The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14

from Ralph in a playof at Evans
vile Saturday had II. After 60
ing out in a best ball total Of "a,
Jack Tuitte and Johnny Vaughan
faltered on the stretch and took 80
in for a best ball p.
MAX BUELL., tournament man
N1 ager of the Indiana P. G.. A.,
announced that no tournament
would be held next week because
of the state amateur championship
at French Lick.
While attending the state anna
teur, Max plans to perfect plans
for an Indiana open next year that
will be an open. Tom Taggart's
hotel company is reported favorable
to offering a sizeable purse, provid-
ing the event is held early and is
open to pros from anywhere. The
likely date will be about the time of
the Kentucky Derby.
n
If this is done the Indiana P
G.. A. will follow the system now
used by Illinois, Ohio and other
states that annually hold tour
nament open to all, and later a
state open in which only resident
pros and amateurs are eligible
The closed event would likely be
held later in the season at some
north or central Indiana course
Buell. said.
TINE Indiana Senior Golf AS
l. ISOLATION, whose membership in
cludes men who have reached their
fiftieth birthday, will hold its an
nual midsummer tournament at
HillcreSt tomorrow. 1t will be an
eighteen-hole affair with dinner fol-
lowing the play.
A team of twenty-five Crawfords-
vile Country Club players will in
wade Hillcrest next Sunday for a
team match. A feature will be the
match between the pros of the two
teams, Roy Smith of HillcreSt, and
Marion Smith of Charlottesville,
brothers.
MFRS. WILLIAM r. DEAL and
1V1 other Kokomo Country Club
women were hosts today to state
wide invitational tournament at
the upstate course. Elizabeth
Dunn, city and state champion,
headed group of Indianapolis
women who competed.
HENRY (Heinie) ROCHARDT
l. Il crashed the hall of golf fame at
Willowbrook course late yesterday
with a hole-in-one on the 145-yard
No. Is hole. Ted Byrne and Char
lie Sanders of Auto Row were there
to see the perfect shot.
Johnny SIMPSON, Washington
- Ind0 veteran amateur golf star
will be on hand at Highland tomor-
row to defend his crown of Indian
apolis Athletic Club champion
Johnny won the title in 1882, re-
peated in 1888, and Judging from
the way he played in the state
open tournament, will be hard to
dethrone.
Simpson has held the state anna
teur title, and is the only amateur
who ever won the state open cham
pionship. There are several players
in the field who will be tough for
him to distance on Highland fair
ways. however.
Following the tournament, a dim
ner will be held in the I. A. G. club
house and prizes distributed. George
Steinmetz is chairman of the ar
rangementS committee.
Il. <. KRUTSINGER, Indianapo-
l. lis golfer, will defend his title
of state Lions Club champion when
the annual state meet for both indi-
vidual and team honorS is held at
Coffin course tomorrow. Krutsinger
won the title at Martinsville last
year. Judging from scores turned
in at various district meets, Mike
SchlosSen, state president from JEFF
fersonville. will be a leading threat
for KrutSingers crown.
Teams and individuals represent
ing seventeen district will be on
hand at the state meet. Individuals
will be allowed to enter from any