Evening star., 1931-06-20


~ links committeeman for washing
ton. representing the National
Capital on the National Public Links
Committee of the United States Golf
Association. Jim's favorite avocation
when he is not bossing the newspaper
men around up IN the superheated at
mosphere Of the Senate press gallery,
Is to go out to Rock Greek Park or
down. to East Potomac Park and stand
around to watch his pet lads-the
public links golfers-do their stuff
Jim hasn't had much cause for jubiia-
ton since away back in the hey-day
of George voigt. when the Brishtwood
"Dutchman" was romping through
tournaments here ss q public links
golfer. Indeed, Jim has had . flock
Of lean years. but Jim now senses the
bright dawn of q better day just around
the corner.
The reason for his elation is the fact
. that one of his proteees has won a
major invitation golf tournament-the
first that has been won by = public
links golfer around Washington since
away back In the days when voigt was
the king pin of golf around the Capital
All yesterday afternoon, under a broil-
ing sun, equipped with note books. q
camera and all sorts Of equipment for
taking data, in addition to the movie
tone boys, Jim walked around that rug
ged course at the Manor Club to watch
and pull for Bradley H. Burrows, one
OF his proteges who was playing in
the final round Of the tourney against
Harry G. Pitt, the Manor Club star,
who has been knocking 'em cold in a
flock Of tournaments this year.
Jim must have some potent magic
in his pulling. for he pulled Burrows
home. Whenever Pitt made a good
shot Burrows made q better one, and
Burrows hung on until he had put
Pitt away on the sixteenth and thereby
caused. 9 lot of grief at the Manor
Club. For the members thereof had
come out to see Burrows slaughtered
by their favorite. But Burrows was
just too good for Pitt yesterday.
THEN Jim had a bright idea. He
l. thought on the coming national
public links championship, and the
fact that he, In his post as national
committeeman, has exempted Burrows
from qualifying for the Championship.
But will that deprive Burrows of his
District public links title?" thought
Jim. we can't permit that" So Jim
thought and thought and finally he
nit on scheme, which he announced
today. This scheme is that on July 90,
81 and % . flock of public links golfers
Will get together down at East
Potomac Park to play sfor the District
public links title. Until this tourna-
ment IL settled, Burrows will remain
the public links champion.
And our guess, after watching him
take Pitt as he did, is that after this
tournament he still will be the District
public links champ. So Jim is happy
today. One Of his pupils has come
through. to win major tournament.
And after good look at Burrows, we
are not 30 sure that he is not at the
very top night of local players. !, He
looked like million dollars in beating
Pitt ana certainly any man who plays
l6 holes in exactly par---as he did
against Pitt is o considerable swatter
of the golf ball.
Burrows is the same lad who was
runner-up in the Chevy Chase invita-
ton tourney. Three weeks ago he
broke bis 'favorite driver, and he only
got back q new one from the factory
day. but the really trencnant weapon
In his bag OF, tricks was the putter.
This aluminium headed contraption is
the club that won the tournament for
him. No matter how well he drove or
pitched, In the last analysis Burrows
slipped home the winning punch with
his putter.
Low well he did it may be cleaned
4 i from q few figures on the match.
On the very first green he rafnmed
home a .l5-footer to win with 4 5.
after both men had woods trouble from
the tee On the third hole he slipped
in 6-footer for birdie to- halve'
Pitt who had holed 7-footer. All
square at the eighth, be holed q TO-
footer for half In 3, and at the ninth
he had . nasty side hill putt to win
the hole and 60 UP. He holed 1t
and was up.
Then at the tenth he had another
nasty side-hin putt for birdie 3.
Did he miss it? He did not, and so
he went up. And he became up
when Pitt pulled his tee shot on the
short eleventh, and then obliged by
taking three puts for q bad 5. Harry
got back a hole ut the twelfth when
Burrows overplayed the green, but