Evening star., 1928-06-18
291 SEEN AS GOOD
ENOUGH FOR A WIN
Armour, Champion, Scores
II in Practice-Jones Has
II and rs Cards.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~HICAGO, June 15.-Delegates to
the international golf1ng con-
vention were gathering rapidly
~ today for preliminaries to the
opening session on Thursday
at Olympia Fields Country Club. A
nominee for national open king will be
named Saturday, barring a tie vote, to
succeed Tommy Armour Of Washing
ton.
In this goifing convention, all dele
gates are aspirants for the crown and
each one votes for himself by casting
club at a small white ball. The one
who casts the fewest votes of that sort
gains the throne of golfdon.
Most of the $50 contestants are
Americans. but Great Britain, France
and Australia are represented. There
were II regional meetings June IL TO
c~rtAr :is5se eligible to compete over
stfa ~. { course at Olympia with the
n ited alients and those 80 who got
'ils feweSt votes (or strokes in golf par
lance at Oakmont last year.
Course in Good Shape.
TIE Platform committee met yester-
day while rain made the rough rougller,
and prepared planks pronouncinz the
course a splendid concourse for the
meeting, denouncing Armour for aspir-
ing to a second successive term. as the
only precedent was by John McDermott
in 19ll-l2, end announcing that the
present record vote of 236, obtained by
Chick Evans IL years ago at the Min
neapolls convention was likely to stand
another year.
In fact, some of the candidates after
trying the elongated links Of 6,756 yards
declared that 291 would be sufficient to
nominate. Even o. B. Keeler, cam
paign manager for Robert Tyre Jones
OF Atlanta. one of the leading conteders,
on advice of his candidate, who got n
and rs on two straw ballots at Olympia.
issued statement in which he declared
that none of the candidates would poll
fewer than 290 strokes.
AT that time, however, the nominee
for reelection, Tommy Armour. had
not counted his first straw ballot, which
proved to be just 72, or one more than
par for the course. No other test poll
has been so promising of ultimate VIC
tory, but in the final selection there
must be four tallies over the lS-hole
route before the official total can be
cast.
Three Turn in 13s.
III O14A~A PACAAIilAldEE TESTS hICllle
ccmpston of Great Britain. Bill Mehl-
horn of New York and Aubrey Boomer
of France Tailed 73s. George Won Elm.
formerly amateur king. Just got under
30 by one. and many refused to report.
Walter Hagen. who recently won the
British open coronet. has not vet ap-
peared on the convention space, but he
once got around this arena in 81 when
there was considerable less opposition.
The Haig was expected today and
with him another favorite of the Eastern
States, Johnny Farrell, both competi-
tors for secretary of fashions and STYLES
as well as tor thep remisr golfing once.
Hagen is said TO be in prime form and
Farrell, having won in eight lesser
events last year, is favorite with many.
Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. veteran
British candidates. have withdrawn
from the race.
The rain has improved conditions.
satisfying those who have ccmplained
of the poor growth and texture of grass
and the resultant poor returns TO good
puttsrS, II has also filled Butterfeld
Greek. which Transcripts lS fairvays.
pleaSing those interested IN water and
its effect on immersed golf balls.
Golfing caucuses viii be in full swing
now for three days and then the battle
on the floor OF the links and the gossip
in the ninsteenth hole viii be on in ear
nest