Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-28 | Page 29 | Braid Leader in Drive Tourney

IlLElllI DUIEJiniET Scotchman Easily Wins Out in Golf Competition in England. NEW YOIUC, Dc 27. There has been a great deal of comment recently concerning con-cerning the professional d.-ivin:; competition competi-tion In England, where James Braid, with a tee shot of 271 yards, had the onor of hitting the lone. -at ball. In this country coun-try the "pro"' golfers have ti;e name; of getting off "whoppers," whij.- the; e ii re a few amateurs wno constantly uilvc -an unusually long ball. Following the professional driving test on the other side, an amateur tilt was held at the Koyai Eaotbuurnr: club, wfjn C. J. II. Tohey, a member of the Oxford team, won with a distance of ;.'. yards. L. E. Prayer was second with lio'J yards, while Ernest Smith, one of the greauiHt cricketers in England, Unified third with 231 yards. 1 1. S. Malik was next, 220 yards. It would be Interesting to fee what would be the result of such a contest con-test in this country if the ontestants included such long drivers as S. Davidson David-son llerron, the national chnrnpion; Jesse Guilfonl, known as the "'s-'o gun"; liob-!.y liob-!.y Jones und Francs On. met. Apropos of To! l'-y, ho played No. 2 on the oxford tea ui in the recent clafh bet'vve'-n the Oxford univf-rsity and '.bo Oxford and Cambridge Golfing ,oe!ory, the first match since the beginning of the war. It took place at Friib.rd Heath and was won by the golfing society by the narrow margin of It to 8. Toliey 13 spoken of In the most glowing terms. Ho is 21 years of age, tall, of massive build, with great powerful shoulders. One well-known well-known authority on the game said of Toliey that his name should be Included in the list of the six best golfers of the present day. Rumor has it that the Western Golf association Is p.anning to revive what is f aid to be a former idea to organize a new national association, but the suggestion sugges-tion is not taken at all seriously. The Western Golf association has done a number of things that have not met with the approval of the United States Ooif association, and the thing that at t ra -red most comment was the action (i reinstyt-! reinstyt-! ing Francis Ouimet to amateur status. ; They also threw the stymie into the dis-, dis-, card, but the action had no effect on the national body, and in the championship tournament those westerners who qualified quali-fied played stymies just as did the golfers from other sections of the country. It Is the claim of the Western association asso-ciation that the national body is controlled con-trolled by a relatively few eastern clubs. It is a fact, of the membership of Borne 400-odd clubs the active or voting organizations organ-izations are less than 5 per cent ; but then that is up to the clubs themselves. The difference in dues between the active and allied Is $20 yearly. Should another national association be organ izea it will be confined to clubs west of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, and even then It is expected that the insurgents ould meet with a deal of opposition from the western clubs which are at present members of the national na-tional body.