Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
TOMS SHOT SPO|LS
MATCH FOR CHAMP
EauIe JoIts Harry on Links,
but He Has Good Time as
Manor HonorS Him.
THOMAS P. BONES of Column
bia is a good-natured soul.
OF the golf course, Tommy

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the links he is a rampaging terror
with the knack. of throwing in
enough subpar holes to disor-
ganize the opposition.
Tommy usually is in character-that
Is, If he wins on the golf course that is
strictly according to Hoyle, as it should
be IL a man is better than the other
fellow in. q competitive game. But
when Tommy upSetS the apple cart by
running the whole day for the hero Of
the occasion, that is another matter
and one that disturbs him. Harry
Pitt did not particularly care, for yes
terday was his day at Manor. Some l50-
odd club members turned out to do
honor to the 26-year-old man who has
just won the District amateur cham
pionship as the crowning glory of a
highly successful golf year.
And then Tommy Bones stepped in to
undo all the good that had been ac-
complished by the simple expedient of
hitting a high-fying spoon shot to the
ninth green and holing the putt for an
eagle to take some Of the spotlight
away from Pitt.
Tommy, as we said before, Is good
hearted soul. He wouldn't do anything
to take away from Harry the glory that
was his on Pitt day at Manor. But
Tommy put all his soul and ITO pounds
behind that spoon shot, and that, as
far as Harry Pitt and AL Treder were
concerned. was all there was to that
golf match.
AS q starter for Pitt day. Miller
STEVENSON and Tommy Bones went over
from Columbia to Manor to play Pitt
and Treder. They halved the first nine
holes, played as the last nine and then
Pitt and Treder won the tenth and elev-
enth to go 2 up, only to see STEVENSON
hole a brace of puts that squared the
match. And SO they came to the ninth
or eighteenth hole all even.
And Tommy stole the spotlight with
the eagle that won the match for the
Columbia pair. Brides are not COM
mon on that 470-yard uphill ninth hole
at Manor, in fact neither Pitt nor
Treder secured birdie on the hole.
But Tommy Bones Is not a lad to tenn
porize. He does things in whole-heart-
ed fashion or not at ell. His second
shot 'ay just 30 inches from the hole
and the putt for the eagle 8 to win the
match was cinch.
And at the dinner which closed the
day, Pitt, Ray F. Clarity, the club
president, and Col. John Crockett. the
veteran chief clerk of the Senate, all
made graceful speeches. Harry Pitts
speech was a modest disclaimer of hav-
ing done anything that merits the
adiilation OF his fellow men, for he de-
clared that often the margin between
winning and losing in a golf tourna-
ment is mere matter of an inch or so.
and would like to tell you, gentle
men, now" he said, that never have
entered a tournament to win. enter
them all for the pleasure get in play
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also is alright. But I get my real
pleasure from playing in them"
Clarity presented Pitt with a complete
new golf outfit, of steel shafted clubs
and bag with the hope that he may go
on and bring back to the Manor Club
the national amateur golf championship.
MEMBERS Of the Beaver Dam Coun-
4V4 try Club are to start play tomor-
row In the match play rounds for
the club championship, with the follow
ing pairings:
AZ A. Nen. 2. PhlI 2r;nv rs. + 3 Day; W. J.
I Mhite. G. JOHNSON M ys BAILEY, 2
of second r. nish W Aa r Wright vs. H R. De
yilbliss, z. Heimer vs.. H. L: Jones. P.
e. or ri T. r. Nei Davd i \. J. E vo
2. Boyer vs. 3. Bentson, F. Gerard vs.. W. T.
S TSIrd dEht5 fS Hutehinscn W = n1%
oman 7: H; Bqrdette rs: 2. Sherman. II,
vs. S0p Hermann. l. af peEener T VS., W.
Romer, 9. I. Day VS.; O.. A. Sims. J. s.
u 8. RIDSDALE, veteran golfer of the
L Chevy Chase Club, yesterday won
permanent possession Of the Press
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event for the third consecutive year in
the tourney played yesterday at Indian
Spring. Ridsdale shot score of 81,
which won the low gross prize by three
strokes from Paul Y. Anderson and p.
T. Cook, both of whom had cards of 81.
The net prize went to Leo Cullinane OF
the New York Herald Tribune, who had
a card Of 89-24-65, winning by seven
strokes. Second lew net went to p. r.
Seward, whose card read 96-24-T2.
The prize winners were as follows:
Low Eross-.l. P. s. Ridsdalej z; p. 7; coek
S George II. Holmes; 8, A. E. steinem; l. W.
Low net. L. culiinane; 2. G. O., Smith;
s.bSip n hra g. hlbus ss"f Z. " Freud
Low gross. nrst nine-l, J. P. Williams;
Low gross. second nine-I. J. D. scoheld;
Low net. 1rst nine-I. H. r. jacob; 2. Z.
Low net. second nine-l. J. r. Richter;
Most parsAF. il. Butcher
Most birdies-R. w. Westwood
Beau Brummel-Nathan Wallard (three
years in succession).
WASHINGTON woman golfers over
w whelmed a team of Baltimore
players yesterday in a team
match played. at Chevy Chase, winning
by a score of 3Oi2 points to liz.
The scores were as follows:
WASHINGTON.
Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes. 2