| Show W 0 HALL OF FAME G A meaning S the pro BE 1 P agnal al doffers dol golfers fers association is CLid ng arrangements to hau hall of fame for the unit ph go IV we su suggested this idea ide a states f a e months back bacic and now tom W ah 0 an and d freddie corcoran are 44 completing mulching mulcting ting a P ian to carry y the mat lat through along correct lines ne plan is to have a small acting i attee composed of those w who ommittee rewritten written golf for kave and d so an over r 30 years ysa ti most ol of the 1 background bak have kg ground round needed the earlier days S for splay but the ac of iy ay be will ti ml voting aa x carried on by a far group depre larger tenting every section of the count rys golf bg press the plan also will A occlude the names grantland rice 4 of t only four or five stars in the first selection to be made from the champions who have paraded U S fairways in the last after this first 40 or more years election is no named med there will be editions voted upon each year reely after the manner of base W WS tails S similar hall of lasting lumi ores laries the fo long 0 list th hie e list of our leading stars is is wah long and brilliant there will I 1 ie be many anany arguments after the first ivr e are fixed in their higher places specially especially when the yearly additions face the vote la in this list the electors have the following flowing cast in partial array to pick from bobby jones walter hagen gene St gir aien razen francis ouimet jerry iwers willie anderson jack mcdermott alex aiex smith chick evans mac ile smith walter J travis jess sweetser lawson little johnny goodman ralph guldahl long jim birnes bines denny benny shute tommy armoor freddie mcleod johnny far tell and nd many others for example there are only five men who have won both the U S 4 10 1 BOBBY JONES and british opens they are walter hagen bobby jones gene jim barnes and tommy armour there are only three players who have won the U S and british amateur championships they are jess sweetser ser bobby jones and lawson little there are only six players who hale hae won both the U S amateur and the U S open they are francis ouimet jerry travers chick evans bobby jones johnny goodman and lawson little there are only four font entries who we lave won the P G A the british and a the U S open they are ha ten armour and barnes jones is the lone entry who has NO on the U S open the british wn open the U S amateur and the british amateur he was never eli ale for the P G A denny shute has won the 13 G A and the british open four divisions there are really tour four divisions or epochs in it U S golf L 1 the domination of the scotch ind nd english for so many of the earlier alier years year s anderson smith and others 2 the advent of john J mcder y inott ex caddie who first cracked atals is monopoly in 1911 and 1912 2 3 the ouimet miracle at brook 0 in 1913 that sent the lure of the nine spinning inc to more than a miln kids that took golf from the catty ety to the sporting pages las the arrival of bobby jones and als 13 just national titles acquired it in asid e eight years before he stepped two of the most amazing records bere iere e by written for foe g golf olf history by boby jones and wal walter ter hagen 0 OB pen jones by r anning IZ 12 I 1 Z 2 in the V U S of through a matter of eight out loille keitt years against brilliant com 23 flagen agen by winning something like 9 28 consecutive 0 lse active p GA mate matches bes out t of 29 in G five successive P jk tick dick title e tournaments a ments against the of T professional ional golf jwj attles 0 these 5 one might add lawson livelli feat in 1 winning 31 tive g conseco battles in the U S and british amateur ateer at eur championships s |
