San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-25
YOUNG LEWIS
HELPS HAGEN
LEAD GOLFERS
Youthful San Antonio ANA
teur Hero Of Twosome
in Early Lead.
BEST BALL IS A So
CulIane and MatlOck Sec
ond at Breckenridge
Park With 70.

Young Frank VI. Lewis Jr., son Of the
daddy of San Antonio golf" was the
hero among the carly finishers Thurs
day in the amatcur-protcssionaI best
bali round. the preliminary TO the Texas
Omen Championship Tournament which
starts at Breckenridge Park Friday
Young Lewis. San Antonio amateur.
materially assisted Walter Hagen, Brit.
isb omen champion. in leading the field
with about a third Of the entries IN al
80 in the afternoon. when ne Out
scored the famous visitor ON several
holes and tied him on Others. Their
best ball was 60 Hagen was not very
accurate. not having played over the
course before and misjudging ms dis
lance several times.
The Hagen-LeWiS best ball score
out ...........3l% 4I3 %6j-%4 49,
In ...........4i4 3Jl 33J-1J-0'
Lewis played al the top of his game ::
Second place at 80 was held Dy
James Cullane Of Colorado Springs:
professional. and W. 4. MatlocH %
Denver, amateur. with 40.
OtheT. Leaders.
Other leading scores were: +. Mel
son and Roy Lewis, -: L. Harrison
and Col +. =. Wing. az: Joe Kirk
wood and II. b. Andrews. a. Joe Laliy
and /. /. McriwethCr. -: i. w. Henry
and Lieut.. Hcffley. 10: Fred Baron
and II. Jarratt. &c; Charles Hottner
and Charles Schreiner. -: Charles Hall
and {. Hubby, as; Tom RaJOppl and
panI BALDWIN. IS; J. {. Sherwood and
/. u. Ormsby. 81 Charles NovaE and
n ~ N-.,Jo1boFfcr 81 r 0'C'onupll
and Joe Mayfield, 81.
Toe Sylvester and c, NJ. Immel ant
Jack Blakeslee and Tom Rue turned II
no cards.
Several Expected TO Beat Ii.
There were several pairs expected Il
equal or better 90. but the pairs wcr'
started late and the last ones did no
leave the first tee until early afternoon
Jim Barnes and +. L. Brown and Ton
Lally and Commodore Bryan Hear
were among those still to report whIc
were expected to make a good shown
and which attracted a large gallery.
Fullv a thousand automobiles wer
marked across the drainage ditch fror
the first tee and in River avenue, CIV
ing an idea of the large crowd whlc
came out to see the play.
Entries for the Texas Open and IN
Thursday best ball round polished Of
for the money play Wednesday. Go
in the low seventies was extremely con
non and nobody paid much attenuo
TO anything higher than ~ or a..
Beginners in the gallery followin
match in which stars Of internationi
prominence were playing would be hear
TO remark:
AWhy. doggone II. that fellow doesn
stand chance. He's clubbing his sho
something awful"
And the "fellow" referred to would
shooting golf around -.
Mangham Holes Approach.
= Clarence Mangham. who, with Il
I.ally brothers and Jack Tarrant. carr
San Antonio's hopes in the tournamen
gave large gallery following his mat,
Wednesday afternoon chance
whoop and boiler. His drive stomp
behind a bunker some 10 yards fro
the sixth green and he holed out
appypach. while somebody. OverCOn
with the sheer impOssibility Of {
thing. lay down in a sand trap an
rolling and kicking. yelled "wow" ov
and over. Mangham. said he ncv
holed an approach that far before in j
life.
Mangham and Bob Kamrmann. an
teur here. who. by the way. played q
cellent golf. defeated John Rogers p
and Laury Nabholtz. visiting pro(o
siontls and G.
Jack Tarrant camo in two down
Art Lnngworth If s.. Louis. who
playing far better golf than he did
the tournament last winter. when LoI
worth shot 80 on the second nine. !
Jack won four straight holes on
start Of another round and tho mat
was called off.
With everybody shooting in the a
Johnny Farrell and T. c. CanauSa
frated Bill Creavy and Char
Mathews. 3 and ..
Ross Youngs was defeated hut
came through with n freak shot Il
landed in the seat Of = passing was
over on the far holes Of the second nj
TIe declined an invitation to stand.
Roman rider in the backs Of III"
team and shoot II out Of the seat.