Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-19 | Page 17 | British Regard Weather as Alibi for Predicted Walker Cup Defeat

1 s British Regard Weather as Alibi For Predicted Walker Cup Defeat Could Coule Clout Apple hut but Voters Thought He Was Only Pinch Runner in Election By FRANCIS J. J POWERS Special to The Telegram Copyright 1934 CHICAGO April 19 BrItish golf gol critics fore foresee ec a. a walkaway for the United Stat States team in the Walker cup matches at st. st Andrews next month This time the weather is blamed It is pointed out that British ama i I I do not have the benefits of the semitropical winter weather of Flori da and California in which to keep their games in tune the year around Also that the high winds which sweep British courses prevent their young men from attaining good form There might be logic to the ment provided all of our Walker cup players had enjoyed the benefit of playIng in the south or far west throughout the winter But Johnny Goodman did much of his pr practicing in Omaha where it can get colder than the inside of a butchers butcher's box ice while Jack Westland Francis Ouimet Oui Oui- met and Max Marston had little or no opportunity to play through the winter win win- ter ler months Theres There's a lot more than weather behind the superiority of our amateur golfers but let the BritIsh Brit Brit- ish figure that out for themselves I Harry Heilmann who led the American Amer Amer- ican league in batting four times while playing for the Detroit Tigers may run for or sheriff sherif of Wayne Wane count county Michigan in the next election He Heran Heran ran for a Detroit city office some sometime sometime time ago and has a funny story apro apro- pos his losing campaign Heilmann went out one night to tomake tomake make a campaign speech and found his audience weary from the long harangues ot of previous candIdates When Harry took the floor loor the hecklers heck heck- lers in the back rows started working In desperation Heilmann appealed to the crowd to at least permit him to tell what office he was running forWe forWe for We know what youre you're running for roared a fellow near he door Youre running for Bob FothergilL Chicago frIends of Joe McCar thy sa say he may retire as manager of the Yankees next fall provided the New Yorkers win the pen pen- nant Northwestern football play us ers claim the new standard ball ballIs ballIs Is much easier to pass but not so easy casy to punt Kiki Cuyler of the Chicago Cubs can claim to be the hard luck player of the majors Two summers ago he suffered a fractured ankle last spring he heas as out due to a a. foot Injury and he was missing from the opening game this year because of an In finger Some western horsemen think highly high high- ly or of Count Raes Rae's chances in the Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky Derby Count Rae is a son of Reigh Count who did well enough when he ran the Derby The American association started its us thirty third season Tuesday with the original lineup ot of cities that composed com com- posed the league in 1902 Which is some sort of a minor league ball And the American association still has its first president Thomas rhomas Jefferson Hickey who is past the 70 year line but still IS as active ns as a lot lotof lotof of players in his league