Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-16

IN professional duos at Congress
n stonal and Indian Spring
Tommy and Sandy Armour and
+ Munro Hunter and George Dinen-
baurh-were going forward today as
4 laree part Of golfing washington as
cussed the SPLENDID play revealed py
Hunter In virtually playing the best
bali OF Britain's famous pair: Comp
ston and Boomer, to q standstin at In
dian Spring yesterday.
The probability Is that the Armours
win play the Indian Spring combination
in a best ball home-and-home matcn
early In August, after Tommy Armour
returns from the Canadian open cnan-
pionship to be played July 70, ~ ano 20.
The match viii not be In the nature
siderable purse be hung up. II WIN
simply be q friendly contest between
tour fine golfers, although there ID nttie
doubt side bets win be made between
members Of the two clubs.
AItholela Hunter was the bright ana
shining light of the exhibition Wnicn
found himself and Diffenbaugh ALL
s0,,are with Compton and Boomer AFTER
IT, EIGHTEENTH hole had been played
yesterday. little George, barely more
fhan s feet 4 inches In height. inquired
IN two very important holes, the nntn
and sixteenth, halving the ninth ana
winning the sixteenth.
Throuehout the balance Of the round
the gigantic Hunter carried the ngnt 70
the enemy with sufacient effectiveness
that for the first eight holes ms pan
alone was / up on the best ball OF the
Britishers, and for the first IA noies ne
was square with their best BAH.
IL xfyoc the contest ana
~ intense the struggle that the nearly
4 thousand spectators we're on tiptoes
until Boomer holed q putt TO win the
eighteenth and square the match.
Hunter Drives Far.
Hunter was the big gun OF the ex-
hihition, In many ways, carrying the
brunt OF his teams effort and sending
his usual booming tee shots far down
the fairways to consistently outdrfve the
best efforts Of the other three. Indeed,
Hunter was so far In front from every
tee that he made the usually lengthy
tee shots Of the two Britons look ike
the efforts of an ordinary amateur.
strangely enough, Hunter, who Is not
m straight as q shorter hitter. under
ordinary circumstances, was the
straightest OF the quartet yesterday,
finding the rough from the tee on oniy
one occasion, when he hooked o bao ne
In the rough at the eighteenth mole
after Dtnenbaugh had topped MS Tee
shot.
Only six holes were won during the
match and Hunter won two OF elem,
breaking the Ice for his team by SUCK
inG q masilie shot within three feet Oh
the pin at the third to annex the hole
Ank4 80 STfAA pfffiGh nAfT
souared at the long seventh. when both
secured birdie Is. But Hunter came
right back on the eighth TO win with
q birdie when l2-foot putt found
the bottom OF the cup. Diffenbaugh
halyed the ninth after over driving the
green. The next i've holes were halved,
leaving the Indian Spring duo ! up
with four TO 60. But at the lengthy
fifteentn Boomer was home with q drive
and spoon and Hunter half topped his
second shot. while Diffenbaugh found
a bunker and the match was squared.
Drive Goes $40 Yards.
Hunter ciouted his longest tee shot
that did not stop until 1t went past
the 3io-yard mark. But he again top
ped his second shot and there little
Diffenbaugl came in with the winning
stroke. He laid q niblick shot within
six feet of the pin and ran down the
putt TO win. after Compston had blown
q iS.footer for a half In 4. Boomer
meanwhile, pushed his second shot to
the rough, pitched into bunker and
took 9 to the hole.
They halyed the 1874 yard seventeenth
In par 30 and the home pair was dormie
up. But Diffenbaugh topped his tes
shot, and Hunter. striving for distance
hooked TO the rough and bad lie
while Compston and Boomer played
straight down the middle. Diffenbaugt
nearly reached the green with scream.
Ing brsssie shot, and Hunter also played
UP 70 the edge. while Compson, plainl,
III his game all day. pushed his shot II
/ the right. Boomer played an iron sho
| 20 feet 10 the left Of the pin. Hunter
| Clipped rs feet past and Diffenbaugt
ran up short Both made valiant efforts
| for their tours, but Boomer was dowI
| In two puts 10 win the hole with pa
and square the match.
Boomer Plays Wen.
Boomer, who is professional at ST.
| Cloud, near Paris, and holds the French
| open title, was the mainstay OF nj
team, for the rangy compston was put
| ting poorly and not hitting his Iron
shots with his usual accuracy. He looked
tired, and he was, by steady string o
exhibition matches.
The ETitisheEs have played IN eigh
matches In the last two weeks ans