The Omaha guide., 1939-07-01
On to st. Louis Aug 20
That's the Slogan
RECORD ENTRY Expected
FOR AMATEUR EVENT
AUGUST 20
DEFENDING CHAMP TOMMY
DONALDSON AMONG THE
FAYORITES
BY Sanders S. Mason


st. Louis-The pages of history
viii flicker back and the moving
pictures Of time will usher in a
new era in Negro outdoor re-
irrational activities here Angus
20 when the vanguard Of the mid
vests top ranking Negro golfers
will point heir bic guns at st.
Louis difficult Forest Park ealf
course. When firing gets under
way in the fight for Negro golf
dom's greatest amatuer tide the
Central Slater Golf Tournament.
the event scheduled here via he
s6 hole modal play route, viii Of
fer a gruelline test fer midwest
ern shotmakers. Staged over a
course that offers a picturesque
seetine, banked on all sides by IN
tricate lakes, lagoors and the
vagaries Of a tough course, the
tourney will prove a heart breaker
for many.
Record Entry Expected
Advance indications point to the
largest entry list in the nine year
history Of the Central States Golf
Association. It will, no doubt,
draw one of the largest entries
ever assembled for a one day
tournament. Herbert Love, st.
Louis newly appointed manager
OF the tournament, said last week
that an entry of 100 midwest golf
ers are expected to compete in
tho event this var. Love based his
prediction on the unusual possi-
bility of several new clubs par
tieipating.
New Clubs Expected
There is title doubt that Kan
sas City's Heart of America Golf
Club and st. Louis Paramount
Golf Club which is the host this
year, will have the largest amount
of representatives in the field but
with Minneapolis Twin City Golf
Association sending a dozen play
ers headed by the defending cham
pion, Tommy Donaldson and To-
peka's Twin Lake Golf Club, plac-
ing its 'big Bertha's" in the field,
the tournament will perhaps be a
wide open affair with the fellow
who gets hot grabbing the trophy.
Other golf clubs that will be well
represented in the tournament
are: Valley Golf Club, Des Moines
Iowa and the Swastika Golf Club
of Omaha, Nebr. Special invita-
tions will probably be issued to
tho Progressive Golf Club, Alton,
ILL.,; Trophy Golf Club, Chicago;
Douglas Park Golf Club, Indiana
polls, Ind. Their Acceptance will
swell the entry list to unprecen-
denied proportions.
Donaldson, Sheppard, Young,
Fayorites
Holding the pre-tourney favorite
berth in the opinion of many OBJ
servers is the dhmunitive Tommy
Donaldson, the slugging midget of
Minneapolis, whose cross-handed
swinging aided him to turn the
pressure on the boys last summer
TO win the title over his home
course, he will be crowded by the
Mound City's two outstanding
golfers "Slamin' Sam" Shepard
Richard Young, both twice holders
of the Central States title. She
pard and Young are seasoned,
brilliant and colorful golfers and
will be cunning for the final niche
on the three leg trophy. A vic
tory this summer for either of
them would send officials scurry-
ing for another trophy.
Many Dark Horses To Play
Although the a c will feature
the actions of the hardened veter-
ans such as Charles Howard, Des
Moines; Boyd Galloway, Omaha
Johnny Williams, Minneapolis
George McClain, Kansas City.
Sheriff. Thompson, Topeka and San
Shepard and Richard Young of st
Louis, this years. event will see
more dark horses than any pre-.
vious tournament. st. Louis vii
after an array of them in the
You can't afford to miss
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