Show Scribe Predicts Pred Little Will Be Great Golfer G in Years to Come Rare Ability to Play Best Golf When Competition Is IsH H Hardest r lest Proves Californian California Real Champion By FRANCIS J. J POWERS FOWERS Special l to The Telegram NEW fEW YORK Sept 18 Lawson IS-Lawson Lawson Little already Is one of our great creat golf champions and he is going to be a gre greater great t r one It is not im improbable improbable im- im m- m probable that before he quits competitive golf he will amass a record record rec rec- ord second only to that left by Bobby Jones Little is not ot as smooth a golfer as was Jones at the same relative staged stage of his championship career but the Californian is improving im ini proving and he has that hat rare rare ability to play best when the competition i is hardest Little paced his game well when winning winnin the amateur amateur ama ama- ur te-ur championship at Brookline H He played just hard hare enough to meet ev v. v t cry ery situation T Th The e full lull force of his game I le for the N match against Wi Wilie W lie ant and i the finals a against gains S fi i Dave Goldman O On t those ose two r rounds 1 Little would have hav ditl q W given e even e en n th the 2 g great elt Jones a goo good contest Little Little Little is the mos most accurate long hitter in the amateur ranks today and has a good sour sound soud putting form or But occasionally he reverts re rc- rc verts to his old fault of shutting th the faces aces of his irons and overdubbIng the ball Still his errors have no not proved expensive and he has the fact faculty fau fac- ully of being able to conquer hi h s faults while gong going along in a match math The Californian has established his supremacy at match play by winning winnin both the U. U S. S and British amateur championships this year Jones anc and Harold Hilton the British star of a 1 g generation b back ck are the only ones ever eyer to have duplicated that perform ance once I believe you also will fin find Little winning the open championship champion champion- ship before many summers He is a good medal golfer and has the c con n n. n as well as the skill to wi win in the open Little may never be a i popular champion because of ot his dour con con- The galleries like a play pIa cr er whether hether he be amateur or pro who occasionally smiles and give gives evidence of appreciating the presence of spectators Little makes himself himsel oblivious to all outside elements when on a golf gol course He is a grim workman and not nota rDo a The ga galleries gal gal- at Brookline gasped at Littles Little's tremendous drives but saved the theIr cheers for Goldmans Goldman's few brilliant brillian shots But Little is a real champion make no mistake about that Goldman the surprising Texan who reached the finals in his first ap op in let the championship is a good golfer goUer But he is not a Do player playe who is likely to become a perennial challenger He Be is good around and on the greens but is a consistent over over- swinger with the long irons and that tha never permits of or consistency In my opinion Willie o or of New York was the second best golfer and he was taken out b by Little in th the semifinals is a stylish player playe with no particular weaknesses bunot but bu not yet able to combat the the- tremendOus dous dons power of Littles Little's shots I rank over Johnny Goodman a at match play for the Omaha man never neve has hns learned the knack of successfully playing Individual opponents The other fine tine players observed at Brookline were Rodney Bliss o of Omaha who is coming to the championship cham chain class eliw rapidly Reynolds Smith another Texan and little Bobby Jacobson They not only played well wen but played with a form fonn that marked them as fellows who will wil challenge again next year and th the year thereafter Little now stands 22 up and 20 to play in the amateur golf world He lIe defeated the Scotch carpenter Wailace Vial Wai lace 14 and 13 13 in the British championship championship championship cham cham- at Prestwick and by taking Goldman 8 and 7 at Brookline he polled a margin never never equaled Lawson Lawson Law Law- son on climbed to the peak of ot amateur golf ol In Just six seasons of major competition com petition and that is remarkably fast fas traveling t |