Evening star., 1932-02-07

each geographical section where good
golf courses abound crack at the big
titglar events. .Washington's turn can
not come for five years or more, with
the accent on the more.
Boston has not had a championship
since 1928. New York has not held an
amateur title event in many years, the
Pacific Coast will be in there bidding
again within year or two and Pitts
burgh, with its fame Oakmount layout,
has become such a favorite for cham
pionships that in all probability the
Smoky City will come into the cham
pionship picture again within a few
years.
Chicago always wants a champion
ship and st. Louis hasn't had one since
1921. So IL may be seen that Washing
tons grand chance to get a national
in the Bicentennial year when public
opinion would sway uperringly toward
the National Capital as a champion
ship venue-has gone, probably for
many years.
The Five Farms course Of the Balti-
more Country Club is very fine golf
layout and worthy Of championship.
Few Washington people will begrudge
Baltimore getting the title chase, but
even though there will be a lot of
Washingtonians going over to see
Francis Ouimet defend his title, it is
not like holding championship in our
own back yard. Forty miles is still
40 miles on any mans Speedometer
Perhaps in some future year, after
the amateur championship has been
played in good many other cities
Washington will get a crack at 1t.
THERE are plenty Of Washingtonians
i who would like to see such fine
new young stars as Gus Moreland,
Paul Jackson and Francis j. Connolly
in action. Most of the golf followers of
the National Capital have seen Billy
Howell play before the young man from
Richmond became the sensation of the
amateur championship last year, but
there are also lot of them who would
like to see Moreland, Jackson and Con-
molly.
Moreland Is the one young man who
appears at this writing to be the stand
cut Of them all. He Won something like
nine tournaments in row in Texas
last year and only last week he showed
the stuff Of which he is made by fin
ishing second in the Texas open at
Breckenridge Park, Dallas. In that
tourney he put on a fighting finish to
score a Ct, which put him tie for
second place with Gene Sarazen of /.
New York.
At the amateur championship at
Beverly last year Moreland had the
qualification medal all tucked away un-
til he permitted himself to take on
the para fifteenth hole. AS it was he
just shot away. He ran into
a hot customer in the first round in
the person Of young Connolly from De-
troit. Connolly did a II over that :.
rugged Beverly course and Moreland .
lost by 2 and l.
But this Texas boy is the real goods.
He is only 19 years old, a smooth .
sWinger, never flustered, no matter how
tough the going may be, a long hitter
from the tee and fine putter Most
Of the experts picked him as a coming
champion after the Chicago joust.
News comes from Daytona Beach,
Fla. Of the qualification Of Victor
of Chevy Chase in the
third flight Of tournament staged on
the SeabreeZe course Of Daytona Beach
qualified with a 80, the
lowest score in his flight.
".TET 'em young and teach EN- the
~ right way to swing" That is
the conclusion reached by Al
bert r. Gates, business administrator
of the Professional Golfers Association
Of America on the way to teach Young
America to hit golf ball.
Teaching of children is one of the
growing phases of golf instruction, ac-
2ording to Gates with Bobby Jones,
AleXa Stirling Frazier and Billy Howell
as splendid examples. parents are COM |