San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13
LEADING PRO
GOLFERS TO
PLAY HERE
Clegs viii Appoint His
Tournament Commit
tees at Once.

With the assurance InaL Lne WOrtu
leading golfers will come here next
month for the Fifth Texas Open Golf
Championship, the officials of the San
Antonio golf associations are making
extensive plans for the famous golf
gavotte.
II is assured now that such play
ers as Bill Mehlhorn, Bobby Crulck-
shank, Macdonald Smith, Joe Kirk
wood, Johnny Farrell, and Tom Ker-
rigan, along with a host of others,
equally famous, will come here TO
compete for the $1,000 purse.
To see the golf stars in action on
the Pacific coast, a patron ticket
costs $40, a season ticket for the
tournament exacts $3.50. while just
one days visit to the golf links costs
500.
NO CHARGE HERE
It's TO be free here. The business
men kick in with their simoleons to
the Chamber of Commerce and the
latter in turn gives the purse money
50 the golf association to stage an
event which has already netted the
city unfortunately a million dollars
worth of free publicity in the past
four years.
Already this year news services have
carried numerous stories about the
San Antonio event. in addition 10
stories and pictures in the leading golf
publications.
San Antonio set the pace five years
aeo for other cities to follow IN CIV
ur.1f ~nr n
Other cities are patterning tneiI
events after the San Antonio event
and the same methods Of handling
galleries and tournament management
have been adopted, because at every
tournament throughout the country
golf professionals do not mince tnelr
words in saying that San Antonio mas
one of the best conducted tournaments
in the game.
Toe Kirkwood, during a recent visit
here. stated that the pros would rather
compete here than anywhere else, De
cause they knew when they would
start and they knew that the tour
ncment is conducted on a business
ike basis. according to Tournament
Manager Jack O'Brien, manager OF the
local tournament, who pointed out, IN
n magazine articles recently, the pit
falls of the Florida golf league last
wear and prognosticated that the
league would die a natural death or
that the lucrative winter tournament
schedule would be discontinued. Many
az the famous stars were signed up
in Florida last winter, but this year
only Willie MacFsrlsne, Jim Barnes
and Walter Hagen are tied up to con-
tracts. The rest Of the stars are
taking advantage Of the tournament
tour and will participate in purses
which aggregate approximately
COMMITTEES SOON.
Within the next week or two. Chair
man L. 3. Clegg of the golf tourna.
,nent committee Of the chamber OF
commerce win call a meeting to Sc
lect the other officials for the tour
nanent. Jack O'Brien has been Sc
tected manager for the fifth time. An
assistant manager, a chief of gallery
police, q chief scorekeeper, a chief Of
fetal scorers, and numerous other as
fistants will be named to conduct the
different details of the tournament.
A committee will be sent TO the
city officials and the army post in
order 20 obtain policemen and soldiers
20 take care Of the huge galleries which
are expected to flock to the course
to watch the stars in action.
The recent course improvements, al
q cost Of about $1,000, viii tend 70
make q fast brand Of golf and some
excellent scores are expected.
Definite entries have been received
already from Bill Mehlhorn, Joe Kirk
wood, Stanley Davies, Ernest Lamb
Of Monterrey, Mexico, Harold Long,
Tom Lslly, George Dow, Beetle
Juelg and Joe Ear, city amateur
champion Of Waco, Tex.
II has been reported that Jack Tar
rant, former city amateur champion
Of San Antonio, but now a pro in
Hollywood, Cal, intends TO come here
for the tournament. The year that
Joe Kirkvood won the Texas open and
established q record by winning -four
tournaments in a row in the South
Jack Tsrrant finished fourth here.