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Show Grwitland Rice (Copyright. 1922. by New York Tribune. Trib-une. Inc., Tr.ide M;irk Registered, lT. S. Patent ffiee.) Picking out knotty assignments would be no difficult job If one Impel, Im-pel, id in that direction But when it comes to starting with a million golfers and weeding out tho list to elpht names, the procedure be-, comes more than usually involved. William C. l ownes. Jr.. of Pittsburg, who is the main mandarin In naming! the International coll" team to meet the British delegation late this month, happens to be a leader with long experience, ex-perience, sound judgment and no par- tlsan prejudices. But starting even with this rugged foundation, his jobj isn't one of the soft-shelled variety in, genenil demand. Naming the first four or five Is simple sim-ple enough First. Jesse Guilford, the present champion That selection takes care of Itself. Next, Charles Kvans. twice amateur and open champion, one of the greatest great-est amateurs of the game. Then, Robert T. Jones. Jr.. the brilliant bril-liant young Georgian, who came within with-in a stroke of winning the last open a golfer of fine form, great power and enduring cjourage. Erancis Oultaet, ex-open and ex-amateur ex-amateur champion. Is unolher star who never could be left off any com-; lunation. After these follows Robert A. Gardiner, Gard-iner, of Chicago, llce winner of the amuteur crown and three tiu.es, in ad I dltion, a finalist in a I" B or British i title hunt. Guilford Evans, Jones. Oulrnet and Gardiner are certainties But at this point the complications begin to grow. From this list BdStdh has two names. i hirago. hjfo an i Atlanta one. Picki-ig the three remalnlne entries requires another running start From the East there are Jess .-weetser. of New York, .Max .Marston.j of Philadelphia, and William C. j Fownes: jr himself. From the Middle West there are Harrison Johnston, of St. Paul; Bddle Held, of St Louis, Kudolph Knepper. of Sioux City. From the Far Wost there are Frod Wright of lxs Angeles. Paul Hunter,' of California, and Chandler Egan, o Oregon. From this list we should say that Sweetster and Fownes are certainties. Then there are such fine golfers around as John G. Anderson. Oswald Klrl-y J Wood Piatt, Corge Holf-n Holf-n r, Eddie Qocb ipcamp, Jimmy Man-ion, Man-ion, Cla'rence Wolf. Charles Dexter, etc. from an almost endless line of first- lass players So whutever the t.n-il nominations may be. the American Ameri-can platoon will be unusually strong. It is our gues3 lliot Guilford Evan:.. Jcnes, Ouimct. Gardiner and Sweet-ser Sweet-ser will form the tir six names. None of these could bo el off And from Fownes; Maratojiv Whrlght, Knepper and Johnston there will be no two wead ad dill ons since any one of the five could hold up bus share of the impassioned debate in any companj Considering the fast that, in addition addi-tion to Patterson. Andernon and Wood over here for turf tennis purposes, tin-British tin-British soon will have a golf array) consisting ol We' isred, Huntcr: Tolley, Torrance, etc., the force of the assault can be appreciated. Those strong invaders in-vaders will not only reach for the' Davis Cup at tenms and the" Walker j Cup at golf, but they also will bo found ' hanging the list? In our two big na- tlonal champions. ilr. where the war -fare is Strictly Individual There Is always the chunc- that a star such asj Pattt-ion may reach the final round1 of cur tennis championship and th.u a Hunter or a Wethered ma3 h? found In the final frame at Hrookllne. It Is fortunate, at least, Vat just at this moment the country Is .stronger in material ma-terial than it ever lias been. No na'.ior in the history of sport has ever known such phenomenal young talent as our Cncle Samuel looks upon today.. Among those still under 21 are Bobby Jones. Jesse Sweetser and Glenna 'oIlett for golf Johnny Wei- I mulleiv the swimmer, and Vincent! Richards, for tennis. This in Itself i , a phenomenal array, and u is only part o the youthful flock. It all I means a continuity o,' excellence fori ahead In pus Li rnatlona! ! To this one iiii ' t dd Tommy Hitchcock; for polo 'it 22. while the !!n.? of lnter.iehnias! i- track stars Is Ui longest ever known These omens (or the future, ate not offered as a boast, but along the road of fact. j T'ntll Europe works out of her present pres-ent depression and starts developing I ber youngsters the odds must be heav-! heav-! Ily against her Groat Britain has ' her share of stalwart veterans, but not , many brilliant debutant coming along. She has had no young star tennis players for some time, the bur-j bur-j den falling heavily upon those over thirty There are a few good young golfers in tho offing, but they are not to be compared with Jones. Sweetser. Held or Knepper. And until she Rives greater attention to the competitive i development of her youthful entries ltb handicap must alwavs be a heavy one. After all, when one considers the vast .-porting enrollment In the United States, where unendlnp thousands between be-tween the ages of fifteen and twenty .re :,. -lively engaged in competition, the present status of this country In an International way is nothing to wonder at And as this situation seems to be a permanent affair there1 Is little chance ahead for any slump. I There arc more youngsters from Ma:-snchusetts Ma:-snchusetts to California taking part! In sport today than any other two' nations have put forward since thol ark .started on tho first known regatta re-gatta and Noah became the sculling) champion of his time. it r. |