| Show Western l tern Division Produces Half of R. R M. M Cs C.'s Best Talent J X r t z 7 r io Y iC Iff X fl v K J. J f y r f a f t. t 4 43 i f rr w l J t t 1 V y 1 r 12 R n 1 4 tc w A I L i WAW N I J i cc E j Mk t t tI I t t V I j i W L T 4 2 4 w HOAN w AX k JC J C h 4 I. I l V ci A 1 d 4 ke keI s I J BERRY D FBI FB I M Many Western Golfers Shine in 1934 Season son By fly y FRANCIS J. J POWERS Special eSpecial to The Telegram CHICAGO Dec 4 This 4 This was the west's year in a amateur golf solf In the writers writers' annual ranking of players that broad sector west of the MississIppi Mississippi Mississippi Mis Mis- is credited with the majority of the leaders I The east cast where golf enjoyed Its its' first popularity in the United States Stales has fallen far behind in iii the production pro pro- duclion of ot stars and the middle west also is lagging First amon among the seasons season's stars was Lawson Little o of California Little performed the unprecedented feat o of winning the British amateur championship championship championship cham cham- on his first trip abroad and then came to the top again to win the U. U S. S amateur He is only the third player ever to win both champIonships championships championships cham cham- in the same season Bobby Jones and Harold Hilton of England being the others There were a dozen other fine lne players players play play- ers era through the season so evenly matched that it if would be unfair to tomake tomake tomake make any attempt to rank them nu nu- nu Four Texans Texas was the home of four of the seasons season's best Gus Moreland the No 1 player of ot the southwest was Unable unable un Un- able to compete in the national because because be be- cause of ot injuries but Texas' Texas reputation tation was well cared for lor by Dave Goldman Rc Reynolds Smith and Leland Leland Le- Le land Hamman Moreland pla played ed fine line golf olt in the Walker cup matches and the British Brit Brit- ish IsIs amateur and is one of the best bestIn bestin bestin in the world Goldman went to the finals of ot the national amateur while his pal Reynolds Smith reached the semifinals Oklahoma had a star in Zell ZeU Eaton who captured the w western tern amateur and played at top speed in the trans trans- Mississippi No championship went to Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska this year but Omaha had two of the best in Johnny Goodman Good man and Rodney Bliss Goodman Good man was one of the mainstays V of the Walker cup team Bliss is isa isa isa a steady capable player and one of ot the best in the U U. S. S amateur at Brookline The south has a comer corner in Charlie Yates of AU Atlanta nta The Georgia Tech student won the national Intercollegiate intercollegiate intercol championship from a great greatfield field Held and was a standout in the national national national na na- na- na amateur Foremost among the eastern stars were Willie Turn a and George Dun Dunlap lap Is undoubtedly the most stylish of ot all our our present day dBY ama ama- D Dunlap won no major championships championships cham cham- but like Goodman he played well in Great Britain and still stil is a corking shot maker Midwest Stars The best of the crop in the middle- middle west were Charles Ko Kocsis sis of ot Detroit and Don Armstrong of Chicago KocsIs Koc Koc- Kocsis sIs Is capable of ot sensational golf golt buhas bu but has not yet adjusted the tempo o of his game to the winning of national l titles Mention must be made of the fine pl play of those veterans Chan Egan Ean and nd Chick Evans Enn In the national ch championship Both Boh have ha been playing championship golf aIr for tor more than a score of years but still are arc capable of great creat performances Infant stars were round found in Bobby Bobb Jacobson the little fashion n plate from i Deal N N. tf oJ and Bobby Jones of Detroit De Dc trolL troit Both are juveniles in the game but coming along rapidly The country Is developing so many fine amateurs that it soon will take a huge volume to list them all W With th star players sprouting In every section sec see tion United States need have no fear tear of ot maintaining its supremacy In international fairways fairways- |
