Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
STEVENSON IS ONLY
! VET TO SCORE WIN
Unpopularity of New Ball
May Lead to BootIegging
of Old Sphere.
By WALTER r. McCALLUM.

TWO over The paSG LOurna-
~ ment season around Wash
ington, it appears that the
youngsters had the matter of win
ming golf tournaments very much
their own way. Only one veteran
of the game was able to crash
through to major victory, and
that came early in the season.
Miller 3. STEVENSON of Columbia
was the lone veteran who was
able to win a major tournament
around the Capital during the
1890 season.
lss In all the other events the youngsters,
who had indicated during 1929 their
readiness to step in and succeed the
older generation, cashed in on their
early promise to win the other tourna-
ments
Harry c. Pitt, a veteran of the game,
although youngster in years won at
Chevy Chase John c.. Shorey,
youngster Of college age, won at Wood
mont, Sherwood Forest and Bannock-
burn. j. Munro Hunter, 10 years old,
was runner-up at Woodmont and won
ct Maryland. The Congressional,
indian Spring and Manor tournaments
were Cancelled. The Columbia tourna-
ment and the Middle Atlantic cham
pionship we're won by Billy Howell, a
Richmond youngster, who is in his first
year at college.
The victory of STEVENSON in the
Washington Golf and Country Club
AAgent was the only win of major caliber
hat appeared for the veterans-men
who have been top liners in local golf
for more than six or seven years. And
STEVENSON is a veteran. Although he
took UP golf only in 1918, he was run
ner-up in the District championship
two years later and has been a con-
sistent winner since that time.
(WHICH leads to the thought that
w the youngsters are moving along
and it won't be long before they,
tp turn. become so-called veterans. And
to- the further thought that If team
of youngsters, say below IS, were put
against team of men over 25, the odds
on the youngsters to win would be at
tracttve. For the youngsters would in
clude such fine players as Frank k
Roesch, the District champion; John
Shorey, runner-up in that event;
Everett Eynon, Tommy Bones and John
Owens and Jack Powell of Columbia,
Jimmie Drain, Henry D. Nicolson and
Tommy Webb of Washington Robert
Bowen, the District Junior champ:
Harold Graves of Indian Spring; John
7ferney of Congressional and a few
others. Against team like this the
veterans could put Harry Pitt, Miller
STEVENSON, Albert r. Mackenzie, Page
Hufty, Clarence B. Murphy, O. Ashmead
Fuller, W. Carlton Evans, Leroy Sasscer,
d L. S. Otell, M. Parker Nolan, George
!, r. Miller and Herbert Lacey in the lists
such match would be close, but the
odds would be on the kids to win. They
have won almost everywhere else. Why
should they not win team match like
this one, If it could be arranged?
THE United states Golf Association
l. has decreed that after January
a standard golf ball, larger and
lighter than the old standard ball, shall
be legal in the United States. British
golf authorities have made no change
in their standard ball, which conforms
in size and weight to the standards of
the ball which has been in use in this
country for several seasons. The U. S.
q. A. has made a deal with one or
two British ball manufacturers not to
import for American consumption golf
halis made to the old standard. But
what of those manufacturers with whom
no terms have been reached? They
are in position to flood the American
market with golf balls of the old size
and weight. If they do so they are apt
TO ind large market for their prod
uct. for the new ball, whatever its
press agents say about it, Is not as
satisfactory ball for the great major
ity of golfers as the old standard ball.
For one thing, 1t does not respond
TO half-hit shots like the old ball. 1t
lacks the carry Of the old ball, and
. 1t does not get as much distance. The
man who hits the ball correctly will
notice little difference in the two golf
balls, but to the duffer the difference
viii be Immediately noticeable. It
seems that the British manufacturers
who do not fall in line with the U. S.
@. A. have opened up for themselves
big American market for bootleg golf
balls.
NvER at the washington Golf and
~ Country Club the Winter league is
well under way and already the
gents who say it with well hit puts
are becoming established champions on
the little putting course in Dave Thorn
sons golf shop. Almost any afternoon,
when the weather outside is not good
enough for golf, a group of players
may be found in the golf shop trying
to put the ball into little hole about
half as large as the diameter of golf
ball. Leo c. Lloyd. well known golfer
of Arlington County, has established
himself as q champion in the small
syndicate game But the other evening
d. @. Gruver broke up perfectly good
game by coming in at the last minute
on a tied pot to come within half
inch Of scoring / and winning all
the tied-up pots. A bonus is paid for
an ace, and aces are rare occurrences
on this little putting strip. Dave
Thompson himself is quite an expert
at this game, as he Is on the outdoor
putting greens and v. G. Dickey. the
man who discovered recently that a
golf ball can be hooked, is not so bad.
But golf is not the only game those
Washington members play. group OF
them has gotten together and organized
another bowling league, known as
sRodier'S Thursday Nighters" They
meet each Thursday night at the Lucky
Strike alleys and &C through the mo-
Stions of knocking down pins with
duMpin ball. DR. Thomas D. Webb
sports the biggest average OF the
Thursday Nighters'' but he is closely
pressed by Gruver. w. r. Little and DR..
a T. J. Rice. Other members are Rodier
and DR.. B. S. Taylor.
TWO big tournaments which were
i held last year are not 10 be held
around Washington this year.
These are the Namandji Nindj tourney
for the left-handed golfers, who have
played during the past two seasons for
q CUP donated by DR.. 8. A. Reeves. and
tina Middle Atlantic Professional Golf
ers' Association match play champion
ship. The southpaw tourney has been
the almost exclusive property Of Sam
Rice. who has won for the past two
years. Bob Barnett Of Chevy Chase is
the match play champion of the local