Evening star., 1932-06-26
MOE AND HOWELL
AMONG ASP|RANTS
Seen as Leading Contenders
in Tournament That Gets
Under Way Tomorrow.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

N IEW YORK, June 25.-The
M golf stage moves next
1 Y week to the beautiful back
ground of Virginia's Hot
Springs, where the national inter-
collegiate championships are to
be played, with large field, rep
reSenting champions of our lead
ing universities, entered.
The national intercollegiate always
is of interest, since that champion
ship has become, more or less, the test
ing ground for our budding amateur
stars-but this year 1t takes on a bit
Of added Importance.
Foremost among the contenders for
the collegiate title are Den Moe of
Oregon and Billy Howell Of Wsshing-
ton and Lee. Moe and Howell are
among the leaders Of the younger crop
Of amateurs and in the collegiate
championship will be proving their
claims to a place on the United States
Walker Cup team that meets the Brit
iSh at Brookline in September.
HOWELL came into prominence last
i L year In the national amateur
championship at Beverly. Little
known outside of his native Midatlantic
district. the little Virginian fought his
way to the semi-finals of the amateur,
where he was beaten by Francis Ouimet,
the ultimate winner.
Howell has been playing fire golf this
Spring. although not so sensationally
at Beverly. He was beaten in an early
round of the Southern amateur at Bir-
mingham two weeks ago and during
the past week has been defending his
Virginia State championship. Now he
steps into the collegiate, his third
championship in as many weeks, and
he may be a bit overgolfed, for Billy Is
not of particularly robust physique.
Two years ago Don Moe was the
toast Of the amateur golf world, fol-
lowing his sensational victory over j.
B. Stout of England in the Walker
Cup matches at Sandwich. Far down
at the end of the drst eighteen Moe
came back on the second round 10
shoot 66 and win his match from the
big Briton Since that achievement
Noes game has been erratic He failed
to qualify for the 1880 national anna
teur at Merton and failed against the
sectional tests for the 1891 battle at
Beverly. His bid for place in the
open at Fresh Meadow this week also
was unsuccessful so the collegiate now
offers Moe an opportunity to recoup
large portion of his waning golf for
tunes. Consequently the Oregonians
plav will be rather closely followed by
the Walker Cup Selection Committee.
WHILE Moe and Howell are the out
w standing favorites in the colegi-
ate, there are several other nne
PLAYERS in the championship. Ohio
State University has pair OF stars in
Bob Keupler and Johnny Florio. KEEP
pler went to the finals of the 1891 col
ieeiates at Olympia Fields, where he
was beaten by George Dunlap OF Prince
ton. Bob has been hitting the ball well
this Spring and played well In the Big
Ten championships and more recently
in the Central Ohio tournament.
Florio was one of the few amateurs
able to win a place in the National
Open field and will be dangerous at
Hot Springs. Ohio State has entered
a team in the collegiate that may well
walk home with the team champion
ship.
Sidney Moves, the Yale captain, is
the leading candidate from the East
and the Blue leader has been perform
ing consistently all Spring. Georgia
he's a fine pair in Billy McWilliams and
Charles Warner, both Of whom hail
from Rome There are horde OF
others. some unknown, and from that
brigade may emerge the winner, for it
is dificult to gauge the outcome of the
college play.
The national collegiate championship
is drawing an increasingly large field
from year to year Golf as a collegiate
sport has enjoyed tremendous growth
during the past decaee and the ma
tional amateur champions Of the future
probably will come from our campuses
rather than the cadoy ranks. which
produced such stars as Francis Ouimet
and Chick Evan in the days when golf
was a young game here in America.