Evening star., 1934-09-16
BIC VOTE IS CAST
FOR MATCH PLAY
Thrills ApIenty Accompany
DoWn-and-0ut System
in U. S. Amateur.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.
STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

~ ROOKLINE, Mass, September
x l5.-What ever else the ma
tional amateur golf joust at
Brookline may have proved in
addition to setting the crown on the
best amateur golfer in this land of
ours. it has at least proved two things.
Up here at Brookline you couldn't
laugh of the fact that the galleries
were tickled pink with the rapid
movement OF the championship. with
the walloping of the favorites and the
absolute dominance of the kids.
The tournament which ended yes
terday marks the initial experiment
of the United States Golf Association
with the so-called British system of
finding out who Is the best golfer.
The British have quaint way of
muddling around and finding out the
best way to do things and the U. s.
G. A., after 38 years Of forcing the
boys to 60 through the nerve wracking
ordeal OF a medal play round followed
by a few match play rounds, this
year threw 'em all together without
that medal round. In the light of
subsequent events at Brookline, the
medal round didn't make any differ
ence, for the big shots who might
have failed to qualify for match play
in the old way of running these
tournaments, fell just as fast when
they turned the kids loose at EN-, and
in addition gave the galleries the thrill
OF that man. to-m man, shot -for-shot
combat that is the very meat of
amateur golf. You could search
a single golf fan who watched the
championship who wouldn't cast an
overwhelming vote in favor OF the all
match play method.
Is Holes Is True Test.
90 TT looks as If the daddy Of all
- the golf bodies in this bunker
ridden land has finally hit upon
the best method of them all for find
ing out who Is the best golfer of
the lot
The 18-hole match play rounds
don't sit SO well with the big names
in the game, but after all, 18 holes
Is round of golf and II a man isn't
good enough to win at 18 he prob
ably isn't good enough to win at So
You couldn't make George Dunlap
or Francis Ouimet, John Goodman or
John Fischer say this in so many
words after they were unceremoni-
ously dumped out of the tournament
by unknown kids, but good sports
that they all are. they know perfectly
we'll that the l8-hole test Is q true
test.
And what a gallery show it was
Nowhere along the route in the tour
nament was there dull moment
from the time when young Bobby Jones
whipped Ouimet in the opening
round down through Goodman's lick
ing at the hands of young Bobby
jacobson; Dunlap's at the hands of
Turnesa and the other that came
later. Toss a flock of sharpshooting
kids in with a few big names ard
regulations and you are bound TO
hear from the boys. These nerveless
youngsters just keep on knocking the
Dali toward the hole. Caring nothing
for regulations, they step out and
whip the old-timers, and how.
Ought to Keep System.
NEVER before has there been a
IN tournament like the one lust
concluded. Surprises have been
many in these tournaments in other
years, but you never could find one
where the big shots dropped so fast.
AS Miller STEVENSON says: This game
is played with a club and a ball and
reputation doesn't count bit after
you step out on the first tee" Let's
hope the U. S. G. A. sticks along
with this method Of playing the anna =
teur championship. If they do it can
become the greatest show in sport.
Jesse Guilford the old Boston seige
gun. who has a quaint way Of drop
ping wisecracks out of the side of
his mouth, calls the 18-hole matches
miniature matches" But you couldn t
get the kids to play anything else.
And after all. you've got to hand it
to the boys. It's strictly kids game,
in so far as the winning of champion
ships Is concerned