Evening star., 1937-08-18
BUDGE GIVES EDGE
FOR NET HONORS
Links Fight More Open. but
Campbell and Goodman
Are Standouts.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

BY GRANTLAND RICE.
n YEW YORK, August 1s,-"West-
ward" observed one of the
" Bards, the star of empire
a takes its way" Or words to
that effect. In the next few days,
the Far West has its dream Of clean
Ing up both the golf and tennis
some $500 miles apart-Portland,
Greg, and Forest Hills.
Don Bulge, the California Cyclone,
is naturally picked as the tennis entry,
with Baron Won Cramm on his flying
heels,
It's different in golf. Two of the
outstanding selections here are Scotty
Campbell. the Seattle Sniper, and
Johnny Goodman, the Omaha Kid
Here are two of the worlds greatest
amateur stars. But the competition
both must face is full of fire and
poison, with selected crop from al
most every State that salutes the
Stars and Stripes.
Portland will be full of trouble from
Mondays start to Saturdays finish
as fate, and skill whittle the field
from 200 to / lone survivor, who
may be any one of 20 leaders
Campbell and Goodman are among
those who stand out. But not the
way Don Bulge throws his lean
shadow across the court.
Good Enough to Win.
How many at Portland are good
enough to win-if they get the
breaks that rule big part of the
game?
You can mention, in addition to
Goodman and Campbell, Fred Haas of
Louisiana, Charley Yates of Georgia,
Frank Strafaci and Ray Billows of
New York. Tommy Taller of Long
Island, Johnny Fischer of Ohio, Ross
Somervllle Of Canada, Harry Givan
OF Seattle, Ernie Pieper of California.
Reynolds Smith of Texas, Chuck
kocsis of Michigan.
This is only partial list, but
1t gives you some scant idea of
the territory one has to cover while
peerlng into the crystal ball
The big slaughter will take place
on Wednesday, when the field will
be chopped from 81 qualifiers to is
remnants, lucky enough or good
enough to pillow their way through
two l8-hole matches, the test that
Is known as the quick or the dead"
What Can Happen.
II you have ever blown a 2-foot
putt or have done some joustin2 in
the sand, you'll know what can hap
pen in golf. 1 happened to run
across some astounding figures in
this respect recently These figures
concern the national golf links at
Southampton, one of the great links
OF the world.
Here. on Long Island, We have
difficult par 73. Yet at various times
one golfer or another, taking the best
selected score, has toured around this
windy. heavily trapped layout in
just 80 strokes-which is "a under
par
For example. many years ago, John
Montgomery Ward one Of base balls
greatest stars, opened q tournament
with a 2-2-3-3 against a par of
@4-4-3, Just five under par for
four holes.
Johnny Wards first 2 came on the
Bl2-yard first hole Here is the vav
happened-by holes and names and
bcores-
John Ward. 2.
2-John Ward, 2.
3, the famous Alps. a tough 3
E>9S Baxter, 2-the result Of holinz
fdll brassie shot. Eb Byers lost
the Alps that day with g.
4, the Redan-John jackson,
tJohn jackson being president of the
Z. S. G. A..
., %9O yards, par 5-Forgan j.
. OBrlen, 2. Another brassie shot
holed out.
6-Charles Blair Macdonald and
II. B. pink Miller, l.
7, an eagle BY several entries.
8, killing 4-Joe Thaw, 2. Another
orassie shot turned into putt.
9, $50 yards-Oswald Kirby, one of
the stars of the East, 3. Par out is
81. But here we have tot. of 1s
strokes, taking the best selected score
Tor each hole-a matter of l9 under
par.
On the way home such golfers as
Paul Moore. Harvey Shaffer, Ted Gov,
stuart Wing, Cyril Tolley and others
have made the last nine in 2l strokes.
This includes three Is, nine Is and
Xix IS.
1t shows what can happen when the
ball hapens to roll the right way It
has roulette wheel whipped to froth
when 1t comes to the law Of chance.
The Big Gamble.
THE big gamble in golf is over the
18-hole route. The psychology
here Is all against the better golfer
his was the route that Bob Jones
always hated. For example, In his
match against Johnny Goodman at
Pebble Beach in 1929. Goodman holed
three tough puts and Bob missed
three from shorter ranges. So Good
man was 3-up after the third hole.
Yet, at that time, in 36-hole match.
Bob Jones could have beaten any man
IN that field by a margin of 8 and 7
or. worse. It wouldn't have been a
contest at 36 holes.
In the same way, George Won Elm,
one OF the best of all the amateurs,
second then only to Jones, lost four
consecutive l8-hole matches to golf
ers certainly well below his level
The 18-hole match often brings
the rabbit up to the level of the tiger.
1t isn't the fairer test-but it is more
interesting The gamble is much
greater. Glass will rule after the
18-hole scrambles are over-but the
pick of the field can fall before the