The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-15

I'D ECENl rams nave pldCSu JlIS
N hills course at French Lick
Springs in fine condition, we are
told by Jess Mossler, veteran secre-
tary of the Indiana State Amateur
Golf Association.
when are you going down TO French
Lick" We asked George Lance. Not until
the last minute" the defending state
champion came back at rs. which prob
ably means that after winning three titles
in a row and two Of them on that course,
that George knows a bit about the rolls
aud other hazards. Also that his fourth
title will be won as much BY stamina as
BY anything else.
Georse probably will md those. thirty
AK hole matches to his liking after the
rss two ro1nd: Of siEhtesn o5s ths maIf Eev
will be in one OF the shorter affairs, , Wit s
six ex-chsmpions. Eddie thinner. BIZ Do
m ss i ssiiHen and Dwight Mitchell in the
feld against him and several others who
S0e SCI hot S on eS Rsy VIII hGf Sr. saS
sigh Of relief when the thirty six-hole
matches roll w on Thursday
TT may be that Johnny Lehman OF
i Crown Point is holding back his
announcement of entry until he ar
rives. Very few advance entries
have been received by Secretary
MoSSler, most of the players waiting
to sign I'D at the hotel next Sun
day afternoon just in time to get
their names in the hat for the OIL
fetal drawing in the evening. Be
sides Lance and the six ex-title
holders, there will be several such
players as Rags Redmond Of Peru,
Mike Moore of South Bend. Chick
Bader of Gary, Doc Cant of Indian
apolis. and Sammy Simpson. Also
Bill Heinlein. Maurice Stone, Billy
Reed and other popular Indianapo-
lis youngsters.
Johnny Lehman recently won the western
amateur title and likely viii play in the
national amateur. With his game "on"
this season and with much tournament
NAV behind him. be might feel that this
Il, the year to conquer his home state and
rss into national plsy as the champion Of
Indiana. For that reason IL would net be
n big surprise to see Johnny show M Sun
dAv at Tom TaKEart's eating and lodging
house. packing a set Of golf sticks.
Some of the consultations OF the eonso-
iation fights have been cut out this year.
They should have been long -go. The
deid Of 90 last year likely will be boosted
10 100 or 10. There will Be eighteen
holes Of qualifying Monday and the same
che eSsm SaTsSsx n nsh. for match pas
Wednesday morning. Al neon WEDNESDAY
there will Be sixteen lstt snd = n.snt S 9nsy
OF matches viii aford the biz upsets- The
field will be reduced 70 four oy thlrty-slx
holes matches THURSDAY snc the Two ma
FRIDAY. The biz show viii be put on sat-
urcay. And. there may ee some new races
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The golfers have found French Lick
Many wives VIII be there for the women,s
invitational thirty-six-hole tournament.
eighteen holes % BE played Tuesday and
eirhteen holes Wednesday over the lower
er's rate at his hotel and L g felt that
the tournament this year VIII nno /. rec
a. Of both men and women In attendance.
.
award many Beautiful prizes 70 the women
Players just as they do for the men play
ers TO win a prize az French Lick usu-
ais means 70 win a good one.
II. vet course a, n. Speedway puzzled
the rolf members OF the Indianapolis AS:
ISOLATION Of Credit men and they found
low scores hard 70 collect r. C Petit
ssorsd low gross 1ne E N I, y doT E.,a en-
Arch Martin took nrst honors ana wiz
Jam Lilly Vas second with -. blind
par prize vas Won ~ Waync Schrader.
= A. Lankan, president, distributed AWARDS.