San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-22
Decided Sarazen and Hut
Gibson Will Chance il
on Wet Course.
FIRST CALLED IT OFF
Famous Golf Pair Kere to
Leave for Saturday
. Orange Exhibition.

After the Country Club golf COM
mittee had decided to cancel the exhi-
bition golf match scheduled for Thurs
day between Gene Sarazcn, national
open champion. and Jock Hutchinson,
liOrmer British open title-holder,
against Tom Lally and Clareice Mang-
ham of San Antonio, for $500, winner
take-all. because of the rain of We'd
nCSday night, it was agreed at lun-
chcon at the San Antonio Country
Club at noon that the match would be
played if no more rain fell before Fri
day. The luncheon was attended by
Sarazen. Hutchinson and Joe Kirk
wood. the Australian star. who toured
with Walter Hagan and last Tuesday
won the professional event at Hous.
ton and is now headed west, among
others.
If no more raain falls. although
the forecast is for probable prGcipi-
tatiOn. the 36-holc match will start at
10 o'clock Friday morning.
Insisted They'd Play.
J.. Il. Clegg, chairman of the club
golf committee. was skeptical Thurs
day as to the chances of playing. He
was so sure the match could not be
played that he definitely called it off.
The visiting pros and their manager.
Ray Mccarthy, insisted they could
play. however, and an investigation
of the course was made at noon.
Water stood on one or two fairways
but. it was decided the chance would
be taken il no more rain fell.
Sarazcn and Hutchinson cannot stay
over after Friday. as they are sched.
uled for an exhibition at Orange. Tex,
Saturday and are due in Florida soon
afterward.
Unfortunate in Matches.
Sarazen and Hutchinson have been
unfortunate in their Texas schedule.
They have been travelling in the good
weather. with matches scheduled on
the days it has rained several times.
Wednesday, on their way from North
Texas, they had planned to stop over
at Austin for the playoff of their
rain-pOstpOned exhibition, and it was
raining again.
Mr.. Clegg said Thursday that the
rain may also force another post
poncmeRt of the rest of the Midwinter
Amateur Championship event here, the
qualifying cOund of which was played
a week ago, just before n long and
soaking rain halted all plans for match
play.
At present. It is planned to play
the matches in the midwinter event
on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week.
Sarazen, sitting in the lobby of the
st. Anthony hotel Thursday morning.
had In .,
One was verificatiOn of the report
from New York that he had applied
for reservations at the InwOOd Coun-
national open will be decided next
July. The announcement from New
York also states that Jock Hutchinson. |
Walter Hagen and Jim Barnes have
mad reservations.
Sarazen will go to England to play
in the British open championship. de- !
spite lot of telegraphic "stuff" from
Briarcliff Lodge. New York. the hotel |
with which he recently allied himself |
as professional. to the effect that the |
board of directors doesn't want him
togo.
HutchisOn, behind a hand. suggests
that it is probably q lot of advertis-
ing for the hotel to insist that Gene |
doesn't attend. and that the Briarcliff
folks are really anxious for him to
represent them overseas.
Sarazen Thursday had some nice
things to say Of Jack Tarrant, the !
San Antonio amateur. whom he has
seen play a couple of times. He thinks
Tarrant has any amateur and most |
professionals he has met in his
southern tour Outclassed.