Evening star., 1929-06-27
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

down the professional berth at the Ban
nockburn and has been operating, with
Henry D. Miller, golf school for the
last two years, has been appointed pro-
fessional and instructor at the Loudon
County Golf and Country Club of Pur-
cellville, Va. Walker has been making
several trips week to Purcellville to
give golf lessons and direct work on the
course.
The Purcellville club next week will
hold a two man medal-play event over
it course, in which several of Washing
toms leading amateur players have en-
tered. The affair viii be played July
and teams may be entered through
the club secretaries.
Score card for the rearranged golf
course of the Town and Country Club,
worked out after months of effort by
Morris Simon, have arrived at the club
and now are In use. The cards show
the new distances obtained for the
course by construction of a number OF
new tees and are made up In what is
probably the most convenient manner
of the cards of any local clubs. In
stead of running down the card, the
scores will run across the card, which
is a much more convenient manner OF
keeping score. Space has been left on
the card for points and holes up and
down.
"Just a piece of tough luck. No one
was to blame" That is the way Guy
Mason, chairman of the Congressional
Country Club golf committee, described
the disqualification yesterday of Harry
G. Pitt and j. s. Murphy, prominent
contestants in the Congressional tour
nament. Pitt and Murphy, playing in
the qualifying round, both were auto
matically disqualified because they
played more than one stroke outside a
hazard with the wrong ball.
The situation was this:
On the seventh hole both played
their second shots into the bunker at
the left of the green, q bunker which
was filled with mud and muddy sand.
The balls were so covered with mud
that neither could be identified. Muir.
ply did not know Pitts ball had gone
into the hazard and not seeing an
other mud-covered ball, he shot the
only one he saw out Of the bunker.
Pitt then played what he thought was
his ball, and they putted out for brace
of IS. The mistake was not discovered
until they washed the balls on the
eighth tee.
It was a perfectly natural mistake
and one which might have been made
by any gilfer or golfers, but under the
rules both men were disqualified. The
strange part of the rule is that they
might have played dozen shots in
the bunker without disqualification, but
the moment they played two shots out
side the hazard they were ruled out.
Both played the same make Of golf
bali and the only possible identified
ton mark was a cut on Murphy's ball.
Up to the seventh hole Pitt had played
all the holes in par. With q on that
hole and probable on the eighth, he
might have gotten out in 81, and had q
good chance for the medal. As 1t was,
George r. Miller Of Manor came in late
in the afternoon with card Of rs to tie
Roger Peacock of Indian Spring. whose
IS had led most Of the day. They beat
the 76s registered Tuesday by Miller B.
STEVENSON of Columbia and L. s. Stott
of Beaver Dam, but Stevinson's score
probably was the best effort of the quail
flying round. He was the only man to
break 80 who played through all the
rain on Tuesday.
Page Hufty Of Congressional, one Of
the outstanding entrants, failed to quail
ify. Scores Of SO made the sixth and
last flight.
The committee generously added q
sixth flight In order that those whose
scores were pushed up by the rain Of
Tuesday might have an equal chance to
play with those who enjoyed more pleas
ant weather yesterday. Two match play
rounds were scheduled for today.