Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
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TEST FOR VETERANS
Hunter, Eynon, Peacock and
Bones Among Outstanding
Young Players.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.
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" COOKING forward to the District
championship, to be played at
Burning Tree on September
and 5, it begins to appear that
the reigning king of amateur golfers
around Washington-Miller B. Stevenson
of Columbia, and the crown prince
Harry G. Pitt of Manor-are to have
formidable opposition from a group OF
youngsters who have been coming along
with a rush this year and today stand
about ready to put together four con-
sistent rounds to challenge the suprem-
acy of the older gents.
One of them in particular. has so
improved his game this year that today
he is easily one of the foremost amateur
golfers about the Capital ana Is ABOUT
ready to make his bid for the cham
pionship. We refer to j. Monro Hunter,
jr.. son of the Indian Spring profess
sional, whose game has so improved
this year that these days he Is con-
sistently shooting any golf course In
better than rs, and only the other day
breezed around Burning Tree IN IL,
which is one better than par. When q
man can gallop around a hard golf
course in better than rs almost any
time he starts, he must be considered
to have an excellent chance to win any
championship among the amateurs.
Voigt Holds Record.
The District championship usually
has been won with a score in the
neighborhood of 800 for the four rounds
of medal play. Occasionally 1t has
dropped below that figure, but very
seldom. The best mark ever made Tor
the championship was registered by
George j. Voigt in 1927 when that
clever SHOEMAKER, then playing from the
Bannockburn Golf Club, played four
rounds at Indian Spring III a total OF
291 strokes. That mark probably Will
stand up for long time as the lead
ing score in the District amateur cham
pionship. 1t is an average of only a
little more than 1914 a round, and
would be good score in professional
event.
But ordinarily 800 will win the Dis
trict championship, and there are to-
day a half dozen kids" around Wash
ington who are capable Of sustaining
such a scoring pace for u holes that
they can approximate this total. Ever.
EFT Eynon of Columbia is one. Tom
Roesch of Washington is still another,
but of them all Hunter stands out as
the most likely winner among the
youngsters. Roger Peacock is capa-
BILE of breeZing around any course in 70
or so, but there Is some doubt as to
whether the District junior title holder
will play in either of the forthcoming
championships
Hunter only recently played four con-
of in
Just four 70s, that's all, for a total of
better than par. He played two of
them in one day for total of lao,
which would have been good enough
to qualify in the recent sectional quail
flying round for the P. G.. A. cham
pionship.
Upset Is Possible.
If Hunter sets such q scoring pace
at Burning Tree as he has been show
In, lately, there may be mild upset
in the coming championship, with vic
tory perching on the shoulders of the
young Indian Spring star. His victory
in the Maryland Country Club tourna-
ment has given him the poise and con-
f1dence he needed, and he has been
practicing steadily every day for the
District title chase.
Tommy Bones is playing Columbia
in rs or better nearly every time he
starts, and Everett Eynon has been
scoring around 10 or "a whenever he
played. STEVENSON, however, will never
givt up his championship withouta strug
gle of the type that has won him many
tournaments. The District champion
Is playing as well as ever, and he has
that background of victory which means
so much when the pack comes down the
home stretch after him in the last
round. Last year STEVENSON Steadied
over his final round to shoot a IA and
win the tourney at Congressional, where
some of the men who had stayed close
on his heels for three rounds faltered
and fell behind.
Arthur B. Thorn, professional at the
Woodnont Country Club, the lone quail
fer from Washington in the forth
coming P. G. A. championship, plans
to leave the Capital shortly after Labor
day to practice for the tourney which
begins at Flushing, Long Island, on Sep
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