Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-09-16 | Page 12 | New Amateur Golf Ace Shows Gratitude Club Carrier

New Amateur Golf Goff Ace Shows Gratitude to Club Carrier NEW YORK Sept 16 INS INS INS- Crooner Dick Chapman the new national amateur champion should be more than a champion to the toiling caddies all over this country country country coun coun- try today He should be their idol In these times when many heroes among the modern professionals give a caddy scarcely more than thana a good excuse at the end of a week of tournament toting club-toting it took Chapman an amateur to garnish his sensational 11 and 9 triumph I over Duff McCullough with a gracious gracious gracious gra gra- cious touch reminiscent of theold theold the theold old days when the boy cashed in with his champion While Chapman was winning the qualifying medal with a score only one stroke higher than the all- all time record and finally winning the title by a margin within one hole of another all time all time mark you didn't hear a thing about a tall taIl string year old fellow named Jack Armstrong He didn't swing a club nor did he order any any- one abo about t with ith the authority of officialdom but he was in the thick of it right from Monday through Saturday and his importance importance importance tance at least to Chapman was established at the finish The new wrote Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong a check for in addition to 10 which was handed him for spending money at the start of the tournament and Chapman said with a handshake and a pat on the back I 1 cant can't tell you how much you helped me Jack Thanks Thus did the new amateur king begin his incumbency with a championship gesture He won like a champion and apparently he heIs heIs heis Is going to act like one