The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-27

TINE indianapolis District Golf
Il Association, at a directors
meeting Tuesday night at the In
dianapolis Athletic Club, agreed to
turn down part of the offer OF the
Indiana Professional Golfers Asso-
citation for a combined tournament
to supplant the outright amateur
district meet this year.
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Attitude of the district members was
that such tournament merely would be
a district open championship and mas
much as the object Of the association was
to further an amateur golf championship
in this section, they do not choose to tread
on open championship waters.
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The group did agree, however, the idea
was q good one. If promoted by the pros,
and suggested the professionals in this
sponsor S5on r' such si tournament If approached
with an invitation to Join in such tour
nament the district Group feels they
tries to the extent Of three-to-one ratio
and also join in the supplying Of prizes
and cooperation in running the event
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MANY amateur players in this
1V1 section have expressed a de-
sire a have the pros join with them
in a district event. The pros recent
ly met and agreed to play in such
a tournament, with one pro to each
three amateurs.
The pro would change foursOmes each
OF tins .hTee days. thereby playing with
nine different amateur players in the
event. They also agreed the thing to
do would be TO place the names of the
pros in hat ard draw them by lot to
so along with the amateur threesomes.
The district officers agreed on two sets
OF dates tor the amateur district tourna,;
ment but these Will not be determined
finally until clubs have been approached
and permission granted to use the courses
is staged annually over TIRES differenT
courses. eighteen holes to each course.
making the championship a ffty-four-hole
affair
CLIFF Wagner, veteran sec
~ rotary of the association. an
nounced the directors abolished
the annual banquet and entertain
ment affair with the feeling present
conditions decreed such action and
that money saved would go a long
way toward supplying more prizes in
the tournament and that a sinking
fund should be established.
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All officers were reelected and a
board Of directors to serve with the
officers on all legislative matters
was named. 1t follows
E. l.. Lennox. president; W. o. Lee first
yieeSpresident; JOCK Crawford. second vice
dent; Eugene Pulliam, fourth vice-presi-
dent; CLARK Young. NTH, vice president;
secretary. Those men, along with the fol-
lowing, oompose the board OF directors:
j. Mossler. B. LEHMAN. Eli zim 1iSeq'
James Hammill Burr Swezey and T. B.
Orbison.
McCrearv hits tho ball with terrific
WALTON from the tee but has a weakness or
two with the irons which he is fast over
coming BY praeties and little personal
his so dad belongs and pisvs . A'S'0H' "neFe
There is little doubt but that Young Nc
Crearv will DC serious threat to Walter
title as champion OF the INDIANAPOLIS
Times schoolboy classic when the seventh
annual meet is PLAYED this year.
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Coach Naylor doesn't 70 in for daily
rounds Of golf but prefers to take his
proteges out and have them work on the
practice tee. He had the squad at Sn.ed
way this week and Chuck Garringer.
Speedway pro. took few giances at the
bovs and then decided Naylor had some
likely looking material even in the ali
Seucc Of McCreary.