Show Gix Von Elm Caddie Gaddie Champ in 1912 Mickey Riley Second to George 4 t Caddies Owned But One Club Then One hot summer afternoon In the ear year 1912 two unknown youngsters one 12 and the other 15 years oi of t tage age were battling In the final iund o of the annual Country club caddie addle tournament At the end of ot the eighteen holes the younse youngest t boy was vas was was' 1 up and as a result was wag crowned caddie champion of the tit city That was his first title No one ov over vcr r dreamed that tho freckled youngster ou r would rise to su such h gre great t heights liels Li as as national champion His name nama was was Geor Georgo o Gix GI Von Yon Elm The boy whom he lie had beaten was vas Mickey lickey Riley now popular park ark professional nalIn nal In those days a a. caddie was was was' fortunato for for- in owning one ona club says Riley Each Bach group STOuP of friendly cad- cad caddies caddies dies Ics would alwa always alwn's s play around to to- gethel ether gether Each caddie owned a a dIr dIr- terent ferent club Mine 1 was tho the while Von Elms Elm's was was the tho driver Leo ee Dinwoodey gave me m my first golf olf club In 1910 added the little Irishman OUTSTANDING GOLFERS Tho The Count Country y club course couro in those da days ays s 's was tho the present Forest Dale course courso Tho The leading lending players o of the state ate were all members Gix and Mickey were given an opportunity or of f w watching and cadd caddying for the best cst best Among tho the outstanding golfers golf golf- ers rs of ot those da days s 's were Harold Lamb amb F. F E. E 1 Jake Gilmer Jack ack Gilmer Thornton Gilmer and andR R R. V W. Salisbury Only the wealthiest of ot persons persona could afford the gaine game in those days das There werl- werl no municipal golf goU courses and the tho membership fee tee was as then even as ns now a little too high for tor average persons to Join the country countr club Because of oC the tile scarcity of or gor clubs lubs caddies almost alwa always s 's used ho tho to putt with Give me that old iron I used In those hoso good old days das and Ill I'll sh show w you ou a thing thins or two t about putting Riley RUey added These two former caddies have ha in a 1 large Jarge Wa way been responsible fo for forthe tho the growth ro of o interest In golf golt i In Ut Utah h. h Gix after winning almost almos every conceivable amateur title 1 In Inthis Inthis this region left for foreign fields where he met with brilliant success He first started o out t by winning th the trans Mississippi championship H He traveled farther tarther east and participated in many sectional tourneys where ho always finished amon among amons tho In 1927 he reached the apex of or lila his career by downing Bobby Jones inthe final of the na tournament si Since Sinco CD then then V Von n Elm lm has on United States teams i In England and won numerous titles The French championship was as th the thelast last major crown to bo bowon bewon won by Von Yon Elm last summer Only recently h he announced his retirement from amateur to accept tho name of ot business man golfer goiter He lIo haa has cleaned up more than 1100 in the thelast thelast last three meets in which ho 10 has competed He will be watched watch d closely in tho the Agua I open In which he finished third list last year ear but could not accept prize mon monc money ci Mickey's s career has been home home- ome what different from Von Elms Elm's When bo e was 18 ho turned professional professional protes at It tho the Ogden Os Golf Golt club After two years cars in Ogden Osden ho left for the coast and worked as an as assistant assistant as as- pro From 1918 to 1921 19 1 he lie forsook th golf got game for tor tho the automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile business Mickey was at one onetime onetime time chief chic mechanic for Ira Vail VaU former dirt track auto racing cham pion In 1922 ho be took over the tho reins o ot of Nibley park lark and has hns held this post tion since Nibley Nible park before 1 It wa was donated to the city was t also a private a e course courso and had bad about aboul ty five members Under the supervision supervision super super- vision Islon of ot Riley morn more mor than rounds were played on Nibley park course during this last ast season This averages erases persons every day for tor forthe forthe the eight months o of playing |