New Britain herald., 1924-12-04
No. ?. George Von Elm No. 8. Jess Sweetser No. 4. Chick Evans

The belief is quite universal that plectrocutions, taken indiscrininate- ". will do little toward increasing the population Of any given com munity.
 Another notion on which the world ! at large is pretty thoroughly solid Is that Robert Tyre Jones Of Atlanta is the best amateur golfer this side of Mars,
 These sapicnt sentences are de- signed to introduce the writer's classification of the 10 leading anna teurs in American golf.
 Jonos is incontcstaD)y the ace Of the deck. As q matter of truth the young southorncr has been the best amateur i'll the game for the past four ycafs. l. just happened that it was not his luck Co win the cham pionShip until this year. His qualiii- rationS ara SD well known as 10 make amplined comment superfu- ous,
 The business of classifying the r.st of fa. field Is b"srt with con- p'rNitlo.. Personal estimate Of abijl- .rs must play a d"c,dIng part in most instances. Only a t"w of thp ranking stars took part in all the masor- events. This lrav5s the re- viewer hut little 10 work Woth. 1 Non Elm Rated second Many or -ha old stars hayc begun to slip. X year ago Chick KNane still hc,l h,8 position as second best 70 Joue>. Tms year ,Lo Chlcagoan a., dro,1-l to fourth Chick is still a splpu'iI ehtt-maEer but his rec orI ul Ia>.pg lost twice in a row ln , the first round Of the national can- no. bo orriookoL
 In E}aus' place we HaTr advanced iGcorg. Non Elm, youusstar from Ithc fur wc~r. Nou l.5m not only went To t1t Hn7I- arofn~' Irnos this year lut ero@,I uuwie'aE"aMc signs Of nigh rllI. >mlty as I'0aSsmoor a vcar aro. Whats m0r,, Non Ems ,raro G-hting qna.rrs sto him a Idomiuant aIlanf4co in lna'ch play. Ills a.,ano. las no"r sr'o'aCujar. Two years ago ao did not rank with Itho f,rst |"
 To Joss Svrrrssr cocs 'i.,rl posi- ton This may rroynk~ criticism. Swco'ecr bad 3 bad -.yeyO Fl" d]d
 no; c,,u y4rry for 'l, national. Eu, those w.o approri't" the va gnrcs of golf know t'ds is uot im-
 pof'an,. NH,ttt.r wa~ g"ri enough 10 win tlr '.te m !4-g and ha rr4uhc,l rNa H#'s 'n. 'olo".ng fMl That prov ~ his c.o-e.
 Maretun Lands Fifth
 Chick r. u,s Is fourth a'i Mars
 ton. on his .nm as marrn player
 rather than LIS P,mHs as a shot,
 l4akcr. is placed lN1 IT.. phjia- aelphiau hos a Faa,l far eng a' , his best ir lie laeaaos. Though lb.aton ia zr,,r-1 u5nor torrnoy' this year. h. v.ut 10 'l. 'ourI round m lt. '-mpoluut "ationaI
 Frauris o.ror Ie a Dsrrr co'fn' thau Nar-'al wa rny~om .ajuc, korp him down 'o >.A'u position 1T tbo raukirG. Ills EoHnn D.. Irss' . Guilfo"I. crm.s le0t NchrM linn . This is duIug. Gu.crl las a.va} hcon two or tAru ,h"s hlow th, | Erooklire ~t.r. ,mm" noat tIm II
 this years national r,st and 3. . Many Good Ones Absent , From this rmut on the c.asslfca } ton becomes lttn more than guess D work. with our personal inclination ! favorng Harrison Johnston, wh = scored a notable victory in The west
 ern amateur; Dexter Cummings, wh
 repeated in tn" national imtrrcolIe
 giates. and Rudolph Knoppcr, wh
 lost 10 Jones in the third round a ; Merton.
 Readers protesting the ahsonc 0 from the list Of Bob Gardner, Jimm r Manion, Bill Rerkic, W. c. Fownc s D. Clark Cochran. Dt. c r WlHrr ?. Woody Platt Willie Hunter Johnn [. McHugh, Jack Wenz'cr and IT Q Couch are asked To take tho matte . I'D directly and personally with thct I congrrssmon.
 f And wNcn ,oI urIte asE 'ra dca IT fellows how e,cry'nirc te m inc ii g. tie grccn house on K street!