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Golf Talent Now in ServiceWould Make Meet Event ^_— _______. Army Championship I Major FROM GAY 90s TO ROARING 40s Roster of Links Aces —By JIM BERRYMAN Baksi Aiming to Gain 275 Score, 73 Under Par, Held With gas and -rubber on the taboo list..... Khaki Reads Like CROQUET MAY BE HEADING FOR A ODNE-BACK! In so I ^---DST ...ITCAN BE ENJOYED IN YOUR OWN irlloKAy! COMESi YUH HOOKED^ Favor of D. C. Fans in Hale America Golf BACKYARD UP To MO. 5 WICKET... OWE ON Likely WITH y PURPOSE AN' WOODEN BALLS, STICKS AND HEADS. Look for some phenomenal scor- as to Sam Snead, the PGA champ, ^ ■ * I'M DEAD OM JOE BUT > A SPLINTER Game's 'Who's Who' 1 XTOOK , tour- the national ama- ? I'M LIVE ON ED... IA OUT* EDS ‘ In Kenner ing in the Hale America golf and Bud Ward, THAS TOO FAST... A Fight nament due to start Thursday at teur king. Sam is in the Navy and f —~— BALL ! GENE DR1ZZLEPUSS 3/*Vl , the Ridgemoor Country Club of Bud is in the Army. They may not Ward, Amateur Champion, where won't be able to kx STRESSES A SLOW Bout Tops Turner Cord Chicago, Washington get away. 1941 be represented even by a single indi- And Ghezzi, PGA BACKS WING.. will with *ps*. Given More Color by vidual. In the run of the mine Na- Gene Sarazen play Henry Victor, Are Included I'LL GET IT! tional Open championship of for- Picard and Jim Ferrier, the towering Honbury's Pro Debut mer years the courses were tough- Australian. Gene was in Washing- last the funeral By WALTER McCALLUM. ened up for the tournament, and ton week, attending BAByn Joe heavy- winner break of Brian Bell, a lifelong friend and In the home of Maj. Gen. Richard i/aw,gee, Baksi, rising young seldom did the par. f who the socks off But it will be different this chief of the Washington Associated K. Sutherland on Connecticut ave- YOU'RE GOMMA. k weight whipped year, De in his first the winner won't be the Na- Press Bureau. The list is nue stands one of the coveted bits Jimmy Chard appear- afld entry bust a mallet if you \ ance here more thaA a month crammed with and for- of silverware in the golf world. It ago, tional Open champ. champions returns tomorrow night to battle Where the usual championship mer champions, and all in all it will is the mug emblematic of the Army KEEPDRIVIN’MEAWAY \ Jabbo Kenner in an eight-round bout course has been tough, stretching be a counterpart of the open title golf championship and it won't be LIKE THAT—AM'BESIDES at Griffith Stadium in an effort to out to around 6,900 yards (Oakmont tourney, but Without the title. In in competition for quite a while. If establish himself definitely as a meassured 7,100 yards in 1935) the all, 107 are listed to start. it was, the distinguished military JUNIOR'S LOSIN'ALL J headliner in this bailiwick. Ridgemoor course will be an innoc- man who now is chief of staff for for rein- uous of about 6,473. Listed as an applicant RESPECT FER HIS The a card dotted with little layout Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur might win / fight tops statement to amateur status by the but one that According to the yardage figures, it It the would pea-green punchers, is again, although going -PAPDy_f / has a number of birdie holes and a United States Golf Association gets a mark for Promoter be tough even for such a linksman passing John Dawson, the California ama- THERE'S NO REASON why Joe Turner in these troublesome par of 72, or a total of 288 for the as the toughened Sutherland, who teur star. John has been on the AN ELEVENTH times when worthwhile talent four rounds. Probably the winning with MacArthur WICKET ring some time and outwitted the Nips figure over that short layout will USGA blacklist for NO BOOKS CAN’T REPLACE 7HE FAMOUS is as rare as a full tank of gas. The and escaped from Bataan to Aus- DOUBT, be around or 13 strokes below according to reports here no longer kids underneath are a colorful, ca- 275, tralia. OF INSTRUCTION 'NHLJC-— 19 Si HOLE is connected with a sport goods pricious lot who promise to give the par. Never in all its lengthy history SOON APPEAR... AT firm. i /awshucksTN 5 fans a lot of action for their money. has the United States had on 3 50 PER VOLUME. CHlLVVR. Bobby Jones, now an Air Corps Army Cl AIN'T A in their Baksi butchered De Chard in Feminine golfers this week will its rolls a group of linksmen of the KNOWS captain, will be playing his first L ANyBOW bout, although he apparently didn't have their championship of prowess of the men now in un.form. national tourney since 1930 Bobby biggest 2 RATED \ punch hard enough to floor Jimmy. all time, tomorrow at Chevy A roster of famed mashie maulers 1H ILBETTVS is paired at 1:34 p.m. Thursday and starting ■L • He was in trouble only once, when Champion Chase. The entry list is the largest now in the Army would be a "who's SkA 4-WlCKtTER.'. 10:54 Friday with Open )= De abandoned his defensive ■ Chard and the field is one of the best ever who" of contemporary American V/_ *'| Craig Wood and Ed Dudley. All the tactics and waded into him with are in the to in the District women's title an dal top men of golf listed play golf though the thought is and ouuVo, both mittens flying, survived there's some doubt affair. fantastic with a Nation affair, although committed this flurry in good style. He is big. to more serious things than playing rugged and is learning the ropes golf, an Army championship now while a small reputation. would B' acquiring be something fairly close to It is no secret that his handlers a major title tournament. Entries for Tomorrow are grooming him for the big time Racing I• real in Array Service. in New York, where he already has Here are some of the more dis- made a successful debut. Downs tinguished linksmen other Suffolk Aqueduct than Mat. Kenner, kayoed by one A1 Blake Gen. Sutherland now pv the Press. Bs "hi Associated Press. in the a of months and a Associated Army couple ago claiming: or soon to don khaki: FIRST RACE—Purse. $1,000: claiming; FIRST RACE—Purse. *1.500: t.k.o. winner over Joe Carilli in his lurlongs. •2-year-olds: 54 furlongs Capt. Robert 2-year-olds 5 Tyre Jones, jr. (re- last apperance, shapes up as a good Miss Puritan 1 "0 Ilefetchit 118 B’ue Whistler iLindberg)_._112 member him?). He to xValdina B ner lloNoslen !- Sweet Repose ino boy) -1J7 happened test for Baksi. He can win if he J iMeade) _1™ win 13 national Paciflr Maid 1(M* xMerry Glow 1]j Prominette championships be- handles himself as well as he did Queen Liberty 112 TimeOut 118 Toss Up (Fator) -1J- Kin o (Stout) __ li- tween 1923 and 1930. Carilli, but Kenner has a Valdina Rip 112 Kav Marion Foe Woe against Ho Hum 115 xBtt of Sugar 1"4 ft Jaauita 'G'lbem 11“ Richard •’ )"■ Chapman. 1940 amateur delicate stomach and a sustained Valdina Secret 11a Silver Tip | xBuckra (Day, a Boots Shorty lib Liouid Lunch (Coule) -}' champ: Lt. Col. Ken Ladv Bob 112 111 Rogers, Brig. attack to this region may spell cur- a Budded (Gilbert) _ Gen. Earl a Reynolds Bros, entry. Naiden, formerly a Co- tains for him. aJ. P. Smith entry. lumbia member, now with the Air ^ The card will mark L°w Han- «].nnn: elaim- mallet SECOND RACE—Purse. SECOND RACE—Purse, $1 500: claim- Corps in India: Frank Stra- neighborhood burv’s debut in a bout and 0 furiongs Corpl. professional lrt: t-year-olds upward. ing: 3-year-olds and up: 7 furlongs. faci. Col LEAGUES MK3HT OFFER 'chutei. George Shea, former cham- with another erstwhile simon pure. 13,, Demonax (Wall) AN OUTLET FOR. THE Quintilian 114 Tallyho 1)2 pion of Hawaii: Sergt. Charles Preston Drew. Hanburv has ruled xBras Kitty 108 xCompton Baiuka (Meadei 11J BOYS ’- JOO (Wahler) --- Yates, former FX- 3 WAY NASSAU Mr Brook It 4 Fire Brigade nil* xGalvale British amateur District amateur featherweights Torch (Huff) Lzl-—- ••Short Measure 104 xCatapult 115 Singing IJJ 118 X Arra 1 <»H La Jaconde iMeade) -112 champion: Capt. Gene Vinson, Air with an iron mitt these last couple Range Dust a Belmar Id* xvymo 111 Battery 1 Powdered Heels mo boy) Corps., and last, but far from least, of and with should ]« Down Six (no boy) years experience yEieht and Six I "8 Tonv Weaver 114 -J ] Marvin Whichwlns (no boy) -11* Corpl. H. (Bud) Ward, who go well as a pro. He's gotten heavier Possibility 114 x a Two Kicx.- 109 is Mervyn Le Roy (Wall' -103 the reigning national amateur since quitting AAU ranks and prob- a Marsoma and Lipson entry. xcergeant Bob (Loveridge)-ln* Golden Bubble (SkellT) _112 champion of the United States and ably will be moving into the light- 115 THIRD RACE—Purse. SI.000: claiming: Hichoaam Arcaro) will remain so until after the war. class before Port Alibi (Thompson)-113 weight long. 2-year-olds 5 furlongs _ 113 Royal Taste Trio of Pros. Eddie Kane, another former ama- P.orket Gal 110 Supreme I Best (Meade)--i\* Leading Valdina Dust 110 '"toee 114 Bellarmine (Meade)-Id* are the (no boy) 1-d They amateurs.