Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

at the ninth hole by a torrential down.
polr with the professionals standing 2
up. When play was resumed after the
rain had stopped Diffenbaugh got real
"hot." playing the last nine in IS, and
winning two more holes for his side.
His best bit of work came on the
eleventh hole. where McCallum was the
only man en- the green with the second
shot, and where Diffenbaugh Clipped
into the cup from of the g.een to win
the hole. Hunter and Difenbaugh had
best ball of 10, winning on the if
tenth green, and 3. Diffenbaugh
alone had score of "a. Hunter was IS,
while the two amateurs each scored 20.
Houghton and Sylvester gathered an
early lead on Frank Hartig and r. Cliff
McKimmie, pros at the service club,
in the match at the Army, Navy and
Marine Club, turning up and increas-
ing their lead to win by S and 4. The
last few holes Of the match were played
in the rain. Houghton was the star of
the match, scoring a 70, which Is ono
over par for the layout. McKimmie and
Sylvester each had ~, while Hartig
had 70.
Woman golfers Of the Capital were
practicing today over the course of the
Washington Golf and Country Club in
preparation for the initial competition
tomorrow for the Phyllis Keller Mil
Ter memorial trophy. After luncheon
tomorrow at the Washington Club a
sundial will be unveiled on the club
lawn as a memorial to Mrs. Miller, late
secretary to the Women's District Gof
Association. The tourney will be an
18-hole handicap medal play event.
Richard p. Davidson, who won one of
the prizes in the Saturday sweepstakes
at the Chevy Chase Club with an IS,
had a sudden reversal of form in the
medal play handicap event at Chevy
Chase yesterday, turning in card of
u to win the tourney. Davidsons card
was only three above par. He registered
72-5-67. George E. Elliott was Sec
ond with 84-11-73, while Robert
Stead, jr., was third with 83-s-75.
A quadruple tie for first place result
ed in the sweepstakes tourney at the
Manor Club yesterday. G. H. Warthen
with 9S-25-73, Mai. E. S. Ely with
86-13-73, Robert c. Hird, 7s-5-73,
and r. w. Westwood, 89-16-73, ali
tied for first place. H. p. d. Cowee
with 83-5-78 and J. D. Taylor with
96-18-78 tied for second place. Third
place was won by w. T. Gibson with
89-18-71.
Philip Reiskin displaced Morris Simon
as winner Of first place in the Sunday
tournaments Of the Town and Country
Club yesterday, turning in a card Of
95-27-68. Simon, who won the two
previous events, was in a triple tie for
second place with Max Weyl and VIII
lard Goldheim, all of whom turned in
net cards of 20 in class A.
d. l.. Stern won first prize in class B
with card of 96-34-62. Sidney
Straus was second with 93-30-63.
Yesterdays heavy rain put a stop to
the kicker's handicap tourney at the
Argyle Country Club yesterday.
p. b. Hoover of Indian Spring, who
scored an ace on the sixth hole at the
Indian Spring course last week, came
within inches of scoring another ace
yesterday on the fourteenth hole. His
tee shot, played into a wind, left him
only q few inches past the pin in line
with the hole.
John +. Harris of Indian Spring had
a remarkable putting exhibition yester-
day. On six Of the first nine greens he
got down in one putt. Tom Moore also
had four one-putt green's in six holes,
finishing the first nine with three brides
in row.