Show I 1 speaking of sports pro golf war simmers new hostilities seen by ROBERT mcshane released Release dby by western newspaper union I 1 THOUGH HOUGH the battle ot of is now past history it may have repercussions which will effect the entire structure of the professional golfers association you are undoubtedly familiar with 9 golf oledo doms s great war storm clouds started gathering as soon its as P 0 A officials nOtI notified fled denny shute two time lime tournament winner t that hat he was guilty of a technicality I 1 in n not pay ing his 1939 association dues within properly prescribed time limits and therefore was not eligible to play in the P G A classic on the lie pomo uok nok course at flushing N V Y shutes fellow players were aroused used in fact they were so aroused they decided not to play until the tournament committee lifted its official ban against denny the striking players held up tournament play tor for two hours before that permission was finally granted one man was responsible for declaring shute in that was george jacobus president of P G A he overruled over ruled his 11 governors through his action thereby making 11 potential enemies jacobus position was not an enviable one he of course realized shute had violated P G A bylaws by laws and was was constitutionally ineligible to play on the other hand he was aware of the associations du duty t y to the lar large g e g gallery allery which had to e Z DENNY SHUTE gathered to see the play and it seemed there be any play unless shute was in the midst of it it has since been revealed that shute was in favor of dropping the protest and withdrawing in the he interests of diplomacy when the argument was at its height densmore said in effect 1 the officials have my okay the ru rules 1 es a are re on their side and I 1 lost my chance to play so forget this strike and go out and play golf no retreat then horton smith moved the players strike ultimatum be withdrawn johnny farrell backed him up but to no avail the r rest t of f the players felt they would I 1 lose os e prestige r by beating a retreat in face of opposition president jacobus saved further argument by issuing the shute plays edict perhaps it was as fortunate that shute did not win the governors stop denny from playing but they cowd could exercise certain rights in certifying the P G A champion regardless of the outcome professional fess ional golf did not benefit from the tournament war both officials and players were mistaken the players though worthy of praise tor for their loyalty to a fellow player erred in waiting until tho the last moment to actively assert them themselves selves and when coolheaded cool headed beaded judgment was needed the officials were found wanting the meet more closely resembled a dog fight than a golf tournament members of the club who had relinquished ed playing rights to in order to give the pros a chance to display their ability were completely disgusted the situation had reached such a point that officials were warned t to 0 take their tournament off 00 the he premises or to begin playing rebellious players many of whom built up the pro tournament were far from pleased with the unfavorable press notices devoted to the affair they did not want to settle the shute issue in such a drastic drastic manner but seemingly thought it the only way out the governors did not like late jacobus method of handling the dispute they had voted shute ineligible on two occasions and expected their I 1 president to abide by bi the official decision he did not do so at present there is tat talk k that the he stars intend to form an organization of their own lf if this ibis movement is successful it may sound the he death knell of the P 0 ai A the organization tion needs thel the idars tars far more than the stars need it the questions will be answered at the executive meeting in november either some of the diehards will be dropped from the organization gani 0 n or the stars will strike out tor for themselves right now the latter situation seems the more likely do you know V n J test your knowledge of current sports allow 20 points for each each correct answer A score ol of 60 is fair 80 good and excellent 1 the american league recruit pictured here recently broke a league pitching record which was established in 1908 who Is he be 2 who avon won this years professional golfers association to tournament 3 what former baseball stars were named to the hall of fame in cooperstown Coopers town this year 4 what two american tennis players competed in the finals of the all english tournament at wimbledon Wimble don 5 who won the he light heavy weight title recently in a new york bout boul answers at bottom a of column billy the kid D respite ESPITE the reams of copy writ mj ton ten in praise of billy conn the th new light heavyweight champion boxing experts refuse to look upon him as a glorious addition to the th pugilistic profession conn won the title in an anim press ive lve 15 round bout with melia meli bettina the fight went the complete schedule and from the first firs it was evident that neither man was in danger of absorbing very much punishment the fight was close and the decision in favor of conn was questioned by more than one authority all ali this was rather surprising in view ot of the fact that many of the better known long range prognostic cahors envisioned him meeting joe louis in the not so distant future they declare the light heavyweight championship is merely a step on his way to bigger things that he will soon be causing consternation in heavyweight circles conn Is a publicity natural ile he Is young good looking hm has a rugged constitution and a fighting heart and is really fast but his punch is 0 only mildly irritating even to a glass jaw perhaps he will belt over a couple of lukewarm heavyweights heavy weights his dancing stabbing style makes him an elusive slippery customer B but ut he has a long way to go before he hes s ready to meet the brown bomber those who saw the fight admit that louis could take both billy conn and melio melia bettina in the same ring on the same evening and whip them very handily sport rt shorts HUNK UNK ANDERSON elmer lay dens predecessor at notre dame has been made sales man ager of one of the leading carbide companies in the united states the blind have a golf champion he is clinton russell of duluth minn russell bussell plays in the low he has his seeing eye caddy tee the ball and adjust the club russell does the rest and its very good golf should cincinnati nati win the national league pennant clinton out of town fans may russell be forced to sleep in tents if they attend the world series the american federation of labor has an early october meeting in cincinnati and have reserved almost every hotel room tom Shar keys new stationery establishes him as champion heavyweight of the worlds navies basketball is really becoming popular in lithuania A new stadium seating is packed for all major attractions the international olympic committee has made it permissible to give olympic athletes 75 cents a day spending money harold peewee reese beese stellar young louisville shortstop has been traded to the brooklyn dodgers for four players and an unannounced amount of cash THE ANSWERS I 1 atley alley donald yankees right hander he broke the amerlean american league record ot of harry krause who won 10 straight games for the philadelphia As in 1908 2 henry picard won from by ton ron nelson 7 3 george eddie collins colling and willie heeler 4 bobby bobby riggs winner and elwoods cooke s billy conn defeated millo biello bettina f |