Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21
FRESHMEN STRONG
ON CARDINAL LINKS
Palo Alto School to Have
Capable Varsity Team
by Next Year.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

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81. Stanford University,
~ which has won considerable
athletic fame through its
fine foot ball and track teams,
soon may be ruling the collegiate
world in golf. There are seven
youngsters studying at Palo Alto
who consider the afternoon lost
when they do not smash IS over
the long and we'll trapped Cardinal
course, and another year will find
them consolidated on the STAN
ford golf team. Then let the COL
legiate golf players of the East
and South and Middle West look
out for some sharp shooting.
The star of the Stanford group is
Charles Seaver, the husky blond boy
from Los Angeles, who went to the
semi-flnals Of the 1880 national ANA
teur at Merton. A freshman, Seaver
must wait q year before he represents
considerably better now than when he
surprised the golf world at Philadelphia
last Fall.
In a recent freshman tryout Seaver
scored u and 70 for his two rounds,
the ~ being course record from the
new back tees on those grounds. He
led his field by 10 strokes.
Seaver Improving.
Seaver, who Is q long hitter and likes
20 slug the ball tremendous distances,
rapidly Is overcoming his boyish fault
of pressing q club. He Is keen ana
1yst of shots and Is becoming an ex
cellent putter. Professionals in this
sector who have watched him for sew
eral years believe that he not only win
develop into the best match player
among the amateurs, but also brilliant
meda1ist.
Golf Is Seaver's favorite sport, and
he had his mind set on winning the
national amateur, but he also viii be
candidate for fullback on Pop warmers
foot bah team and Will play basket
ball.
Lawson Little, the San Francisco
youth, who made Q fi1e showing in
the last two national amateurS-IAttle
defeated Johnny Goodman at Pebble
Beach after the Omaha boy had beaten
Bobby Jones-also Is enrolled at STAN
ford. With him are Harry Eichelberger
Of Los Angeles Malcolm McNaughton
of Portland, Jack Homer Of Omaha,
Warner Edmunds Of San Diego and
Dick Stevenson.
Edmunds, brother Of the late Ward
Edmunds, once Stanford's champion
pole vaulter was medalist in the 1880
ship. Stevenson won the title. Homer,
q transfer from Hastings (Nebr.) Col
lege, is another long hitter.
Good in Other Sports.
Eichelberger was q star foot ball
player in Southern California and Is
expected to help the Cardinal eleven
which he also Is proficient. McNaugh-
ton, rated as one of the best the North
west ever has produced, is picked BY
Leo Diegel as the eventual successor TO
Bobby Jones in the amateur field.
Stanford, however, hasn't all the
youthful golf talent on the coast. Don
Moe of Portland, who played such mag
nifacent golf in the 1880 walker Cup
matches, Is another potential champion.
Moe, who has returned TO oregon UNI
versity after q long ocean cruise, should
be an important factor in the 1881 ma
tional ct Beverly.
With slight improvement in his iron
play, he should be the equal Of any in
the amateur ranks. Roy Moe, Frank
and vincent D0lp, Bob Stein, Eddie
Hogan and Fay Coleman round out o
group Of young golfers that give the
Pacific Coast high rating. Hogan is a
Portland public links player and in the
Northwest the critics believe he Is bound
b climb high.
Fine Golfers in West.
Everett Seaver, father Of Charles and
q member Of the United States Golf
Association Executive Committee, esti-
mates the Pacific Coast has IS amateurs
capable Of qualifying for the national
amateur.
Consequently, California and the Pa
cific Northwest are greatly interested In
the number Of places the Far West viii
be given in the sectional qualifying
rounds Of the amateur California
never has produced q golf champion,
although its tennis, track and foot ball
stars have been many and famous.
However, the Golden State and the
Pacific Northwest are almost certain TO
develop champion golfer before many
more seasons have passed, and it Is not
improbable that the first one may be of
the Stanford campus.