Evening star., 1935-11-10
PICKING 'SSQUAD
UNPLEASANT TASK
Walls Will Follow U. S. G. A.
Selections Below Little,
Certain Choice.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

BY w. r. McCALLUM.
A GAIN this Winter the. United
~ States Golf Association Is 60
| ~ ing to run plumb up against
\ the Job Of choosing from
flock of aspiring amateur golfers the
| 10 men who will meet the British in
the 1886 renewal of the Walker Cup
series And once more as the names
of the 1886 American nominees are
released the walls Of the men left oil
the team will resound through the
land
For 1t is no easy task, this one OF
choosing a Walker Cup team. Sec
tional considerations, boy wonders,
men who flash briefly for one tourna-
ment and then fade, all must be
weighed and out of the lot must come
team which will represent the best
golf1ng strength of the Nation for the
jousts next August at Pine Valley.
Francis Ouimet, bespectacled Boston
veteran, again will captain the team,
but unless Francis becomes more in
terested in golf than he was this year
he probably will drop himself OF the
team and become the non-playing
captain.
Francis, you know. has become a
wealthy man. and has, according to
several friends, lost his keenness for
competitive golf.
| The No. / spot is a cinch. If Law
son Little doesn't turn pro this Win
| ter he will be up there in the top spot
prepared to win couple of points for
the dear old u S. A., and there isn't
much question that he will do it. The
man who Is tops among the amateur
golfers Of the world shouldn't have
much trouble in a Walker Cup match
Scramble for Other Places.
RUT for the other positions the job
Of choosing the nominees won't
be easy. Walter Emery runner-up to
Little for the 1885 amateur champion
ship. is certain to be on the team
even though Walter hadn't done much
this year until the Cleveland joust.
Charlie Yates. the tall Atlanta lad
who holds the Western amateur title
also is fairly certain to win a spot
So is John Goodman, the well-known
stroker from Omaha, who has won
his way into the good graces of the
! U. S. G. A. after having been given
the air for years, when he was among
the first four or five amateurs of the
land.
Chubby-faced. rotund Joe Lynch,
Georgetown University's golf captain
this year, also is practically certain
to land spot on the Walker Cup out
fit. If only for the fact that Joe
reached the semi-final of this year S
amateur championship.
But after that where will the o. S
G. A. go in its search for material to
repulse the British? They could dc
worse than pick Roger Peacock OF
Indian Spring or Bobby Riegel OF
Richmond. but they probably won't
choose either of them.
Riegel has better chance of land
ing on the squad than Peacock, fol-
the tall Richmond kid won the South
ern amateur championship over q
good field, and gave Lawson Little a
fairly close match at Cleveland. Close
that is, for Little, who won by and 8
Capt. Ouimet could do far worse
than go into the college ranks for g
couple of kids who can stroke the
ball as well as any one. Lads like &c
White. the Texas boy who won tht
intercollegiate championship, or Fred
die Haas of New Orleans are gooc
enough to win their spots on any
Walker Cup team.
Vets, Youth to Mix.
THAT forthcoming 1896 outfit viii
be a mixture of veterans anC
youngsters. There isn't any question
about that. Little and Goodman ar,
!, veterans Of the golf wars, and tn,
U. S. G. A. may choose George Voigt
another sturdy veteran who gave Lit
,, tie a close match before succumbing
They could do far worse than choos
George, who wants badly to get bacl
in the golflng sun and did fairly wei
at Cleveland this year.
And they won't leave of kids lik
Emery and Yates and ole Lynch, s.
the team will have leaven Of veter
ans backed by a flock Of keen-eyeo
sharp-shooting youngsters who can g
fast and far in any company.
Once again the British are face,
with tough job. They never hav
won Walker Cup match and at lon
range it looks as if they won't vii
the 1886 joust. The fact is tha
British amateur golfers are not goo,
enough to whip the Americans ant
haven't been since the war, in team
competition. And once again it seem
that the only question will be the siz
of the winning score.
Above the question of the team
match, the choosing of Fine Valley 70
the Walker Cup meeting seems t
augur that the national golf bod
may select that terrifying layout 70
national championship some day. ]
would be q great course for the opel
championship. and probably tn
casualty list would be terrific, but
Is Q real test Of golf.