Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
GETTING
SET FOR LONG
ROWOFBOUTS
Tournaments to Open
At Oklahoma City;
Golfers Will Trip
Over u. S., England
BY BRIAN BELL

Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-tPl-Golf
professionals willing to take q
chance, and most of them are, are
oiling their spiked shoes and polish
ing their nihlicks for the winter hunt
for glory and prize money in a score
of tournaments. The pros are about
to set out on a winding trail, lead
ing west and then south, to shoot for
the big prizes waiting for those for
tunate enough to be in the money.
The first Of the winter tourna-
ments IL the Oklahoma City open
November "a. with the Oregon open
on its heels and a dozen worthwhile
events to follow in California. When
the crack golfers have made new rec
, ords for courses or themselves on
the Pacific Coast they will adjourn
to Florida with side excursions into
Arkansas and Texas on the way
south.
English Meet
After Florida comes Pinehurst and
by that time the personnel Of the
Ryder Cup team will have been de-
cided and members Of this a~ll-star
| group will set their faces toward
! England to defend the trophy en-
blematic OF the professional cham
pionship of the two countries. While
the team is abroad the British open
will be staged with all the invading
pros trying their luck in this blue
ribbon event.
pion, will Of course, play a defend
ing role and Johnny Farrell, the
open champion Of the United States.
will be there as will Leo Diegel, p.
g. A., champion. These three stars
and many OF their fellows have q
busy year ahead OF them for soon
after they return rom their foreign
ventures the leading pros and anna
tours will congregate at the Winged
Foot club. M~amaroneck. N. Y, to
make an assault on Farrell's title.
Money Players
The pros must start on their win
ter trek with we'll filled pocket
books for there is no assurance that
even the best Of them will have their
wallets refilled with prize money.
Railway fare and hotel bills 20 on
whether the players win, lose or
N'@" AhN HbAthtS are translated into
terms of dollars at every turn. One
shot may mean the difference be-
tween $500 and $500 and another
between 500 or nothing.
Dave Spittal. a picturesque pro,
sized up the situation in a southern
tournament once when he came in
with a T2-hole score Of 800.
will il be in the money ?" he ask
ed observers al the eighteenth green.
He was assured that the best judg-
ment Of the assembled experts was
that il would.
How Much Prize?
Think it'll be car fare >" was his
next question.
The audience did some figuring
after consulting the score board and
ventured an opinion that his score
would get him just about the amount
he spent 10 get to the tournament
from his club, and back again.
Fair enough" said Dave. That's
better than nothing and there's al
ways another one where YOU NAV
get ore. An even break would be
better but | guess I'll have 70 pay
the hotel bill and caddy fee and
hope for better luck next time"
Another pro at a big money tour
nament had so little faith in his score
that as he gave his caddy $50 after
his last round, he told the bag car
rler, u hope that's enough. It's more
than I'll get for playing"