Show Europe's Eroes a p Greatest Golfers Gofers sto to Play May in Florida Meet Massey and Compston Will Oppose Bobby I Jones and Watts Gunn in Foursome i ST ST. AUGUSTINE Fla Jan 2 The first int international sporting competition of the United States State for tor 1926 will take place here tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row when Europe's greatest professional professional pro pro- golfers will oppose Americas America's Americas America's Amer Amer- merIca's mer- mer ica's premier amateur pair pir in a thirty hole hole match It will be Archie Compston of England and Arnaud l Massey of f France against Bobby Jones the American amateur amateur ama ama- champion and Watts Gunn up runner-up for the title and year 19 old of the invincible Bobby The match will mark the debut In the United States of Compston and Massey l The former is the of European golf He holds the British professional championship championship championship cham cham- and finished only one stroke behind the 1925 winners of the British open and French open titles Massey Is the present French open champion and was the first foreign entry to win the British open crown Compston and Massey Masse are in America primarily to fill winter positions at St St. Augustine During the next three months they will ap appear appear appear ap- ap pear in a series of special matches and Florida tournaments as representatives representatives representatives of this city They will play exhibitions here regularly Strange as it may seem the young amateurs will probably be favorites to win the big match from their notable and seasoned professional professional professional opponents tomorrow This Is due to the fact that Compston a and Massey and Massey arrived in America only a few days ago and h have ve not had hadas hadas hadas as much practice as th they y might like However they kept In condition condition condition condi condi- tion aboard the ocean liner by driving driving driving ing several hundred balls out to tosea tosea tosea sea and by polishing up their putting putt putt putting ing aboard the Homeric Compston is the biggest figure in European golf and his seasons season's record stands out as one of the most remarkable in the history of the game on the other side Besides Besides Besides Be Be- sides winning the British professional professional professional championship the Manchester Manches Manches- ter tel giant giant he he towers 6 feet 31 2 Inches finished a stroke behind Jim Barnes for the British open crown he be tied Massey for the French open title losing on the play-off play he twice defeated Abe Mitchell in match play and won the tournaments tournaments tournaments tour tour- besides taking a number of qualifying medals Jones is regarded by a majority of golf experts as the greatest linksman linksman linksman links- links man the game has ever produced He Is placed ahead of even such universally known pr professionals as Walter Valter Hagen Macdonald Smith and Jim Barnes His record in the American open champi championship tournament tournament tour tout the past four years is the most remarkable ever turned in by any player amateur or professional In these four foul efforts he never finIshed finished finished fin fin- worse than second He won the title onto once and lost one play-off play against Willie Macfarlane last sum sum- mer He has won the national amateur amateur amateur ama ama- title two years In succession Gunn has shown the e most rapid Improvement of any amateur golfer in this country and Jones figures that the lad will rank with the worlds world's greatest in a few seasons |