New Britain herald., 1929-05-23
|bIG FIELD WILL
 PLAY IN TOURNEY
Stars Will All Be EnterM in
 National Amateur Title Play


 legitimate reason whatever. some alarm seems to have been felt out on the Pacific coast that the Rocky mountains or the long trip or some thing will stymie the eastern golf talent for the national amateur championship. to be played over the Pebble Beach course at Del Monte in September.
 The far west has now received as- surances that Bobby Jones will de- fend his title but apprehension still seems to exist that the boys in the northeastern section will not be eager for the long jaunt. The facts are that SO far as the main talent is concerned. the east south and middle west will be as formidably represented at Pebble Beach as it was at Brae Burn last season. The long trips east never have deterred the club-swinSers from Portland. San Francisco and Los Angeles. Likewise the trip in the opposite direction will be no barrier to the players of the Atlantic sea board area. In fact, it may be an in- ducement.
 The United States Golf association officials confidently expect one of the finest fields in years to participate in the first championship tournament ever held beyond St. Louis. At least one special train will be chartered for the transcontinental journey from New York and another train load likely will bear the middle vest ern enthusiasts to the coast.
 Furthermore. any possible dimin- ishment in numbers in the eastern delegation will more than be made up by drawing upon talented re- sources of the wide open spaces be- yond the Mississippi.
 To make his two main champion ship bids this season, Bobby Jones will travel farther than in any year since 1926. when he won the British open at Lytham and St. Anne's and the American open at Columbus, 0.
 After matching strokes with Ha- gen, Farrell, Horton Smith and few others on the outskirts of New York, the eminent Georgian will have nothing much to do until he packs up his bags to 50 to Califor- mia.
 The far west has had no conspic- in rA 1f championship honors since George von Elm, the blond sluEEer. stopped Bobby Jones in the 1928 finals at Baltusrol. But Von Elm has shifted ports and will be among the inva- ders at Del Monte this year. The Pa ciic coast expects to cut into the cham mpionship flight more heavily, with greater forces to draw upon. led by such seasoned club swingers as Doc" Willins. Frank Dolp, Don Moe, and Bob Stein.
 No one may care to work up a frenzy over activities in the junior lightweight boxing division but in an era of secluded champions it is at least noteworthy that Tod Morgan Of Seattle, the 130-pound titleholder, has been willing to battle any of his challengers between New York and Los Angeles.
 Tod has had his shaky moments but he successfully defended his crown at Los Angeles this week for something like the 18th time since he won the junior lightweight belt from Mike Ballerino nearly four years ago.
 Mickey Walker is the only other championship figure of 1925 who has survived the pace. and Mickey. then holder of the welter title. has now grown into the middleweight championship.
 Of the other champions at tho close of 1925. only Kid Kaplan is still active in the ring. Rocky Kan- sas. Charley (PhiD Rosenberg and Jack Dempsey are retired. Harry Greb is dead and Paul Berlenbach has turned wrestler.