Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1926, Page 22

Twenty Years of American Golf BY JIM BARNES. VIL B with 304, after takir third round was 76 and the finish a IS GOLF HURTING BASE BALL? LEFORE going to the national championships at Brookline in 1913 1 had again won the Pacific Northwest open, this time at the Butte Country Club, leading the next scorers by 11 strokes and finishing 80 on the first round and 77 on the second. The fine 71. George Turnbull and Bob Johnstone tied for second place. Witha record at Brookline only 3 strokes beh championship, Var- 2 several exhibition and included to the northwest in their sched I en iged in two matches against them, »artnered by tone in both | We matches, icceeded in put t n and the ot g the v playe matches who Philadelphia, ing round with V. nd Ray | t Tacoma he sug- od opening v Country 1 he promised to ation for me to S0 r Christmas the promptly accepted. | » Tacoma Country | »r me and for efore my depart: open tournament | Mack a Prophet 1t White Marsh Val- 1 of 1914, gave me a s will cs won Amer! nant. Some friends « few games and it lefore 1 develc e the season Mack, the iship » much so that when I won the British cham- | plonship this vear Connie cabled me | bis congratulations quiet chats with Conr those » at golf was begin: e ball, and that s it had in the ht not be ball clubs | if it kept on growing t few years th distant when 1 would have to devel own player Golf nev t prop- exhibition gamc t base ball is. But it will hurt base Golf already has wns all over the country the country of as | lation that doesn’t here are lots of tow 1 of 2,000 or 3,000 | that have them | All Boys Can Learn Golf. L small an learn to pl 5, and most of t they usually ge 3 s 1 up two can il to ne which t is tuken away from base don’t pick up the that they | older yugh to play on tanc L college team, v are past learn- ears old w small towns and located ir They will have ind us soon as the ed they will join clubs would sh: per cent game aft v were g . the proportion will | ge is | town | most of e being weaned | hen they are rwise be play- hey grow up it | will go to | ball. A al enough t various times I have met Uml.‘\“ of the stars in the big leagues. In e carly Spring of 1922 1 got into New Orleans with Jock Hutchison as | we were winding up a long exhibition | tour while the New Y Yankees were doing their Spring practice. We | hotel who is qu out to the pa the practice. At the urging of the Babe, Walter Pipp and some of the others, Jock and myself both took a turn in the| batting practic either of us Like golf, it looks. There between hitting a golf ball fference itting still FREE GOLF SCHOOLS PLANNED IN CHICAGO By the Ass: CHICAGC golf school: lar ol Cook Count mak, president announced The first at the Ex the regu- opened by nton J. Cer- board, has (Chicago), of the school will be instituted rse in the for-| le of natural inding Chi- s, formerly na- and amateur champion, is to be principal. i Stu far "\- known, this will be the first “red schoolhouse” in the his- tory of golf, tutelage having hereto- fore been confined to profes ars, who charged for the: | The great outburst of golf in recent, vears has filled the rapidly increasing | jinks with golfers, who were untu- tored in style of play and the eti- ette the me. '"‘Hum (xjfv take of this situation that President Ci k and Commis- sioner Daniel Ry: - xx[.\m of (3‘;: rest preserve Eolf committee, con- :»Ti.fl bi the public golf s hool after talkinz the matter over with Evans.) All the aspiring goifer needs to doj to take one of the regular courses of the school is to register and zet nment 2 aching will be by profession- als, paid by the county out of fees collected at the preserve public links. WILSON WILL STUDY. SEATTLE, Wash., March 29 (#).— George Wilson, al merican halfback and former versity of Washington foot ball star, announced here today that he will enroll in the university Tuesday after 4 sence of thre« months and continue his studies until Ta professional foot ball team to tour the tates and Europe. on the ground and hitting a base ball being thrown like a bullet. Somehow, every time since then that 1 have gone to see a game and have heard me fan roasting a ball player for <ing out I have wondered what a ow the fellow doing the roast- probably would make if he had to d take a turn at bat. for Tournament THE EVENINGVSTAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1926. G. U. FRAT COURT TITLE TO GAMMA ETA GAMMA Interfraternity basket ball honors at Georgetown University went to Gamma Eta Gamma yesterday when Phi Alpha was nosed out, 21 to 18, in the deciding game at Ryan gym- nasium. A fleld goal By Gallagher in the last minute of play clinched the honors |, for the Gammas. Alpha led in the of six court goal PAULEN EXTENDS VISIT. NEW YORK, March 20 (#).—A Irian Paulen, Dutch middle-distance run- ner, has been granted an extension of his permit to appear in the United States. This extension will permit Paulen to appear in the Penn relays at Philadelphia April 23 and 24 and in other American outdoor meets. Abramson of Phi oring, with a total CHICAGO, Mare (). —Dick Howell, former Northwestern Uni- versity swimming team captain, re- cently expelled because he married without advising school officials, will attempt to swim the English Chan- nel this Summer. He will sail July 3 on the Leviathan. WOMEN IN SPORT‘ BY CORINNE FRAZIER HERE is little question that the Metropolitan Athletic Club sextet has earned first place in the Women’s Council Basket Ball League circuit despite-the fact that the seven-time champions lost one game to Prineess and tied that team at the second meeting. According to the averages, percentages and cold, hard figures, the Mets are one jump ahead any other team. They have won 10 games, lost 1 and tied 1, and have a percentage of .833. Their round-robin rat- ing is 21. The Washington Athletic Club and the Princess tossers have each won deadlock the series. In an elimina- tion tourney all ties must be played off in order that one of the two com- petitors may advance. But this rule applies strictly to elimination tourna- ments, The fact that three teams are press- me, | ing each other so closely at the finis! -| of ‘the long for league honors is an indication their equality and promises some interesting campetition for ne A ages proph- sar mext year, Others vision in Maroon and Grey leading all.comers in the 1927 season. Whatever the outcome, it is certain that the Mets will have nine games and lost two, with an av- erage of .728, but the Washington} have one more contest to play. he; meet the Acacia sextet Wednesday night. Should they win that they will be safely ensconced in ond place with 10 victor feats to Princess A. C. defeats and 1 tie. 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