Evening star., 1928-03-12

TIME champions still hold theil
championship. Nearly 10 hole:
| were required before Chairman
l. McClenahan of the green's com.
mittee and Chairman Power oi
the house committee of the Washing
| ton Golf and Country Club were able
to establish sufficiently satisfactory
margin of victory over DR. T. d. Webt
| and d. G. Gruver, but yesterday after
noon. in the driszle and wet OF early
| Spring rainfall. they finally pounded
| out 2-up victory that established them
as kings of their particular class.
! Not that their class is at the very
| top of the heap, because they have
placed certain limitations around their
appearance In matches against their
| fellow clubmen ANY challenges ad-
dressed to McClenahan and Power by
| golflng gents against whom they have
not played is met with the statement,
Go get a reputation. We can't afford
to icopardize ours against some one
who has nothing to lose"
So the rubber match yesterday. after
81 holes of even combat, was matter
OF great interest To the golfers at Wash
lngton and when the fourSome left the
first tee few respectable wagers had
| been laid on the two teams. McClena-
han, who has a considerable reputation
as n mud horse" found the heavy
going to his liking. but the real meat
of the cocoanut lay in Powers putter
And therin lies a story. On no less
than holes Power ran down puts over
the Soggy greens, through the rain, OF
more than 20 feet in length the crown
ing blow coming on the fourteenth
where a putt across the green put them
in the lead for the first time.
AS they came into the grillroom
some one whispered in Webb's ear that
Schenectady putters such as Power
used are barred in competition, and
that Furthermore that particular putter
should be barred because of its age and
history. Power successfully talked that
away, but brought out the fact that
with that very putter he defeated
Jerome D. Travers, one-time open and
amateur champion of the United States,
at time when Jerry was at the height
Of his game, for the championship OF
the Upper Montclair Club.
So Webb and Gruver learned that
Power really had a reputation, for 1t
falls to no mean golfer to beat a man
Of the caliber Of Jerry Travers. In
fact, the feat today would be something
ike l2-handicap man trouncing
Bobby Jones
Having learned that they had been
opposed TO two such redoubtable golfers,
Webb and Gruver still were not con-
vlnced. and as the shades of night fell
over the course they were trying 70
| arrange q match over longer layout
for this week Power was evasive, al
| though his words smacked strongly OF
confidence. until some one suggested
that young Tommy Webb substitute for
one OF the others.
For Tommy Webb, be 1t known. is
one OF the coming young golfers around
Washington. Even his dad admits that
the youngster has gone beyond him
The last two times Tommy has played
he has come back over the difficult last
nine at washington in 81 strokes. Not
so bad for a 15-year-old youngster in
his second year at the game Dave
Thomson predicts Tommy is going
somewhere in golf
Meanwhile Gruver and Webb are
striving TO get a reputation by beat
ing the champions. Their hardest task,
1t seems, after listening to the locker
room talk, Is TO get the title holders
hooked up for return engagement.
They may get together over Congress
sionafs lengthy reaches this week.
Dave Thomson, the club professional,
and Frank K Roesch. the club cham
pion Of Washington. essayed to trounce
Maurice j. Mccarthy and r. r. Har-
rell, with Indifferent success. Nc
Carthy and Harrell won on the seven
teenth.
Sandy Armour's genial presence again
is making itself felt at Congressional
The elder brother of Open Champion
Tommy Armour has returned to Wash
! ington from his indoor school In New
York. He will remain until golf closes
| for the season around the Capital, next
! December.
Fred Mcleod of Columbia is recov-