Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

Up at Winged Foot the National
Capital will have but two players in the
battle line. Both are fine golfers. but
neither has a chance to win the cham
pionship. They are Fred Mcleod, vet
eral professional of the Columbia Coun-
try Club, who won the. title at Myopia
81 years ago, and Gene Larkin, sorrel-
topped assistant professional at Chevy
Chase, who was born the year before
Mcleod won his open championship,
What a contrast in ages and styles
these two aspirants for the title Afford
Mcleod is a comparatively short hit
Ter, but a master with the short irons
and the putter; while Larkin is one of
the longest drivers in the game around
Washington and one of the best putt
ers living. If he had McLeod's ability
to chip and pitch, he might have a
chance at the big championship.
Fred McLeod's showing at Winged
Foot depends almost altogether on the
weather. If the course Is hard and
fast, the little Columbia pro may be up
around the top for the first round or
two and may finish in the money. But
II rain descends over the 1000 yards OF
the Winged Foot battlefront, wee Fred
die will be hard put to it to keep up with
the scoring pace the longer hitters VIII
set.
A8Fktn rs EtuSScEe
Larkin will be playing in his first
open championship. He viii be up
against the nerye-wrecking fact that
he is an unknown kid out there play
ing In q competition with the greatest
stars of the game. If he keeps his
head about him and goes about his
work unmindful of the rest of the
crowd, he will do well. But If he al
lows the glarnor Of the championship TO
Jnsettle him, he will not 60 so far.
We believe from watching the quiet lad
at Chevy Chase that he will do bet
ter than most youngsters on their f1rst
trip up into the big time. For Gene
has that priceless attribute Of. golf
teeth Of unfortunate circumstances.
.(Some can them bad breaks.)
Oh, yes, there are others. For IN
stance. there 10 Roland Mackenzie,
Columbia amateur, entered from the
Columbia Country Club. And there are
George J. voigt and Maurice J. Nc.
Carthy, both of whom are members OF
Warrington clubs, but cannot properly
be ranked Is contestants from the
Cauitai. Nor can Roland, even though
he Is entered from Washington, for he
transferred his domicile to New York,
and u now truly q resident OF the
metropolis. Mccarthy happens to be
. student ct Georgetown University and
q member of the Washington Coli and
Country Club, while Voigt happens to
have retained q nonresident member
ship at Bannockburn. But neither. can
be termed golfers from the Capital.
1 Growling Over Mccarthy.
There r. certain to be a lot Of growl-
ing. by the way, among the profess
SIGNALS, IL Mccarthy does not start in
the open. The washington pros are
quite outspoken In their denunciation
Of Mccarthy for qualifying for the
championship when he is obligated IN
every way to defend his intercollegiate
title. It Is unfortunate that the two
tournaments conflict, but Mccarthy
should have foreseen this, the pros
aver. and should have withdrawn his
card from the national open qualify
ing rounds.
He is almost certain to go to the
semi-fnal in the intercollegiate, and II
he does, he cannot start in the open. If
that fappens-and it is almost sure
to happen-he will have kept profess
sionai out Of the open championship,
and the wailings and meanings that
viii arise will not make him feel any
too good about the matter. Perhaps
Maurice forgot about the intercollegiate
when he qualified for the open. That
is q charitable view to take OF the mat
tar ut anV rate.