Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
0OUR months of heated struggle
4 for ringer tournament honors at
the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club have brought victory to
r,s...i.. % Hair thu toll ranOV


L for ringer tournament honors at
the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club have brought victory to
Erwin P. Hair, the tall, rangy
State Department employe who has
been in a virtual deadlock with Ralph
S. Fowler most of the Summer for flrSt
place in the selected score competition.
Just at the end OF the event, which was
officially closed yesterday, Hair regis
tered a 8 on the fifteenth hole to get
the sub-par score which he needed TO
score a SIS and beat Fowler by single
stroke.
For more than two months Hair and
Fowler were running neck and neck IN
the ringer event. first one getting
birdie to go into the lead, and then the
other getting a birdie or two to take
the lead. Fowler was in front most OF
the distance, but Hair caught and
passed him IN the last two weeks of
the competition. c. T. Lynes and W.
j. Clear tied for third place in class A
with ringer scores of 81.
In the 1921 handicap class w. C..
Henderson was the announced winner,
with score of 81. Hugh T. Nicholson,
Jack Jester and 0. L. Veeraoff tied for
second with Sc. In the event for men
with handicaps over 81 Fred J.. Marble
had a selected score of Sc to lead w.
Annexing a semi-final victory by Z
and 6 over Elmer B. Collins, Frank K
Roesch yesterday won his way to the
final round in the club championship
competition at Washington. He beat
w. j. Clear by and in the second
round and played IL holes i'll exactly
par yesterday to soundly trounce Col
Inns. Meanwhile in the second round
Henry D. Nicholson, who is locked upon
as Roesch'S strongest rival for the title
beat o. c. Murray by 2 and l. and will
match in the semi-final. Collins had
previously beaten r. T. Harrell by 2
and /.
The 1917 handicap special flight
found Bert L. Smoker victorious, win
ming the final round from Bert S. Tay-
lor by 2. Taylor defeated K N.
Parkinson, S and 4, in the semi-f1nal,
while Smoker defeated D. r. Elmore,
Dr.. Dr. G. R. Huffman has reached the
semi-final in the Birney Cup COMPETE
ton. defeating G.. C. Elder in the semi
final by 3 and 2. Second-round results
in this event follow: Huffman defeated
N. E. Nichols. and 8; Elder defeated
o. L. Veerhoff, and 4; C. F. Moore
defeated S. L. Mosby. 2 and /; A. H
Walter defeated c. L. Billiard, up. The
close Of the championship and the finals
in the other events will be marked by
dinner at the club THURSDAY night to
which all club members are invited.
NEARLY so women golfers from all
4 the clubs about Washington start
ed play today in the 36-hole medal play
event for The Evening Star Cup, now
held by Winifred Faunce of the Manor
Club.
All the leading women golfers of the
city are in the competition, which is a
handicap event. with Is holes scheduled
for today and Is more tomorrow. The
cup will go to the player with the lowest
net score.
MARTIN F. MCCARTHY, who has
AVA been playing golf for just two
! years, and who only recently won a
tournament at Buena Vista Springs. Pa.
yesterday annexed the qualifying round
of the Beaver Dam Club championship.
! registering card of 70 to lead William
j. Cox and John r. Miller. who had 82s
| for second place. The first match play
round will be played next Sunday with
tho following pairings:
First fieht-J L. HOPKINS VS.. p Gerard.
vs.. r Rsgesit W. J. Cox vs. F. g. i But
Moea vs. M M H Msr Henri PSinp1
N. r. Mccarthy, Leroy Day VS.. David Buck
.'sse second aisht-c. p. Lord VS.. J. F. Alb
sp ftInseI " Grif pS US EeysS; ,Sa
| Klrsch. v. 6. Nelson vs.. A. B. Williamson.
L. Hussey VS.. M. F. Kirt, Albert Fisher VS.
Third iight-A c. Hodges vs. W H
Young. A. H; Murray vs.. p r. Strong Rob
son VS.. J, Ruhenstein. c. Clements VS.. J.
klinkofstein, Charles +. Owens VS., M Gold
I Friedman VS.. J. M. Brown.
THE team Of the Indian Spring Club
! i registered O clean sweep victory