Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10

ANI way OF SCOTllB VOudy ONSA
v v those lengthy reaches of the
Woodholme Country Club of
Baltimore, there are going to be q lot
Of sore dogs" among the professionals
tonight when they wind up the 72-hoie
grind for the Middle Atlantic cham
pionship. And lot of sore wrists, too.
For some reason that Woodholme
course. baked out by the drought. hard
and dry and fast, Is not only one OF the
hardest courses to play in this sector
of the land, but also 1t is one that taxes
the physical stamina Of the player to
the utmost. Hilly and rugged. wooded
and rolling, with small, keen green's set
far back in stretches Of woodland, the
layout Is termed by the washington
professionals playing in the tourney as
time one Of the most discouraging they
ever have seen.
Fred Mcleod Of Columbia, who start
ed the third round today well down the
list, described the putting as about as
tricky as any he ever has had to do
j. Monro Hunter, the Indian Spring
pro, who followed q poor SO on the
opening round yesterd day with fine 70
in the afternoon. said the course in its
present condition is far too tricky to
expect consistent low scoring.
Bob Barnett Of Chevy Chase, who
tied for the lead In the tourney over
the first two rounds and started today
one Of the favorites to annex the title
and the 5000 flrst-prize money, said
that one piece of bad judgment can
wreck any mans score and added that
the player must be on his guard at all
times to avoid those tricky rolls and
contours that have wrecked scores.
Hunter told me he played tee shot
on the 220-yard fourteenth hole that
covered the pin all the way, hit q few
at right angles far down hill to the
left, ending go yards from the hole. He
was lucky to get 5.
In the afternoon round yesterday Bob
Barnett played q mashie niblick Sec
on shot to the green $40 yards from
the tee, which hit hard spot on the
green. took high bounce and kicked
away over. He was lucky to get a
on this par hole. On the other hand.
the boys who know the low pitch and
run shot have the edge. That's the
difncult to the nth degree. The boys
all say 1t IL o fine course when the
ground Is soft. But now-not 50 good.
Barnett Out TO Win.
That's the kind Of layout over which
Bob Barnett Is struggling today to re-
tain the lead he set yesterday In the
first two rounds of the tourney. The
serious little Chevy Chase mentor is
out to win this championship. Nc
doubt OF that. He shot a par IL IN
the morning round and followed it with
a rs in the afternoon to tie at the
end Of the second round with Willie
MacFarlane, the bespectacled Scot with
whom he played, and Paul Runyan, the
North and South and Jersey State
| title-holder. MacFarlane, the same
great shot maker, who outlasted Bobby
Jones to win the elongated play-oH fol-
the national open at Worcester in 1925
took a Z on the second hole in the
morning and still was around in "a. He
did 73 In the afternoon to tie with
Barnett when the Chevy Chase pre-
started with 8 and put his ball in the
water at the eleventh and sixteenth.
Gene Sarazen, the same cocky, stocky
gent who has gone rampaging up and
down the land to win flock Of tour
naments this year, Is In good spot be-
ginning the last day Of play with a
total OF 14e. Gene played the course
AOA 01lC 4AIOb bAtlkC yCStSIOdy IuOII1lI1g
and did n. He came back with a
II in the afternoon, even though he
played his second shot far into the
woods beyond the eighteenth green. Ed
Dudley. the handsome gent from Will
mington, who busted things wide open
at Shawnee, also Is up there with
73-76-i49. Barnett alone, Of the To-
cal pros, has real chance to win. A.
L. Houghton Of Kenwood started the
final day only six strokes back of the
leaders, while Fred Mcleod of Column
bia, with 7o-76-155, and Monro
Hunter, with 83-72-155, were not far
back, but probably too far away to catch
the leaders today. A. N. B. Thorn of
Woodmont had another of those bad
putting streaks which have ruined his
score In so many tournaments. he
three-putted the last four greens yes
terday to finish with 10. when he had a
rs in sight.
Here are the scores of the Washing
ton pros over the first day:
Bob Barnett, Chevy Chase, 71-76
LAT; al Houghton, Kenwood, T7-76
-153; Fred Mcleod, Columbia. "a
76-155; j. M. Hunter, Indian Spring.
83-72-l56: Gene Larkin. CHEVY
Chase, 61-75-156; A. B. Thorn, Wood
mont, T7-79-156; Bill Carson, East
Potomac. 7s-s2-160; Mel Shorey, East