Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
KOCaS, 10, PROVES
HE'S TITLE TIMBER
Wolverine, Who Beat Armour
After a Tie, Ozark Horse"
in National Event.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

(NHICAGO, August lot
might be well to keep a
~ weather eye on Charles
Kocsis when our amateur
golfers begin the scramble for the
national championship at Beverly
C. c. late this month. Charles
Kocsis is a 19-year-old youngster
from BEDFORD, Mich, and judged
from every angle is quite a golfer.
He well may be the fellow who
will pick up the amateur crown,
for he has the game.
Kocsis became hot as one of the dark
horses in the national amateur when
he won the Michigan open champion
ship. Winning the Michigan open
does not present the young man in
the role Of another Jones, but his &C
complishment assumed added luster
when 1t is recalled he first tied no less
OF golfer than Thomas Dixon Armour
and then beat the black Scot in the
play-off. That is task few of our
crack professionals willingly would un-
dertake.
Even IL for " Holes.
Kocsis and Armour tied in the
Michigan open with total of 2Ss. In
shooting even tours for the 10 holes,
Kocsis played most consistent brand
Of golf. His marches over the Cascade
Hills Club of Grand Rapids resulted in
scores of 72-72-73-71 The Cascade
test Of golf. but 1t held no terrors for
the Detroit school boy. In the play-off
he turned in 70 against Armour's IA
and q score of one over fours for 90
holes of championship golf is not to be
taken lightly.
Kocsis, who is short and rather
stocky made his national debut in the
1880 amateur at Merton Cricket Club.
Unknown outside of the Detroit dis
trict, where he starred as a member
OF the Bedford High School team, he
qualified with score of l4s-six
strokes behind the medal winning pro-
duction of Emperor Jones. In the first
round Of match play, Kocsis was OPP
posed by the veteran Francis Ouimet
Few gave the match much attention as
the general opinion was that Ouimet
would make quick work Of the little
Michigan lad But Ouimet was beaten
3 and 2, and then Kocsis became a
figure Of some Importance. The strain
OF beating such an outstanding star as
Ouin1et proved too much for the boy
and in the second round Billy McPhail
OF Boston put him back into circulation
~ and 4 margin. But at Merton,
kocsis showed enough golf to win the
THW1Tn Nr1f
Leads Detroit District.
In the recent sectional qualifying
rounds for the national amateur. Kocsis
led the Detroit district with a score
OF 155. Add that to his feat of winning
the Michigan open and you can readily
believe the young man will do some
thing worthwhile at Beverly. Kocsis
comes from a golhng family, as his
brother. Emery. is professional at the
Lakewood Country Club, Detroit, and
one of the sharpshooters of the region
In the pro-amateur events of the De-
troit district the Kocsis brothers are
rank poison to all opponents.
Armour's play in the Michigan open
indicates he Is getting back on the
game that won him the British open
ct Carnoustie. Armour needed an eagle
on the last hole to tie Kocsis and an
eagle he made. His drive was good
for better than ITS yards and his iron
second carried him 40 feet from the
cup. Down went his putt for the 3.
clfHnaxing the brilliant putting Tom had
done during the entire fourth round
A year ago Tommy nseded an eagle
on the home hole to tie Al Watrous
for the Michigan title. but his putt
stopped ! inch from the hole This
time Armour collected the eagle, but
Kocsis made him just the runner-up
In the play-off But with Armour
putting keenly again. he. should be In
fine form to defend his Professional
Golfers Association championship at
Providence next month.