Evening star., 1933-09-12
)NCINNAT1, September IL.
On the tennis courts of
- Forest Hills I saw Fred


Perry, an Englishman, and
Jack Crawford, IN Australian,
fight out the tennis championship
of the United States.
After a wild dash, arrived here Just
in time to see Ross Sandy" Somerville,
Canadian, start out to defend his
title as amateur golf champion OF the
same United States.
Living under the Stars and Stripes,
have seen nothing in the last two
weeks but the Union Jack Of Great
Britain and its associate Dominions fly
ing over the home Of the so-called free
and the land of the brave.
For Sandy Somerville, Canada's great
all-around athlete, surrounded by the
greatest field that ever fought for golf
title, was out acting as the lone wolf
against the pack. Sandy fired a 10
right into the teeth Of the picked stars
from East and West, from North and
South, to show that the standard bearer
Of the Maple Leaf cared nothing for
heavy odds.
Somerville beat par to prove he could
travel alone and not fold up, He sang
today with the great Kipling:
Down to Gehenna or up to the
throne,
He travels the fastest who travels
alone.
In this first qualifying test at Ken
wood the pace set by the field was the
fastest golf has ever known. 1t was
marked out at incredible speed-the
speed Of youth.
MOST Of those who set the Ken
lN wood course on fire were kids
A from 18 to %. They dominated
the blazing pace. He who first referred
to flaming youth was talking Of golf.
who handed the field 10. Munger, 18,
is interscholastic champion.
Texas came through like cyclone.
In addition to Munger there was Gus
Moreland, formidable entry. with II,
and Shorty Long, another Texan. with
70. Under a Texas Moon" promises to
be popular song in this champion
ship
Golfers from every sector of the
country came tearing in with low scores.
George Dunlap of New York had q II
and Pat Sawyer, Minneapolis, had 72.
Johnny Fischer from just across the
river in Fort Thomas, KY, had II.
Little Mike Turnesa of Ne1D
York had q IT, Johnny Good
man, the Open champion, report
ed 1Dith the same.
The pace was so terrific more than
40 players had rs or less which means
that it might take $50 or better to quail
ify, the fastest clip ever shown in cham
pionship golf.
I walked around with Bobby Jones
and Tommy Armour, two Of the great.
est golfers that ever lived. II never
saw anything like this" Bobby Jones
said. II knew they were developing
young stars all over the United States,
but I never realized before they had
reached a place where so many had no
respect whatever for par"
Here's another feature" Armour
added. These kids don't even ask or
care where the bunkers are. They
want to know Is: Where is the green?'
"They are too young to know
how hard this game is." he added
mournfully. They'll find out
some day. There's nothing like
youth"
Z YOUNG Munger of Dallas Is cap
Y tain Of the Hill School golf team
at Pottstown, Pa, where my old
friends, Mike Sweeney and Eddie
Mahan, hold forth. In the first round
he worked like veteran. He was as
cool as q slice of cucumber on ice. And
he had the shots.
This championship already
looks to be q MIXTURE OF interf1d-
tional and intersectiondI strife.
There still are teto veterans left