The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-29


tai young Dolp enjoyed his first ride
in a Pullman. He was also to ex-
perience his first nights spent under
other than parental roofs. Yet,
this mere strip OF a lad, who was
getting some of those first thrills, Of
youth, proved one Of the sensations
| in the second annual public links
| tournament.
| A stranger within a strange
city, young Dolp steps right out,
unknown and unsunk, and batters
qualifying round with an aggregate
total of 1877 for the thirty-six holes
through the aid of 70 and Is.
| IL had been reported that the kid
from the Pacific coast had been
turning i'm rounds under 80 I'm
nearly every practice session he
shot two days before the tOurma-
me1nt opened. The wise ones look.
ed wise. They had heard OF these
sO-ealled juvenile stars before.
Dolp's golfing education had been
gained through the use OF steel
shafted clubs. James d. Standish,
chairman of the public links COM
mittee, ruled the Bessemer handled
clubs out of the tournament. Dolp
must use wooden shafts, something
he was entirely unused to-.
In his country the Western Golf
| Association has not tabooed the
steel mallet. In fact. they, have
| placed their stamp of approval upon
its use. There was but one thing
left for the young bank clerk to
do. He hired and borrowed enough
clubs to get by Dave Hardesty, the
starter. The local rules to play
East Potomac require that a player
must have at least four clubs and
a bag.
He took along a few others for
| good measure. The day Of the
\ qualification rounds arrived. Tom
McMahan from his tent at the
| No. tee called the name of
Frank DOlp. In two days the
yOungster had become fairly well
known. Many were there to get
a first-hand slant Of the Western
There stepped out of the crowd a
| boyish. but clean looking young
chap, about five feet ten, weighing
not more than las pounds. But he
didn't have on knickerockers.
Youngsters in this age wear knick-
ers. golf stockings and golf shoes
even to school, and nearly all good
golfers do.
Other than a golf cap he failed
to resemble a golfer. He looked
more like a embryo Bill Tilden.
Your honor, Mr.. Dolp," spoke up
| McMahan. The crowd was just "a
trifle disappointed. He teed his ball.
Swish! Crack! Straight as an arrow
| and dead to the pin flew that pill.
1t came to rest just short Of the
green.
When Frank DOIp left that tee
there was a fair-sIzed gallery in
back of him. That one drive and
the crowd sensed that here was a
real, sure enough Juvenile star.
DOlp played his thirty six holes.
He came in with stroke total Of +
157.
When Wednesday morning came
he was paired in the first round of
the championship flight against
Bernie Mcfarland. of Pittsburgh.
At the end of the fifteenth McFar-
land had enough. Dolp's galleries
| were steadily increasing,
In the second round he met Ed
Curtin. the Newark star. Curtin
was on his game, but Dolp was Just
a. trifle better. The match was
over on the sixteenth green with
Dolp shooting close to par golf.
Then came the crucial test.
His next pairing found him IN
against Ray McAuliffe, the seasoned
| veteran from Buffalo. McAuliffe
was probably the class Of the
tournament-at least his play in the
qualification and first two rounds
would so indicate.
The DoIp-McAuIiffe match Is
now history. The large gallery
which followed it will not forget
the game effort of the Western
lad when fate seemed against
him. A hooked tee shot into the
rough probably cost him the
match as did q short tcn.fOOt putt
on the eighteenth green.
He had been eliminated in a
great match. He had shot a
round Of Is, while par for the
course is 49, Dolp had thoroughly
convinced the most skeptical that
he possesses every attribute OF
coming star. It would have been
a feather in his hat had he downed
the Buffalo star. He might have