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Show i Great Success of Harry Cooper as Golf Teacher The golling career of young Harry Cooper, who captured a $3,500 prize in the recent tournament at Los Angeles, has been one of triumphs since he won his first "real" prize at the age of fourteen. Cooper, now twenty-one, took up the ancient game when he was three years old, his father, Sid .7. Cooper maintains, main-tains, and lias been chasing golf balls ever since, achieving some notable triumphs In his more mature years. When fourteen Cooper won a cup offered by the Golfers' Magazine. After Aft-er that his career was chosen and he threw his optimistic youth into the ranks of more seasoned niashle manipulators ma-nipulators with surprising results at times. He took first honors at the state tournament at Ualveston in 1923, and again at San Antonio In lf)'J4. He emerged third ill the Southwide competition com-petition at Hot Springs the same year, and was runner-up in the Texas state tourney last year. Among the other amazing accomplishments accom-plishments of the youngster, who neither chews, drinks nor smokes, is the scoring of a (10 on t lie Tennison Country club course. Pallas, last year, the lowest mark ever registered on the course, by either local golfers or national na-tional celebrit ios. |