Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-05

A RUGGED and tricky test of
" golf awaits the six Wash
~ ington professionals who
4 "A will go to Pittsburgh later
in the week to play in the
qualifying round of the national
open championship at Oakmont
next Monday, according to Russell
Hollebaugh, former washington
golfer, now living in Pittsburgh.
The Oakmont course, Hollebaugh
says, is much more difficult this
year than ever before because OF
course conditions.
Wet weather prevailing most OF the
Spring has slowed up the tee shots ana
many hanging lies are found on the
famed Oakmont layout. Tee shots at
the first tenth and eleventh, unless
they are struck an unusual distance, all
will leave the ball with hanging lie.
In addition, Hollebaugh claims the
putting greens have been clipped ana
rolled until they are a razor blade keen
ness and have in them fluctuations
hidden to the eye, but which the ball
takes because of the keenneSs OF the
surface Hollebaugh says he never
has found Oakmont to be so tricky
as it is this Spring and believes that
a pair of 8ls will be among the IL men
who will qualify there for the open
championship.
The Washington pros who Will make
the trip are j. NJ. Hunter of indian
Spring, Fred Mcleod Of Columbia,
Alex A. Armour of Congressional, Bob
Barnett and Gene Larking OF Chevy
Chase and Arthur B. Thorn OF the
Town and Country Club.
Mel Shorey of East Potomac Park,
Dave Thomson of Washington. A; l..
Houghton of Harper, Walter Cunning
ham of Burning Tree and r. Cliff NC
Kimmie and Frank Hartig OF Army,
Navy and Marine will go to Richmond
where the sectional round will be played
Monday over the course Of the Hermit
age Coli Club over this course in 1924
McKimmie won the amateur champion
ship of the Middle Atlantic Coli Asso-
citation.
Houghton, Cunningham and Shorey
are to play in an exhibition match at
Hermitage Saturday afternoon. where
Houghton played last week end and
registered scores of IA, 70 and ST..
Houghton and Cunningham will oppose
Shorey and Tom Galloway, the Her
mitage pro. Houghton claims the Wash
ington bent graS greens at Hermitage
are the most difficult green's to gauge
he ever has seen. and predicts that
the three men who will qualify at Rich
mond will win their places through
skill on the putting greens.
Eight more Washington players en-
tered yesterday in the championship
tourney of the Middle Atlantic Golf AS
ISOLATION, which will start tomorrow at
the Baltimore Country Club. They are:
Warren L. Heap and Wilson Barrett of
Manor, Pat Cook and Charles Morrow
of Indian Spring, r. w. Lewis and Lind
say S. Stott of Beaver Dam and A..
zachary and j. v. O'Connor OF Indian
Spring.
Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase already
has left Washington. He Is visiting
friends today in Altoona, Pa, and will
be in Pittsburgh Saturday in time to
practice over the Oakmont course over
the week end.
Tony Penna, assistant professional
and instructor at Congressional for the
past two years, has definitely left the
club. He has been replaced by Archie
Clark, former caddie master, who will
preside in the shop. Penna has gone
back to New York and expects to go to
Detroit to be with Tommy Armour.
The former open champion now is in
Detroit, where he has become associated
with the Tam O'Shanter Club of the
automobile city, and Clark Is busy these
| days packing up his golf paraphernalia
for shipment to Detroit.
Frank LOTUS of Columbia Is being
| congratulated by his friends on IN