Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-14
Youth to Play Heavy Role in u. S. Amateur
Vets FACING
BRIGHT BOYS
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For Big Tourney
AT Beverly
BY CLAIRE BURCKY
NEA Service Sports Writer

IedSOnS ana more reasons why the
U. 5. Amateur golf championship
Aug. 3l-Sept. 5 at Beverly Country
Club, Chicago, should be as wide
open as an Elks convention in
Peoria. One Is that Bobby Jones,
winner five times in the last seven
years, no longer can bother the
miSters. The others are a dozen or
more in number. and they are tag
ged Seaver, Lehman, Little, Good
man, Romans or some other name
as common Of late as your favorite
brand of cigatet.
The event has rightly been dub
bed the open amateur tourna-
ment. IL might even be termed an
open amateur classic for young men
only, since there are indications
that youth will do a lot OF acting
in the drama TO be unfolded at
Beverly.
The one grievance some of us
still have against Jones is that as
an active competitor he made II
too easy to choose a winner in al
vance. Now that this luxury has
been withdrawn. the alleged ex-
perts are out on a limb.
MY own search for another Jones
has progressed TO the point where
I have only TO watch the play OF
IL young men in the Beverly con-
flicts. These are conveniently clas-
sified into east. midwestem and
far western groups, with four in
each division. T. Philip Perkins
of England and New York Is the
oldest at 20.
Perkins most threatening rivals
from the Atlantic side appear to be
Eugene ". Romans, George 7. Dun
lap. Jr., and Maurice Mccarthy.
l favor Perkins. but confess a
strong liking for Romans chances.
III the Amateur were medal play.
Johnny Goodman OF Omaha would
be my choice TO cop the champion
ship. For two years he has played
drive for drive and putt for putt
with the upper crust Of professional
golfers in many open events. Only
recently he regained the Trans
Mississippi amateur title. Goodman
nav not be as strong In match
play. but on his game he will match
any in the current amateur crop
Besides. remember how he beat
Bobby Jones in 1929.
With Goodman in the midwest
ern group are Johnny Lehman o.
Chicago. Lester Bolstad Of Min
neapolis and Charley Kocsis Of
Detroit. Lehman holds the Par
American title and is a formel
Western Amateur champion. Boil
stad once held the nationa'
publinks championship and the Biz
Ten intercollegiate title. Kocsis Ia:
perhaps the best amateur game II
the entire Detroit district. He re-
Gently beat Tommy Armour. Brit.
ish champ, in the Michigan Open
The new amateur champion also
may hail from the Pacific Coast
From the coast are Charley Seaver
husky Stanford youth who went Il
the semi-finals at Merton a year
ago. Lawson Little. a 20-year-olc
Frisco kid whose 72-73-l45 placed
him third low In the national
qualifying scores: johnny Shields
who counted 148 TO qualify al
Seattle. and Frank Dolp, who
matched Titles las with rounds
OF rs and SO.
Dolp paid $685. for a department
store putter which may eventually
become as highly publicized as
Calamity Jane. He calls ID Helpful
Hannah" Already IL has brought
him the Oregon state and the
Pacific Northwest amateur cham
pionshIps. In the Oregon event
Dolp trounced old Doc. Willing IA
TO II in the semi-final round
Meeting again In the finals OF the
Pacific Northwest. Helpful Han
nah" again stood bv Frank. giving
him an 8 and z triumph over the
Portland dentist.
In numbers alone. the odds
weigh heavily In favor OF youth.
But somebody has to beat those
five ancient former champions
Ouimet. Evans. Marston. Guilford
and Johnston-and another veteran
group which includes George Voigt-
DR.. willing. Eddie Held, Ellis
Knowles and others.