Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
\ T EVER since have been at
NJ Chevy Chase have seen or
heard of so many scores

Chevy Chase have I seen or
heard of so many scores
under 80. There must be
something about the Labor day atmos-
phere to combine with hard ground
and slow putting green's to put every
golfer right on his game.
The speaker was Bill Hardy, club
maker at Chevy Chase, and his words
were backed up by Gene Lark1n. the
Maryland State open champion and as
sistant pro at Chevy Chase, who car
ries his hand in a cast and wishes ne
could play golf again. AS the COMPETE
ton for the Secretary's Cup went for
ward at Chevy Chase yesterday scores
below 80, made by men who never be-
fore had broken that magic figure,
came rolling in, and before much OF
the day had passed it was certain that
all low scoring marks for the Chevy
Chase course would be shattered.
For example, there was the winner
of the Secretary's Cup, DR.. E. L. Woods,
q captain in the Navy, who never had
broken 80 before, and who sported a
handicap of IA strokes. DR.. Wood found
the going 50 easy that he broke 30 in
generous fashion, shooting rs to win
the match play against par event by
par, one hole better than the mark set
by Admiral M. M. Taylor, who finished
8 up on par. w. G. Brantley, jr., shot
the first nine in SO, but took an on the
eleventh hole to finish with 43 and
10. Nevertheless, he finished up on
par to tie for third place with Henry
Ravenel.
Charlie Mackall, the slugger, who
used to star in the line for the Univer-
sity Of Virginia foot ball team, scored
a 70, even though he had three green's
with three puts each.
The high spot of the day among the
women players was reached by Mrs.
Harrison Brand, jr, who registered q
card of 10 from the front tees, only /
stroke behind the IS registered Q few
months ago by Mrs. Emory Smith,
which is the women's course record.
Mrs. Brand was out in 40. securing an
eagle on the eighth hole, on which
women's par Is 6. She got q 2 on the
thirteenth and was around In 70, not
withstanding four 3-putt green's.
Then there was H. G. Morris, whom
tie boys in the golf shop at Chevy
Chase said never had broken 100 for
the Chevy Chase course. Morris broke
the century mark in no uncertain
fashion, for he shot an 80, eleven
strokes below 100.
At all the other clubs low scores were
the order of the day, the players find
ing the combination of heat and fast
course very much to their liking. At
Congressional a best ball event, with
half the handicap of the twosomes, was
held. Clarence B. Murphy. handicapped
at scratch, and j. B. Baylis, with q II
handicap, tied for the lead in the event
with r. L. Rose a. and j. B. Douglas
40, both pairs having net SO. w. L.
King (1S) and w. z. Shay (24) regis
tered net 10 to win second place.
King and Shay, with the aid of their
handicap, shot the first nine in 80, but
faltered over the back nine for a mark
of 80.
G. A. Youngquist and H. S. lie Roy
tied at net ~ with w. w. Jones and
individual score for the day-a "A,
which is one over par.
j. Logan Hopkins was the lucky gent
in the competition at match play
against par at the Washington Golf and
Country Club for a set of matched
CLUBS, donated by Dave Thomson, the
nine holes, on which half their club
handicap applied, and after all the
cards were In one-third the names were
drawn, the winner of the lot winning
the prize. Hopkins finished UP on par.
Three players tied for second, all 4 up
on par. They were Verne Simmons,
Russell Jewell and Arthur Sinclair
w. G. Wiley won the flag tourney at
the Bannockburn Golf Club, planting
his nag after his final stroke in the cup
on the eighteenth green. Frank j.
Pickett finished second, and T. P. Hay
den was third. Jess A. McKeever won
the blindfold driving contest, knocking
the ball blindfolded a distance Of 200
yards. Normal j. Hall, the portsider,
was second, with blow of 100 yards.
q. Emerson Moore won the approaching
and putting contest, with the last stroke
played through barrel, scoring q for
the distance. w. G. Corey scored 4, to
finish second
e. L. Norris won the Presidents Cup
at the Manor Club, a 36-hole medal
play handicap event. Norris scored 178
for the double circuit, with a handicap
of AZ, for net card of 1856. I. T. Dono-
hus, with net of 1877, was a stroke be-
hind the leader, and M. B. Shaw was
third, with a net 1913. D. L. Thompson
won the low gross, with 158.
The mems putting contest went to
Robert G. Hird, student at the Naval
Academy, who returned from q cruise
to register total of 35 strokes for the
10 holes. william j. Peters won the
driving contest averaging 234 yards for
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