Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11

~ HEY are knocking all the sim
out of Old General Par out at
the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club, The old jinx OF all
golfers is punch drunk and grogey De-
fore onslaughts of half dozen knights
of the driver and mashie as they chp
stroke after stroke off par in the chase
for supremacy in the ringer contest
which is to end next october.
Two of the lusty fellows who knock
Golf ball far, wide and handsome
have scores which are notnlng Jess
than 10 strokes below par tor tne
course-one stroke a hole average on
mar and several others are CHASING
them right along, until 1t seems as ~
eagles will be necessary 10 WIN ele
ringer competition. The two Leaders
to date are Comdr. G. Tremalne Lyhes'
known as the man with the cast non
disposition, who never lets awning
ruffie him on the golf course, and Ralph
s. Fowler, the little chap VINO poles
the bali so far from the tee
Both have kept relentleSsly on inc
trail of par until they have the Ola
Man so far down he never Will recover
from the shock. Par for the WASH
ington layout is 10, and both Lynes ana
Fowler have scored 50 for the round
Just 18 strokes below par. Fowler mas
an eagle on the lengthy fifteentn NOE,
but has not yet secured on LIE
eighteenth.
Lvnes used to claim the eighteenth
was nothing more than a par ana, OF
course, he has 3 on that hard hoie.
If LyneS negotiates a 3 on the hfteentn
that will put him in the lead, while II
Fowler get a 3 on the eighteenth he VIII
go in front.
Neither of the leaders has been able
to get an eagle on the fourth mole, al
though the hole, with the hard ground
OF these days, is not more than drive
and-iron hole, even though 1t is more
than 40 yards in length.
Water is being poured on the green's
at the Washington Club IN quantities
so large YOU wouldn't believe the figures
unless they came with the authenticity
Of one who knows whereof ne speaks.
OF course, Washington is not alone In
the copious use of water to save the
putting greens, but here are the figures
Since the lst of May more than 1900
0G0 gallons of water have been used on
the golf course and since the drought
started three weeks ago the water con-
sumption has been more than a half
million gallons.
Washington got the water for its
course from wells until the wells began
to go dry, and then the city water sys-
tenn was hooked up and water from the
Potomac put in use at considerable cost
to the club.
Three professionals attached to clubs
in nearby Virginia arc eligible for the
Virginia State open championship,
which will be played over the course of
| the Westwood Club in Richmond. Au-
! gust % and 30 Dave Thomson, the
Washington Club pro, and Frank Hartig
and r. Cliff McKimmie. pros at the
! Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country
! Club, are eligible The tourney is open
! to amateurs and professionals living In
! Virginia, and first money is $50. En-
! tries viii close August III.
| Secretary William c. Barr of the Dis
| trict Golf Association today sent out no
| tices of the two championships to be
played early in Setcmbcr under the aus
! pieces OF the local golf body The two
! title events are the junior championship
| tourney, to be played at the WASH
ington Golf and Country Club on SEP
TENDER 2, and the senior championship
event, for which juniors also are eligible
To be decided September 4 and $ al
the Burning Tree Club.
The Junior championship will be 9
&C. hole medal play affair. open To junior
members ana sons Of members OF mem
Der clubs of the association under u
years Of age. To the winner Will gc