The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10
GLEN CRISMAN WINS IN
MONTGOMERY TOURNEY
Seventeen-Year- old Selma
Boy Defeats Veteran Golfer
In Large Field To Win In
Capital City Tourney

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June 9.-The
rising tide of youth engulfed age
and experience again here today
when it's personification, Glen Girls
man. 17-year- golfer from Selma.
Ala, was served on silver, the Mont
gomery Country club trophy emble-
matte of supremacy in the twelfth
annual invitation tournament
In defeating John Tullis, Mont
gomery, veteran of more campaigns
over the greensward than he cares
to admit, to 5, Crisman completely
reversed tradition of the links. 1t
was he who was straight from the
tee on every drive. 1t was he who
played down the center of the fair
greens as though there was canyon
there. 1t was he who was sturdy
with the machie- niblc and deadly
with the putter and it was the vet
eran, Tullis, who showed nervousness
as gallery broke around each tee
ing ground and putting area as
wave laps at the side of an island.
1t was Tulls who pulled his woods
until he developed a penchant for
the slice in an effort at correction. 1t
was Tullis who recovered spectacu-
larly from the rough and from al
most every trap in the short match.
1t was Tullis who hesitated on the
greens and who invariably played
short. afraid of the sun Drowned
carpet.
That is the story Of the tourna-
ment 1t is the story of Crisman's
travel through the list. In the morn
ing he eliminated Jack Crenshaw, an
other youth who will watch the next
election from the side lines. His
Crenshaw flubbed his every putt.
AS result of the form of the
youngster, those in the gallery who
have the interests of Alabama uni
versity at heart predict conquest
in golf for the capstone next year.
Crisman and Crenshaw will both be
there.
TulIis Makes Bad Start.
Tullis, never player to come
from behind but a hard man to stand
off once he is in the lead, topped
second shot on the first hole and went
down never to recover. On the sec
ond he smothered drive and picked
up after two futile efforts in the
rough. The third he halved when
Crisman missed an easy putt and on
the fourth the veteran won his only
hole when he recovered from slice
and placed his approach q foot from
the pin.
The sixth, the most beautiful hole
On the course just a spoon shot from
tee circled by pines and along a
narrow path through emerald ever
green, saw Crisman's most perfect
tee shot He was putting for
birdie when Tullis was yet battling
behind the protecting bunkers. That
hole is one of the answers to the
question. why did he talks UP
golf" A perfect drive there shows
the dimpled sphere alabaster white
against polished leaves of hedgewood.
Two down again, Tullis lost an OPP
portunity to come back when Girls
man pulled for his only time. He
failed and lost the seventh and
eighth, halved the ninth and tenth
and then dropped the eleventh.
twelfth and thirteenth.
Crisman Is natural golfer. He
has no exaggerated waggle. He gives
his ball second address and seems
to have studied the terrain perfectly.
He then cracks down and mas the
happy faculty of selecting the club
with which he can put in his fun
swing. He steers clear of the half
strokes whenevr possible. Only once
did he choose the wrong club. This
was on the twelfth when he preferred
an iron to a brassie. 1t was an evil
dence of his desire to put his full
swing into every stroke.
Birmingham ran into hard luck
during the meeting. Its only semi
finalist, Ike Osburn, former winner
of the tournament. losing in the
morning to Tullis by and 8 score,
One hundred and forty four golf
ers from Atlanta, Birmingham, Selma,
Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Mobile,
Newman, Columbus entered the meet-
ing and ~ trophies were awarded.