Show Big is Year Looms for Golf Goll Claud Freed May Not Seek Reelection Tourney List Will Be Cut By y BILL McCREA Now that Salt Lakes Lake's golf pros have been appointed d the main topic of the hot stove league revolves around the thc annual m meeting meet meet- et- et ing and election of at officers of f the Utah State Golf association association- next month or early in March Before he left for a vacation trip to Palm Springs Cal Claud Dad Freed president of the association told the writer he r was not Interested In another term f If ye Freed rec i ue def def- e tells dele dele- Sates gates to the meet meet- c he Is not a candidate candi- candi date for reelection reelection tion the post may go to lo any one of half a dozen enthusiastic en enthusiastic en- en golfers However should Freed change his mind his reelection reelection tion is a certainty Len Von Elm I former Cormer manager Freed of the Fort Douglas club is expected to be retained as treasur secretary er Von Elm has proven a a. a capable official and in addition is isa a member member member mem mem- ber of the rules rutes committee Rudy of the Salt Lake country club or T. T D. D Morris Morna Mor Mor- ris na of Fort Douglas seem the most likely candidates to Freed In the event the latter does not make the race Both and Morris 1 would make ideal officers For the second consecutive year the association is expected to Indorse Indorse In dorse and sponsor only two tournaments tournaments ments month the state amateur and state open Golf moguls are unanimous in expressing opinions that heretofore heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- fore there have been entirely too many tournaments Keep City Meet The association has always taken takena a fatherly interest in the annual city amateur meet held each year at Nib- Nib Icy and this Is one event which will not go by the boards although it is not under direct supervision of the state organization For a period of ot five years there have been so many tournaments I n I that even the players themselves have tired of them This was con con conclusively elusively proven last year when some of ot the late summer meets brought out a mere handful of ot en en- trants Tho The association has no argument with clubs holding tournaments wherein only their own members participate but is going to lay the law down on such misnamed events as the intermountain open and intermountain intermountain intermountain in in- amateur which usually attract golfers residing in and around Salt Lake City Utah's blue ribbon tourney tourney the the state open won open won last year by Fred Fret Morrison of Pasadena will undoubtedly undoubtedly edly be played again at the Country club The Tho state amateur held last las year at Forest Dale Date will likely move move back to Fort Douglas where a much sterner test of golf is offered than at the Ninth East municipal course couse New Team Set Up There is a a. strong possibility that thata a different ten-man ten team setup may be adopted by the association Some members of ot the Country club Fort For Douglas and Ogden Country club are known to be opposed to the present arrangement and prefer to have matches with the entire entire entire en- en en en- tire m membership being permitted to compete Should the three private clubs withdraw from ten-man ten team teRm play the municipal courses will undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un organize a league which would include Forest Dale Bonne- Bonne vine ille Nibley park parle Magna El EI ElMonte 1 Monte l and Provo The 1936 open is expected to fo be bethe bethe bethe the greatest In the history of Utah links annals annal All All' of the top topnotch state out performers who participated participated last ast year will return and nd a number lumber of others who were unable to o compete last year be because u e of oC con con- conflicting tournament dates have havi ex cx- cx expressed pressed a desire to enter Center th the meet |