a. Chicago was at
the expense OF all the veterans OF
golf, professional and amateur VINO
could be brought together from Eng
land. Canada and the United states
Black. the old-timer from the Paethc
Coast, who IS A grandfat thor and Ola
enough to be Genes father, had the
prize almost within his grasp, but ne
slipped in the final heart-breaking
test. II may have been merely the
, break OF luck, but the fact remains
, that Il wac a contest OK ago against
youth and youth won. Al Pittsburs in
the last round sarazen was pitted
against the veteran Emmett French
who had defeated him in score OF
matches IN days gone by.s IL was a
grueiling struggle and again youth
; was going strong az tho finish with
age slipping.
r The amateur championship at Brook
. line will bring together probably the
greatest aggregation of golf notables
I ever contrasting for prize that mean.
l nothing but glory. and the experts who
follow the sport closely are predicting
that again youth. in the person Of
Bobby Jones, will carry on IN. honors
!. Jones led tho amateurs IN the open nj
: Stoke and ia at the top OF his game
English professionals such ss Mitchell
and Duncan class him as one Of the
greatest goh players in the world. He
only weakness hsre1ofoCe has been
!. one OF tempsrment-or temper-and
a It Is said that ne has succeeded IN
:. overcoming that until ne Is nov
capable of playing through a tourns-
o. ment at the top Of hts game and II he
does that x will take a miracle man e
= stop him.
If Why Youth Challenges
" There are two reasons, at least. why
tho youngsters are challenging ths
tradition that golf - an old mans
game. Tho first OF these r. that the
boys have learned that the game has
more Vaccinations than any other ever
invented and that proficiency IN Il
:. calls for all the qualities OF mind
:. heart, skill and strength rhae can bs
- put into any sport. It requires study
patience. persistence, seaf-coneFol ant
10 perfect coordinate OF hrs4n and body
a. And anyone who thinkA TINT golf {
- not a test OF nerves and phys1cal en-
durance has never played through th
~ finals OF a tournament
M For many years, in this country es
pecially, boys and young men locke
upon golf as game TO DO tAken u
when they were too Old for any oths
= sport and would be content to dodde
around the open fields n pursuit {
J" health and senile pleasure. They wer
inclined to be superciiious and patron
We ling when told that there was NOR
of to the game than they thought. The
tn were cocksure. They didn't think
lie they knew! Unfortunately, too.
SO happened almost invariably that whe
he one of these youngsters took a go
p club in his hand and essayed hitting
list ball he had the novice's luck aud slus
wv ged Ii a mile. A performance OF thu
tn kind usually set him back about ]
de years N developing his game. for II
mt Inevitable result would be that he We
Is confirmed IN his Judgment that an
he body could play golf and nobody wou,
until he had nothing else better 10 d
ne One such youth yielded TO persus
lat sion and coRdescended TO try z roup
arS on Washington course a few yea,
ed ago. True to tradition. he got of e,
N eeptionaliy long drives from the fir.
as three tees. He was not so good /
approaching the greens and in gettin
down his puts. but he was extremel
well pleased with himself as he stoo
on the fourth tee and prepared
get off another slsshing drive.
ed "IVell % ha sofa IL aft a..
iTt have mastered the long game. but
o. see that I'll have TO give s. little after
NJ, ton now 10 the iron clubs!"
nii Needless TO say he did not Their,
eK, upon whale out another long driv
=" Whom the gods OF golr love the
." chasten, and that young man w,
y" duly chastened before he learned Il
difference between luck and skill in
well-hit golf shot Today the 60
courses or the world are covered Wit
Thy men who mourn the years they lost.
ks the years of youths suppleness m
a resliiency, when the eyes were kee
of and when there We're no such thin,
she as tumpy nerves. atrophied muscl
ew and stifrened joints.
Future For Professionals.
Second OF the reasons why II
younger generation is taking to &c
- that it now holds out suhstantl
rewards to those who make a DIT
fession of It. Walter Hagen will pro
ably make $4,000 this year as \ r
suit OF his having won the Britt,
open championship. He and u
kirkwood, the Australian champio
have teamed UP to play exhibit,