Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29

Willie MacFarlane, national open
title holder; Jim Barnes. British open
champion; Leo Diegel. Canadian open
winner; Johnny Farrell, Wilfred Reid
Mike Brady. Tommy Armour and i
host of other stars will tee off in the
Florida tournament.
Arthur Compston and Arnaud Mas
sy-tWo OF Europe's leading golfers.
will arrive in this country next Wed
nesday and will entrain Immediately
for st. Augustine, where they are 20
meet the renowned Bobby Jones and
his clever young protege, Watts Gum
of Atlanta, in their first match in the
United States.
Another Stellar Group.
Next week also will see anothel
group, headed by Macdonald Smith
and including Joe Turnesa, AL Esp
nosa, Jock Hutchisou, Willie Klein
Harry Cooper, Larry Nabholtz ana
many more, en- route to California "a
participate In the various tourna
ments in that State during the month
of January.
| More than $4,000 in cash prizes
will be distributed in the various pro
teSsional tournaments scheduled for
| the next three months and ranging
| from California through the South
west, Florida and North Carolina
The professional who is on his game
| this Winter will not have 10 worn
much about Summer business. In
| fact. the Winter season Is beginning
to offer more lucrative prizes for the
professional than the Summer
months.
Sixty Journeys in All.
There are some 90 tournaments IL
all on the schedules OF the various
{ n
are numbered in the regular season.
This offers conclusive proof that the
great American public IS finding as
! much time in the Winter TO play as
| il does in the good old Summer time
| Some Of the high lights of the
! Winter season play will be the Hagen
vs.. Jones match, 10 take place some
( time in January; the probability Of
| a match for the professional cham
! pionship OF the world between Comp
ston. rated as Great Britains great
| est, and Walter Hagen. king of match
/ play golfers in this country; u series
| OF challenge matches with Hagen.
! Barnes, MacFarlane, Diegel, Sarazen
and Compston playing the stellar
| roles.
| John ID. Rockefeller has arrived -
! Ormond Beach for his seventh sue
cessive season Of Winter golf. The
oil king Is 70 be found on the Ormond
course daily at about the same hour.
1915 am. In spite OF his years
Mr.. Rockefeller is nearing the 90
mark-he still continues 10 play a
very steady game. His golf IL
methodical and deliberate. lie plays
/ only eight holes as Z rule. rain o.
! shine. and his average score is
about IS.
| Other celebrities 10 be seen Or
! Florida courses now are Arthur Som
ers Roche George AIDE. Rex Beach
! and John Golden. theatrical pro
Queer.
Joe kirkwoOd, noted Australia
trick shot golfer, had a slight opero
! ton in Los Angeles recently. but i
/ TO participate in the California open
championship, in which some SO, 700
| in cash prizes will be distributed
| Wihred Reid. professional at St
| Augustine, is looking forward with
| great pleasure TO seeing Arnaud
! Massey on his arrival in Florida.
Massey succeeded Reid at the Eel-
saiIles Country Club in Paris some
j % years ago. In telling about Mass
and his game today, Reid said tha It
| Massy's daughter was born on the
/ day he won the British open cham
. pionShip at Hoylakc in 1907 and IL
honor Of his victory the eccentri,
( Frenchman named the child Hovlakc
: Massey.
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