| Show THE SPORT SPORT- SPORT LIGHT LIGHT Dy fly ND RICE HICE Copyright I 1920 Nc New York Inc U S S Patent Of- Of Of Office flee fice TilE THE CASE SE OP OF LIGHT HARRY U There l la Is a II young oung I golfer In California who ho has h In- In Introduced In Introduced a new problem Into II a aarno gamo arno already cluttered up with willimore moro more problems than anyone any ny one c can Hr anS er Cr lila His HI name namo Is 15 Light Horse Hors Her Her- Herry ry Har-ry 0 ry Cooper twenty ono years year old 1 born and nd Texas bred and the new problem be he he has Intro Intro- Introduced concerns the effect of o In- In en environment on the golfing score coro In thi this connection tho the case ca o of oung Cooper Is one on of tho thu most studies studie In golf colt olf It Is Interesting at t this mo moment mo- mo moment moment ment where within the thc next few Cew da s he h will agaIn go to after otter first place liace co In the th Los Angeles open over the th famous El EI Cabellero C course courso just lust beyond the flares and lights of ot Hollywood A t rEW Last winter Cooper dashed Into the lIe limelight by winning the 05 An Angeles eles open x II proposition proposition tion where first fir t money totaled tot led 2500 00 Cooper won In a hu headlong long fin fin- finIsh finIsh fin finish ish from George Von Yon Elm pres pres- present ent mt amateur chAmpion where both were ripping tIme tho soul out of par Von Yon Elm finished with 70 67 tor for Ills bis last two rounds and nd not even evell this terrific pace lace was w fast tast to haul Cooper back In either their third or fourth round ono one on or the other beat par oj sixteen of the eIghteen bole holes a 0 record never even approached With that brilliant showing mowing bick backof of hint bin Cooper came to Columbus for tor the last la t open But In place of scoring around 69 0 or 70 ho he lied had lieda hada a hard job breaking SO 80 His ills first two rounds were over O SO 0 couldn't get c t going Ho then came cameon cameon on East to the time metropolitan open anti tilled tailed to qualify Apparently J Light Horse Harry was something of a flop But lint there were oTher details BACK D WEST AGAIN AGnS Recently Cooper resumed his California campaign once more lie He entered the tho big bit Del Monte tournament over o the tho spectacular I Beach course cours on the Mon Mon Mon- Monterey Monterey terey Peninsula ula where the opposition opposition was w a ono one on of ot the tho strongest ot of the tho year He 10 II had to meet such golfers as Bill BUl Johnny Farrell Cyril Walker alker BobbY Cruickshank and fitly fifty or sIxty lilore ore Including George Gcorge Von Elm Cooper won agaIn acain with two strokes to spare A few fe days ago he was was- match match- matched ed cd against George Geerge Duncan In two holo a two hole test left and Cooper beat beal Duncan 7 and nd 6 t So lo In his three big California tests ho he has finished first In a tournament tournament first In a tournament and und walloped no brilliant Scot Yet east of the MissIssippi ho has made mado no head bead beada headway na a way even en along alone average lines unes the environment cn hm Is nit NEXT TEST In tho the next two 01 or three days das Coope again acain goes oes after aCter the nO 80 Los Angeles open where II a sIron strong field id has hIlS been recruited y MacDonald Smith Lake illos ar ar pro Mac Mae Smith Is about as keen to head Cooper off olt In this thin engage engage- engagement engagement ment mOnt u 55 ho he will bo be to win any ny tour tour- tournament tournament this year barring the tho open George von Elm Is another who will make a desperate stab tab at heading oft off the tho young yoUng westerner If It Cooper wins wins this this tournament again It wilt will mean something like lik he be ha has picked up In la the tho last few weeks of competitive golf but this time timo he will III have to step Mac Ic Smith alone alono Is a 0 pretty tu fu order and there ther will be a 0 hun hundred hundred dred others shooting the works C GOLF COLT Golf Golt ha has been bounding along between the the- two the two oceans ocean but Call Cali Cali- Cali California California fornia has como come prett pretty prett close clos to taking the lead In recent years in III 80 so far as os development golf development Is concerned It Is generally understood now that the United States Golf asso- asso asso elatIon will switch the amateur championship to California turf by byl 1929 If IC not sooner and this con con- con consideration is duo due one ono of ot the most enterpriSIng golf domain domains now In existence Such courses as El EI Lakeside Ojal Pebble Beach the San Francisco Country club the tie Olympic course and others other can take their Tank rank with th the best bent And at Cypress Cypre Point Del 1 Monte tonte Miss s Marion Mirlon Hollins Is planning ono ot of the tho most spectacular links In the th world with ith Dr McKenzie for tor the architect With the th Pa- Pa Pacific Pa Pacific Ocean tho thu vast white sand Band dunes and the cypress g grove oves there are ar possibIlItIes hero here no other course can Que guo equal ONE I SPORT These tournament professIonal golfers goiters wandering from spot to spot make up one of tho tIme few non non-comme non sports They p pay their own expenses s mo most t of o them from the east cant and the odd odds a against them most molt win nine ning any single tournament are arc at aL least 3 30 to L LOut 1 Out of o the sixty or seventy on tour lour only about ten will break even Only three o or tour lour will make any ony net n t profit The Th tour will Ill cost many of oC o the th other others othen any any- anywhere any anywhere where from 1000 to 1600 1500 They have no expenses expense c paid They get no guarantees rhey must earn what they make mako mak by bet bet- better bet better ter golf coif There Ther Is no losers loser's loser end There arc aro about ten 0 or twelve money places In a field of a hun hun- hundred hundred dred ded and nd only a f few Cew w leaders leader usual usual- usually usual usual-ly ly Iy figure In tho tb front root row of these select elect spots poti I IThe The ball player In a II slump still lUll gets his hl salary The Th beaten tight fIght tighter lighter er cc gets cef his hi guaranteed purse puree The amateur tennis player gets get eel lit his cx- cx ex expense pense paid But the thi tourIng pro golfer colfer must mull pay hi lit his hiway way Woy take tako his chance and make good before he collects a dime And most mo t of them leave leav for tor the fun tun of o It knowing the th jaunt will III cost anywhere from a thousand up |
