Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

/ Walter J. Travis won the British ANA
teur by the finest putting the British
ever had seen. the royal and ancient
| tumbled over itself to bar the Schenec-
tady, or center shafted, putter which
| Travis used with such effect.
And in 1921, when Jock Hutchinson
won the British open, mainly by use OF
| great back-spin shot made possible
| by slotting the faces OF his iron clubs,
| the British retaliated by barring clubs
with such slot as to increase the cut
on the ball. Three years ago they barred
steel shafts in their championships,
after several American pros had used
them with telling success. But in this
country they can use steel shafts ana
center -shafted putters, although the
rule as to slotted-face clubs is in agree
ment here with that of Britain.
Whatever the reason may be, Hagen
goes on, seemingly forever. and no mat
| ter how many singles matches he may
| lose, he always seems to be able to win
the British open.
Bob Barnett claims the American
professionals win in Britain because
| they play all their long shots with
| pull or hook, and that they knock their
approach shots up in the air instead
| of playing the pitch-and-run game the
Britons favor so much. That seems
| tenable argument, for Ted Ray, one OF
| the greatest of British golfers, always
knocked the ball in the air, and was
| the originator of the phrase, there are
no bunkers in the air"
Barnett believes firmly that the ball
which comes in from the right side Is
| a better ball than that which comes Ii
| from the other direction. He points
to the let down of Gene SaraZens game
In 1928 and 1924 when the former open
champion changed his game from a
hooking game to one with controlled
| fade at the end of his long shots. IT'S
| too hard to control" Barnett claims.
But what is going to be done about
the gent who half tops his tee shot on
these baked courses of early Summer,
| plays that G. T. LyneS calls SKID
| iron" and knocks in 20-foot putt to
win the hole from the golfer who has
played two fine shots to the green ana
misses a 10-footer for the half.
We'd like to see these skid iron"
players on a course like Pine Valley or
| Oakmont, where the ball must be struck
up into the air. firmly and with plenty
of bite, even to get on the green-let
alone near the hole. But there are
more ways to win golf match than by
playing perfect golf from tee to green.
One of the largest and best fields that
| ever has competed in the Midatlantic
| golf championship is expected to play
| in the tourney to be played at the Bal
timore Country Club this week. En-
tries for the event close tomorrow after
noon at the club, and the tourney will
start on Wednesday.
! Washington woman golfers are look
| ing for more worlds to conquer, follow
ing their victory Friday over a team
of fair sex players from Baltimore,
whom they defeated in a match at
Columbia, 241a points to 1712. Mrs.
Dorothy White Nicholson, the District
title holder triumphed over Virginia
Holzderber, holder Of the Middle Allan
tic championship, winning the match
on the last green. Both players had
medal scores of SO. Mrs. j. M. Haynes,
| former District champion, won from
Efie Bowes of Baltimore. The scores
| of the match follow.