The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-16
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS
baltimore, Nd, Sept. 1.-TWO

BALTIMORE. Nd. Sept. 16.-Two
II former national champions. a
veteran Canadian and a hedgling
from that dear old Omaha we're
battling it out today over the Five
Farms course in the semi finals Of
the annual scramble for the anna
teur golf title.
Out of the starting field of J54
only these four remained: Frahcis
Ouimet. who won the title way back
in 1914 and repeated a year ago;
Jess Guilford, a fellow New Eng
lander who won in 1921; c. Ross
Somerville, habitual winner OF the
Canadian championship, and D.
year-old Johnny Goodman, the kid
who beat Jones at Pebble Beach"
And 50 the stage IS all set for many
o ossf5 PSSs Pos &C, Can ouimet re-
ODDS against him we're 10 70 l. VIII A
Canadian make the grade? Only one
canadian has ever reached the finals
george s. Lyon got that far in 1906 only
10 lose 10 Eben Byers
on still another occa1on. an English
man vent on 10 the finals and thew uafd
of on him This was in 1911 when Harold
Hilton OF London beat Fred Herreshoff in
tnirtv-seYen holes OF action. Except for
tnis one lapse the American entries have
completely dominated their own show over
a rousing stretch Of thirty-seven years
Is me hnal match 10 bring together
5ba mos Two Boston inseparables and boy,
Though they have played together in many
naLonsl champ onshipe ! believe the rec
WIN Oulmet winning and at Merton,
And finally. what are the odds fsvoring
throne-the lone remaining survivor rS of Of
those sixteen freshmen who started out in
ne nrst round matches with blood in
ther eyes and brides in their bags? Has
he got enough left after four DAYS OF
pressure TO crash through
n
VOUR guess is as good as any,.
a body else's. Around here they
say the answer rests in the laps of
the gods. This makes it tough on
mo. My social contacts with the
gods are not very extensive and even
If they were, think I should feel
certain delicacy about fumbling
around with their laps.
All know is that the young men
and the old ones, too-put on an
other sprightly show Thursday. A
show which brought about the elm
nation Of Johnny Fischer, sensa-
tional young medalist; the peren-
nial Chick Evans; Manhattan's
Maurice Mccarthy, and Bill Blaney.
lefthanded athlete, who, just to be
different, hits a golf ball right
handed.
A glowering sun beat down upon the
blloWy tairWays that make this course
look IKE painted back drop of the sea
put despite the heat the matches lured
thousands Of customers who galloped
Iurlousiy from one green TO another.
MAJ. cnaotlc human stampede unknown to
No wonder the Martans never try to
correspond with US. One look at a roar
ing golf gallery must be sufficient to con-
vince them that we aren't exactly all there
IN the noodle. Still, I can see some eX-
cuse Tor the portly dowagers putting up
engine.
rs good way to shed pounds of suet.
Before the. matches got underway the
head men of the Golf Association posted
signs in the locker rooms warning the
boys against accepting golf balls, sticks
ana kindred paraphernalia on penalty of
olsquallncatlon procedure both unique
Subsequent investigation disclosed the
tiaCI mat coFey oil golf ball eXploiters
had SWooped down upon the premises in
the guise OF paid customers interested
solely in watching the simon pures stifen
each other on the way to the champion
ship finals
But the inference of the locker room
warning was that the head men of the
Golf Association mistrusted the motives of
the visiting shilla bers-and it may be that
they we're none too certain OF the idea listic
nature OF the amateurs. At any rate it
seems that they were taking no chances
The presence OF the shillabers at the
professional tournaments is not uncommon
but 1t isn't often that you see them in
such numbers at the amateur events
which no doubt accounts for the official
hvsteria manifested THURSDAY OF course
All the shillabers ever seek to do is plug
their product and it is always nice to
Rave the winner shoot a fuzzy Red Dot
NO. 4. or some sucn widely advertised
pellet-even II it becomes necessary to get
the winner over in corner and talk hot
roast turkey to him.