Evening star., 1928-05-09
SMALL BUT SELECT FIELD
I'M TOWN-COUNTRY GOLF

sonably easy pitch to the green. Or
how'many. playing tho long first hole at
Congressional, 50 place their second
shot, that the third shot is made fairly
easy. 1t seems to us (although VIC
don't always follow IT. that this line of
reasoning Is the soundest in both medal
and match play, and that. after all, the
golf course is the real opponent
Bob Jones gave forth further sound
piece of reasoning when he said that he
had noticed when he played par or a
stroke above he had little trouble win
ming most of his matches. OF course,
not every man can play par golf But
every man has some control over where
p golf ball is to be placed And IL he
places his tee shot so as TO make the
second shot easier his game becomes
more sound and his score lower
All Of which has some bearing on the
relative scoring in medal and match
play. We believe that few players make
any great attempt to place their shots
IN medal play, knowing that a mistake
Is not going to mean lost hole TO a
human opponent. Perhaps If they did
they would be better of. While In
match play they so maneuver to place
their shots that they will not lose to
their opponent. The great open spaces
beckon in medal play and the sky is
the limit. But In match play the shots
are circumscribed, to degree. by the
shots of the opponent: everything is not
so free and open. and in consequence
the scores are generally lower Then.
again, the squirting effect Of the op-
ponentS shots has a reaction on the
game of the player.
But we still like to adhere to Bob
jones theory, PLAY the golf course and
not the opponent"
Frederick X. Hitz, handicap 4. has
won his way to the semi-final round in
the French High Commission Gun
tourney at the Chevy Chase Club. de-
feating E. o. Wagenhorst, handicap. II,
up in 25 holes.
Fourteen women competed in a
Scotch foursome handicap medal play
tournament yesterday at Indian Spring
| Golf Club.
Prize winners we're Mrs. Norman
Frost and Mrs. Warren L. Heap, e6 net
| Handicap 49,; Mrs. Z. B. Tilley and
Mrs, Carrie Baker, 81 net (handicap
/ l4D: Mrs. Gross and Mrs Murphy, 9s
net (handicap 22); Mrs. Brownell and
| Mrs. Grant, 100 net handicap 25) /;
Mrs. Hoover and Mrs Stabler. i02 net
| (handicap 49,. and Miss Hunter and
Mrs. Conkling. l06 net (handicap 49,.
Representative z. Walton Moore of
| the eighth Virginia district is sched
/ uled to be reelected To the presidency
| Of the Washington Golf and Country
| Club tonight. Moore his served one
year in that Office, having succeeded
James A. Drain, who moved away from
| the city Other officers are also to be
elected tonight.
| D. c. Gruyer. one of the prominent
| golfers of the club, was elected a mem
Der of the board Of governors at the
annual meeting of the club last night,
taking the place of. DR.. Robert s. Lamb.
The first golf tourney of the season
of the Electrical League of Washington
will be held May II, at the Indian
Spring Golf Club. Nearly 20 prizes
have been put up by washington eiec-
trical concerns for the tourney.
Golfers Of the Interdeaarsmental
League are practicing steadily for the
annual tourney of the league. to be held
| at Indian Spring June and 5. More
| than 200 players employed by the Gov
I eminent services are expected TO enter
/ In the tourney, which is purely medal
( split up for two days The features
OF the affair are the competitions for
| the individual championship, now held
| by George Wadsworth of the State De-
/ partment. and the team championship.
| won last year at the Manor Club By the
| State Department team. NJ. A. Shipiey
and wadswortf1 tied for the individual
| title lr.st war. and Wadsworth won on
! the play-ofT,