Evening star., 1928-05-03
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

THE next time H. H. CTexl New
ton Of Congressional. relies on
gallery goSSip to know what he
Il has to do 10 nose out fellow
Sclfer for q qualifying medal
he will seek sound advice as to the
leading score.
late Yesterday afternoon Newton
stood on the sixteenth tee at the WASH
s7rton Golf and Country Club with
three Is for rs, which would have
NT1n the medal by two shots. Some
ere in the gallary around the siXteenth
fcI0 him a IS and a 70 were already
fn and when he took on the SIX"
teenth he figured his chance TO win
was completely lost So he played the
seventeenth and eighteenth indifier-
emily. scoring 5 on each hole, 10 enc
with rs.
And when he reached the score board
he found that A. L. Houshton Of the
Manor Club, winner Of the tourney laSt
wear. had turned in a card OF Io-the
lowest Of the day OF course Newton
w,av still have finished with three SIS
had he known of Houghton's 70. Ano
ne NAV have finished with three As
Now Tex isn't going TO believe gallery
rosSir any more, but intends to so
ahead and shoot his best golf.
1t was Just another incident OF q
colorful Qualifying day in the invitation
tournament of the Washington Golf
and Country Club. where more than
900 golfers struggled with par all day
long. ending Just at dusk with virtually
no casualties, in so far as those VINO
should make the first flight are con-
eerned. Only one of the men counted
on to fight il out for the nrst nlgnt
trophy missed qualifying, although II
looked for a time as If Page Hufty OF
Congressional might have a set back
when he took an IS.
The lone outsider, who is playing IN
the second flight today Is Henry ID.
Nicholson of the Washington Golf and
Country Club. Nicholson ran into an
unfortunate series of occurrences that
cost him an e4. his worst trouble
coming on the seventeenth, where ne
took q to blast his chances OF quail
fvtng In the first flight of the tourney
IN which he was runner-up last year.
First-round matches today found the
favorites paired against men they were
expected 10 beat, with one exception.
Maurice J. Mccarthy. long-hitting
Washington star, was opposed TO the
steady Newtcn, and the winner OF this
match is expected to 60 far In the
tourney. Hcughton, last years winner,
was paired against c. H. Doing. jr.,
one Of the stalwarts Of the home club.
Mccarthy pulled another phenomenal
stunt yesterday Playing with Page
Hufty in the medal round. he pulled
his first ball out of bounds and then
drove the green sos yards away, Secur-
.ng a par 1. Hufty. meanwhile, had
pushed his ball far to the right, and
pitched up TO sink the putt for a
birdie g.
Thomas P. Bones, jr-. junior cham
pion Of the Columbia Country Club,
cut loose with tee shot on the tenth
hole that ended on the green and en-
ahled him to get 3 3. Bones was out
IN So strokes and his tremendous shot
on the 3I0-yard tenth started him on
o scoring rampage that got him back in
38, even with three three-putt green's.
Houghton's IS came as the result Of
stellar golf over the last nine holes,
which the Manortte negotiated In "a
strokes, after getting out in IL. He
played With Judge G. q. Hatfield Of
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