Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-05
Sun Baked Golf Course Causes
Washington to Defer Journeys

| teresting lies. played from almost bare
turf. The grass in New England comes
back much faster. however, with few
days rain than it does OH the clay Son
about Washington.
Bannockburn's narrow fairways were
all cluttered up with furrowed browS
| and tense faces yesterday as the COM
petitors in the Gen. Sherman Sweep
stakes tried to keep away from the
severe penalties imposed by the golf
committee for badly played shots. The
penalties included the following: A
ball in an unplayable lie could be
lifted with the loss of three strokes; a
ball in ground under repair could be
lifted with the loss Of three tsrokes:
ball out of bounds-penalty four stokes:
a ball in water hazards on holes Nos.
II. IL, 10, IA and II could be lifted
with penalty Of five strokes.
w. Fred Byrne, the golf committee
Sherman mad called war, decided to
make the # wars of a similar nature.
So he imI sd these penalties for the
tournament, and it was up to the COM
petitors to watch their respective steps.
Perhaps Fred Byrne knows all about
hades He certainly knows how to
keep out of trouble, for when the re-
turns were all in and the adding ma
chimes had finished their task it was
found he had won the tourney with a
score of 82-12-7O. The prize winning
was pretty well in the hands of the
golf committee, for Leo F. Pass, an
other member, was in second place with
8l-9-72, while w. l.. Pendergast,
still q third member Of the committee.
won the low gross prize with caro- OF
80. There wasn't much mutter1ng as TO
avoid the trouble.
The women's event, with the same
penalties, but confined to nine holes OF
play, was won by Mrs. Robert F. Cole,
who had 47-6-41. Mrs. Frank j.
Pickett was second with 60-9-51.
A family combination led the field
Dam yesterday. P. Gerard won the
tourney with a card Of 66-22-64,
while F. Gerard was runner-up with
92-22-70. w. j. Cox had 63-11-72
to finish in third place.
Elliott spicer won the match play
against par tourney at Indian Spring
the aid Of a handicap of seven strokes:
DR.. Walter B. Vogel, handicap 9; and
Leroy Satecer, handicap Z, tied Tor
second place, all even with par.
w. I. Green won the match play
against par tourney at the Manor CLUB
Yesterday with a score down to par,
aided by a handicap of IL strokes. j.
e. Voll was runner-up, turning in a
card 2 down to par. G. w. Schafer,
Earl Carbough and G.. F. Miller tied for
third, all being down to par.
Professional golfers of the mid-At-
rnnaYAfin0 fndoU
a jurlicr- professional tournament over
the course of the Rolling Road Club,
near Gainesville, Md.
A total of $531.93 was raised by con-
tributions Of interested persons and
from golfers Of the municipal courses
to send a four-man team to st. Louis
to compete in the national public links
tournament which starts tomorrow,
James D. Preston, committeeman for
Washington, announced today.
The team, consisting Of Walter Bar
rett Louis Fuchs, James F. Phelan and
j. B. Robertson, now is in st. Louis
preparing for the tourney and the
Harding Cup team event, which IS
flying round.
Preston wishes to acknowledge finan-
cial aid from the following persons: S:
G. >Loeffier, G. w. McCarter, Donald
woodward, A. M. MENUS, Raymond l..
Schreiner, Lowell Mellett, Herbert T.
Shannon, j. P. Hubbell, j. v. Thomas,
J. Maury Posey, David S. Barry, Sena-
tor Hiram Bingham, Denise Barkalow,
John J. Carson, Kenneth Clark, G. W.
Ollie, Reginald Ollie, w. A. Duvall,
Senator Walter e. Edge, Frazer Edwards,
S. I. Folsom, Edwin A. Halsey, Senator
Pat Harrison, Theodore A. Huntley, w.
*. Hutchinson, Chesley w. Jurney,
REPRESENTATIVE Louis Ludlow, r. W..
Parker, Senator l., G. Phipps, Marcellus
Shields, Senator Reed Smoot and The
washington Star, Post, Herald and
Times. In addition to the contributions
from these sources, public link golfers
dropped $4,000 in a box at Rock PARK
and Sa1a at East Potomac Perk.