Show Golf Moguls RulE Aussie Champ Not an By TOM SILER CHICAGO Aug 27 The UP- UP The he Australian menace will not snot be among those present when the thc firing begins for the the U. U. U S. S national amateur golf golf championship cham cham- championship at Mamaroneck N. N Y September 9 Big Jim Feller amateur amateur amateur ama ama- champion of Australia rated as a top ranking contender contender contender con con- tender for the title until the the United States Golf association notified him yesterday that he was not eligible to compete The association charged Ferrier's re recent recent re re- cent book Jim Ferrier's Ferrier s 's Golf Shots was of an instructional nature and therefore violated the amateur playing code Some Discrepancy The U. U S. S G. G A. A has a right to its own opinion Ferrier conceded conceded conceded con con- ceded but I think It is mis mis- taken The book is not of an instructional nature I have been doing this same sort of thing for five years and more and no on on oJ challenged my amateur statu stat before The Australian Gol union certified me as an arn ama ama amateur in good standing when when came to this came country in March And the Royal and Ancle 1 Golf Club of St St. Andrews Andrew's Eng End lands land's governing body has sanctioned sanc sane my journalistic work i j What are they hey trying to d dc do to me Have I been playing too well recently i cant can't understand un understand un their their attitude J J The year old star only l las st week won the amateur championship championship cham of Chicago and he w wa way the low amateur In the St St. Pa Pan Pau open the Milwaukee open a athe anc and the Chicago open being only onh two strokes behind the winne In the last named event It Ir addition Ferrier was the seco d low amateur in the nation open for which he received r medal from the U. U S. S G. G A A. a Im terribly disappointed came miles to play in tR amateur and Ive I've really been on or ormy my game the past few wee weeks 1 |