Show Will Will Rest Rest After Oakmont Tourney GLENDALE Cal F Feb b. b 2 P IP- P Gene says he is going home hom his 19 tc his farm in Connecticut to pigs his cows and hb his dogs when the current Oakmont tournament ends The former American and ana British open champion and P P. G. G v. v A. A champion titleholder is a bit tired of golf goIt after alter traveling a quarter quarter ter of a million miles in in the las last t year It was recalled that the hard hit hitting hitting hit tin ting transplanted New Yorker won the first Agua Agus Caliente open when the event was worth to h him lt and as 5 it is the n next big golf gall feature fea lea ture turc in the far wet weM n lie ha was asked why he did not remain away from the farm wm long enough to play in Old Mexico I 1 I like JIke the course and the people there he said but butI I dont don't like the idea of bett betting belting nc in golf Its It's all right for horse races race but all wrong I think for tor golfI golf I understand there will be a pool each day with 2 52 tickets sold for win pla place e and show on each day days day's s play With all ill due duc respect to our ur friends in inI I Mexico I earnestly believe be be- lieve that 13 is 3 all wrong I r stand with the United States Golf association in opposing wholesale betting on golf golL It would never do for golf gol to become the basis for betting on a big scale You remember ber when the gamblers tried to muscle in at Fresh Meadow Mcadow in 1932 When the U. U S. S G G. G A. A and club of- of fic FIs cr cracked down on the proposition prop prop- somebody threw acid on the greens cad nd Ill IH never forget torget playing th that t tournament between two big policemen I f Why the policemen On account of or the threats Another thing about bet betting ling ina in ina a big way on golf goUt Its It's a game and it must continue to be a game for sportsmen to play and watch You know and I know that nobody playing play pIa ing lag in That tournament would make a m me that thit was not absolutely absolutely on the up and up but there are always iou ious p plc to throw some dirt Wasn't it Caesars Caesar's wife who had to be above suspicion So must golf Copyright 1035 1935 b by United Press 4 |