Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-20
Mrs. Smiths 78 Okayed as Mark
For Chevy Chase Golf Course

out from the cradle IL Clyde B. Asher,
vice president Of the Columbia Country
Club. the same gent who played the
last nine of the Columbia course Just
the other day in 80 strokes.
Clyde Asher today is among the best
10 golfers about the bunker bound
Capital, and although he hasn't done
anything worth shouting about in tour
naments outside of that scintillating 81,
he is one of the hardest men to peat
in the game hereabouts. Clyde Asher
Is. In q manner of speaking, tailor
made product. Not for him the free
and easy swing of the youngster, who,
ally Is, takes TO golf like a duck to
water. Not for him the naturally
gfooved swing of the born" golfer
Asher took up the game less than a
decade ago, Immediately became a keen
observer and student of the golf swing
and went to Freddy Mcleod, the popu-
lar little mentor and king maker of
Columbia.
Part OF his routine was concerned
with watching the play of champions
and from the stars of the game Asher
has picked up most of the fundamentals
which Fred Mcleod has nodded into
an unusually fine golf game. Asher
goes to most Of the big golf champion
ships. watches them all, and always
comes back to Washington with some
new wrinkle to aid his game. Not long
ago we were sitting in the grill room at
Columbia with Asher and Mcleod, in
dulging in something few golfers do,
namely, discussing the styles Of cham
pions. Asher said to Freddie, DO you
know the last thing Bobby Jones does
before he lifts his club on the back
sW1ng?" Freddie made some answer
and Asher said, mo, he doesn't do that
Bobby's last act Is to move his right
hand over on top of the grip" And
Asher from that day forth has tried
Jones stunt with the result that the
occasional diving hooks which used to
come Of his tee shots have been elm
mated. The progress of Asher In this
most difficult OF games has been one OF
the most remarkable of the phenomena
OF the game about Washington.
MRS. LEWIS COKE won the first
IN prize in the womens tourney at
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
Country Club yesterday, with card OF
115-22-92. Only one stroke behind
Mrs. Coke was Mrs. j. O'Rear with
106-12--94. In the second flight, Mrs.
E. H. Pearce was the winner, with a
card of 60-19-41, with Mrs. j. Ed
wards In second place, at 57--15-42.
Prizes were presented by Mrs. Coke for
the contestants in each fight with the
lowest number Of puts. In the first
night this prize was won by Mrs. John
O'Rear, who had 80 puts for 10 holes,
and the second flight winner was Mrs.
r. T. Phinney, who had Is puts for
nine holes.
THERE Is q good possibility tina,
l. Washington's two aces In the Glib
son Island women's tourney may
meet IN the flnal round on Sunday
Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, winner of the
qualification round and Mrs. S. F. Col
laday, runner-up in the recent District
women's championship, are in opposite
halves of the draw, and may meet in
the final round. Both won their matches
yesterday, and Mrs Haynes met Miss
Evangeline Jones of Baltimore in the
second round today, while Mrs. Colladay
clashed with Mrs. w. r. Peterson of
Baltimore.
MAURICE McCARTHY'S metropoli-
IVA tan amateur crown still sits on
the sleek black head Of the for
ner Georgetown youth. Mccarthy yes
rounds In the championship at st. AL
bans, down on Long Island, where at
least half dozen favorites for the title
were tumbled into the discard. Amons
the favorites who were trounced were
George j. Voigt, who learned the game
here; Phil Perkins, former British anna
teur champion: Dick Jones of West
chester and Eddie Held the Canadian
amateur title holder. Mccarthy today
met Eugene Romans of Englewood, who
beat him for the title two years ago
and If he gets past Romans he Is likely
to repeat, even though the Hoys star
admits he Is not quite on his game
Mccarthy yesterday trounced Dick
Jones and r. NJ. Lansdell in the first
two roun& Of the title chase.
A women's golf tourney will be held
next Tuesday over the course of the
Annapolis Roads Golf Club, to which
woman players from Washington are
invited.