Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
30 FROM CAPITAL
MAY SEEK HONORS
Hartig and McKimmie Play
DR.. Este and Pitt in an
Exhibition Today.

w YITH the Sherwood Forest
| M! Clubs golf tourney due TO
v v wind UP today, and the ma
tional open championship out
of the way in torrid Minneapolis, local
golfers searching for further COMPETE
ton are turning toward the invitation
tourney Of the Maryland Country Club.
which viii start on Wednesday over
the course on Park Heights avenue. in
Baltimore, and wind up on Saturday.
If usual custom Is followed there will
be something between IS and so Wash
ingtonians playing in the qualifying
round and later battling in the match
play rounds Of the Maryland event, for
even though the other clubs In Baiti-
more hold enjoyable tournaments, the
Maryland tourney Is looked upon in
Washington as the one to attend.
1t may be that the hospitable per-
sonality of Bill Hall has something to
do with 1t, or 1t may be other reasons,
but the fact Is, nevertheless, that where
q few Washingtonians 60 to other
tournaments in Baltimore the Maryland
tourney attracts most OF the regulars"
who play In the Journeys about the
Capital.
Entries for the Maryland tourney viii
close with the golf committee tomor-
row, and five flights Of Is will qualify
in a two-day medal round Wednesday
and Thursday. Match play roundS viii
follow on Friday and Saturday.
Frank Hartis and r. Cliff McKim-
mie, Army Navy and Marine Corps
Country Club professionals, are to toss
their hats in the ring this afternoon
In an exhibition match at the Service
Club against Bill Di Este. the long hit
ting, cross handed star of the Indian
Spring Club and Tom Pitt Of the Ar
gyle Club, the fast-moving brother OF
Harry G. Pitt. And If you never have
seen a shot Of 100 yards played with
full spoon and watched the ball curl
around and nestle near the hole. 60
out to the service club today and watch
Frank Hartig demonstrate his wiZardry
| In this unorthodox method Of getting
the ball in the hole.
Frank never could be accused Of I'M
derclubbing. Rather his faults, If any,
come on the other side Of the picture.
Repeatedly we have seen Frank take
spoon or a No. l iron where other
golfers take spade or mashie-nibiick
and play with this lengthy club shot
that nestled down near the pin. Frank
YOU know. ran into a stream of machine
gun bullets over In France back In 1918.
and German machine guns had little
respect for American legs in those days
So nowadays Frank can't pivot on
! the short shots, or very much on the
long shots either. and so he has evolved
a method peculiar TO himself OF playing
long shots with short club, or short
shots with a long club, whichever
method appeals to him OF the moment
For example, the ninth hole at the
Army. Navy and Marine Corps Club is
nothing more than a spade shot for
most golfers. But Frank takes a spoon
and in some way manages to curl that
ball around so 1t seldom fails TO stop
on the ptting surface. We saw him
Just a few days ago take q spoon for
his second shot on the eighth hole at
his home course, where Monro Hunter
; took q masfie- niblick, and knock that
ball so close to the hole he shouldn't
have missed the putt. The fact that he
| did miss it did not detract from the
excellence of his second shot.
Frank, by the way, Is the only pro-
fessional golfer in this country who has
been awarded the Victoria Cross. Bri-
tain's highest award for bravery in
action. He will get 1t soon. He has
already been notified through the War
Department of the award. for little
fracas in which he was engaged in 1917
| WIl16 Q6Udueu WIFI q LOIluO1 IGBlLlCnI
Departing from usual custom. the
golf committee Of the Woodmont Coun-
try Club has passed up the professionals
and has engaged q quartet Of amateurs
for the exhibition match which viii be
the main feature of the clubs field day
on August q In this match Howard
Nordlinger, youthful home club star,
will pair with Max Weyl, the club
champion. against Roger Peacock of
Indian Spring and John Shorey Of
Bannockburn.
Scotch foursome events are listed at
two clubs today. Woodmont members
will play in a mixed Scotch foursome
tourney, while q Scotch foursome Of
male golfers will be played at Argyle.
Beaver Dam members are TO play in an
18-hole handicap tourney for the Dulin
e. Martin cup. Out at Bannockburn
the club golfers are scheduled to wind
up their two-ball fourcome event which
started yesterday.