Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-17
TEE TO GREEN
By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Junior Golfers Take Over

THE FUZZY CHECKED SET takes over at Manor
Country Club this in the United States Golf ASSoca-
tons junior championship day show with all of the
trimmings the USGA provide that will decide the best
amateur golfer in the country under 18.
They're playing for $4,000 starting today the
championship at Dayton Ohio but the grimness
with gold medal at stake will match anything Dayton
where the champion will pick up medal-and $4,000
The boys are here from 40 States plus quail
iers. with California outnumberng the other States with
IL entries If and pop didn't have the ready cash.
country clubs and golf associations Clipped in, with full
consent of the USGA
THE OLD-TIMERS who used to brag that they covered
golf tournaments without leaving the bar would up
empty in this The signs the grill at Manor
read out of bounds to junior contestants in bold black
print And for the 70 who staying in community homes
near Manor, curfew is IL 80 pm
But don't think for minute that just because nobody
IN the field 10 years old that this is tournament for
infants Some these youngsters are terrific golfers and
there's State Open champion and several city amateur
titlistS present
The USGA obviously spent many years surveying the
junior golf picture before deciding years ago. that
Junior championship under its sponsorship justified
Each OF the 10 has produced entry topped by the
O64 Who this year. played for the 1913 play berhs
at Manor.
OF THE NINE FORMER USGA junior champions four
are IN the national picture Gay Brewer who won at Con-
geSsonal in 949 and Tommy are on the PGA tour
cashng an occasional check. And Mason Rudolph and
Rex Baxter the intercollegiate champion recently
were named to the 1857 Walker Cup team Another Don
bSpnnghon OF Orlando, is ranking Southern amateur
the last three still bit young to have made
move Foster Bradley, 1854 champion is No man on the
university OF Southern California team, and Billy Dunn
winner in 1885, is at Oklahoma ASM Last years winner
harlan Stephenson too old defend graduated from
high school in Long Beach, Calf in June
There's huge turnover personnel in this champion
snip Out ODDLY enough two of the boys are making their
NTH appearance Both John KonSek of Buffalo and lack
Nckaus OF Columbus Ohio have survived sectional quail
flying since they we're 49,
NlchlauS is the Doug Ford of this one Ford is to
10 win the PGA championship and might even be
less at Manor anybody dared make book on such an
unpredictabe tournament
Nlcklaus is 7-year-od, Ohio bound youngster
VINO won two matches in the National Amateur last wear
anu VINO qualified for the National Open in June
JACKS BEST GOLF PERFORMANCE was in the Ohio
open last year at Marietta Country Club Most of the
states top pros and the usual amateurs were there and
Nlckaus won it with 75-7O-64-72 for 281 In the Ohio
amateur championship he five under par in the quar-
terminals but lost to chap who was seven under He's the
columbus city champ.
NicklauS is 6 feet 1870 mounds ard uos -, III r>....
basketball player. He may not try basketball with The
5ucKeyes however as he's going to study pharmacy and
believes he'll have time for only one sport
JACK mas oeen TO the quarter and semifinals of
S championship the past two years He looks like the
class OF the field but junior golfers don't scare easily so
they're older e' 'ppisS un'i
ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN to a major pro golf tour
nament has seen players steal peek playing part
ners golf bag to get idea club the other is going
10 use us strictly against the rules of course ask
SO Al Jamison the Goose Greek pro- didn't think he
was threatening international relations when he tried to
sneak look at his fellow golfers sticks during the recent
British Open. After all Jamy never had played ST. An
crews and ne was just getting idea with sly peek
Dut ms companion didn't like it, He ordered his caddie
TO pull the rain hood the top of his golf bag gentle
mint tnat the American should mind his own business