Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-05

-HREE eagles on one hole on one
self course in che afternoon.
Tie that one If you can. Ana
not one from the clubs of pro-
fassional, nor were the eagles made on
the Kenwood course. where you might
EXPECT an eagle or two among the star
players who are practicing there III al
vance Of the National Capital open 10
start two days hence.
Columbia's twelfth hole frequently
has been made in three strokes from
the tee, and once, on one OF those raIe
DAYS which come to every golier-~Frea-
die Mcleod made the hole IN Two
strokes. The hole measures ooZ yaIuS
in length from the back tee ana Is q
tough baby. no matter how you hgure
ii. OF course it is not the hafaest pa.
& affair in the world, but It is o tough
birdie 4 and as for cagles~-WelI' VIZ
come once in A while and when they
do come it is an event. Yet on one
sfternoon-the afternoon OF yesterday
three players made the hole N liiet
strokes. and not one OF thsm noiea
putt any longer than 70 leel u ou ~
First came H. King Cornwell, one OF
Columbia's better players, knocking
his second shot on the green from the
hillside far above the putting surface
and coaxing in l5-tooter Tor ms eagle
& Then along came John Martn, VINO
knows more about the War Department
than the general staff, knocking IN
20-footer for his eagle 3. only a ieW
moments after CornweO had coaXeo IN
his putt. And then along came Miller
y Steyinson. one of Columbias stars,
p'avinC one OF the greatest braSsle
shots we ever have seen from the
r,urh At the right TO reach the green.
and then roll in a i2-footer for ms
eagle
AS we say, there have been eagles
made on the twelfth hole before. but
never before in the history Of the club
has the hole been made in strokes by
three PLAYERS on the same afternoon.
It probably will stand as an all-time
record. That by STEVENSON started
something. too. for he and his partner
ulayed the holes from the eleventh
through the seventeenth in even SIS.
Their card ran like this starting at
the twelfth: 3. 3. 4, 3, 2, s. The part
ner was w. r. McCallum and that row
of eagles and brides polished of Tom
my Bones and Sam Rice on the
seventeenth.
YESTERDAY was day Of unusual
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Washington Freddie Mel coo
Harry Pitt John NcInerucy and J. 3
Murphy went over 10 Kenwood u prac-
tice in advance of the National Capital
open, and things moved along smoothly
up TO the thirteenth hole, where FTeddle
Mcleod pulled one for the book
At this hole his slightly-hooked tee
shot went into the rough at the LEFT
and when the players came UP to this
ball they found it neatly repoSins II
the bottom of a lard can, which some
workman had left in the rough, Now.
said Freddie. what shall I do2" Ht
couldn't hit the pail with his club fol
fear of shattering the shaft, SO III
picked the ball out Of the can under tA'
unplayable ball rule, teed II with
penalty OF 2 strokes and secured a
on the hole. But suppose some gen
with a chance to win the cocn hal
knocked his tee shot into the lard can
Would he burn upP
Richard P, whitley and Paul F
blackburn are the finaliSts in the com
petition for the Sisnese cup at tn
CHEVY Chase Club. whitley has VOL
his semi-finai match by default from
w. ]. waller, while Blackburn defeate'
,Jofn Britton in the other seIpi-fina
bv 4 and q The final round was Z
N nsayed either today or tomorrow.