Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-19
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Some Exaggerated Claims
Br MERRILL WHITTLEN.


1T IS NOT INTENDED to give away any trade secrets
or bee any Of good friends among the golf writer's
but OF the bypay that takes place IN the press tent
OF major golf championship must be amusing to out
sidera as
In particular we're speaking OF the business Of golf
writer's claiming players for their very own because they
might have spent from 20 minutes TO 20 years in the
writer's town.
After the first round Of the National Open in Tulsa
last week, one Of the Oklahoma boys wrote lead some
thing like this: "Oklahoma-born Tommy Bolt shot II
today to tie for the National Open lead with Dick Metz
two-time Oklahoma PoA champion and julius Boros,
former winner Of the Ardmore, okla, Open"
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BOLT WAS BORN in Oklahoma but left the Sooner
State at the tender Of S. Metz currently lives In
Texas but he has had many addresses Boros is a New
Highlander, now playing out Of Southern Pines N c. who
has won at Ardmore, and many other spots.
We're guilty as anybody with lingering claims to
Lew Worsham, who grew up at Cabin John in Maryland
caddied at Kenwood, and developed player in this
section He was named pro at oakmont In Pittsburgh
few weeks before he won the National Open in l947
Lew was born in Altavista Va, near Lynchburg, and
the Richmond golf writers claim Lew when they cover
tournament. His folks stin live in Washington, and
because he up here and is well known the WASH
ington golf writer's consider him their very own
PITTSBURGH GOLF WRITERS take a dim view Of
outsiders claiming Lew because he's been pro there for
II years. And that worsham has a winter job at
Fort Lauderdale he gets the hoebyhole treatment at
the Miami Daily News
Last April at the Masters, Bill Fox, a veteran golf
writer for the Indianapolis News stopped by type
writer and sad Lets walk few holes want to follow
my little Hoosier" meaning Joe Campbell, the former
intercollegiate champion from Purdue.
Declining because Of other interests, still
there few minutes later when Tom Sler Of the real
Of the sports writing business from the Knoxville
News-Sentne, dropped by and mentioned he was going
70 walk few holes with his boy, Joe Campbell
81 Bill Fox is claiming Campbell" we mentioned to
Gler Whats your INTEREST,"" H
q FOX Is OUT OF DATE" sier said Campbell used
TO be from Indianapolis but he's living in Knoxville
and selling insurance, He's Tennesseean in my book"
s Arnold Palmer the Masters champion, was born in
youngstown Pa, and now lives in Latrobe Pittsburgh
But Arnold was stationed in Cleveland with the Coast
Guard In World War H. worked there for brief period
following his discharge As result couple Of the
Cleveland writers think the Pittsburgh boys have lot
OF crust claiming Palmer
few years ago in the PGA championship in Detroit,
Cary Mddlecof Jack Burke Doug Ford and several other
pros who worked out Of Kiamesha Lake. NJ Y, figured
prominently in the championship.
Each time they teed off, including twice day when
the matches reached the 36-hole stage Ray oBrien
would drone over the public address system Nov teeng
off, the winner Of many championships from Kiamesha
Lake N. Y, Cary Middlecoff" Or Ford or whoever it
might be.
KIAMESHA LAKE EARNED about IS calls that week,
and of the pros registered out of there couldn't
found their way to Kiamesha Lake with road map
81 Last week in Tulsa we couldn't help overhear two
reporters from Texas who were combining on special
story the Texans in the National Open, Texas
born, adopted Just passing through It
cluded with one of the most magnanimous statements
ever heard from Texan.
"rn get quotes from Monte Sanders jackson Bradley,
Ernie Vossler. Tom Bolt, Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan,
Bobby Nichols Fred Hawkins Billy Maxwell Earl Stewart
Dick Metz. Tom Burke, Eroy Martin, Hugh Thompson,
30 Wninger and Don January" one reporter said to
the other.
How about Lloyd MangrumP" the second reporter
asked.
"why Mangrum?" the first reporter asked, somewhat
Indignantly HE hasn't lived in Texas for IS years."