Evening star., 1937-06-20
Amateur Golf Prize Limit Likely Fight Has Eperts Desperate
j. s. c. A. IS |RKED
BY RICH REWARDS
Chicago Meet That Offered
Expensive Trophies Held
to $3.50 for Three.
BY w. r. McCALLUM,

BY w. Il. McCALLUM.
~ UT OF the fuss now going on
In Chicago about the value
OF prizes to be awarded to
~ amateur winners in the
coming Windy City $4,000 open
tourney may come a definite limita-
tion on the market worth Of the little
trinkets for which the simon pures
play. And 1t looks as If the United
States Golf Association, in its ca
pacity as chief copper OF the links
precincts, may step in and declare
that the sweet young amateur golf
ers may take prizes whose value does
not exceed so bucks.
At least that's the tentative valua-
tion placed on amateur prizes to be
awarded in the Chicago open, whose
sponsors had gone to town with gifts
for the simon pures worth many times
that figure.
The men in charge OF the prizes
went out among the commercial BY
ways OF Chicago and came back
loaded with refrigerators, radios,
paintings, wrist watches, antique
furniture. period furniture, and a
two weeks trip to French Lick Springs
for two, all to be won by the nom
commercial golfers.
Prizes Astound U. S. G. A.
THEN up rose A. Arthur Wood, a
member Of the u S. G. A. Execu-
tive Committee. chief sleuth Of the
national golf body in the Chicago
area. and told the boys to hold every
thing until little investigation could
be made. President John G. Jack
son OF the U. S. G. A., Col. Wood and
Gordon Fauntleroy, president Of the
Western Golf Association, went into
session In Chicago and were 1abber-
gasted at the multiplicity and magni-
tude OF the amateur prizes Santa
Claus had dumped into their laps.
After a lengthy session with M. G.
Fessenden, chairman Of the Amateur
Prize Committee, and Chick Evans,
Tor years the ace amateur Of the West,
they emerged with a pronunciamento
that the purity Of amateur golf calls
for three prizes worth $50 each-total
value, $3.50.
1t got quite laugh from the prize
committee, for almost any one Of the
prizes they'd accumulated in a lot
OF getting around was worth $3.50.
Chick Evans fingered little time
keeping trinket and said he'd been
ADVISED it was worth $3.50, and had
been given to him by one OF the as
soclatlons promoting the amateur
prize list in the Chicago open.
Ruling Annoys Evans.
HE Likewise spoke up and declared
the amateur golfers were getting
the run-around because their prizes
were dinky little gadgets and added
that If he wins prize in the tourna-
ment he'll give it to the next man
in line.
1t isn't the first time the U. S. G. A.
has moved In on amateur prize
awards. Some years back, Gus More
land won the Trans Mississippi cham
plonshlp, a tournament where the
prizes were quite generous. The top
award was a 12-cylinder car and Gus
won it fairly and squarely.
But the fathers Of the game
natlonally-looked the gift horse right
IN the eye and sterrly ordered Gus,
IN the true spirit Of amateur golf, to
give back the expensive buzz-buggy
and take some little piece Of silver.
He did. And it's 6. and even that
they'll have their way in Chicago.
They can declare any guy out Of
the amateur championship II he
doesn't play ball.