Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-27
HOWELL FAVOR|TE
TO CAPTURE TITLE
Shoots 146 for Two Rounds.
Sasscer Only D. C. Man
in First Flight.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.


~ ALTTMoRE, Md, July 27.-A new
- golf star who Is destined to be
of the first magnitude If he
IL keeps along in the path he has
been travelling for the past two
days play of the Maryland Country Club
invitation golf tournament.
The new star is Billy Howell, 17-year-
old Richmond High School youth, who
won the Virginia State amateur title
last year and was billed today as the
favorite to win the tournament, mainly
because of his scintillating golf of yes
terday, when he played So holes in 142
strokes, which is exactly par for the
testing layout of the Maryland Country
Club.
TALL rangy, with a close, compact,
swing and a splendid competitive spirit,
a keen student of the game he loves,
Bill Howell has convinced all who
watched him beat Tom Sasscer yester-
day that here is a youthful star in the
making from State that never has
chance to win his first tournament out
side of his own State may be rudely
snuffed out in the semi-final round to-
day by Alex M. Knapp, star amateur OF
the Baltimore Country Club. But If the
youngster keeps to the same relentless
scoring pace that gave him victories
over Karl F. Kellerman and Tom Sas-
seer, he should win from Knapp and 60
on to win the tournament.
Seldom have we seen lad with more
golhng promise. He has in his game
many of the fundamentals that have
made Roland Mackenzie great, and has
more Of the winning spirit than Roland
has.
The lone Washingtonian to reach the
eeni-f1nal round in the first flight club
is Leroy Sasscer of Indian Spring,
who was a member of the Maryland
club for many years and knows every
twist and quirk of the tricky course. He
met Harry Wisotzkey of York, Pa, in
the other semi-final today and was a
favorite to trounce the stocky Penn
sylvanian.
1t seems there always must be a
easscer mixed up in these Maryland
tournaments. and where Tom failed yes
terday, his brother Leroy came through.
Leroy Is the sole survivor Of the four
capital entrants who made the first
flight He beat Byrn Curtiss of Indian
Spring in the first round, while Karl
Kellerman was losing on the nineteenth
hole to Howell, and Roger Peacock of
Indian Spring fell before the heavy
artillery of Knapp in the afternoon.
HOHcu VlIIS OH INIHctCCHtHs
Howell was around in 70 in the
morning to finish square with Keller
man, and win the match on the nine
tenth when the Columbia lad missed
short putt for the half. Roger Peacock
had no chance with Knapp, while Sas-
seer was out in IS in the afternoon to
win by and from Harris Jones.
The Howell boy is the son of a
prosperous Richmond merchant and has
been playing golf only about four years.
Seldom have we seen such GOODNESS
under fire as he has shown in this
tournament, factor that is surprising
in one so young. His close, compact
swing will not permit of much devi-
alton from the line, and he maintains
that type Of swing even though he Is
tall, rangy lad, with some of the awk-
warduess of youth still showing through
the veneer of the seasoned tournament
player.
Unless we are far at sea, Washington
and the Nation are going to hear more
about this lad.
Two WashingtonianS are left in the
third flight. While all have vanished
from the second flight, the fourth
flight finds two golfers from the Capt.
tai still in the running, while one Capt.
tai player is left in the fifth flight. Two
Washingtonians still are in the sixth
Willie Il. DO1lO VI SOluIIlDld
will uphold the standard of the Capital
in the last fight.
J. B. Murphy of Columbia won his
first march round in the second fight.
and was all square at the eighteenth
in the second round. But he obligingly
topped his tee shot at the last hole and
lost the match.
Curtis of Indian Spring and Keller
man of Columbia survive in the first
flight consolidation. In the second
flight consolation A. r. Mackenzie of
Columbia and j. L. Hopkins of Wash
1ngton were to meet today, while in
the third flight A. S. Gardiner of
Columbia and Lindsay Stott of Beaver
Dam are still going forward.
The fourth flight finds E. M. Wallace
of Columbia and H. L. Lacy of Manor
still going strong, while Robert CORN
ley of Columbia still survives in the
consolation.
E. M. McClelland of Manor is the
only Washingtonian to survive in the
nth flight. although Joseph O'Hare of
Bannockburn and D. l.. Thomson of
Manor still are in the consolation.
Enmert Heitmuller of Indian Spring
and Charles j. Doris of Manor are still
in the running in the sixth flight, while
the consolation finds G. D. Kirkpatrick
Of Washington and Lloyd Carey of
Kenwood still In the struggle. In the
seventh flight the Washington survi-
vors are confined to E. L. Bono and
F. S. Appleman Of Columbia and A. L.
Duncan Of Indian Spring, who are in