Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27

IF any one suffers from the delusion
that there are not flock OF flrst-
class golfers about washington, q
4 peruSal of the handicap lists ut the
several clubs win knock that idea
into q cooked hat. Par Is par, no mat
ter how It Is figured, and, no matter
what the par may be for any layout, 1t
stiH Is recognized rs perfect golf. So
that when q man Is rated at scratch on
any golf course, no matter what the
yardags, it means that he ts apt to be
player able to take care Of himself In
any company.
Today there is only one scratch player
at any OF the clubs in Washington, but
there are q score or more golfers who
carry q handicap of three strokes or
less. Maurice ]. Mccarthy Of Washing
ton, who undoubtedly Is the best golfer
in the Washington Club Is the lone
individual at o Capital club rated at
scratch. McCarthy'S rating comes from
that marvellous round of So made by
him last year, which still stands Is the
course record, and q number of other
scores below 20 made by the n1etropoi-
tan champion in practice.
Next to Mccarthy In the list Of low
handicap men ut the clubs about the
Capital comes that sterling little golfer
Of Indian Spring-Roger Peacock-who
came along fast during the season now
closing and Internationally win be one
Of the toughest in the f1eld to beat in
next years golflpg wars. Peacock reg
istered 10 and two or three Ills last
Summer to bring his handicap rating
at the Four Corners Club down to
stroke against par.
And only stroke back Of Peacock in
the ratings come pair of youngsters.
who are no mans Set-up in any COM
pany. They are Henry p. Nicholson,
the youthful champion Of the Wash
inRton Club and w. Byrn Curtiss Of In
dian Spring, the star southpaw, whose
average score Is well below 10.
To obtain these hAndicaps the players
must have scored below 20, for the han
dicap ratings are not made on unusual
late In the Summer to be the flrSt home
club amateur ever to BREAK 70 at In
dian Spring. With several scores
around the 20 mark he brought his
handicap down to 2. -. :.
Nicholson had q big day last August
ut washington, when he found his putt
ting stroke and blazed around the
rugged Virginia layout In 81 strokes,
which is below par, and only stroke
worse than McCarthyS record mark.
And in that score Nicholson had. 5
puts on the seventeenth green, taking
the extra putt when he made bold bid
for the 5 which. might have shattered
McCarthy's S.. and ovefTunn1pg the
hole 30 far he missed coming back.
At Chevy Chase there are two Or
three three handicap men. walter r.
TIckerman and G. A. Fuller are placed
at 3, while over at washington Frank
K. RoeSch. last years club title-holder,
carries q handicap Of three strokes.
OF f0ur-handieap men there are many
at the clubs near Washington. Co
lumbia has its Miller ID. STEVENSON, who
holds the District championship, and
usually romps around Columbia in scores
below IS. Columbia, however, does not
lean particularly toward low handicap
ping, for the golf committee at the big
golf institution out in Chevy Chase is
quite conservative and does not believe
IN Topping strokes from handicaps with
out considerable proof Of enhanced
skill. ~,
page Hufty holds the honor position
at Congressional, with O., handicap Of
three strokes, while out at Manor Harry
G. Pitt is the lone club member with .
handicap of two. Harry went wild one
day last August and shot SO for the
Manor Club layout, looping four strokes
on Stevinson'S record OF ~, made on
the day the course opened last May.
Since that time no one has shattered
70 over the Manor course.
r. Cliff McKimmie, assistant pro at
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
Country Club, shot q rs yesterday to
turn in the best score in q match ut
the service club, in which McKimmie
and Frank Hartig, the service club pro