Show I Diamond Stars See Seek Ferrell's Fairway Crown By GAYLE r TALBOT ALBor ST. ST PETERSBURG Fla Feb 6 UP The UP-The The annual titanic exhibition of golf in the raw row between the country's baseball heroes begins in ina ina a burst of strong language at the Jungle club course here today Nothing much is at stake except a looking good-looking statuette and a lot lotof lotof lotof of fairway equipment but Paul Derringer didn't bear down harder trying to strike out Billy Sullivan In the last world series than he will try to stay out-stay the Detroit catcher for the next four days The boys take their golf solf seriously and controversially Ily both J 1 Today there ther was an hole 18 q qualifying qualifying al- al round with the low 32 diamond diamond diamond dia dia- dia- dia mond devotees entering the championship cham cham- plo lp flight of match play startIng starting starting start start- ing tomorrow and winding up in a volcanic hole 36 final on Sunday The dominating figure of the tournament and the man every ballS ball play player r dreams of trimming is Wes Ferrell the former Cleveland Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton and way-stops way pitching ace Wes wears glasses now and his I right arm has lost its zing but buthe's buties I hes he's a tough golfer goller There have been five previous tournaments and Ferrell has won three of them including the last two The only ones to breakthrough break breakthrough breakthrough through on him were Sammy Byrd In 1937 and Paul Waner in 1938 Byrd Is a professional now but Waner is here with bells on The host is Ls none other than Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red So Sox one of the aIl time all hitting greats an and considerable of a golfe Jimmie leases and runs the Jungle club course They say he is losing money on it but still it isn't every ball ban player who has the distinction of operating his own golf gol course If Ferrell is to be dethroned it It might be by Derringer who carried carried car car- ried ned him two extra holes in the semifinals last lest winter by Jack Russell the former National league pitcher who lost to the champion 2 and 1 I in the 1940 fi finals finals finals fi- fi nals or by Merv Shea the Detroit coach who now and then shoots in the sixties and is the real dark horse of the meet |