davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-09

with the paint Job. A good paint Job
can cover up many defects Of poor car.
pentry, however, and in order to see
the class Of carpentry being done on
this building 1t is well that the pub
lie inspect the workmanship before
the painting has begun. The painting
will start early next week.
This model home may be reached
by driving west on Massachusetts ave.
nue. from Dupont Circle. crossing over
Wisconsin avenue, and Immediately
thereafter bearing slightly left from
Massachusetts avenue, down Cathedral
avenue for distance of one. half mile.
This will bring you to the front door
of Wesley Heights, where you should
proceed west one block, turning left
or south on Forty-fourth street for one
block, then turning to the right on
Hawthorne street, and travelling in a
west direction one block to Forty.
fourth place. The site is then to the
left, and on the right-hand side of that
block between Hawthorne and Garfield
streets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-09
ROCK CREEK PARK ESTATES
HOME PROGRESSING RAPIDLY

windows rest on brick stills, with angle
irons on top to eliminate arches. All
first floor joists rest on bearing walls,
instead of the usual wood or metal
beams. The partition walls in the
basement are 12-inch hollow tile. and
wherever the loads come the tile is
poured with concrete to make solid
wall. In the furnace room and
coal bin a reinforced concrete beam
was employed instead of a steel beam.
as concrete is fireproof and will not
buckle under heat.
Every third joist Is anchored to the
masonry wall with a steel anchor
placed in the center of the upper half
of the joist. The main purpose Of this
anchor Is to eliminate the shrinkage
of the joist and to prevent slipping,
the anchor being placed near the top
of the joist to reduce leverage in case
Of fire.
AS soon as the joints are all in place
the subfiooring will be laid diagonal
to the joist, using narrow sheathing
to prevent the possibility Of varying
of the finished floor. The subfloor is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-09

Interesting progress was made dur.
ing the past week on The Star model
home which Is being erected in Rock
Creek Park Estates by the Edison w.
Briggs Co. With the conclusion Of
the third week since ground was
broken for this demonstration house,
the builders today completed the ma
sonry foundation walls up to the first
floor joists and it is expected that
the joists will be in place by the end
Of next week.
The Estates model home, the third
Of the series being sponsored this year
by The Star and the Home Owners In.
stitute in conjunction with the better
homes movement, is an S-room stone
and brick house of two stories and is
Of English and French rural cottage
styles of architecture. It is located
on a high plot on Orchid street north
Of Kalmia road. This house will be
opened for four weeks Of public in
spection, beginning September "a.
In the basement of this house. metal
frames are used for all window open
ings, except in the maids room. These
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-09
WESLEY HEIGHTS MODEL HOME
/ RAPIDLY NEARING COMPLETION

Work on The Star model home in
Wesley Heights, which now Is enter.
ing the eleventh week Of construction,
rapidly is nearing completion, afford.
ing excellent opportunity to prospec.
tive home owners to study a house in
the final stages Of building.
This model home, the first Of the
1927 series, is being erected at 2910
Forty-fourth place. Wesley Heights,
and is to be thrown open for formal
public inspection. lasting four weeks,
beginning July 80.
AT the present time the exterior of
the house is practically completed, the
beams having received their final coat
Of staining and the brick walk to the
front door having been finished in the
past week. On the interior of the
house the finished floors of oak have
been laid throughout. The plastering
has been finished, the cedar lining for
the closets has been erected and put
in place, and the trim around the
windows and doors is being erected.
Already the stair work Is being
erected. The cellar stairs will be fin
ished this week and the work on the
main stairway will be begun. All Of
the trim in the house is of white pine
except the shoe molding, which will
be of oak. The lot has been complete
~ graded in the front, and the land
scape architect is now working on the
rear Of the lot. which is in the nature
of a woodland. The driveway to the
garage has been finished and work Is
going on now on the garage itself.
This will be finished early next week.
Home-building processes, building
materials and equipment have been
more or less a mystery to the average
family investing what is often life
savings in their homes. There Is q
right and wrong way to proceed
through all the steps of residence con-
struction. from the selection of the
site to the kind of roofing material
used. These are things that prospec-
time home owners should know, for II
the home is poorly built of fiimsy or
inferior materials it is the home own
er's pocketbook that will suffer.
There is very little paint on the
outside of the building. which will in
sure a minimum of upkeep. Before
the painting begins would be very
excellent time for the public to in
spect the house to see the manner in
which the carpentry work has been
done and the manner in which the
trim has been prepared before erec-
ton. All of the trim has been deliv-
cred from the mill and sanded on the
bench before being turned over to the
men who were TO put it in place. The
particular men doing the trim in this
instance are men who do nothing else
than trim work and the quality of
their workmanship should be inspected
before the painter has n chance to
cover up the preparation of the trim.
and its proper erection has much to do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-09
First-Class Building Asked.

First-class construction, including
materials and workmanship for both
interior and exterior, is absolutely es.
sential. Otherwise what may appear
on the surface to be a we'll built build.
ing may deteriorate after a few years
and become a costly burden because of
heavy repair bills, maintenance costs
and loss Of tenants. Materials and
types Of construction should be used
which will suffer the least possible
wear and tear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-09

kept one and a half inches from the
masonry walls at every point to elm
mate, in case of rainy weather during
construction, the danger of the sub
floor swelling and pressing out and
damaging the exterior walls.
The matchmaking of Orchid street
has been completed, so that it is now
possible to drive directly to the model
home for an inspection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-09
Built.in Bed Becomes Popular.

For apartment or dwelling the built.
In bed has become a talking point to
prospective tenants or buyers. Wher.
ever installed the bed cuts the work
Of housekeeping. 1t gives one room
the efficiency Of two. To the home
owner this means one less room to
build, to furnish. to heat and to main.
tain
Evening star., 1927-06-19
BRISTOL LINkSMEN
TRAIL AT TORONTO

By the Associated Press.
'TORONTO~O Ont, June 1S.-Mem-
bers Of the British Ryder Cup
golf team which lost to the
l. United States players at
Worcester trailed Canadian
professionals in 36-hole medal play
here today. First and second places
went to golfers from Western Canada
and another from that section tied the
leading Britisher for third.
Shooting the best golf Of the day,
Jimmy Rimmer of Jasper Park turned
in an afternoon round of Co. four
under par, for q card of 76-69-145.
Two strokes behind him for second
was Davie Black of Shaughnessy
Heights, Vancouver, with a. T6-72-
lat.
Arthur Havers topped his fellow
Ryder Cup players with a 149 for a
tie for third with Eric Bannister of
the st. Charles Club of Winnipeg.
Herbert jolly of the British team
scored a 151 for fifth honors.
Prizes of $1,000 each. donated by
the Toledo Golf Club, went to Bannis-
ter and Rimmer for the best morning
and afternoon rounds respectively.
Jolly's 20 in the morning gave him
second for the round and q $50 prize.
while Black with his 72 won a similar
reward in the afternoon.
Nine British players and 10 Cana.
dians shot the SO holes. Except Havers
and Jolly none of the invaders seemed
at their best today.
Evening star., 1927-06-19
ST. ANDREWS GLAD
ARMOUR WON TITLE

By the Associated Press.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland. June 16.
Tommy Armour's victory in the
American open at Oakmont has great.
ly pleased golfing fans at this shrine
Of the ancient game, for the former
Edinburgh player is one of the few
Americans whose entry already has
been received for the British open
starting July II.
Whether Armour can turn the trick
that Bobby Jones accomplished last
year and leave Britain at the end of
July wearing both the American and
British open crowns is a question that
was being debated tonight in the
smoking rooms of the numerous golf
club houses lining the famous links.
British regrets over the inability
Of their Ryder Cup team to make q
better showing at Oakmont was some.
what assuaged by the playoff between
Armour and Harry Cooper Of Los
Angeles, as both of them are British
born, Cooper having been born in
England.
Some British golfers are beginning
to suspect, they say, that the only
way British players even can com.
pete seriously against Americans is
to follow Armou-'s example and emf.
CRATE to the United States. practice
putting there three or four years and
then start after the titles.
Bobby Jones will not defend his
title at st. Andrews, but nearly a
dozen Americans have indicated their
intentions Of coming, although less
than a half dozen have sent entries
to the Royal and Ancient The en-
tries close J1iIy
Evening star., 1927-06-19
INDIAN SPRING BOWL
GOLF PLAY ADVANCES

The opening round match play in
the first annual tribal bowl tourna-
ment for members of Indian Spring
Club was staged yesterday. The mem
Der who wins the tournament three
years will get permanent possession
Of the bowl, large silver affair with
IL goblets. The victor each year will
receive a replica of the trophy.
Yesterdays results follow:
Tom Moore defeated G. W. McCarter.
and 4: g. J. Mulroy defeated Bryan Morse,
! up; A.. Y. BRADLEY. defeated W. B. vogel,
j up: Selix Early defeated Perry Hoover, 2
up; !. Y. Brownel! defeated, N; B. Frost. !
and z: Fred Walen defeated w. b. Curtis. 3
bell, and T.
Second round match play will begin
this morning at II o'clock.
The pairings:
Moore VS.. Mulroy, Bradley VS.. Early,
Brownell VS.. Steele, Walen vs. Diggs.
First round consolation fight gets
under way at 11:20 o'clock this morn
ing, when McCarter and Morse tee off.
Other pairings are:
11:25, Vogel vs.. Hoover; II 80, Frost
VS.. Mihills; 11:35, Curtis VS.. Campbell.
Third round match play will get un.
der way Saturday at 2 o'clock and the
final, that win be at 36 holes, Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Evening star., 1927-06-19
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

human fringed fairway, when Harry
came to me and said, The best of
lucky, Tommy.
A little known incident that re.
called the days of the World War was
recouated yesterday by Controller
Genceal McCarl, chairman of the Con-
gressional Country Club golf commit
tee, who was with Armour through
the final day of the championship. AS
Tommy opened his locker, weary
from the strain of the final match, n
one-legged soldier, in uniform, passed
through the locker room bearing 4
basket of roses, which he had been
selling on the golf course for charity
and soldiers welfare.
I'm looking for Tommy Armour.
the champion" the veteran said. Il
want to give him these roses, to a
game guy that gave his blood in the
war just as / did,
Tommy heard it and his eyes filled
with tears. He embraced the veteran,
thanked him and needless to say, the
boy in uniform didn't go away from
the Oakmont clubhouse unrewarded.
Every flower in that overflowing
basket was worth "beaucoup jack"
in the expressive A. L. +. French.
Percy w. lie Due and Frank Short
all conspred one day last week to
pull off Il most unusual shot at the
Argyle Country Club. Playing in a
Scotch foursome tournament at the
club, lie Due drove off the first tee
and Shortall. playing the next shot,
elected to play short of the ranch
about 225 yards away and 125 yards
from the green. The bal. came to
rest on n plank walkway over the
branch and lodged in n space between
two planks, the planks running at
right angles to the pin. After con-
ference, 1t was decided that the ball
could be lofted by hitting down on
the plank an inch behind the ball,
thus pressing the plank down and
causing the ball to roll back on the
clubface, when it should. if every
thing worked out as figured, fly
straight for the pin. With one foot
on the plank and the other on the
walkway LIE Due llayed a mashie and
the result was a 10-fOot putt for a
birdie, which Shortall missed. lie
Due holed the next one for a par S.
Evening star., 1927-06-19
BY RAY MCCARTHY.
II OMMY Armour's great victory
in the thirty-third annual
open golf championship of the
L United States offers a splendid


open golf championship Of the
L United States offers splendid
lesson to all young men. the
black haired, slender Scot has given
all youngsters fine example OF how
persistence eventually will win sue
cess. For nearly 10 years, dating back
to the first year of the World War,
Armour has had enough setbacks to
flatten n dozen ordinary mortals.
TO begin with he was badly battered
in the war. He suffered a severe in
jury to his left arm and the loss of
sight in one eye. Seven years ago he
came to America with a reputation as
one of the best amateur golfers the
bonnie land of Scotland ever has pro-
duced. For a time things were very
rosy for Thomas D. Armour in the
States. He gave striking evidence of
his proficiency as a golfer in several
tournaments; he had a likable per-
Sonality that quickly won him friends,
and he began to prosper in business
way.
But perhaps things came easy too
quickly. Or maybe Armour found re-
turn to civilian life much sweeter
after four years of war than he had
anticipated. The war seemed to have
imbued him with a sort of reckless
philosophy. In any event matters
suddenly took a turn for the worse
for the Scot Things broke badly for
him. His golf game soured. After a
rosy start he was flop. SO everybody
thought.
Turned Over New Leaf.
Three years ago Armour turned
over a new leaf. He decided to earn
his living at the thing he could do
best, namely golf. Accordingly he
turned professional He settled down
to the simple life, took his profession
seriously and began to work at it. He
entered the open championship at
Worcester two years ago, and made
only a fair showing. Last year. after
Evening star., 1927-06-19
PROVES HOW PERSISTENCE
CAN ACCOMPLISH SUCCESS
Black Haired Scot Has Encountered Enough Set
backs to Flatten Dozen Ordinary Mortals, but
Has Won Out by Sticktoitiveness

great competitive season In the
South, Armour improved his showing
in the open at Scioto over that of the
previous year. He carried on through
the Winter in fine style again and
fnally came to the goal all profess
sional golfers seek, the American open
championship.
Armour we'll deserved to win his
laurels at Oakmont. He played the
most consistent golf of any competitor
in the tournament.
1t was quite interesting to observe
the difference in the styles of Armour
and Light Horse Harry Cooper as
they fought out the issue in the play
off Friday. Armour, possessing
very fine, compact swing verging on
the horizontal. showed himself to be
a wonderfully fine shot maker in
every respect. The Scot can play
half or spare shot with the same IA
cility that he executes an iron shot.
And when it comes to playing the
irons, Armour practically is in class
by himself. Certainly he has no
superiors. His firmness and remark
able direction in this department of
the game are due to the unusual
strength in his wrists. Tommy can
hold three golf clubs with the thumb
anu IOreInSeT at arm length, grip
ing only the very ends of the shafts.
If you think this is easy, try holding
one club in like manner.
Cooper Deserves Credit.
Young Cooper, who has just turned
"a. deserves great credit for his Won
derful showing. This was Cooper's
second open championship entry.
The lad first came into prominence in
January, 1926, when he captured the
$4,000 open at Los Angeles.
Cooper is a dashing, bold golfer
whose game quickly captures the
Imagination of the spectator. The
youth hits every shot. He spares
nothing. He hasn't the shot making
ability of fellows like Armour, Hagen.
Jones or Farrell. But he has plenty
of confidence, the determination to
Evening star., 1927-06-19
WINS ID. C.. FINAL, 2 AND 1,
II OVER MRS. Won STEINER
..u Defending Champion Takes Lead ON Seventh Green
After Opponent Traps Tee Shot and Rounds
Turn, 3 Up-Many Prizes Awarded.

match, and had been rewarded by an
exhibition Of good golf, the high spots
of which were two shots, one by Miss
White on the twelfth and the ap'
proach by Mrs. Won STEINER on the
sixteenth.
"These two Shots" said Tommy.
were championship golf Of the first
caliber Miss Whites drive was per-
feet, while Glenna Collett herself
scarcely could have improved on Mrs.
Won Steinner's we'll timed approach
to the sixteenth green"
Tournament Winners.
In addition to the trophies for the
champion and runner-up, Armour pre-
sented prizes to Mrs. L. B. Chapman,
winner of the consultations; Mrs. II. A.
Knox, runner-up; Mrs. Frank Tomlin-
son, Columbia, winner Of the second
flight; Mrs. w. Heap, Indian Springs,
runner-up; Mrs. II. b. Hird, Manor
Club. winner of the third flight. and
Maude Montgomery, runner-up, and
consolation second flight prize to Mrs.
A. w. Brown.
Miss White also was to have been
presented with a gold medal as
reward for turning in the low score
in the qualifying round. Delay in
receiving the trophy from the jeweier
made 1t necessary to postpone its
presentation.
Evening star., 1927-06-19
BY CORINNE FRAZIER.

A DISASTROUS seventh hole yes
" terday sent glimmering the
"A hopes Of Mrs. Alma Won Stein
4 4 ner of wrestling the District
women's golf crown from Dor
othy White, Washington Golf and
Country Club star, who subsequently
took the match, 2 and 1, in the title
round of the championship played
over the course Of Chevy Chase Club.
Mrs. Won Steinner, playing for the
first time in a final round, took the
second hole to become ! up, and re-
tained her lead to the sixth green,
where Miss White evened the count.
Up to this point Mrs. Won Stein
ner had played with a cool con-
fldence which indicated that. the
champion would have to battle
every inch of the way to stay with
her through the eighteen hols OF play
While her drives off the tee were not
so long as Miss Whites, her approach
shots were superior.
From the seventh tee, Mrs. Won
Steinner had the bad luck to send her
drive into a sand trap, her ball lying
on the edge of the bunker skirting 1t.
She essayed a distance shot to re-
cover ground lost by her short tee
shot Her effort cost her two strokes,
as she hooked the shot into the rough
across the fairway, giving Miss White
the advantage for the first time in the
match.
Apparently, realization Of her error
shook Mrs. Won Steinner's confidence,
and she dropped the next two holes
with uncertain iron shots, allowing
Miss White to round the turn, up.
Mrs. Won STEINER Rallies.
At this point Mrs. Won Steiner
rallied, but was fighting against heavy
odds. Miss White over-shot the
green at the tenth and eleventh, los
ing both. A masterful iron shot from
the middle of the fairway to within
feet of the cup. however, won the
twelfth for the title holder, but she
sacrificed the ground gained when
forced to concede the thirteenth after
driving into the rough.
The fourteenth was halved. then
Miss White took the fifteenth, to find
herself up with to go.
Had it not been for a brilliant ap-
proach by Mrs. Won STEINER the
match probably would have ended on
the sixteenth, as Miss White had the
advantage in a long drive off the tee
and a more favorable lie. Mrs. Won |
STEINER carried a dangerous bunker, |
however, and dropped her ball neatly !
on the green, holing in two puts for |
a par 5.
1t looked as though the champion |
was to lose the seventeenth, when she /
fell into trap just short Of the green !
while Mrs. Won STEINER was on. A |
neatly played niblick shot put Miss
White 10 feet from the cup, however,
and she matched Mrs. Won Steinner's |
6 for a halved hole and q. and ! |
victory.
Armour Presents Prizes.
Tommy Armour, Congressional |
Country Club pro, and newly crowned |
national open champion, made the |
presentation Of prizes Immediately |
following the match on the club |
veranda.
In summarizing the title play, Ar |
mour said that he had followed the |
Evening star., 1927-06-19
ROUSINC WELCOME HERE
FOR NEW GOLF CHAMPION
Armour Feted at Congressional Country Club After
Day of fAdulation-Awards Prizes at Womens
Meet-Presented With Auto.

nee open tournament, In which Fred
Mcleod Of Columbia and Bob Bar.
nett Of Chevy Chase also will compete.
During the day the open champion
announced that he has reconsidered
his intention to go abroad this week
to compete in the British open cham
pionship and has withdrawn his entry.
He had intended leaving Washington
Wednesday for New York to sail for
England.
At the same time he declared he has
received scores of offers to play in
exhibition matches all over the
United States, some of them coming
from the far West. He has not re-
piled to any Of them yet, preferring to
rest ntil he can outline his seasons
campaign.
Evening star., 1927-06-19

succeed and the ability to concentrate
his entire attention on his game.
The short holes on the exacting
Ookmont course ruined the chances of
both Bobby Jones and Gene Sarzen.
In the third round the Atlanta star
lost seven strokes to par on the four
short holes, as follows: 4, 4, s. ), I'm
ishing with a 10. In the final round
Sarzen lost five shots to par on the
four short holes. He failed to hit
one green on any of the short holes
on this round with his tee shot. Had
he got two of these holes in par he
would have been champion.
In almost every cup event each con-
testant suffers a jinx hole. Archie
Compston, burly Briton, who made
the best showing of any of the Brit.
ishers, can attribute the loss of the
title to the fourth. a par 5 hole Of
little more than 500 yards where many
got brides. In the four seconds
Compston got only one par on the
hole and the three other rounds he
was s, Z. s. losing in all five shots TO
par on this single hole.
tCopyrkht. 1927
A "ping-pOns" tournament was held
IL, PdrtnUaI
Evening star., 1927-06-19
ite Retains Golf Title Armow$ Victory Lesson for All Youths
MRS. HORN CAPTURES
GOLF TITLE EASILY

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, June 1s.--Long
drives and accurate putting for par
scores today gave Mrs. Miriam Burns
Horn, Kansas City, 8 and 4 victory
over the defending champion, Mrs. o.
s. Hill, also Of Kansas City, and the
title in the women's' Transmississippi
Golf Tournament here.
Mrs. Horn. former Western cham
pion, ended the 36-hole ANAL match at
the Blue Hills Club on the thirty-sec-
ond green when she sank her put for
a par while Mrs. Hill was taking ..
Mrs. Hill was badly off her game at
times. dropping holes to Mrs. Horn
on the first nine Of the morning round
and more going out in the afternoon.
The new champion went out on the
morning round in par IL. while Mrs.
Hill took 43. Coming in, however,
Mrs. Hill matched Mrs. Horn hole for
hole, both taking par 40s.
On the first nine of the afternoon
round the defending champion again
was off her game, taking a As, over
par. while Mrs. Horn had AZ.
For the five holes of the final nine
played, Mrs. Horn was one under par
and Mrs. Hill had par.