Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-10
ONG weeks of q stern chase after
Ralph s. Fowler have earned


Ralph s. Fowler have earned
Erwin p. Hair a tie at the pres
IL ent state of affairs In the ringer
tournament which is providing
such an interesting race at the WASH
ington Golf and Country Club. Lag
ging q stroke or two behind Fowler" Tor
weeks, Hair chung closely on his heels
all the while, awaiting his chance TO
slip across the birdie or eagle. His
flung q lengthy second shot on to the
fifteenth green and canned the putt
for an eagle 3 on this par 5 hole. Now
Fowler and Hair are tied, both with
selected scores of Sc. Inasmuch as only
scores made or week end golf or OH
holidays count In the event, both must
wait until the coming week end for Q
chance to better their score. Then the
battle will be on, hammer and tongs,
for the event ends at the end Of Sep
TENDER and not much time is left.
Kiwanians of the Capital area will
play in a golf tournament Friday after
noon at the Congressional Country
Club.
j. p. McCarl, controller general OF
fthe United States, shattered 30 for the
first time in his life three weeks ago
scoring a 10 over the Congressional
Country Club course. He thought then
that the apex of the golf season had
been reached for him. But Just the
other day the genial general" as ne
is called by his business associates, did
even better than that. A sterling a.
which is only four over par for the
Congressional course, rewarded the
sturdy official, and now he Is satisfied
With him when he made that II was
Sandy Armour, the club professional. at
whose knee McCarl has sat and imbibed
enough golf knowledge to be con-
sistent scorer in the low 80s and occa-
sionally drop into the high 70s.
Junior championships of four clubs
about Washington were TO be decided
today, while the junior titular event at
still a third was TO get under way In
preparation for match play rounds
later In the week.
A small field Of youngsters gathered
at the Indian Spring Coli Club and the
Washington Golf and Country Club to.
play route for the respective club junior
titles, while out at Columbia another
group of juniors were to qualify today
for the match play rounds to be COM
pleted during the week.
James G. Drain Is the reigning junior
title holder at Washington and is de-
tending his championship. Roger Pea
cock, who won the Indian Spring junior
title last year and recently won the
in the tourney at Indian Spring, while
John Owens, winner at Columbia last
year, is not playing in defense of his
title this year. Three players stand
out for the championship at Indian
Spring-Peacock, Byrn Curtiss and
Charles w. Cole, jr., while three more
are outstanding at Washington--Drain
Thomas D. Webb, jr., ard Charles D
Evans.
]. Munro Hunter. professional at In
dian Spring, and his stalwart son, J.
Monro, jr., paired together to finish
third yesterday in the amateur profess
sional best ball competition staged at
the Elkridge Hunt Club by the Middle
Atlantic Professional Golfers ASSocia-
ton. Their best ball was SO, which was
one stroke behind the mark Of SO made
by two Baltimore pairs. B. Warren
Cochran, veteran OF the Baltimore
Country Club and holder Of the Mid
Atlantic amateur title. registered q blaz-
ing 10 over the course TO play himself
and his partner, Willie Scott, into a tie
at 90 with Frank M. Sweeney and
Charles p. Bteschler. amateur profeS-
sional combination from Rodgers Ford
Cockran's 10 equalled the amateur
record for the couse, and he missed
shattering the record when a three-foot
putt for a so slipped past the edge OF
the cup on the eighteenth green. Scores
of other Washington entrants follow;
Mark Kaufman and Arthur B. Thorn
Town and Country, II; Luther Florine
and Clagett Stevens, Bannockhurn, II
Lieut.. q. B. Sherwood and Bob Barnett