Evening star., 1933-05-03
TO HAVE REAL FOES
IN DISTRICT PROS
Houghton, on Home Course,
and Thorn Seem Sure to
Press Noted Stars.
sBY w. r. McCALLUM.

- ENE SARAZEN and Joe
- Kirkwood, impresarios of
~ the long wallop and the
lengthy pitch, holders be-
tween them of three of the i'm
portant golf titles of the world,
are due for a rude awakening if
they have an idea that Washing
ton is another tank town" into
which they can go and knock off
the local prides to the accompani-
ment of thunderous applause from
the awed populace.
Gene and Joe, two of the great of
contemporary golf, now touring the
country under the colors of Henry L.
Doherty and the Miami Biltmore, in a
de luxe auto bus, will appear at the
Kenwood Golf and Country Club next
Sunday in a charity exhibition match,
under Community Chest auspices. All
the money raised above expenses will
go to unemployed relief in the National
Capital.
Against Sarazen, holder of the Ameri-
can and British open titles, and Kirk
who holds the North and South cham
pionship, will appear Al Houghton,
Kenwood star and potential big time
winner, and Arthur B. Thorn, late of
Woodmont, now attached to a driving
course on Wisconsin avenue. Gene
and Joe are no saps. They know that
any small town in America can produce
a golfer good enough to whip the best
over his own course.
THEY know that they will have to
i put on their best stuff at Kenwood
on Sunday if they are to come
home winners Of this exhibition match.
Both of them are great troupers and
both have the game that will bring
home the bacon in any competition
they enter. But they will be up against
a pair of lads geared to high notch
of competition, who have been pointing
for weeks with this match in mind.
Houghton is the standout perform
er on the other side, the home pro who
knows every kick and angle OF his
own layout and who wants to win to
show the home folks that he can hold
his own with the big shots Of the game.
Thorn is one of COLTS dependables,- a
lad who knocks 'em straight and Tar
and who will always be in there with
a par, giving Houghton a shot at
birdie.
Some years ago Kirkwood made
remark to me that had in 1t the ear
marks of truism. He was speaking
about Larry Nabholtz, the sturdy lad
who held down the professional berth
at Lima, little town in Ohio. Kirk
wood showed in Lima against NabholtZ,
of whom he never had heard. They
stepped out on the first tee and Larry
made a crack something like this:
what do you want to play for? A
hundred Nassau? Or a couple of hun
dred on the match?" 1t knocked Joe
off his feet. He never had heard of
NabholtZ, but in the round which fol-
. lowed he saw lot of him and his
shots. 1T proved to me-" said Joe,
that anywhere you go up and down
the land, there is always some lad who
can take you over his own course"
Gene Sarazen saw this same Nabholtz
perform a year or two later, for Larry
knocked Gene out of his P. G. A. cham
picnship at French Lick in 1924.
GO it goes up and down the land
- Anywhere the big-timers go they
can expect to find the local prides
waiting for them with whetted clubs
and Sharpened putters, training their
eyes on goal-that of beating the
great ones of the game. In this case
it is Houghton and Thorn. Sarazen and
Kirkwood will be the favorites, but
before the winning putt raps against
the back of the tin they will know
they have been in a golf match. Kirk
wood will put on an exhibition of his
trick shots at pm, to be followed by
the match, starting at 2:30 Tickets
are on sale at one dollar a copy, tax
exempt.
incidentally, Gene has come to the
fore with an offer entirely new to golf
troupers. He has voluntarily agreed to
give to the P. G. A. 10 per cent of
his gross take on his tour, to go to
the relief Of unemployed golf profess