San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-26
JACK TARRANT
AND TOM BOYD
PERFECT TEAM
Take Turns Scoring Low
and Easily Win ANA
teur-pro Event.
FIVE STROKES AHEAD
Best Ball Of Ga Tops Two
Pairs Tied for Sec
ond With 69's.

The value Of Jack Tarrant, amateur
golf champion Of San Antonio, as a
partner for any professional in best
ball event was demonstrated impressive
ly Thursday when he and Tom Boyd,
the tanned and husky Fox Hills, y. y.
"pro'' with the "begorra" brogue,
topped a large field in the amateur
professional best bail round of eighteen
holes. the sizing up preliminary to
the Texas Open Championship which
starts today.
Tarrant aid Boyd finished five strokes
ahead of their nearest rivals on best
bali with a g. Boyd missed a short
putt on the last green for a Us.
Each played Il 40, but it seemed that
whenever Boyd took a four on hole,
Tarrant made three and whenever
Tarrant took four. Boyd came through
with three. Iarrant helped his
"pro" partner on six holes, while Boyd
had the better score on seven, showing
how remarkably well they played to.
gether. Several other PLAYERS cqualIed
their individual scores of 40 but no
professional was as fortunate IN
partner as Boyd and no amateur found
help so timely from his pro running
mate as Tarrant
Good Man in Best Ball.
Tarrant has had the reputation, OF
being a good partner to have in a pest
hall foursome He is cO-holder OF VIZ
tually all the best ball records around
these parts, some Of which go as low
as g..
Here's the winners best ball score,
which brought Boyd 500 and Tar
Out ..... .44f 343 253-32
In ......... .434 434 42+-32-4
There was a tie for second place, a.
GO, Largely through the good playing
of Frank NJ. Lewis Jr., youthful San
Antonio amateur. he and Walter Ha-
gen, American holder of the British
omen championship, played 80. John
Bredemus. Corpus Christi club pro
and Bob Scott. San Antonio. playing
together well.z had the other ~. -s7- =.
Some Went Pretty High.
Many of the best ball scores went up
in the tall seventies and a few went
over so. Others r. the best follow:
Bill Mehlhorn and George Wilson,
20; James Cullane and w. a. Mat
lock, 40: Clarence Nangham and Ross
Youngs. 20: Bob PEBBLES and B. q.
Barnes, Il; Johnny Farrell and Tom
Logan. IL: Alex Armour and Charley
Braunon. II; Bill Mackenzie and La.
mar Seeligson. IL; jim Barnes and
u. L. Brown, II; Dolph Van Arsdale
and II. 3. Cochran. 70; Erwin Nelson
and Roy Lewis, ~; Dan Kenny and
T. r. Smith, ~: Bill Leach and Q. H.
NIickle. ~: Charles Manning and j. ID.
Haruett. ~: +. Harrison and Col.
FF. Wing. 70; Guy Martin and c. W.
Henry, 70: Tommy Armour and J. j.
Reeves, 70; Lee J. Butler and H. w.
Baker. 20; Tom Lally and Commo-
dore Bryan Heard. %.
A big crowd followed some OF the
more famous players around.
The prize money was 500 for the
"nro" on the winning pair, with a
gold medal to the amateur; SO and a
Silver medal for tn second pair and
$50 and a bronze medal for third place.
How the second and third place money
and medals will be divided with tie
holding, had not been definitely decid-
cd early Friday. The amateurs prob
ably will have to play a few holes for
the medals.
Walter Hagen is the sartoriaL mas
terniece he has been pictured by prob
ably every writer who has seen him in
action. but Hagen. the Beau Brummel
Of tbe links, looked like n sparrow be-
side a bird of paradise when Bill Fur
long showed up on the course Inurs-
day in his big yellow car and his big
candy stick necktie and all the other
trimmings. Somebody said Bill dressed
that way because it was the only way
Inc could get any kind of recognition.
although he raised just about all the
money for the tournament.
Charley Hall, after all, draws down
the prize for long driving. There are
a lot of golfers better on the greens but
the Birmingham man is in a class by
himself off the tee. He drove the green
THURSDAY in No. Is, 800 yards and he
was hole high on several others vel
over the 800 mark. Afterward. just Il
illustrate, he drove a couple from the
clubhouse across River Avenue.
A living example of what practice
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