Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-02 | Page 6 | British Professional Golfers to Send Team to U. S. in 1924

British Golfers To Send Sen Team t to U. U S Sa in hi 1924 I NEW NEV YORK Dee 1 U Tf rumors no now being wafted about abroad may be given I reasonable credence another team o of I British professionals will come 01 over er to toI display their thel wares in this country during I the 1924 s season ason Arthur flavors Havers and James Ockenden respectively British I open and British professional chamI Cham cham- piong are expected to compose the tho new hew team I A plan had hd been bee practically completed ted some somo weeks back to bring Haven Havers over match for a II special two seventy with Gene Oene but tho the untimely death of the tho formers former's father prevented his leaving home homo Presumably the two visitors are to come over ome time nex next D summer according cr to references In British golfing publications and I e ex expect expect ex- ex to td take par part jn In the tho United States open open championships Havers Is one ono of the young school o of British professionals being now only 25 years of age Ockenden Is something like thirteen years jears older In winning their respective titles for the tho current year each has reached the highest eminence he lle has ing ever er rr of known o an n in authentic the same game nature Thus as far to nothing nothing noth noth- the plans of the two has been learned but the proposed visit has evidently been discussed more or less I Golf has been cha charged ged with poaching on th tha preserves preserve of several other sports of late years but it has probably re remaIned remained remained re- re for Don M r Parker secretary of the New York Tork State Golf Oolf association to toI engineer a scheme whereby the Scotch I game gamo deprived football of of- one of its Hs ac active active ac- ac tive f factors right in the heat of the gridiron s season As secretary of the tho New York Tork association association tion Parker was keenly interested in the success of the first championship tournament tournament ment mont held a a. short time since at the Garden City City- Golf Gol cl club b. b After compiling a list of who vho might r reasonably be e conceded concede a a. chance to win the title h ho he went after each ach one to bring him hint into the fold His HIa listed a as alJ compiled complied naturally naturally nat nat- Included the name of Eddie Eddla Driggs of tho the Cherry Valley club Now Nov since early fall Driggs had been coaching the academy football team of or Brooklyn and had a game scheduled for every Saturday afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- from around the tho first of October until the end of November Of course as coach of the team Driggs was as ex expected ex- ex to be on en hand to handle his charges in all of their games It looked like a a. rather hopeless case caso for him hint to get away Here is where Parkers Parker's strategy took hold was eras scheduled to play at Garden City r ret i the Saturday Sl before the tho state championship began the following Wednesday The game gamo was played and AdeLphi took a sound licking P arrived on the tho scene Just before the game gamo ended and made it convenient to locate Driggs as he was leaving the field He put It up to Driggs that ho he hac had a fine tine opportunity to show hi his team Just what It meant to go 10 In and fight against strong odds by coming over and rud enterIng enterIng entering enter- enter Ing the championship championship- the following week telling him he could win the tho title If It he tried s Drigge heeded the tho suggestion On the tho Monday following he related the case to his team Then he went out and gave them theta somo some pointers on their mistakes of the previous game aa as well as some somo new tricks for the coming Saturday He took them In hand again on Tuesday and then bade them farewell for the rest of the week Then he went out and tied for the qualifying medal In tho the golf championship an and followed this by winning winning winning win win- ning the title Parker had literally dragged him I into to a II golf championship