San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-24
ANATEUR-PRO.
EVENT OPENS
GOLF TOURNEY
Best Ball Play Thursday
First Of Big Doings in
Texas Open Meet.
HAGEN STILL MISSING
Now Scheduled to Arrive
Thursday-Banquet Ar
engagements Made.

The first Of the big doings in the an
nuGl mid-winter exhibition of golf as it,
should be played will start at $50
Thursday morning on the Breckenridge
Park course, when amateur and pro-
tcSSional golfers, more than 100 of
each, will begin TO get away from the
first tee in foursOmeS in the amateur
pro best ball event This will be eigh-
| teen holes. mCd"l pla- anil will serve as
a means for the galleries to size up"
their ,ars for the Texas Open Cham
pionship tournament which starts Fri
day morning, continuing through Sat
urday.
The drawings for the amateur-pro
event were TO be made late WedneS.
day afternoon, the delay being TO per-
init several belated arrivals TO get in
their entries. The pairings and start
ing times will be posted in the Hobbies
| of the downtown hotels Tuesday night.
Wednesday was another day of prep
| aration in which famous golfers and
| others not famous but wishing 10 be
cluttered up the course with four
| somes or sent long practice shots down
the sides Of temporarily clear fairways.
| Several hundred onloOkerS Wednesday
| morning found opportunity in plenty to
gaze upon the big guns in action and
exclaimed at their skill
Barnes Playing Postum.
The largest gallery. perhaps. follow
ed Long Jim Barnes, the former Ameri.
can open champion, and Jimmy Farrell
of Quaker Ridge. n. Y. paired against
John Golden and Tom Boyd. This
match got away shortly before noon.
Barnes is giving the fans something
10 talk about. His play is decidedly
of cha nj shin ralihnr 10 i
lesurely and careless. OF course. he
plays some brilliant shots but he is not
the consistently brilliant Barnes who
appeared here last spring with Hutchi-
son against Lally and Mangham.
Here's the answer. Jim is taking It
| easy purposely. He is Of no mind 10
play himself out before the money bat
tic starts. Other pros" have been do
! ing ii. the older experienced tourna-
ment players. Some Of the youngsters.
brilliant and promising. are putting
everything they've got into their daily
! matches and the strain may tell.
Clarence Mangham Of San Antonio
| is one Of the younger stars who is do
! ing just enough playing to keep in trim.
| Tom Lally, another OF the local hopes,
is trying TO avoid becoming over
gOlfed.' also.
The weather Wednesday turned ideal
for golf, much the same as it was at
the first Texas Open last February,
after rain u dag or two before the
event started.
1t has been arranged that 100 'out-
siders - that IN, COLT followers who do
not play in the tournament, will be-
y, united TO make reservations for the
banquet at the Mengcr Hotel at 81
o'clock Saturday night when the prizes
will be awarded. Reservations must be
made at the Menger not later than Sat
urday noon. The charge will be $3.50
q plate.
Walter Hagen, the American who
holds the British open title, and Joe
kirkwood, his touring partner from
Australia. are still among those alb
sent. Latest advices are that the fam
Gus couple was delayed and will not ar
rive until Thursday morning.
No galleries will be permitted TO fol-
low matches on the first and second
fairways Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday. The crossing at No. ) must
be made at least 2OO yards down the
canal from the tee.
4 Kansas City entry was struck on
the side of the head by a driven golf
ball Tuesday afternoon and the blow
laid him out but he was up and around
as clipper as ever Wednesday.
Stanley Pitcher and Frank Cherry.
pros, and j. =. Meriweather and
Il W. Norton. amateurs from the
Shreveport Country Club, were among
the latest arrivals.
Harry Cooper, the boy pro from
Dallas, now unattached. was another
recent arrival. Cooper is the most
youthful pro" present; he's Is. Among
the tournament entries. however. he
gives way on the youth question TO Il
San Antonio boy, Reuben Albaugh, -.
Commodore Bryan Hurd Of Houston,
is generally conceded to be the dean Of
til bunch. The commodore is playing
firSt-claSs golf. although he has been
swinging n club ever since the game
came South.
John Henry catcher for the San An.
tonic Bears. wieldS a wicked driver. |
John is entered and intends to give
Ross Youngs of the New York Giants. |
also listed, battle for the baseball |
championship on the links.