Evening star., 1936-11-09
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always Is politics in every


outfit. where everything should
L be peaceful and neighborly and
where all the boys should get together
to promote their own racket. But
there will be a fly in the annual meet
ing of the Professional Golfers Asso-
ciation at Chicago. come tomorrow,
and as usual, it centers around money.
The P. G. A. puts out this year
around $4,000 for its championship to
be played at Pinehurst starting No
vember l6. Nine thousand Of this goes
in prize money and $4,000 will go to
pay the travelling expenses OF the l2l
uualifers to Pinehurst. The better
players-those who have q chance to
win-want this four grand added to
the prize pot and taken away from
the transportation fund.
But the boys who haven't
much chance to get anywhere In
the tournament are fighting the
move, claiming II will take away
transportation money from them
and divert 1t into the well-lined
jeans Of the big shots.
Glass legislation" they call 1t, add
ing that it Is the announced purpose
of the P. G. A. championship to get
real national representation by bring
ing in sectional qualifiers from every
golf center in the country. The resolu-
ton has little chance Of going through.
Diagnoses Peacock's Trouble.
u OGER PEACOCK needs to study q
book on psychology. II Witty Cox
knows anything about golf. Witty
looked at Roger play Indian Spring in
80 whacks Q few days ago-an honest
50, too-playing the ball where 1t lay,
and opined that any guy who could
hit the ball like Peacock Is Just about
as good an amateur as there Is in the
country.
But Il seems to me that Roger
lacks confidence" Witty cracked.
'why the way that guy hits that
ball he shouldn't ever lose to any anna
teur. He's as good golfer as I've seen
among the amateurs, but he hasn't
that confidence q winner needs. He's
plenty good. though. He showed me
that"
Some Odds and Ends.
CHIP shots Rudolph Oefty)
~ Harrell and George Elliott played
20 straight games Of golf to q tie
against Ralph Fowler and Cissel Gott,
then the tie was cracked at Chevy
Chase, where Harren and Elliott OUT
stroked their rivals and went into
the lead. They'll never catch US
now" says Harrell Leo Walper
will leave for Pinehurst tomorrow
he's the only local pro to qualify for
the p. G. A. championship Ro-
land Mackenzie will leave for the
South Just q week from today, and
Witty Cox will shove on late next
week, stopping OF at Pinehurst to see
the final Of the p. g. A. tourney ...
Bob Barnett will get away for Miami
Beach on November AZ.
Tommy Armour win have caddy
No. 1 at Pinehurst. and he may be
No. golfer at the finish Tommy
Is plenty tough in match play and
he knows Pinehurst g.. Maury Fitz-
gerald holed a shot from the bunker
at the first at Indian Spring, but par
caught up with him at the seventh
.. The way Roland Mackenzie is
hitting the ball these days he may
grab of some purses In the South
later on He looks the old Roland
-. And did you hear the news about
Jack McCarron? Jackie four
putted q green ). sounds impossible,
but 1t happened on the nth at Con-
gressional, where Jack had q nice
putt for . 8 and took 6, with 9
synticates all tied up.
Geae Pittman tells the yarn Of the
Texas Judge who was advised to try
the inteylocking grip :. for the first
time in his life the jurist hit . good
iron shot -. PUT that club back in
my bag, boy, and don't pull it out
again." he said. II don't want to lose
that grip"