Evening star., 1932-12-14
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

~ Omaha goes the honor OF
being the United States
leading amateur golfer for the
season of 1892.
Since the current United States
national amateur champion Is G.
Ross Somerville of Canada, he
cannot, obviously, be considered
in rating our domestic players.
Since the retirement Of Bobby Jones
and the entrance of George Won Elm
and T. Phillip Perkins into the ranks
OF business men golfers" amateurs
play only a minor role In major open
championships, so their rankings must
be estimated almost entirely upon per-
formances in amateur events.
AS foundation for his place as the
No. l United States amateur Of
the season, Goodman was the ranking
simon pure in the National Open Cham.
pionship at Fresh Meadows. He finished
In q tie for eleventh place with Mac
Donald Smith, and his 68 on the final
round was one Of the low scores OF the
championship.
Goodman then delayed erecting the
main structure of his performance
until the national amateur at Balti-
more. Denied place on the Walker
Cup team, the little Nebraskan went
into the national championship to con-
duct a personal vendetta against those
who had overlooked him for the inter-
national matches.
Second to Johnny Fischer in the
medal rounds. Goodman in turn de-
feated Chandler Eoan. Charles Seaver,
Maurice Mccarthy and Francis Oulmet
the last three being members OF the
Walker Cup team-but lost in the final
to Somerville.
In the two main events of the sea-
son, the national open and amateur,
Goodman far outshone every United
States amateur.
CECOND to Goodman this writer
- ranks Augustus Moreland of Dali
las. Moreland was only able to
reach the second round in the National
Amateur, but previous to that he had
won the Western and Trans Mississippi
titles, starring in the Walker Cup
matches and played well IN Texas
Open events. At San Antonio he
finished one stroke behind Clarence
Clark, the winner, and tied with
SaraZen.
Johnny Fischer OF Cincinnati is
given third place Fischer started the
season by winning the National Inter-
collegiate. defeating Billy Howell in the !
finals. from one of the finest fields ever
assembled for that event.
In the National Open he was the
second ranking amateur and medallsS
in the National Amateur. Marching
to the quarter finals of the amateur he
gave Francis Ouimet great match,
losing on the home green.
Oa,jy,,ok still ic orn0nC the ton
rankers and draws fourth place among
the leading 10. ouinet won the Mas
sachusetts Open from fast field and
starred in the Walker Cup matches.
Defending the National Amateur title
at Baltimore, he went to the semi
finals before succumbing to Goodman.
In his first round match with George
Voigt Ouimet turned the first nine
holes in an even 80 strokes-one OF the
greatest pieces of scoring in the history
Of the championship.
Charlie Seaver, the California giant,
Is the choice for fifth position. Seaver
played great golf to reach the late
rounds in the Western amateur and
then gave a good performance against
Great Britain in the Walker Cup duel
A fine SHOEMAKER, Seaver happened to
encounter Goodman In the second round
at Baltimore and was unceremoniously
beaten.
THERE can be much discussion as
i to the occupants Of the second
i've places, for our amateurs were not
particularly outstanding during 1882.
Our selections are: Maurice McCar-
thy. George Dunlap, Sidney Noyes,
Charles Yates and Jesse Guilford.
Mccarthy has been an outstanding
,,ieyor fnr several wears and was at
his best during 1882 A member Of the
walker Cup team, he took Goodman to
the thirty-sixth green in the quarter
finals Of the amateur Dunlap did NOT
qualify for the amateur championship
but turned in a sparkling performance
in the Walker Cup matches and was an
outstanding player in Metropolitan
tournaments.
Moves also starred in the New York
sector and Is q fine. all-around golfer.
Yates the Atlanta youngster. gave Nc
Carthy a good tussle in the second
round Of the amateur championship
and is playing the sort of game that
will lead to high place in golf
reach the semi finals Of the amateur
championship, but the old seige gun
still packs a mighty wallop and 1t took
Somerville to defeat him.
The 1882 season produced several
promising young players in addition to
Yates, while its outstanding disappoint-
ment was Billy Howell Of Richmond.
Va. In the 1881 championship Howell
went to the eemi-finals and was he
years outstanding product. He still has
the game and probably will be back In
the top ranks next season.