Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-27 | Page 9 | Horton Smith By Far Most Consistent Player in Winter Golf Meets

T w p K T r-n- r I HORTON SMITH SMITH BY BY FAR MOST MOS I L CONSISTENT PL PLAYER ER IN WINTER GOLF OLF MEETS MEET I 11 OS I JOPLIN PRO CAPTURES 3 TOURNAMENTS l Espinosa Shute Dutra 7 Also Big Money Winners c. c II 1 By Herbert Barker NEW TOro Jan 27 7 AP Ar- Ar Gene stocky Y New Yorker nay may have havo won the tho most money but tho real raI leader of ot tho winter golfing golf 1 ing troupe troupe- 1 t young 0 u n g Horton Smith of oC Joplin 1 Mo to J 4 Thanks s to his hi J In the rich A ABU g u. u a 0 open p e n n. n former formel open title titleholder M holder boder has enJoyed en- en Joyed oyed the the most most- j r. r profitable ble winter r R t or of of nit all his golfing Jl r. r br brethren thren I 11 t i 3 U w t tIN f t cash prizes ago as' as o close to Smith Smith however has hns given givena a display of ot con consistently let brilliant play pay ever since the troupe p jort for tor tho we west ivet t late lato last Jast fall 1 In tho the eight major eight major r winter t tournaments ments In which be he has played the Joplin professional lias hns won three J placed ln d and tied for br second sec sec- ond nd twice And in compiling this imposing record cord Smith has s earned 7 nearly did not follow tho same tr trail 11 a. a as tho the majority ot of tho the prOM pros Ho won b by finishing fourth l In itt the Hawaiian n lIC open jumped back to 3 to win tho the open and To i O And then snared the bl big prize of Vt In the Ague Agua o open cn SMITH ENTERS MANY EVENTS Smith on tho the other othel hand hanti played In p practically all of or the California tournaments and nearly nearh always wa with vitia conspicuous success Ho no won tho the Pasadena Berkeley and ond Portland Port Port- sand land Ore op opens n placed s c nd to Craig Wood In the Hawaiian op open n nand and nd tied for second fie at nt Agua Caliente and In th the tho Los Angeles open t The These two were the tho bl big money moncY winners but some of or tho others did diet not do badly at that Al At Espinosa won about HOO b by tying mith for tor second at ot Agua and finishing fourth In the Los An- An f les open Denny Denn Shute Shute- oung young Col Columbus Ohio pro v on on b by finishing sixth in th the Pasadena open nd f nd then added to hi hh bankroll bank roll b by c capturing tho the Los Angeles open Olin Dutra of ot Los Angeles Angot s tied for first in th the tho Long B Beach open rien placed second in the 1 Island biland lana open and tied for Cor fourth In Inthe inho the tho ho Agua gun nto event nt for tor prizes bf bc about Other Bother Other earnings approximated the following Craig Woods Wood 7 J. J 2600 2600 Bm Billy Burke New l York 18 1850 O Mortie Dutra Tacoma 1650 1550 Tommy Armour Detroit SHiOO Ton Tony Manero e 1 New Nen York 1500 Joe Kirkwood Philadelphia 1500 Bobby Cruickshank New NewYork NewYork York 1300 1300 Ed El Dudley Dudle Wilmington ton Del pel 1100 PROS HEADING TOWARD TEXAS L Leo Llo o Diegel and Walter H Hagen en havo have had no luck at alt all Diegel won on the tho Professional Prot Golfers association crown crown again but has won little Olno or Ol orno orno no mone money In tho the open tournaments With tho the California season over o for br another year ear th tho pros W were re heading today for S San n Antonio for tor forthe forthe the 7 OO Texas Texal open 1 I Heros Hero's how boss the winter tournaments month ments hav hava gone one so 80 far fare Agua first Smith and Espinosa tied for second Portland Oro Smith Smith first Harry Cooper second Dudley third Berkeley Smith Berkeley Smith first Burke second John Perelli third lanero Manero first Olin Dutra second Bill I third Pasadena Smith Pasadena Smith first lr t Johnny Golden Dudley and Eddie Eddlo Loos tied for or second Long Lorig Beach l and ond Olin Dutra tied for first Clarence Clark third LOH Angeles Angeles Shute Shute first Smith and Bobby Cruickshank tied for tor torI I Hawaiian Craig Craig Wood first Smith second Burke third Oklahoma City City CIt Wood first Armour Ar Ar- mour and Dick Grout tied for lor sec sec- nd