Evening star., 1928-05-17
SIMMONS EQUALS
DAv|DSON'S FEAT
Maurice Mccarthy Tops
Qualifying Field in Tourney
With a Card of II.
BY WALTER r., McCALLuM.

It isn't often that two holes in one
are made on the same course in one day,
And when one of the aces is made in
the medal round of q big golf tourra-
nient the performance approaches the
stage of q miracle. First II was the
Iona hitting Dick Davidson Orchard p
SIS he is known to his more formal ac-
QuaintAnceSl. and then 1t was j. F..
Simmons. Davidson had his ece on the
ls3-yard fourth hole in the qualifying
round OF the Chevy Chase Club tour
ney, and apparently 1t didn't help his
game a whole lot, ar he turned IN
score OF IS TO qualify in the second
fight. Simmons playing late IN the
afternoon. after all the tournament en-
SrantS had started. holed his tee shot
with a driver on the 2So-yard ninth
hole. the third time in the latter-oay
history OF the club the ninth has been
made in one stroke.
We have heard of many holes IN
one and have been lucky enough on two
occasions to hole q tee shot. but yes
terday's miraculous performance at
Chevy Chase caps the well known cii-
max. We remember reading about two
players halving hole in one stroke lar
back in the dim years OF the game,
but we never have been around a golf
course where two holes in one we're
made the same day. MesSrs. Davidson
and Simmons deserve all the ginger ale,
eolf balls and pipes and other sur6ries
that there are to get by reason Of hav-
ing had the good taste to make their
aces on the same day.
Mccarthy Tops QualiHers.
Dayidson's ace came early in the hec-
&c qualifying round of the Chevy Chase
Club tournament--a medal round that
found Maurice ]. Mccarthy of the WASH
sngson Golf and Country Club. captain
of the Georgetown University golf team,
leading q splendid field TO the wire With
q card of Tone shot below the al
most equally fine card Of 73 made by
Frederick X. Hitz, q member OF the
Chevy Chase Club. and q young player
who shows a great deal OF promise
Hitz turned in his score quite early IN
the day and for q long time it looSea
as II II would stand up to win the quail
ifvinr medal. Then Mccarthy. who won
the Washington tournament two weeks
ago, and has been in the North with
the GEORGETOWN golf team for 10 days.
breezed through to the turn In SO and
needed equal figures to beat out the
Chevy Chase lad for the medal.
Mccarthy started back like Q house
afire. scoring 8. 4, 4, 2, one under par.
But he ran into at the tricky fouT-
teenth. where he found the ditch IN
front OF the green And he took q
at the sixteenth, leaving him two fours
for q 70 10 win. He played the sevefl-
teenth in mastery fashion TO obtain
his par 4, and crashed out magnincent
tee shot ct the eighteenth
He followed with a No. iron to the
near edge Of the green. leaving him
two puts to nose out Hitz. large
gallery. hearing of the effort OF the
GEORGETOWN lad. followed his play 70
the eighteenth. His approach putt was
{ feet short. but there never was
auv doubt about the next one. He took
bis time and It hit the bottom Of the
cup with q satisfying -plunk.T Page
Hufty and H II. Newton Of Congress
gspnai were among those who scored
too higF t0 make the first flight. where
81 was the limit. Both Withdrew. F..
]. Beeer Of Shackanaax0n also vas too
high. and Rudolph r. Harreil Of WASH
lnFtOn. who once won the CongTession-
n championship. failed to show UP Tor
the prospective play-on for last place
IN the frst flight and 50 was dropped
into the second flight.
The showing of George S. Lyon, To-
year-old Canadian veteran and winner
Of the tournament in 1922. was dis
appointment, both TO himself and 10
the many who expected him to go far
In the event. Lyon. playing poorly. and
unable to get fis shots going, shot an
S6 to qualify in the third fight. Nc
Cartiays score follows.