The Omaha guide., 1939-04-08

st. Louis, MO-, April six of
Americas leading Negro golf clubs
situated throughout the southwest
will begin this week sharpening up
their war clubs in anticipation of
their annual golf fiesta. The Cen
trail States Golf championship
scheduled for st. Louis historic
Forest Park Golf course. The tour
nament this year will be held on
Sunday August 20. It's a one-day
36 hole grind designed to bring
out all the golfing qualities and
faults of the nations midwest
sepia shotmakers The six clubs
participating are: Paramount Golf
club of st. Louis, this years host,
Heart of America Golf club, Kan
sas City, No., Twin Lakes Golf
club, Topeka, Kansas, Twin City
Golf Association, Minneapolis,
Mimi, Valley Golf club, Des
Moines, Iowa, and the Swastika
Golf club, Omaha, Nebraska.
Each club is composed of 30 odd
members, all capable of rating in
the duffer or near duffer class.
Many however, have blasted their
way into prominent places in Ne
gro golfdom.
Sheppard Among Top
"Slammin" Sam Sheppard, st.
Louis outstanding golfers is rated
among the top class because of
his persistent shooting of sensa-
tional rounds. He'll probably head
of the list of early favorites when
the firing gets under. Sheppard
although beaten out in the final
round in the tourney at Minnea-
polls last summer by youthful
Tommy Donaldson is perhaps the
most eolorful of all Midwest golf
ers. He chalked up consistent sub
par rounds of 67-71 over the diff
cult Swope Park course at Kansas
City last summer and will UNI
doubtedly bear watching this sum-
mer Other ST. Louis shot makers
who will be cunning for the Cen
trail States title are: Richard
Young a former titlist who APP
pears in the ping of condition this
year. Edgar Cash. Herbert Love,
BURY Bell, Adam. Grent; DR.. l.. b.
Howell, F.. l.. Garner, and Nat
Jordan. Up from the ranks of the
second Fighters. this year will be
a newcomer to championship class.
He is Albert Hill, one of the most
amazing. golfers the Mount City
can boast Of. Hill labeled "Lil Poi
sem has pulled. more, unsual golf
golf SHOTS the past few weeks than
anyone has seen. He has carded
several sub-par rounds lately.
Plenty Excitement
Not since Sheppard, Young and
Charles Howard of Des Moines put
| en- a slamming battle six years
ago to thunder down the home
stretch in a bloze of glory Forest
Park sizzling with flames had She.
phard coping the title by a mea-
ger margin has the, southwest seen
as much enthusiasm and excite,
ment worked up over the Central
States annual event J. Frank Mc
Conico, president of the Central
States Golf association and also
president of the Paramount club,
this years host, stated last week
the event this year will surpass
all previous tournaments. The en-
try list is expected to be nearly
100 and there's going to be plenty
of close competition in the SO hole
madela play. A peek into the visi-
toring encourage reveals the cream
of the Southwests machie-weilders
Kansas City will naturally boast
of the largest number of visiting
entries, sending Leroy Doty,
George McClain, Morris Herdnon,
and several others. Elmer Gordon
and William Benni.t will head
a sizeable delegation from Topeka
Kansas, Minneapolis, MINI. will be
represented by the veterans, DR..
W. D. Brown, Charles Noble, James
Murray, Jimmie Lee, and the
youthful Tommy Donaldson, who
will be defending the title he won