Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-27
WINS ON COAST INDICATE
THIS MAY BE HIS SEASON
Has Supreme Skill. Hcadwork and Courage. But
Never Seems TO Get Breaks in National Event.
Has Great Self.Conrol.

cash If in the next national champion
ship he could get his game to going a
he did at Palos VcrdeS and Los Angeles
Odd Freaks of Luck.
Some fellows have all the good luck
One day not long ago. Tommy Har.
mon, the professional of the Hudson
| River Club. one of the best of the
younger golfers in the East, told me a
story about Evans Bryant a member
Of his club. Bryant has the pleasant
est kind of memories this Winter as he
/ recalls the Summer of 1927.
| "On the fourth hole. one afternoon,
says Harmon. he made a hole in one
| The hole measures 1873 yards. Re-
markedly, he had an ace at the same
| place in 1926"
The next day. during a visit to the
| famous BaltuSrol course. I told Jack
Forester. the professional there. abou;
BryantS feat
One of our members did better than
/ that. last Summer" commented Jack
He made two holes in one--the frs.
on July 9 and the second on September
| II. But / guess No. holes must BE-
| lucky, for his aces were made on No. a.
| The third day heard an entirely
| different story. It was that of c. Ralph
Smith. the Canoe Brook veteran who
| popped suddenly into the limelight by
| forcing John Golden to shoot l40 10
win the 36-hole New Jersey Open of
| 1927.
Smith and Paul Anderson. also OF
| Canoe Brook. were playing Dan
Williams and Johnny Leonard az
ShackamaXon.
At the l30-yard eleventh hole. Smith
ot,G AYNSrrcnsa haro1ISn Smith jn
birdie two. But Smiths birdie missed
| being an eagle ace by Just l inch.
On the 22l-yard fourteenth hole.
Smiths tee shot actually hit the cup,
but didn't stay in. He didn't sink his
putt, and Williams won the hole with
two.
But to miss two hole in one In a
single round as Smith did Surely he
had the essence of bad luck that after
noon.
Started Smoking in Game.
Nowadays it is such a common sight
to see player in a big championship
smoking that nobody gives the matter
a thought
Golf. by the way. is one of the few
sports in which. even in national anna
ture events. contestant can drag
away at pipe or cigarette.
bGb lAiNAC HdS tIiAlC nllCtL IL W j.,
very bad form to smoke during a
tournament. The amateurs simply
didn't do it.
F. c. TAFT. who won the British
amateur championship in 1896 and
1898. used TO get a friend to carry his
pipe for him. Freddie was afraid 10
smoke in the open. but. he would man.
age 10 mix among the galleryites
where his friend would be waiting with
his pipe. and then he would steal 4
few surreptitious puffs.
Hilton Started 1t.
H. H. Hilton. one of the greatest.
perhaps the greatest. of all British
amateurs. for he won the champion .
ship four times. and also came across
the Atlantic to capture our title, was
the first player to smoke regularly dur
ing matches. The fashion he was able
10 set because of his eminence as a
golf practitioner soon spread
Hilton, by the way. was the first ana
only man to win the British and
American amateur championships III
the same year. He did 1t in 1911.
But although this record stands
alone. ii does not quite equal the fea:
Of Bobby Jones in winning the British
and American open championships in
1926. at a time when he still was hold =
ing the American amateur champion
ship.