The Washington times., 1928-07-12
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Anybody who thinks j.
Monro Hunter and George
Diffenbangh will be white
meat for the famous English
team, Archie Compston and
Aubrey Boomer, should carry
a defensive tomahawk when
stating said opinion around the
Indian Spring clubhouse.
What was to have been mere
exhibition BY spectacular golf
players, and all four are classified
thusly, now looms as WOW Of q
battle.
Freddie Mcleod. former national
open champion, has been called in
to retree. The powers that be at
Indian Spring, having an uncom.
mon amount OF faith in Hunter
and Diffenbaugh, are handling the
affair as though it were q world
championship match.
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The exhibition angle has been
forgotten. Indian Spring ID out
for . victory. Il you please.
The attitude OF Hunter and Diff.
fenbaugh might be described as
grim. AS 4 team they haven't been
trimmed this season and with four
victories tucked away they've be.
gun to think only In terms Of vic
tory. Their confidence isn't in the
least shaken by the greatness OF
Compston, the conqueror of Hagen,
and Boomer. who holds the French
open crown.
Nor do they wilt even a trifIe
when the recent triumph of the
Englishmen over Johnny Farrell
and Gene Sarazen is pointed out.
Nor are they boastful. They
merely have gone to work with
d studied grfn1ness to improve
every angle of their games.
Hunter especially has i'm
proved. He had depended too
much on his prodigious drives
and moreover had taken such
keen delight IN them that some
OF the other shots had been
neglected. During the last week
the Indian Spring giant has
been specializing on approaches.
The result was conspicuous when
he and George played practice
round yesterday. Hunters tee shots
were as long as ever and having
become commonplace attracted not
much attention from those who fol.
lowed the pair. More often than
otherwise he was dead on the pin
but was somewhat of on distance.
And Hunter hopes to have this
wrinkle In his game ironed OUT by
Sunday. II toll will do it, it may
be considered good as done. There
isn't a lazy ounce in his giant
makeup.
In the practice round, played
from the back tees, Hunter and
Diffenbaugh each had . ~,
which was one over par. They
scored five brides and had =
low ball Of S.. Hunter had
three brides and Diffenbaugh
a couple.
Hunter hit two drives worthy OF
note. On the 4S3.yard No. Is, where
he scored a birdie his tee shot
carried a full $50 yards, and he
reached the green with ease with
a mashie.
On the 525.yard No. 16 his drive
was 325 yards. Those who have
played Indian Spring can best Wis
ualize this shot when told that it
was about even with the bunker
that stretches partly across the fair
way. Hunter was on the green
with No. 4 iron and got another
birdie 4.
A low ball of SIS should just about
win Sundays battle. And out at
Indian Spring they're confident
that Hunter and Diffenbsugh will
repeat II Or do even better.
TODAY'S GOLF RULE
General and through the green
(RuIe y when the balls are in play.
the ball farther from the mole shall
be played first,
Through the green, or in .
hazard, IL = player play when
his opponent should have played,
the opponent may at once recall
the stroke. A ball so recalled
shall be dropped as near ~ pos
sible to the place where IL lay,
without penalty.