Show SPORTS FLASHBACKS Byron Nelson blazes the links with outstanding performance P 1 a flU wi 1 nn B Byron ron Nelson a former golfi golfing g great and now a golf an announcer i on television was featured by Philip Martin in inan an article in the Vernal Express on on c. c 1 rs ft 1 S April 15 1937 The i story follows OUT OF TEXAS EXAS COMES BYRON NELSON NEWEST FLASK FLASH ON THE TilE GOLF HORIZON METEORIC RISE IS TREAT TO BIG PRO TITLES SCORES ONE OF GREATEST CARDS EVER MADE Meteorically a new figure has flashed across the golf horizon A rough-riding-hell-for- rough leather Texan named Byron Nelson by virtue of his sensational sensational sensational sen sen- victory in the annual Augusta Ga Masters' Masters tournament tournament tournament tour tour- has heisted himself by his bootstraps into the top flight of of the professional golfers golfers' ranks But victory alone didn't qualify the Lone Star golfer for fame rather the manner mariner in which he achieved his triumph marked him as a great linksman TRAILING RALPH Guldahl by four strokes on the last nine in the hole 72 tournament Nelson came on like a house afire to pick up six strokes in two holes and turn in one of the greatest competitive cards in inthe inthe inthe the games game's annals annals-a a performance performance performance per per- the golfing world will have occasion to remember for fora a long time On the short and the long of Bobby Jones layout the slim fellow scored a birdie tWo two and an eagle three to blast the heart out of Guldahl and card for a two stroke victory Nelsons Nelson's victory was no flash in the pan Last year he served ample notice on the old guard that he was going to cause plenty of trouble when he won the Metropolitan Open at Mamaroneck N. N Y Yo There again a score was good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough to best such tournament golfers as Craig Wood Paul Runyon and Henry Picard the defending champion And to observers Nelsons Nelson's game was flawless Picard himself gave experts an inkling of what was to come after that tournament THAT TEXAN is a gambler when it comes to making risky shots he stated Bold is hardly the word for it He is downright reckless but he has the skill to get away with it itI itI it I believe in going goin for everything within reason but I weigh the odds in each case take the lay of the ground into consideration and act ac ac- cordingly If H the pin is cut right righton on the edge of the deep bunker I will play for the middle half of the if green the flag is open Ill I'll take a whack at it it This wild buckaroo from Texas however goes all out for forthe forthe forthe the flag no matter how many hazards are around it With Byron its it's either a 3 or a 6 I admire the kids kid's nerve This season Nelson a much |