The Washington times., 1924-05-26

70 either the professional or am;
ton the treat of the year in a twel
none. other than Gene Sarazen,
and Max r. Marston, the almoi
champion of the present day. tt
OF Washington's best professional
sional Club, and Freddy Mcleod,
The thousand or so who followed
that tWelve,hole match were no
loud only IN their praise of the
prOwess OF the distinguished guests
at the club but were equally lapdi
tory in the spirit with which they
SO willingly emerged from the
shelter Of the clubhouse after ons
of the hardest thunder showers thai
has visited the capital ia years tc
do their stuff.
The fact that the Congressional
course is mostly undulating and
dries easily, detracts no whit from
the Obligimg tactics displayed by
both Sarazen and MarstOn who,
In view Of their high standing in
tine game and impending cIlSm.
plonship contests, might easily
nave had PLAUSIBLE excuse to
withdraw.
e Here again is proven to the world
tnat go1, as a game, breeds only
the highest instincts of sportsman
snip. Sarazen and Marston came
70 washington to give the Congress.
sIonal Club members and guests a
golr exhibition, and when even the
members of the green's committee
were most doubtful as to the adj
Instability of playing, these two
sterling young proponents Of the
game stoutly maintained that they
would step on the links under any
conditions excepting actual rain.
fall.
And so they did; and in appre
citation thereof, the gallery which
had gathered for the. function meas.
ured off every inch of the course
with them, proving that what is
good for the goose is good for the
gander, especially in weather made
for ducks.
The, writer hereof had the ex.
IRENE pleasure, aye the distinction
Of being ade de camp, or chief OF
staff as you might say, to these
two young golfers during their brie1
stay in Washington which com,
menced at a. very late hour Friday
and ended in an altogether toe
regretable parting yesterday morn
ing. During the Interim, he had
an exceptionally rare opportunity
to make some observations of the
stuff champion golfers are made of
and he can not resist dividing thess
nj NNyk1r
to share them.
As no two of us are cast
exactly alike, it is almost i'm.
possible to treat of Sarazen and
MarstOn i'm equal terms, but these
very differences in the two make
comparison possible and here we
find two men of almost opposite
walks in life who achieved some.
what similar positions i'm the pub.
lie ,n1OnOcle.
Gene Sarazen, twenty-three, single
but betrothed, born Of extremely
humble parentage, world champion
golfer at the age of twenty.one anC
at present North Professional
Champion of England and National
Professional Champion of America
Max r. Marst0n, same age, mar
ried, born with a silver spoon ir
his mouth, idol of Philadelphia
civic and social circles, and pres
emit national amateur champion.
Those are only thumbnail sketches
and back of either lies a great
wealth of personal characteristics
which make a study for the thou
sands of players about Washing
ton who covet desire to maks
their marks in the world of golf.
i Sarazen, of Italian ancestry
short, stocky, can best be describ
ed to the average mind as a typi
cal American boy. He has develop
Cd something of a polish and poise
since he first visited Washington
under the auspices of Hearst news
papers just after he won his world
title, but in action and deed he is
still the same unassuming lad who
learned the game around the greens
and fairways Of Rye, N. Y.
Marston, OF Anglo-Saxon blood
tall. blond, almost handsome, Ger
tainly virile, reveals in every move
mept the close contact with the re
finement of club life and possibly
as a regret of his almost pampercc
career is inclined to be a little
htemueramental-which is his right
and which could hardly be avoidei
in view of the atmosphere In
which he has thrived.
Those are the main differences
In the two wizards Of the links,
who have left their imprint on
Washington but In the big essen.
tIal Of the game they might be
said to be twins OF the same
birth, rearing and inheritences.
Accuracy in strokes, deliberate
ness and distance on the tees ant
fairways masters Of their game IN
the rough and in difficulties anC
finnesse on the greens--those are
the outstanding trademarks STAMPED
on both and those are the charac
teristics which go to make ur
champions in theirs and othei
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