The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-14
TALKING
IT OVER
By JoE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, NOV. l4.-Ine new
~ president of the United States
Golf Association is chunky, we'll
setup gentleman of AZ who looks
as If he might have been a guard
or a center on the varsity and whose
campus sobriquet was either Cuppy
or Ducky, or some such.
But Herbert Hartley Ramsay, who Is the
gentleman in question. never played on the
varsity for the simple reason that Ram
say Is one Of those strange persons who
always wants to run things, or at any
rate always winds MP running them.
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A. Yale. Ramsay was the motivating
power behind number Of activities IN,
Guiding the baseball team Of which TAD
vas manager Of the team. Not many
people who read the sports pages today
remember that Jones was an even petteL
catcher than quarter s grs oseS estchsps n
ever saw, amateur or professional, Ram
ssy tells you.
He must have been pretty good. None
other than John Joseph McGraw offered
him a bonus Of $4,000 to join his Giants
after he had finished at Yale. am told
that Jones was disposed TO accept the offer
but that when he returned to his home
in tiles o., after graduation and told the
old folks about IL there was much con-
sternation, condemnation and general all
around indignation.
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THIS was before the college prod
ucts began turning to the pro-
fessional league in such great num-
bers and the suggestion that
young man had gone through Yale
with no higher ambition than TO
attach himself to professional
baseball club, was bit too horrify-
ing to contemplate with any degree
OF comfort.
Jones ultimately became professional
football coach at great deal less money
than he would have made at baseball
granted that he was as good as they say
he was But a professional football
coach for some reason appears to occupy
a much higher and more dignifed position
in the eyes of some people than Mickey
cochrane or a Bob O'FarrelI, though why
this discrimination should exist l have
never heard explained, except loosely and
seldom convincingIy on the ground that
the professional coaches are character
builders and utterly devoid Of selfish in
siyidual aims.
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he exhibited for executive technique ana
crcanization work at Yale has been evident
in all his contributions TO American goI
He first became identified with the ". ..
q A. in 1924 through the solicitation
OF the late Howard Whitney. From the
start he became a tireless worker IN tne
interest OF the sport and u was lnevIsap ~.
that in due time he would be chosen TO
head the sport in this country.
II was Ramsay who worked out the eN-
tensiye scheme by which the professional
golfers qualify for their open champion
ship in sectional play throughout the
country.
Ramsay has a similar scheme in mind
which he expects to apply 70 the amateur
vrown so large that something has TO be
done about it and I believe we VIII pe
able to improve conditions. estapilsn
fairer basis OF selection in the matter OF
entries and generally speed up the tempo
Of the tournament by holding a pre-
1minary qualifying test in sections.
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Incidentally this seems about the only
change in the conduct of the game the
new president has in mind, though OF
course all contestants in U. 5. G. A.
tournaments next year will be compelled
to play the bigger and lighter ball-a new
creation designed to replace the lively golf
ball. Mr.. Ramsay tells me the new ball
has come to stay.