Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-31

Bright and early this morning a
group of earnest young men stood on
the first tee at Rock Greek Park, gazing
out to where the sun was lifting above
the trees and waiting for the dawn
chill to dissipate itself. They were the
vanguard of those hardy, vigorous fell
lows who think that early morning is
meant for exercise and not for sleeping.
Rock Greek Parks "oily boids," that
sun-dodging group who have jumped
out of bed with the dawn for the last
two years, began their initial tourna-
ment of the 1881 season today, and
what with yawns and stretches of sleep
weary arms, they voted their opening
day a complete success, even though
the morning was shade colder than
desired. Just to show how early these
birds are, may we state that their
matches must start between 5:4S and
am. unless otherwise arranged; that
am. is the deadlfne and that most
of them must be at work by O'Clock:
They call themselves owls" and
"wrens" and have named the two flights
in which they are to play in April &C
cordingly. Here are the pairings for the
first round in the twin fights:
owl fiight" VS.. Weber, Feath-
erston VS.. Frazier, Green VS.. Bearce,
Shaw VS. Snyder, White VS.. Bryant,
Bonney VS.. Diller, Benton VS.. McGtl,
Poison VS. Chadwick.
Wren flight"-Edwards VS.. Davidson,
Dickinson VS.. Hellmers, Levy VS.. Cum
mings, Bowly VS.. Wagshall. In each
flight there viii be held by-fiights for
losers in the major divisions while the
final round in each flight viii be at 36
holes.
The pros and their golf shop as
sistants at the clubs around Washing
ton will be able to tell tonight whether
their theories with regard to what is
generally held the finest golf swing ex-
tant are correct.
j. Monro Hunter, president OF the
Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers
Association, has arranged for a private
showing at the Indian Spring Club at
8 O'Clock tonight of the slow movies of
Bobby Jones, to which the professionals
around washington, their assistants and
the chairmen of the important commit
tees of few of the clubs have been in
vited. These movies are the much-diS-
cusSed really slow pictures, in which
the action of the golf swing Is slowed
down so that the full swing takes four
minutes at the rate of 5000 pictures a
second.
And after that II the boys cannot
tell whether Jones loops or not, and
what a cute little pronate he has, it
won't be the fault of the pictures.
They were shown in Baltimore last
night.
A 15-year-old boy-a student of golf
form-yesterday watcher master OF
the game knock out a low fade shot
into the wind which brought up
against the pin 200 yards away. and
excitedly whispered in awe: How did
you do that? Please tell me how you
did that, Mr. Armour" The boys
name is Joe Piez and the master of
shot-making was Tommy Armour, for
mer national open champion, former
Congressional pro and far better
golfer today than he was that epic
day back in 1927 when he beat Harry
Cooper in the play-oh for the open.
Tommy paid hurried visit to his
brother Sandy at Congressional on his
way North from Pinehurst and played
the last nine holes of the club at which
he used to be pro with Sandy, Joseph e.
Murphy and Archie Clark, Sandy's as
Sistant. The wind was whooping out
Of the northwest and the temperature
was down, but notwithstanding this the
tall Scot whipped the ball around that
last nine holes in 81 strokes, even
though he had a brace of three puts
green's and missed an eagle 8 on the
twelfth only by an eyelash.
Tommy, like most of the other, lead
ing professionals, is playing with steel
shafted irons. And how Tommy is hit
ting that BALL Pull 'em in from
the left, push 'ern out to the right, either
way he accomplished with that rare
freedom of action and that unaSsuming
nonchalance which is the hall mark Of
real mastery of the game.
He is hitting the ball much further
from the tee than he used to as an
amateur and even further than he used
to do when he made Washington his
home. And as for the new ball, 1T
think 1t is easier to play than the old"
Tommy says. mot that it will be for
all golfers, but for me it is easier to
handle"
And, by the way, Tommy's brother
Sandy is the latest convert to steel
shafted iron clubs. 1t may be for bust
ness, and 1t may be for pleasure, but