Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

title she won last year at Congress.
sional
Tuesday will he devoted to qualify.
ing, with one flight of JIG and two
OF to qualify, Match play rounds
viii start Wednesday and continue
through Saturday.
George J. Vo;gt. winner of the Co.
lumbia tourney. and Earl McAleer,
VINO tied for low qualifying score.
with 1os, are to play off their tie
today.
The first hole in one scored in many
years at the Chevy Chase Club nv a
member OF the diplomatic corps was
registered yesterday on the 145-yard
tenth by Tsuneo Matsudaira, japanese
Ambassador to the United States. Mr..
Matsudaira played the shot with
mashie. He was in a threesome with
Setsuzo SaWada, counsellor to the
Japanese embassy. and Shigenori
Togo, first secretary.
A series of twO-team matches has
been arranged between the Argyle
Club and the Belle Haven Country
Club of Alexandria. the first To be
played July 10, when Argyle will visit
Belle Haven. The second match viii
be played July II at Argyle 'fh,
match at Belle Haven will he played
between eight-man teams and that
at Argyle between 12-man teams.
1t Is quite tribute to the enhanced
skill of Washington golfers that the
scoring was so low last Wednesday
and Thursday in the qualifying round
of the Columbia tournament Although
the course lent itself to low scoring.
being fast and with we'll watered
greens, the scoring was much lower
than In any previous tournament
around Washington. Seventy-nina was
needed to make the first flight and IS
was necessary to get in The e!vtl
flight. When IS players about Wash.
lngton can shoot IS or betteC over TIL
hard Columbia layout, it speaks vol.
uTes for the quality of local golf
C0iumbia's tournament Is the only
big local affair this year which did not
have a default in the match play
rounds. All the matches in six flights
were played. In the first round
Comdr. r. G. Leighton of Columbia
was on the first tee, ready to play.
md vas called to his office. This was
The only match won through failure
VI a competitor to play. In view OF
the size of the tourney, with Il list
Of more than 410 entries, this is quite
record. Darcy Banagan, Columbia's
assistant professional kept the play.
Frs moving off the first tee in an un.
Interrupted stream and would brook
no delay.
Oallmontis rugged test will thwart
the efforts of the crack golfers Of
the world who gather there Tuesdar
10 begin play for the national open
championship and permit of no such
oW scoring as has been the case in
)ther similar title chases, in the opin.
on of Fred Mcleod. veteran PROBES
Slonai at the Columbia Country club.
30 sure is Mcleod that Oakmont
VIII haffie the topliners Of the world
nat ne has placed several small
'aSefs that score of 29S viii Win
ne tournament---a higher marx then
las been the winning score in tho
open Tor severa! years. Already d;tEi-
'ut, Oakmont, according to Mcleod,
'as been even more severely trapped,
lntli today shot the least bit off
'olor VIII find the bottom of the sand
'ldged bunkers that dot the expans.
mont.
Particularly around the fourteenth.
fifteenth and sixteenth holes the
curse mas been made harder, Mcleod
aid. He believes that no competitor
II Inc championship will score as low
IS 70 during the four championship
ounds.
In proof of his contention, Mcleod
POINTS to the high qualifying scores
asst week at OalImont, where 1877 tied
or last place among the ii men who
qualified in the Pittsburgh district.
Leroy Sasscer, champion of the
Argyle Country Club, equaled the
curse record for Beaver Dam last
sunday, registering 70 in a team
match between Argyle and Beaver
Dam. Sasscer was playing against
y. j. Cox, who holds the Beaver Dam
Tub record, and Notwithstanding Cox's
q, he was beaten and 8. Sasscer
made the score despite a Z on the
ninth hole, where he had par 4 left ,
or &c.
His card follows:
Outs 4 8 3 4 IS 2 7-36
In ID 5 5 : 4 "A 5-37-73