The Washington times., 1930-09-30
INDIAN SPRING
PRO A LONG
HITTER
By JUNO KINERK

BY JUNO KINERK
How far can q man drive a
golf ball? But particularly how
Tar can j. Monro Hunter, the
giant Indian Spring pro. hit one?
This question will be definitely
settled tonight in the Sesqui
Stadium in Philadelphia when
the local clout king participates
in the national driving contest
for which a first prize of $2,50(
has been offered. Nine other
prizes scaling down from that
sum to 500 have been offered
for the kings of swat.
prodigious clouters in the game
in this section, should finish in
the prize money if he can con
meet with the consistency and re
suits which he has obtained here
in practice. Only yesterday he
had tee shot 10 feet in front OF
the first green at Indian Spring
The hole measures 410 yards and
the last 125 yards are all uphill
He also has smacked other
tremendous drives in practice
for tOnight'S event. His new
Burchard driver, weighing
only 1874 ounces, the ighteSt
club he has ever owned, is
responsible for Adding yards
to his already long hitting.
This new club is a big-faced
nickel steel Shafted power
weapon.
In tonight's contest, which is
to be held under floodlights in
the Sesuui Stadium, the partici-
pants first drive four balls, two
of which must be within a so
yard boundary line. Then the
finalists who qualify must drive
three of their five final drives
within the same space and the
man with the best mean average
is the winner.
Golfers around here believe
Hunter gets the maximum dis
tance there is out of golf ball.
When his clubhead contacts the
ball it must be almost flat, so
great is the pressure against it..
All the longest drivers in the
game are to participate in to-
nights event. Local fans feel
confident that Hunter will come
back with a share of the prize
money. They also think Glenn
Spencer, the long hitting Balti-
more pro, will be up there.
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Just a change from one
club to another, that's all.
At least this Is the way
sammy Rice looks at it. So
instead of his familiar base
ball bat Sammy has got out
his beloved golf clubs and is
giving the royal and ancient
paStime his exclusive atteIl-
tion nowadays. He is nOts
vet i'm top form, losing buck
to "Chick" Morrow yester.
day at Indian Spring when
the latter got 7S.
Right now Morrow is playing
mighty fine golf. Sunday when
he won the first flight console
ton finals, and z, over George
Foley he was one under par Tor
those eleven holes. He finished
out the round in 73. Then in the
afternoon he came back in the
team match and shot another 73'
He is leaving for Kentucky next
week to do some campaigning
politically and then start a law
practice in the Blue Grass State
Tommy Armour may play in
the Middle-Atlantic Open Oc-
tober 9 and 10 in Baltimore. If
he does he also likely will play
a round at Congressional, his
former stamping grounds.
With a round of 4l-44-85, j.
Allen won low gross prize in the
washington Credit Mems Asso-
citation tournament at Indian
Spring, Low net went to A. j.
Craft with (96-34 So, blind
bogey was won by r. M. Harper
with the exact score Q14-35) 70,
and the BOBBY prize went to
Charles w. Clayton with 80
65-154.
While his second nine was one
great Improvement over his first,
Clayton says he's immune to the
golf bug simply because he
doesn't have enough time to
devote to the game. Yesterday
was the first time he ever played
golf.
AL HOughtOn tomorrow
takes over the duties as pro-
fessionaI at the KenwoOd
Club, succeed ng Leo Nc
Nerhany, resigned. Hough-
ton played Burning Tree i'm
66 yesterday. He was 1882,
his card showing one birdie
and one eagle going out and
four brides coming home.
Mrs. H. B. Hird won the
medal in the qualifying round
for the women's championship at
Manor with 53-40-93. Match
play for the championship begins
today.
Mrs. Frank R. Keefer led the
field of so women players in the
Army, Navy and Marine club
championship qualifying test with
a card of 44-50-94. Match play