Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
Sports Chats
- With -
Hal Eustace

Valley golfers should keep In
mind the lower Gulf Coast Golf as
ISOLATION tournament to be held in
Laredo September ! and 2. It's
not SO long off now. and those in
tending TO enter should be furbish-
ing up their strokes. This Is the
championship tournament. Others
r held during the year, but at this
particular one, c~.individual cham
pion of the association will be
crowned. Charles Pickett of
Brownsville has worn the diadem
as has Hill Cock of McAlIen. Both
are expected to be back fighting
for honors again in the coming
tournament.
The association Is composed OF
golf clubs Of the following cities:
Corpus Christi, Kingsville. Edin-
burg, McAllen. Mercedes, Laredo
and Brownsville. The tournaments
are rotated froEl one club to n
other. The last one was held at
Kingsville. George Cummings Of
Corpus Christi captured the first
flight, J. w. Goodwin and Edwin
Fore. both Of Corpus Christi, tied
for the second flight and Paul
Mathews Of McAllen won the third.
Usually about 20 enter these
tournaments. A group OF u are
expected TO make the trip from
the Brownsville country club. Chas.
Pickett, Chief" George, Jimmy
George. George Desha, ". ". Tay-
Tor and several others will probably
form the Brownsville contingent.
Jimmy George won third place in
the first flight at the last tourna-
ment.
There viii be four events in the
Laredo tournament. These are: 54-
mole handicap. class A, go players
with handicaps II 10 or under: 81
mole handicap, class B, for players
with handicaps Of IL to Is. inclu-
slve; 54-hole handicap, class G. for
players with handicaps of 10 or
more; and the individual 1929
championship. Ups will be award
co Tor flrstS. seconds and thirds in
classes A, B and c, and cups also
VIII be awarded the players making
the lowest. and second lowest ros
scores.
A number OF enthusiastic. but not
SO good local golfers are PLANNING
70 attend the tournament. Their
aroor may be d1mpened a bit with
me announcement that ne Lowest
handicap TO be lowed is 81. This
Is me regular beginners handicap
we are in ( vor of this ruling 8
man with a handicap over n should
not win a golf tournament. A plav-
er with a 40 handicap might win
OUT over another playing bar golf
Inc difference etween their two
games would h laughabIe. but the
5o-handicap man might win" To
Keep gol up to a high standard
the 27-handicap ruling should he
enforced in tournament play.
ms however, does not applv r.
ciuo tournaments. The object ~
these affairs is to Stimulate inter
est and anyone with an estabIished
handicap should be allowed tn niav
win the figures his card indicates
te should nave. But in inter-cluh
tournaments, the standard shonld
DC raised TO the 27-handicap limit.
z. L. Fortson Of Edinburg has lust
returned from a vacation. On hjs
front steps among the piled I'm
newspapers and milk bottles he
touno a case of dry gingerale. a
nunloor OF ciNlrettes, IL tubes Of
shaving cream. four packages Of
Bo4l tees, a razor and a years slIh-
scrlptlon TO a golfing magazine
AND why? Because in June he
leaned back and swatted the hail
from tee to cup for a hole-in-one on
Llano Grande links at Merce-
aes. II was the llo-yard third
nole; Fortson also is conspicuously
displaying on the slightest proyoca-
ZION. or none at all, a newly re-
ceived membership certificate in ire
Hole-in-One club.
The sharpest eyes and the fastest
triggers in the United States will
line UP this afternoon at DAYTON. o.
TO participate in the grand Ameri-
can handicap. The Valley is be-
coming more and more a eunner's
paradise. Skeet has taken the sec
ton by storm. Arnold Of Donna
and Decker Of Mission no doubt will
scan the reports of the Dayton meet
avidly. They have worn state
championship belts in their dav.
Both shoot on the Donna state
championship Skeet team.
Last year more than 500 particle
pated in the American handicap.
Isaac Andrews of Spartansburg. ",
c., shooting from the 20 yard line,
carried off first honors with a score
Of IS. This years shoot got under
way Aug. 10 and will continue un-
til Aug. "a.
What's wrong with that great ma
tional sport, checkers? Lack OF
speed, the experts aver. The Ameri-