Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-02
LII of the four men who qualified

A LII Of the four men who qualified
~ yesterday as members OF the
~ Washington public links golf
championship team, which will
go to Jacksonville to play in the ma
uonal title chase in August, have had
previous experience in the municipal
links classics and will so to Florida
without lacking the background that
aids in any championship competition.
B. H. (Ted) Burrows of Rock Greek
Park, who led the qualifiers with the
splendid score of 2e6 for the u holes,
played at Cleveland in 1927 and uuali-
f1ed in the national championship with
a score of 1855. He was beaten in the
third round by Bill Serrick of New
York, who was defeated by Carl Kauff-
man in the final.
Louis Fuchs, who finished second in
the qualifying trials yesterday, was a
member Of the team last year that went
to st. Louis. Fuchs failed to qualify
In the national event last year.
Robert Burton, third of the local men
70 make the team, played at Cleveland
IN 1927 and qualified with 100 He was
beaten In the first round by Wingate of
Jacksonville on the nineteenth hole.
sam Parks was a member Of the
washington team that played at Sails
bury in 1925. Parks failed to qualify
In that year.
Burrows Is produce dealer, Burton
works for a dealer in antiques, Fuchs is
with a building association and Parks Ia
with an ice company.
Tragedy stalked in the wake of at
least three of the prospective team
members yesterday as a heavy rain
came along early in the afternoon at
both East Potomac and Rock Creek
qualify.
The biggest tragedy came 70 w. w.
Billings Of East Potomac Park, who
needed 4, 3, 4 on the Rock Greek course
10 beat out Sam Parks for fourth place
on the team. Billings got his 4 on the
sixteenth hole, and then proceeded to
take at the short seventeenth. That
left him needing q bird 3 on the
eighteenth to tie, and he made a bold
bid for the 3, a 4O-foot putt barely
brushing by the lip Of the cup. The fact
mat ne failed to hole the next did not
make any difference.
For time yesterday as Burton strug-
gled with the woods at Rock Greek Park
it appeared that wild tee shots would
blast him right out Of the champion
ship. He had two IS in his final round
card Of rs, which is testimonial enough
to the quality Of the golf he registered
on the balance of the round An on
the fourth came when a wild tee shot
went ranging into the woods and an 8
on the fifteenth came through the same
cause.
One Of the tragedies was the complete
blow-up of young j. C. Jewett, who led
in the first days tests at East Potomac
Park with q card of $50. Jewett's tee
shots were wild at East Potomac Park,
but when he transferred his activity to
Rock Greek Park, where the woods
thrust out waiting arms to receive the
wild ones, he was completely sunk.
Burrows score Is one Of the best bits
OF golf ever registered by public links
player around Washington. Blazing
around the Rock Greek Park course in
10 and rs on the first day, he shot the
East Potomac Park course yesterday in
70 and "A. The score is Is over par
but Is far better than most Of the other
competitors registered. Fuchs had the
best score yesterday, registering a 70
at Rock Creek to round out his total of
800. Burton's total was 305 and that
Of Parks was 311.
Arthur B. Thorn Of Woodmont, Mel
Shorey Of East Potomac Park and A. L.
Houghton of Harper will leave Wash
ington Friday for Minneapolis, where
they will play in the national open golf
championship next week. They will pick