Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

" AGLES are rare birds on the goiI
- course. They don't come every
day. and when they do come
they are worth talking about,
for par Is hard to get, l unoer par 10
doubly hard and 2 under par is just
about the ultimate in scoring. Yet
Columbia golfer made two eagles IN
single round Of the course last week;
and there were brace OF eagles scored
in the qualifying round OF the Wasn-
ington Golf and Country CLUB Journey
last week. .,s
cred one of Washington's finest ANA
teur golfers. He still is, but ne mas
abandoned tournament competition ana
NOWADAYS plays golf only in casual COM
petition. It was he who scored the
brace of eagles at Columbia last week
and Hugh II. Saum was the gent VINO
bought them. Now when you get
birdie 4 on a par hole naturally you
expect to win it, and you certainly 90
not expect to lose it. Yet Saum mace
a birdie on the fifth hole at Columbia
and lost it to Eynons eagle 3.
And at the twelfth hole the crown
ing touch of sorrow came to Saum, for
here he put his second shot on the
green at this 500-yard hole and watched
Eynon chip in his third shot for his
second eagle Of the day.
burt p. Garnett holed his mashie sec
ond shot for an eagle 2 on the 314-yaro
sixth hole at washington in the medal
round of the tourney and E. F. Wesley
of Manor got his big thrill on the thir-
teenth-a 385-yard hole-where ne
holed a pitch shot for an eagle. Wesely
went further than Garnett,. for ne
holed a lengthy putt on the 1our.
teenth-a short hole-for his second
consecutive deuce.
ID EGULARLY each Sunday morning
X r. G. Shorter gathers seven OF
his friends at the Bannockburn
Golf Club and pairs them in foursomes
to play in q round-robin tournament
which means considerable grief for the
gent who is having a poor day. At
Bannockburn they call the crowd
"Shorter's Sunday Schoolers," and they
play in two four-ball games, with each
man playing the other seven and with
a prize for the best score. 1t makes
interesting competition for the member
who happens to be slightly off his game,
as they all play about alike.
T G. c. coRcoRAN of the Washing
J.. ton Club is somewhat of prac-
teal Joker. He had a good deal
of fun last week at the expense Of a
fellow member of the club who drops
choice word or two when he misses a
shot. Corcoran approached him on the
day before the qualifying round Of the
tourney and said: "Too bad, old man.
that you are paired with minister.
But perhaps you won't miss any short
puts, and, anyway, I'm sure you
v,o,,IIY,St COW anvthin0 Wr0nU in the
presence of a member of the cloth"
Gust my luck" the other chap re-
Piled that I should have denied me
the right of every golfer to tell the
wide world what think of myself when
I miss a shot" And the funny part of
it was that the man with whom he was
paired was not a clergyman.
A LvIN M. SMITH of Richmond.
n president of the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association, was in Washing
ton last Friday comforting with aSso-
citation officials regarding the forthcom-
ing championship tourney which will
be played over the course of the Coun-
try Club Of Virginia during the first
week in June. The association presi-
dent said Richmond golfers have shown
a great deal of interest in the tourney
and he hopes for a large entry list.
B. Warren Corkran of the Baltimore
Country Club is the present title holder.
The tournament will conflict with the
invitation event of the Wilmington
Country Club, and several Washington
players intend to go to Wilmington in
Stead of playing in the mid-AtlantIc
tourney.
ENTRIES for the invitation tourna-
IL nament of the Woodmont Country
Club will close at 6 pm. tonight, with
the tournament committee at the club
or may be sent to William G. Illch,