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
are held during the year, but at this
particular one, /. 9 individual cham
pion Of the association will be
crowned. Charles Pickett OF
Brownsville has worn the diadem
as has Hill Cock OF McAllen. 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
ana Brownsville. The tournaments
are rotated from one club to an
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 70 enter these
tournaments. A group OF II are
expected to make the trim from
the brownsville country club. Chas.
PICKETT, Chief" George. Jimmy
George, George Desha, v. w. Tay-
lor n several others will probably
form the Brownsville Contingent
Jimmy George won third place in
the first flight at the last tourna-
ment.
There will be four events In the
Laredo tournament. These are: 54-
mole handicap. class A, &C PLAYERS
with handicaps II 10 or under: 54-
noe handicap, class B, for players
with handicaps Of II to Is. inclu-
slve: 54-hole handicap, class G. for
players with handicaps of 10 ar
more; and the individual 1000
4g~S
championship. ups will be ward
ca Tor flrsts. seconds and thirds IN
classes A. B and c, and Guns also
VII be awarded the players making
tne lowest. and second lowest gross
a number Of enthusiastic, but not
SO good local golfers are plannine
70 attend the tournament. Their
aroor may be d2mpened a bit witb
the announcement that NE Iou,eet
hanoicsp to be flowed Is q. This
Is the regular beginners handican
we are In I vor Of this ruling. q
man with a handicap over ~ sho,Id
not win a golf tournament. a nIsvN
er with q 40 handicap might mir
OUT over another PLAYING mar eoif
Inc difference etween their tue
games WOULD h laughable. but the
4O-handicap man might win" To
AeeP gol up to a high standard
tne 27-handicap ruling should be
enforced in tournament play.
1nls. however, does not annIv -
.Lno tournaments. The object of
tnese affairs is to stimulate inter-
est and anyone with an established
handicap should be allowed 10 nIsv
vain the figures his card indicates
ne mould have. But in inter-cIuh
tournaments. the standard shouId
DC raised to the 27-handicap limit.
c. L. Fortson ofEd;rh,,r, h..
returned from a vacation. on HE
front steps among the niIed ,,S
newspapers and milk bottles he
found a case Of dry ginTeraIe. :
numidor OF ciNrettes, IL tubes NJ
shaving cream, four packages az
goli tees, a razor and a wears suh-
scrlption to a golfing magazine
ana why? Because in lire ~
leaned back and swatted the hail
from tee TO cup for a hole ONE AZ
me Liano Grande links at Merce-
oes. IL was the 110-yard third
nole; Fortson also is conspicuouslv
uiSpiaylng on the slightest provoca-
tion. 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. b
70 participate in the grand Ameri-
can handicap. The Valley Is be-
coming more and more a eunner's
paradise. Skeet has taken the sec
uon by storm. Arnold Of Donna
and Decker Of Mission no doubt viii
scan the reports Of the DAYTON meet
avidly. They have worn state
championship beltst in their day.
Both shoot on the Donna state
championship Skeet team.
Last year more than 800 particle
pated in the American handicap.
Isaac Andrews Of SpartansburR. N.
g.. shooting from the 20 yard line,
carried off first honors with a score
OF 95. 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-