| Show Cleveland Settles for Amateur Golf Tournament When World Series Hopes Fail to Mat Materialize By JOE WILLIAMS IS Special to The Th Telegram m CLEVELAND Sept 9 9 The The good people here wanted a world series but they linal finally settled for lor a ana ana- na national national na- na golf championship which champIonship which is isa isa isa a better break than the boys on Broadway can hope for at that The good people got so feverish about the baseball situation the club owners had to send Walter Waiter Johnson back baek to his farm in Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land as a c. sacrificial goat Its It's probably ably ju just t as well vell that Bill Terry and Joe McCarthy dont don't operate here A manager who Is supposed to win and doesn't isn't lightly dealt with either cither by the patrons or orthe the press Of course the removal of Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son didn't automatically transform the Indians into a championship outfit because th the Indians were I overrated from the start but the action n- n did not have effect of re reducing reducing re- re the ind indignation n of of the patrons patrons patrons pat pat- rons and 2nd that was the principal Idea It always Is when a manager Is cut loose in son The Indians und under r Steve O ONeill O'Neill Nem the sweet singing catcher will finIsh finIsh finish fin fin- ish third If It Lou Gehrig should happen to stop hitting again they may even finish ahead of ot the he Yan Yan- kees But in either cither r event they will wUl still be so so o far tar back backof of ot th the Tigers that it wont won't make e an any difference The Tho way the Tigers are finishing the eventual up runner-up might as ao aswell aswell well wen be deep In the second division The good people out here have reconciled themselves to the fate late worse than death and are turning to the golf championship as a re release release release re- re lease from their agonizing 4 tion Normally they would embrace the golf goIt championship with no Inconsiderable Inconsiderable in inconsiderable In- In considerable fervor but after all al a along along long Jong Iron shot ty 17 y Lawson Little Is Iss s scarcely to be compared with a spectacular belly slide by Pepper Martin Martini or r a a. blinding flash of old Diz's Dias fast one one Not after you youve you've ve been promised a 8 world series series and and youve you've rather heedlessly taken the promise serl seriously If the good people have waited a along along along long time for their s second cond world worlds s series ries the first was was in 1920 the they have haye w waited almost a full lull genera genera- generation genera genera- tion for their second amateur golf goIt championship The rho first was held back in 1907 at t what was then known as as the Eu Euclid Hd course course on top of ot residential Cedar hill bill The course has long since egone gone the he way of oth other r ancient Cleveland traditions in In- I eluding Mark Hanna dictatorship the 3 cent fare lar and the city ity manager manager manager man man- I ager plan In sho short tIt it has ceased to exist Jerry Travers of at New York ork won I the championship that year He was 20 years old then and this was to be bethe bethe be bethe the first of his four lour amateur au suc sut- sut He beat one ne Archie Graham I of Newark N. N J. J in the playoff Walter Waiter J. J Travis who was even I Ithen then being acclaimed as the grand I Ild old ld man of golf was the A field of participated I One of f the participants was Eben of Pittsburgh He had a apro pro professional for lor a caddy I think It was Bob MacDonald who was later to be known as as' as the first siege gunner gun gun- gunner gunner gun gun- ner of ot gol golf Byers Byer had won the championship the year before and h had d made a large bet he would re re- re re-I re peat The professional who whoever vcr h he was Vas coached him all all all' the wa way around called calle every shot for tor hi him but even so the millionaire lost In Inthe inthe the third round and the title tle went to the slim young clerk from NewYork NewYork New York This slim young clerk was to advance advance ad ad- vance to maturity with a 8 growing bitterness bitterness' against the game that brought rought him International prom prom- nence He felt this prominence militated ted against his success In business People at always ways wanted to talk to Travers the golfer goUer not ot Travers the business man ho said The old ch champion went down in inthe inthe the tho crash of ot 29 Today oday he heis Is for tor forlorn lorn loris disillusioned and pretty desperately desperately desperately des des- stymied Cr Cleveland has ha never produced a I national golf champion nor has the state of Ohio for that matter This is 13 strange too b because causo n no middle western city save Chicago go and what kindly soul will volunteer to save save zave Chicago go go goes for r the sport with greater enthusiasm and ear ear- The cour courses s are arC thoroughly thor advanced and the pros rank with the best The pro at the host club k known own distinctive distinctively as u the Country club is Billy Burke who won on th the open p n championship In 1931 after a playoff play play- off oU with George Von Elm that lasted lasted lasted last last- ed from early February until late Christmas s eye Or at least it seemed that long Actually the playoff play c consisted ted of f 72 holes Eventually Eventually Even Even- Mr Burke urke won by a stroke stroke- and then they went on a tour which proved extremely popular |
