Evening star., 1937-11-22
|MACKENz|E'SGOLF
lis MOST GRACEFUL
Armour, Metz Best Dressed
Pros-Poe Best Looking
Kid Prospect
BY w. r. McCALLUM.


IHERsONAL nominations for the
- best" among the top-notch
golf professionals Of America:
Best-looking and most grace
full golfer Of the list-Roland Mac
Kenzie Of Congressional.
Longest hitter Of the slugging type
Jimmy Thomson.
Longest hitter of the smoother
swingers-Sammy Snead.
Best dresser-A tough assignment,
for all the boys look like walking hab-
erdashery advertisements nowadays,
since Walter Hagen and John Farrell
showed 'em how to swank around. On
the more conservative side-Tommy
Armour. On the 1898 models of hab-
| erdashery-Dick Metz.
Handsomest pro-A dead heat be-
tween Horton Smith, Jimmy Thomson
and Dick Metz. It'll take 9 camera
to decide this finish, but If you like
your man stalwart and romantic look
ing, you'll like Thomson, who happens
to be the husband of Movie Star Viola
Dana.
vi. by the way, has just gotten q
check from one Of the more prominent
monthly magazines for writing . yarn
about pro golfers wives and their ex-
periences around the tournament cir
cult. She couldn't write some OF the
more interesting stun, but still its
good.
ManerO Gets Hot.
Most inspired golfer Of the bunch
Tony Manero The 1886 open champ
has a way of kidding himself into hot
streaks, like the finish he put on at
Pinefarst last week. He wound up
3, 3, 2. 4, against the par of 3, S, 3. 4,
and he called his shot. Il gotta get In
| the money, and think I can make it."
he said. He did.
Guy who needs more hard work on
his game than any other topnotcher-
Paul Runyan. Those tricky little cut
shots and those spoon shots aren't 70
ing with the wizardry Of old nowadays.
How Gomez" We asked Paul. well,
you can't give 1900 lessons In q sum-
mer and keep your own game going, !"
he said.
| Best putter-It's still Horton Smith.
just as it has been for years. Denny
Shute IS abroad, but when they make
better putting strokes Horton still
will be standout.
Best-looking kid prospect-Henry
Clay Poe. the lanky 22-year-old from
Greensboro, N. c., who couldn't win
his State championship as an ANA
teur. but managed to tie for the Mid
South championship in his first start
as a pro. against field of the best
players in the Nation. Henry, q skim
ny, serious-faced youngster, squats his
6 feet down to the ball and poles it
almost as far as Thomson and Snead.
with q very upright swing, getting
his hands high on the backswing. He
may have been over his head at Pine
hurst and then again he may Just be
coming onto his real game. You
never know about the youngsters.
They develop very fast.
Pros Save Money.
Wealthiest OF the touring pros-A
toss-up between Horton Smith and
Gene Sarazen. Either of 'em can get
out OF golf and have enough for a WIN
ter in Florida and summer in New
England. Not exactly millionaires.
but in pretty good financial shape by
their own efforts More power to 'em.
hagen has made million but he
hasn't put it away like Smith and
Sarazen.
And the best for the last. Best
golfer we've seen in 30 years-Robert
Tyre Jones, jr., who isn't 4 touring
pro. The Jones Of the years between
1922 and 1880 was the best-scorinp
player the world has seen.