Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-18
SPORTS
PARADE
By Henry McLemore

PINEHURST, N. c., Nov. 18. UP
Viewed from any angle, even
through rose-colored glasses the
pairing sheet for a golf tourna-
ment is a highly uninspired bit of
business.
just line after line of 80 and
SO" versus "whoosit" and whats
his name" versus something or the
other"
Not much to look at, and not
much to read, especially to those
of you whose interest in golf cham
pionships is casual. But to those of
us who get behind" the pairing
sheet so to speak, by talking to the
men whose names are on it as they
walk along the fairways, knock off
few beers in the locker room, and
practice their touch on the putting
green, 1t offers quite few stories.
Take the pairing sheet for to-
days first round play in the 18th
annual professional golfers ass0-
citation tournament. There are
thirty-two matches listed, and
there's something of interest in
almost every one.
In one match Tony Manero plays
Jimmie Demaret of Houston, Tex.
Never heard from Demaret, eh?
Think he's just another guy named
Pete who'll be a pushover for
Manero. the national open cham
pion. Well. Manero doesn't think
SO, and neither do the rest of the
pros in the field, who are glad they
didn't draw the big Texas kid. For
Demaret may very well knock the
No. guy off. Fe's tough. He's
tough because he has a magnificent
swing, the foundation of all fine
games. He's so good that the crit
les have tabled him as the likeliest
prospect to come up since Horton
Smith. When Horton, a gangling
Missouri boy who was all legs.
knocked off the Great Jones in
Savannah in 1880, the critics said
he was headed for the top. Now
they're saying the same thing about
the Texan.
He's SO good the older, and more
noted pros, follow him around. Just
TO study the way he hits the ball.
Another of today,s pairings call
for Walter Kozak to play Leo Wal
per. Aust a pair of little known
fellows, especially Walper, who runs
beer joint and driving range on
the side to fill out his income. Ko-
Yak and Walper qualified together.
Played side by side for two rounds.
They've known each other for
years. for both are from New York.
Yesterday they pulled for each 9TH
er to get in under the wire.
Then their names came out OF
the hat together and friendship and
brotherly love must take a holiday
for round.
Big Ed Dudley is matched with
Herman Barron, the finest Jewish
pro ever developed. He can shoot
brides with anybody when he's
hot and his trap play is a model
In golf. Ed was the big boss of
the draw, because he's tourna-
ment chairman, and would like
TO have been tossed to a less re-
doubtabie lion in the first round.
Over in Jersey, Craig Wood has
been the spot light golf number for
years. The only time he ever had
% duck into the wings was when
Johnny Kinder, fellow new Jer-
'eyite, knocked him off. Well, who |
10 you think Mister Wood pulled |
,ut of the hat? None other than
Johnny Kinder, who thinks Craig
strictly a mug and as easy to
axe as dozen free balls from the
Henry Picard, just about the hot
EST thing about, and the nearest
ling to a favorite in the tourna-
rent, is lined up with Leo Mallory,
ist guy from Connecticut to
lost golf readers.
But Mallory has been busting off
ew York's best pros for several
ears. come Wednesday, and pic"
light well be on tonight's train for
hocolatetown. of which he is the
'idier of.
There are others but I grow
cary. II