Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29


by such impressive margins that unless
Tech and Western show considerably
more strength than they have shown to
Gate, Central should win the series by
topheavy margin.
Centrals team is composed of six
golfers who all are capable of negotiating
any standard length course in better
than 80. The same cannot be said
of Tech end Western. although both
the latter tes ms have one or two men
who can hold their own with Central's
best.
Business and Eastern have been I'M
able to muster teams for the scheduled
f1ve-team series, and are out of 1t. The
series now is round robin affair among
three schools, and Central needs to
score only one victory. in its coming
match with Tech to win the cup.
The Dawes Cup competition original
" was scheduled to be an 1B-hole affair
to be played at East Potomac Park. But
the youngsters prevailed on the school
athletic directors to urge the donor to
make it the trophy for the team cham
pinnship.
The Mount Pleasant institution has
well balanced team, with j. Monro
Hunter at No. /, Francis Horton, the
interscholastic title holder. at No. 2,
and Mike 'Oliveri at No. 8. Then come
the Sherry brothers and Harold N.
Graves,
Western has been seriously crippled
by scholastic difficulties and the inabili-
ty of several prospective team members
to play for other causes. Tommy Webb
has been ineligible for the team be-
cause of deficiency in his marks. while
Don Wrenn works on Saturday and has
been unable to play.
Tech has only one outstanding
youngster capable of holding his own
in the par-clinging atmosphere which
surrounds the Central team.
A Uniform rule for ball out of bounds
and lost ball, entailing penalty Of dis
lance only or the equivalent OF one
stroke, has been adopted by the golf
committee of the Washington Golf ana
Country Club for the tournament which
begins on Wednesday. The committee
decided today that the same penalty for
unplayahle ball would allow too much
latitude to competitors and decided to
hold the United States Golf Association
rules in the matter Of unplayable ball,
which entails penalty of two strokes,
with the privilege of teeing the ball after
lifting from an unplayable lie.
One of the competitors most favored
to win the Washington event is the
youthful Henry D. Nicholson, who is
especially good over his home course.
mick" had II last Saturday and has
been playing better than ever this year.
Two years ago he was runner-up TO A.
L. Houghton and three years ago won
the qualifying round In the Midatlantc
championship at washington with
card Of u.
Yesterdays heavy downpour washed
out three golf events. The exhibition
match at the Town and Country Club.
in which Maurice j. Mccarthy and
Mark Flanagan, Georgetown Univer-
sity amateurs, were to oppose Arthur b
Thorn, the home club pro, and Mel
Shorey of East Potomac Park, was can
celed. while members of the Town and
Country Club were unable to play In
their regular Sunday 1S-hole handicap
affair Only three competitors finished
in the sweepstakes event at the Chevy
Chase Club and the tourney was called
of.
But the hardy golfers at Congressional
plouged through the rain in the blind
DOGGY event arranged by Professional
Sandy Armour, with Frank Mitchell
winning the event. The Ave net scores
between 10 and 81 were placed In hat
and drawn. Mitchell registered 97-2O
TT. Second place went to Carl Weigle
with 91--la-73. G. n. Giroux won
third place with o9-17--S2 ana 3. L.
Taylor, Jr.. won fourth place with 81
2l-7O. Fifth place went to j. 2. Nc
Clure with 86-l4-72 First prize was
an expensive golf bag.
Max weyI, former champion OF the
Town and Country Club, leads in the
qualifying round for the ladder conape-
tition which will decide members OF two
club teams Weyi has registered 81 and
so to lead his eliminates with 36-hole
card of 1863. Howard Nordlinger Is In
second place with 82-66-170. Other
scores follow: M. B. Fischer. 9l-S7-
17S; Fulton Brylawski, 90-S8-178; Nor
ris Simon, o0-90--l80; Albert E. Stei-
mem, 93-91-184: William @. Illich, 81
1928. Those who qualify IN the
lower brackets may challenge those
the team.
Beaver Dam plans to celebrate the
opening Of its new nine holes on May
80 with series OF fun-making golf
tournaments. One Of the members OF
the club favors costume golf tourney.
in which the competitors may play IN
any garb other than orthodox golf
costume. Several other kinds Of tourna-
ments have been suggested.
The new nine Is completed and only
awaits the growing of heavy carpet
of grass before being formally thrown
open to the membership. 1t VIII be the
second nine of the regular 1S-hole
course. and when it is opened and In
corporated In the regular layout the old
first nine will be rebuilt.
Circulars announcing the nineteenth
invitation golf tourney Of the Chevy
Chase Club have been issued by the
golf committee Of the club, which con-
sists of Robert Stead, jr., chairman;
G. Ashmead Fuller and A. McCook Dun
lop. The tourney. which will be held
May IS. Is and II, is open to MEM
bers of the club and invited guests
having an official club handicap Of IA
and under. A qualifying round VIII be
held May Is, with the usual four match
play rounds to follow on the two sue
ceeding days. To the winner will go q
replica Of the President Taft Trophy,
while the runner-up will receive rep
lica of the Vice President Sherman
Trophy. Entries will close with the
golf committee at 8 o'clock, May Is,
and must be sent in through the secre-
taries of the clubs Of entrants. with
club handicap duly certified.
With the tee plates well on the for
ward end of the tee, most Of the mem
bers who played the new sixteenth hole
at Columbia for the first time last We'd
nesday, found the hole little more than
a good maShie shot. All were agreed
that the hole is vast improvement
ever the old one from the lower tee and
that the green offers better target for
a we'll hit iron shot than the old green,
with its bumps and hollows. From the
rear of the tee, where the markers will
be placed in tournaments, the hole viii
measure about 165 yards.
Miller n. STEVENSON, who won the