Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
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PROS ENTERED
Pro-Amateur Best Ball To
Be Conducted On
Friday
Special to The Herald

HARLINGEN, Feb. 5.-Over half a
hundred Of the country's best profss-
sional golfers will tee off here short
" after noon today in a best-ball
contest which will open the four
day Harrington tournament, the mos
ambitious goIfing event ever staged
along the lower reaches Of the Rio
Grande.
Although the golfers have not Civ
en- the Harlingen course a try, they
have been shooting around par fig
ures III practice rounds. Particular
interest has been attracted by the
Abe Espinosa-Frank Walsh pairing
today. This pair is on its game,
Espinosa having won the Texas
Open at san Antonio and Walsh
coming in tied for second. Horton
Smith and Charles Guest arc pair
ed In the same foursome.
Likely Pair
Another likely pairing IS Denny
Shute. former Texas open cham
pion, and Tony Manero, Pasadena
Open champion this season Al ES-
pinosa and Craig Wood have paired
together for the opening event.
Local interest will be centered upon
Pat OBrien, Harrington pro, and
Jack Speer. classy San Antonio anna
teur.
Tomorrow, the pro-amateur best
Ill ~..r~% ...ft 10 hold nrd ~acYflor
medal play for the open champion
ship will be conducted Saturday and
Sunday.
Every tournament winner since
the transcontinentaI began
is represented at the Harrington
tourney. with the exception OF one,
Bob Harlow, manager OF the troop
ing golfers. announced. The class
Of the field is shown by the fact
that Horton Smith and Al ESpinosa
are regular members OF the Ryder
cup team and Frank Walsh. Craig
Wood, Witty Cox. Denny Shute and
Johnny Golden have been nominal
ed for the squad.
Fans Arriving
Fans. pros and amateurs are con-
tinuing to roll into Harlingen for the
tournament, and II is estimated that
around 200 visitors will be drawn
from upstate. Following play to-
day. the professionals will DC given
a banquet IN Matamoros by the
chamber OF commerce. The pros
we're allowed TO select their own
pairings for today's games. but the
pro-amateur pairings tomorrow will
be selected by the committee.
Today's pairinES and starting
times are as follows.
1890 p. m.-Johnny Bredemus,
San Antonio. and Harvey Penick,
Austin, James Fogerty, Kirkwood,
Mo-, and Frank Fogerty, Kirkwood,
Mo.
l2:35-Ben Weichman, Ashland,
KY, and Tom Racklets, Akron, O.;
Herman Barron. Port Chester, ".
Y, and Clarence Clarke. Tulsa.
2.40-Horton Smith. New York,
and Charles Guest. Los Angeles: A.
Espinosa. Chicago. and Craig Wood,
Dead. N. j..
l2.45-Denny Shute. Columbus,
Ohio. and Tony Manero. Elmsford,
N. T.: Mike Turnesa, Elmsford, N.
". and Eddie Stokes, Denver.
Jim Mckenzie. Dallas. and Tom
Penick. Austin: Jimmy Demaret,
Houston, and Edwin Huelg, Hous-
ton.
l2:55-Abe Espinosa. Chicago. and
Frank Walsh, Chicago, Harry Coop
er. Chicago, and Witty Cox, Brook
lynn.
I:OO-Jack Forester, Oradel, N.
j., and Johnny Golden. Stamford,
Conn; Francis Schneider, Dallas,
and Ray Mangrum. Dallas.
l.05-John DeForest, Surrey,
England. and Joe Ear. Waco: Lew
Waldron, Chicago, and Jim Heeney,
Rochester.
l:i0-Harold Nenninger. Wichita,
and Jack Guild. Tulsa: Jimmy Vim
cent, Hollywood. and Harry Brown,
Mexico City.
l.l5-Sam Schneider. San An
tonic. and Harry Nichols. San An
tonic. George Holbrook. Clinton.
Iowa. and Alex Enghardt. Omaha.
l.20-Floyd Farley, Oklahoma
City. and Jack Grout. TT. Worth:
Clarence Hubby, Waco, and Dudley
Bell. Houston.
lsz5-Pat OBrien, Harlingen, and
Jack peer. San Antonio: Tony
Butler, Corpus Christi. and Dick
Metz. San Angelo.
l:30. Open-Wally Martin. Go
lad. and Ralph Plummer. TT. Worth.