Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-03
CTIVITY among the senior
golfers Of the Chevy Chase
4 Club. usually at its peak in the

CluD, usually NJ us peak III IAIe
Summer months, has slackened
Oh until for the first time since Gen.
D. c. shanks took charge Of the az
fairs Of the seniors, there Is no match
play sheet on the bulletin board outside
the caddie house to indicate the contests
in which the seniors are playing these
torrid days. This does not mean, how
ever, that the senior golfers are not play
ing in tournaments. For even though the
big match-play events which have been
held In past years are missing this
Summer, there are . number Of con-
tests going on. Each month the MEM
bers Of the Senior Golf Association
compete In handicap events, with prizes
for the best medal score turned In
during the month. and next month
the regular handicap match-play tour
neys will start again.
Admiral j. d. Beuret won the trophy
presented by John G. Let's for the low
est net medal score made by senior
during July, scoring . net IS. Gen.
Charles B. Drake finished second with
| q net rs.
The putting trophy presented BY Maj.
| Harry A. ellis was won by =. M.
Talcott with o net 50 for the a holes.
DR.. r. w. Baker was rlnner-up with
o net card Of s..
The senior association Of the Chevy
Chase Club Is one of the really lively
golf organizations in this part Of the
country. Since Gen. Shanks took charge
Of the golf tournaments two years back,
golf affairs among the seniors have been
humming along ut . swift pace. But
these hot days firid the seniors playing
only nine holes. and with many Of them
out of the city the match-play tourna-
ments have been stopped for the time
bang. They win be resumed In eeptem-
ber, when most of the men now out Of
the city VIM have returned.
WHEN you try to match shots with
w four golfers you have hard Job
on your hands. no matter how
good you may think YOU are. Jimmy
Herman and Walter McCallum tried to
play the best ball of four Washington
Golf and Country Club players ut Wash
ington yesterday and took 2-and-1
beating at the hands Of D. G. Gruver,
DIR. T. d. Webb and his stalwart son.
Tommy and Jimmy Drain, the lad who
won the Washington tourney IN the
Spring. The best ball Of the winning
four-ball combination was 81, while that
Of Herman and McCallum was 90.
Herman shot the best medal score Of
the six, with q card Of -, followed by
McCallum with rs. Herman had three
brides on the round. two or them in q
row at the fourth and fifth holes. He Is
the same man who won the Chevy Chase
tournament last Spring. beating Bradley
H. Burrows In the final round. But
against the four yesterday both he and
McCallum found that no matter how
good they were one Of their opponents
always was In the hole matching them
| shot for shot. It takes unusual golf for
| two men to win from four. II the four
can shoot any kind Of golf ct all.
J. Davis Ewell, Richmond city cham
pion and winner of the Hermitage
Country Club tourney, played over the
washington course yesterday and shot
| a II. He claims that Billy Howell, the
lad who led the qualiiers in the recent
sectional tests at Richmond for the ma
tionait amateur championship. has a
fine chance to qualify and go some
where in the national.
THE Maryland state Golf Association
i il putting on quite build-up
campaign for the mixed two-ball
! tourney to be played August Is at the
Baltimore Suburban Club. The tour
ney is the first Of such affairs to be
staged by the association, and teams
must be formed from members Of the
same club The event will be followed
by dinner ut the Suburban Club, and
all contestants must have Maryland
State handicap cards. Entries should
be in the hands Of the committee at 16
Mcclellan place, Baltimore, by August
II.
EOUR Washington professionals and
Il few amateurs were playing today
in the 36-hole Bedford Springs open
tournament at Bedford Springs. Pa.
after participating yesterday In an
/ amateur professional best ball event,
played Is the curtain-raiser to the pre-
| event today. A. L. Houghton, profes-
sional, and Maury Fitzgerald,D amateur
both Of Kenwood, paired together yes
terday to finish third IN the amateur.
| pro event with card Of 20. Monrt
Hunter and Tom Belshe Of Indian
| Spring had D card Of II, while John @
Wineman, amateur. and George Diffen-
baugh, professional, both Of Indian
Spring. scored 10. Tom Cnle. Haiti'