The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
Sports Parade

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oid-umsr IA sports A feiles
saa eaa remember eay back
aheu the nAsienas open KaiE
championship aax worth a 81
Of money = ths winner
Today the winner II AxhAl has
long heen thr outstanding test
n gaif = lue ~ h MAKE enough
out q the tilis a par hls 81
psnssS While playing n i AM
replace ne shoes IA vsfe Nere
oal srainSlng after hln during
= holes leF mofsl n play.
There sas = time-=sal IT.
two fun hrassir shuts bach IN
the psst.--shsn the open cham
plan eoald do a sweet BIB af aesi
featAering In the Il months fol-
iawing hts sietaa.
HE could confidently count en-
dragging Down enough IA rNhihl.
tons. guarantees soT tournament
appearances endorsements AMI
resort oifegs 10 build hlmseif
a bungalow. lay the foundations
for ; fst annuity. and set Mama
that fur coat she ] honn Yelling
Tor since he flHai hroke "a
Such fellows as Hagen. sara
zen. and Farrell came close 70
making fortunes cut Of ihs title.
Farrell perhaps made moro
money in ono YEAR than any
other holder Of the title.
Johnny Won $40. ooo
Johnny. good booking Irish
man. With delightful person.
ATTY ana a flair for wearing
clothes. must have come close
to earning $40. 600 during the
twelve months following his
play-off victory osrr nnhhy
Jones
hut what of the recent cham
pions' Byron Nelson WA hnrks
N he CLEARED $1,000 n = result
Of having the ,itle. The same
goes Cor Ralph anldahl. and |
doubt II Tony Manern and sam
Parks. between them. made
81, 600.
The latest and most eonvine-
Ing proof that the national open.
like the old gray mare. amt
what abe used 10 be. - offered
IN Lawson Little's scheduling Of
three exhibition matches With
Ed Oliver.
Unless your memory IL com
pletely gone you viii remember
thai Little won the title few
weeks ago in a playoff with
sarazen. a playoff thai Oliver
actually qualified Tor only 10 be
thrown out on a toohnieality by
the United States Golf aasoela-
ton.
II the championship we're =
BONANZA. OF anything remotely
resembling bonanza. Little
wouldn't he planning 10 engage
Oliver in what amounts 10 an
unofficial continuation of tho
plaYoff at Ganterhnrs.
WOULD SHIN OLIVER
As a matter Of fact. he'd be
stunning Oliver. lest thai fat
and talented hitter of golf ball
beat him and thus rub some Of
the gilt off has title A. II -,
Little Is willing TO take the riak
OF Oliver licking him In the
exhihition tiffs. and let the gilt
fall where II may.
1t is obvious that Little. In
the little time he has had the
cup. has found that IT In no
Aladdlnia lamp, which needs only
to be rubbed to bring IN riches.
So he Is doing the smart thing
in giving Oliver belated ~haek
at him. The chances are that
the matches between Little and
Oliver viii do all right.
There - nothing The Amefi-
can sports customer likes better
than = grndge fight. and any
promoter with enough srnse Ia
tell the time of dAy tan sell the
Little Oliver setto a. one. "A
. matter Of fact, there Isn't sns
bitterness between the two msn.
Little proved himself sports
man and a friend Of Oliver when
he personally asked the q =.
6. A 10 allow Big I'd 10 engage
IN the plsyoff for the title Ths
only grudge Oliver could really
hold would be one against HIM
self for disqualifying himself IN
the open.