The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-07
WANT TO BOOK
WALTER HAGEN
AGAINST JONES
World Championship Match
Suggested For Winter-Flor.
ida Making Overtures
TIE SITUATION IRKSOME
Sc0reless Encounters Called
Too Frequent-Good Solu.
tions Still Lacking
TIE SITUATION IRKSOME
BY ALAN J. GOULD
Associated Press Sports Editor

New York, Nov. 7.-(R-It will
furnish one Of the high spots 0
competition for the winter season i
Bobby Jones can spare time from
his law work to try conclusion
again with Walter Hagen.
At least one offer, from Miami, al
ready has been put forward for sucl
a match, on 72-hole basis, and un
doubtedly several other winter re
sorts will provide lively bidding fo
a battle that would have all the sug
gestion Of world championship, il
brought about.
If there are two greater golfer.
than Bobby or the Haig they aren't
visible at present. Jones possesse:
the British open and American anna
teur crowns, while Hagen has JUS
captured the American professional
championship for the fourth success.
sive year.
Tramples Tommy Armour
On the way to his latest triumph
gen trampled Tommy Armour
holder of the American and Cana
dian open titles.
The Atlanta amateur star, if hi
can find enough time to keep in
playing trim, undoubtedly will wei
come chance to meet Hagen ant
wipe out the memory of the crush
ing defeated he suffered last year
At st. Petersburg, Fla, in March
1926 Hagen took Jones to the strid.
ent tune Of II and IL in q 72-hole en-.
counter.
It appears about time that agita'
ton was renewed to do something
about tie games in college football
The prevalence Of deadlocks in thu
latest Saturday Of conflict empha
sizes this unsatisfactory ending il
the only outstanding sport that ha
no scheme to break them.
Scoreless ties have been especial,
conspicuous. Two of last Saturday
most important tilts ended withou
scoring: Those involving Georgi
Tech Vanderbilt and Washington
and jefferson Pittsburgh. On tn
previous Saturday the Colgate-Nev
York university and Columbia Cor
nell games also resulted in nothing
nothing deadlocks.
Two Games Hinge on Ties
Two Of the biggest games SO ia
on which championship hopes hav
hinged, ended in ties, the 1913 dead
lock between Southrn California an
| Stanford on the Pacific coast an
the TT duel between Minnesota an
Notre Dame.
At various times suggestions hav
been put forward to help eliminat
the tie game but none have game
widespread favor. One scheme, ad
vocated few years ago by the vet
eran coach, John Heisman, was 70
each team to be given the ball TO
a specified number of plays, with al
engagement going to the team max
ing the greatest advance. Anothe
was to have a five-minute extr
period Of battle to- see if eithe
team could break through. Still
third suggestion not involving extr
play, was to give an extra point t
the eleven which had rolled up tn
biggest yardage, during the perio
Of play.
Little Centenary college o
Shreveport, La, has the name o
Gentlemen" but it has been any
thing but gentle on the gridiron thi
fall. The "Gentlemen" have take
particular delight in walloping thei
nearby rivals in the Southwestern
conference. They roped the South
ern Methodist mustangs early in tn
season and last Saturday plucke
the feathers from Rice Institute
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