The Washington times., 1930-06-14
Mclean Flashes Form to Take Boys D. C. Tennis Title
VIRGINIA boy
LIKELY To
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BY JUNO KINERK

BY JUNO KINERK
When Roger Peacock. Of In
dian Springs, and w. c. (Chick)
Evans, of the host club, settle the
matter of seeing who wins the
qualifying medal in the play-off
tomorrow afternoon the seven
: teenth annual Columbia Country
: Clubs invitation tournament will
have come to an official close.
The major honors of the tour
rey, however, will not go to
either of these players, for
wisp Of youth Of but IL years
who weighs scarcely l35 pounds
has already decamped with the
title. The youth Is none other
than Billy Howell, the sensational
Richmond youngster, holder Of
the Middle Atlantic title, who
took the championship by de-
. feating Paul j. Frizzell, of Co
lumbia, 3 up and 2 to play in
the finals.
Howell was not the i'm
pressive players in the finals
he was in previous matches.
His stamina and strength
seemed on the wanc, but he
always was there in the
pinch to come back with an
amazing recovery whenever
NE was in trouble.
And he often had to resort to
these rinch shots, for he was
constantly off the course. No
matter whether he was trapped
or In the rough, though Billy
was always there with neat
comeback. Some of these recov.
cry shots were nothing short Of
miraculous. And they ate the
heart right out of Frizzell, who
was constantly seeing his appar'
ent advantage wiped out by a
fine shot to the green, or by a
. single putt.
Perhaps the test of true
golfer is his ability to recover
from precarious situations. II
this is true, then Howell is a real
champion and richly deserves the
laurels he has gathered. II the
lad improves, as he probably will,
a great future lies before him.
Certainly the effect Of his fine
recoveries works to his advan-
tage psychologically, for an op-
ponent who finds his apparent
edge offset continually weakens
under such relentless hammering.
FrixzeII weakened yester.
day, but at that he was the
= victim of hard luck on no less
than three occasions. Three
different times Frizzell had
putts hit the back Of the cup
dead. but each time they
failed to fall.
Frizzell never had a lead OF
more than ! UP, but he was
never behind until the twelfth
when Howell canned an S-foot
putt for a birdie four. Then the
Columbian blew a five-foot putt
!. on the next hole and lost 1t. too.
Vie became three down on the
fifteenth when, playing from q
tough lie in the rough. his iron
to the green hit the upper side Of
the ditch and fell disappointingly
back into the water.
The strain Of the four match
play contests in two days prob
ably took their toll from F'rtzzeH.
too, as we'll as Howell, for both
had played better golf In their
earlier matches and in the semi
finals than they did in the after
' noon.
In the morning Howell captured
the feature match Of the tourney
by downing young Roger Peacock,
up. while FriZZell was extended
+, to 90 holes to win over Clyde B.
Asher. Howell's medal against
Peacock was 76.
Howell was four over par
when he defeated Fri1Tell and
the latter was approximately
I over par at the conclusion
, of the match on the six
teenth.
Thomas j. Webb, ir., captured
the consolation Of the champion
ship flight by downing F. Joseph
Beger, Of Georgetown, and !.
In the second sixteen Everett
EyncA was the winner over John
w. owens, Columbia, l up, while
Elliott Spicer, Indian Springs,
captured the consolation, 2 and l.
from EmmonS s. Smith. jr., Col
u urmbia. In the third flight Vol
ney Burnett. Beaver Dam, de
! feated Leo Pass, Bannockburn
5 and 4, and Reeve Lewis, Chevy
Chase, won this consolation from
Conldr. A. H, Douglas, Columbia
up.
7. In the fourth flight Franklin
N. Parks, Congressional, was the
winner over lieut.. G. e. Short
Norfolk, 2 and !. W lie Perry B
Hoover, Indian Springs, defeated
M. E. Oliveri, Argyle, 8 and /, In
: the consolation. In the fifth
flight, E. T. Rice, Washington
defeated Comdr. C. B. Hatch
Columbia, and 2, while j. F
McCarron, Congressional, cap
tlIred the consolation from A. T