Evening star., 1925-08-18


Out of the whirl of competition the
dope which had placed Fred Mcleod
of Columbia and Bob Barnett of
Chevy Chase as almost sure qualifiers
for the championship to be held at
Chicago IN mid-September went all
wrong. Beach unleashed a spectacu-
lar last nine holes for a 33 and Thom-
son sank q 15-foot putt on the last
green to nose out Tom Skipper of Bal
timore by a single shot.
Away back of the leaders were the
two favorites, Mcleod, beaten by the
idiosyncracies of his putter, and Bar
nett, ineffective with most of his
clubs. But the worst blow of the day
came when Mel Shorey of West Po-
tomac Park, who had led the pack
over the morning route with a score
of rs, took Sc solid whacks to get
around in the afternoon.
Beach literally spreadeagled his
field with a 36-hole score of ISL, made
up Of a 78 and a sparkling 73 over the
fast fairways and baked-out green's,
while Thomson had a 79 and a IS.
So Beach and Thomson will go to
the Olympia Fields Club of Chicago
to take a crack at Walter Hagen's
title on September 21, along with an
hTTdy OI OIneT SLdTS.
Beach's great SO on the in nine
was the factor that put him in the
qualifers. A birdie on the eleventh,
followed by another birdie on the long
twelfth were the outstanding spots,
ell the other holes being played in
par after the tall young pro from
Burning Tree got out in 40.
Thomson, always a great putter,
found his putting blade working in
magic fashion. finishing his round of
rs with only 26 puts. He was out in
80 and at the eighteenth had two puts
Srom Is feet to tie Tom Skipper of
Baltimore, who had finished with 1874
Dave carefully lined up the putt and
hit 1t at the back of the cup. Down
it went and the little Scot from Wash
ington had qualified.
Jimmie Donnachie of Hagerstown
was all but in when a disastrous
string Of 6s put him definitely out
The summary follows:
EalRBh Beach; e., H., Burning Tree. 7s-72-
I55; Tom Skipper. rolling '0 Road. -
Chase E2Rsst haFss Hsrn''f Re.ssRsly Cher
Maryland pocfa Gountry ,,,rdgb GLIB s8-ssd-1S9
S4-ieo; Mel ShoEey West Potomac Park.
&: $::E3 F. = Ee3RfSa As%
s4 FranR Goss EasH IGf Pn6k Nd
S5-167; James L. Crabb. Congressional,
ss9ss sFovs M9EEan Pen44et0Sa acMas9er Pspns
Frsderick Md ,8s-s6-174.
Ryan, Belle Haven: G. T; cunningham. Win;
: Country: Wilfred Thompson, Hermitage,
IaeEsdn On indan sPr6s and
Favorable starting times have been
awarded all the Washington amateurs
who will play in the qualifying round
of the national amateur championship
TO start at Oakmont, near Pittsburgh,
on August 81.
Entries of Roland r. Mackenzie,
NJ. B. STEVENSON, Walter R. Tucker
man, c. J. Dunphy and A. L. Hough-
ton all have been accepted, and they
have been paired as follows:
e:40-M. B. Stevinson, Columbia,
and F. B. WeppnN, Stanton
Heights.
1010-WaIter r. Tuckerman,
Burning Tree. and William c.
F'ownes, jr., Oakmont.
11:25-Roland r. Mackenzie, Co
lumbia, and w. Hamilton Gardner,
Buffalo.
1:30-Chris ]. Dunphy, Friend
ship, and r. L. Knepper, Onwensia.
2:45-A. L. Houghton, East Po-
tomac Park. and Joseph T. Schiap-
pacasso, Detroit.
In addition the following pairings
of Baltimore players, all of whom are
we'll known in Washington, have been
made:
9:S5-Thomas w. Sasscer, Mary
land C. c.. and H. W. Comstock,
Wanakah.
1O10-William e. Richardson,
Maryland, and V. L. Bradford,
Beaver Valley.
11:50-B Warren Corkran, Roll
ing Road, and Jack MacIie, jr., In
wood.