Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30


match at Indian Spring next Friday
William S. John will captain the local
team.
Birdie Is in two out of three at
;empts come rarely on the lengthy
fifth hole at Columbia. But Reid Diggs
of Bannockburn scored 4, 5. 4. on this
par hole, with its fearsome traps, in
the District championship concluded
last Thursday On the first occasion
he half topped his tee shot, but played
a great iron from the bunkers to the
green, and ran down the putt. The
second came as result of two fine
wooden shots. a good pitch and a fine
putt.
Never again will there be a lengthy
postpcnemcnt of the play-off of tie
for TIC amateur golf championship Of
the District. Although unavoidable de-
lay in playing off the championship tie
between A. l.. Houghton of Manor and
Miller B. STEVENSON of Columbia came
about last Thursday when the latter was
forced to leave Washington on bust
ness trip, the executive committee of
the District Golf Association decided
that in the future contestants must i'm
mcdiatcly play off tie for first place
or forfeit. AS the matter now stands
STEVENSON and Houghton will play off
their tie on October Z.
1t is customary, in 72-hole medal play
events. for the men who tie for first
place to play off the tie on the day fol-
lowing the end of the scheduled COM
petition.
Donald Woodward of Columbia now
believes he is eligible to play in the
amateur championship. After watching
Arthur Yates of Rochester beat George
Won Elm in the simon pure title chase,
Woodward said, Il beat that fellow
Yates myself in a tournament" And so
he did, in the Palm Beach champion
ply in the final
President Harold A. Brooks of the
Manor Club has presented a handsome
trophy to the club, which will be called
the Presidents Trophy" Although the
conditions of play have not yet been set
down, 1t will be played as a scratch
competition. with Is men to qualify and
meet at match play.
Entries for the C0rby Cup tourna-
ment. an l8-hole medal play compet.-
ton to be played at Columbia Tuesday
and open to- all woman members CT
clubs about Washington. will close vii h
Mrs. w. S. Corby tomorrow night. MIS-
Corby. In addition to being the donor OF
the trophy. Is president OF the Women's
District Golf Association.
William J. Cox of Argyle had one OF
the most unusual experiences last Vice.
neSday of which we have ever heard
about in the game of golf He was
struck by his own ball and thereby in
CURED penalty stroke Playing with
C. l. Putnam in the first round of the
District championship at Columbia, Cox
hooked his ball off the first tee into the
woods. The ball was found deep in
among the trees which fringe the fail
way on the left. Cox discerned a mar
row opening between two big trees
through which he thought he could
knock his ball, But the pellet. hit high
In the air, struck tree, ricocheted to
another tree, struck still a third tree
and bouncing back, hit Cox on the
head
The question thereby arose as to
whether he had incurred a penalty
stroke. and 1t was decided that he had
So that instead of he started with
a discouraging on the very first hole
of the championship.
Rule 9 of the rules for stroke COM
petition says that IF competitors ball
strikes or be stopped by himself, his
clubs or his caddies, the penalty shall
be one stroke
Albert f. Steincm. chairman of the
committee of the District Golf Assoc!-
alton on revision Of the constitution
and bylaws, plans to call a meeting
this week of his committee to work on
the new constitution. The purpose OF
the proposed revision is to bring the
constitution up-to-date and to make all
decisions of the local golf body binding
on the member clubs.
Maurice J. McCarthy's great length
from the tee was never better demon
strated than during the first round of
the District Championship last week.
Playing over the Columbia course for the
first time. the intercollegiate title holder
reached the sixth and twelfth greens
with a spade mashie after the tee shot.
Most of the other competitors we're
using brassies or long irons Mccarthy
should have had an eagle 3 on the
par 5 twelfth, for 7-foot putt Tipped
the cup
He rolled In three brides on five
consecutive holes. starting with . at
the par eighth, par 4 on the ninth,
birdie 3 on the par tenth. a par 4
on the difficult eleventh into the teeth
of the wind, and a birdie on the par
5 twelfth.
Joseph A. Cox: n member of the Ar
gyle Club won the low gross prize in
the second annual golf tourney OF the
Bureau OF Mines, played at the Manor
Club. Cox turned In gross card of
n al Oh ;,.
'front.' CT Themes A. Kcleher. jr., who
had l72. George S. Pope had 1850 and
G. r. Hopkins was fourth with 1874.
First net prize went to G. S. Pope.
with ila while C. W. Wright had sec
2nd low net OF l53. Cox finished third
in tn, net competition with 159. Pope
won the Wright Trophy. presented by
c. w. Wright, chief engineer of the
mining division of the bureau. The
Is low gross scorers In the tourney are
to play this week at match play at
East Potomac Park for the Scott
Turner Trophy and the c. P. White
Trophy.
Commerce Commission stat are to play
Tuesday and Thursday at the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club for the
Practitioners Trophy, cup put up
last year by attorneys practicing be-
fore the commission. The event will be
72-hole medal play tourney with
handicap allowance. Thirty-six holes
will be played Tuesday. with SO more
to follow Thursday. The l6 low net
scores on Tuesday will qualify for the
final 80 holes two days later. All en-
ploycs Of thu commission are eligible
for the tourney. Several other prizes
will be awarded on the basis of l8, So
and u hole scores
Again Columbia is going to run off
its club championship just as an in
vitation tournament IS oneratecl. Guy
NJ. Standifer, who won the club title
for the second time last year. plans
10 come II Washington fror. rs home
in New York to defend. Players with
handicaps of 8 and less will play So
holes October II. to qualify eight mon
for the championship division, who
will play for a trophy donated by F.
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