Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-24
EVENT PASSED UP
BY CAPITAL LINKS
Burrows Shows Real CaIiber
in Retaining His Public
Course Title.
"HE national amateur champion
ship of 1882 will go to the Five
Farms course of the Baltimore

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Farms course of the Baltimore
Country Club and don't think
there won't be a scramble on the part
of the local amateurs to qualify so they
may play in the tournament.
Announcement by the United States
Golf Association of the award OF the
championship to the Five Farms course
climaxes two years of unrelenting work
on the part of Talbot T.. Speer and his
associates on the Golf Committee OF
the Baltimore Country Club to bring
the championship to our neighboring
city. Ever since the Professional Golfers
Association tourney went to Five Farms,
back in 1928, club officials have been
looking for bigger game.
Last year a group Of club officials
went up to Merton to look over the
arrangements there and to again pre-
sent their claim for 1882 At that time
the thought of the U. S. G. A. was
that a Washington club should have
the championship in view of the BIZ
centennial celebration to be held here.
But none of the local clubs wanted the
tourney.
Speer and a group of his associates
are planning to attend the next
amateur. to be played at the Beverly
Country Club of Chicago early in
September, to observe the way the
tournament is handled.
1t is rather a sad commentary on the
District of Columbia that none of the
local clubs put in bid for the tourney.
Dates for the tournament have not
been announced, but probably, in view
of the latitude of Baltimore, it will be
held late in September in order to per-
nit placing of the course in first-class
shape The Five Farms course is one
of the few in this locality which have
watered fairways. The layout Is only
five years old but already 1t has taken
rank as one of the finest in the East
TT seems that public links golf around
i the National Capital is in for
period of recrudescence. For several
years. ever since George Voigt, Al
Houghton. Harry Pitt, John Shorey and
links golf about Washington suffered
an eclipse. But this year Bradley H.
Burrows has been playing fine golf to
uphold the tradition that good golfers
are developed on the public courses.
He won the Manor Club tourney and
was runner-up in the Chevy Chase
event And yesterday, after tieing with
the 15-year -old John Connolly over the
regulation 72-hole distance for the city
municipal links title, he went but and
shot himself a neat and form-fitting rs
to garner another city public links title
in the play-off at East Potomac Park.
Connolly went into lead with par
golf on tie first rine holes of C course
at East Potomac and led Burrows by
two strokes. He had a 38 to 40 for
Burrows. But the title holder caught
him at the twelfth hole, went into
one-strcke lead at the fourteenth and
ther Connolly blew on the sixteenth.
rf,-ily i,1rr TJtr-
rows ball en- the green, Connolly
cropped a stroke at the sixteenth and
tcol. an 8 on the easy par seventeenth
while Burrows was securing birdie s.
The upshct of the duel was that Bur-
rows won by eight strokes.
Burrows looks like fine prospect to
uphold the dignity of the public links
in golf about Washington. He has a
sound game from tee to green and is
splendid putter.
merchandising company has pre-
sented to the Beaver Dam Country
Club a cup to be played for August l.
The cup will go to the player who wins
it twice The club plans to hold re-
curing Journeys for the trophy this
wear until it is won. Walter johnson,
manager of the Washington base ball
team, will present the prize to the
winner of the first tourney.
LIVE Washington golfers were play
i ing today in the first flight of the
Maryland Country Club tourney,
while scattered through the other
flights were many other capitalists, who
played yesterday and Wednesday in the
medal round. Three members OF the
Indian Spring Club tied for second
place in the qualification round. all at
rs, one stroke behind Ernie Caldwell,
who won with a fine rs. They were
Leroy Sasscer, j. w Harvey, jr.. and j.
Monro Hunter, jr., who won the tourna-
ment last year. Both Sasscer and Hun
ter took SIS on the eighteenth hole,
Caldwell.
Here are the pairings Of the Wash
ington players in the various flights:
First ishtJ cydwa HarY Her d. Indian q
F FoWer coV9ba M Day vs. Bernm
N. E oliveri, Argyle. vs. Leroy sasscer' In
Second aight.J PoEsII; coqm a1n'd Y;
Graves. Indian sprins' VS.. E. F. Brown,
NJ Third qishat-Lindssy $; stois, Beaver
Pt2TS vs. S Iadnsy sprpF ba vs.
Fourth hight1Pr' j. IT. Mcclsnahan,
B aSein BToMn he8 vs ROGET Hail
Maryland; p. I. Thompson, Manor, vs. DR..
T. Bacon. BaILlmOFe.
Fifth fight-L. L. stratton. Beaver Dam.
VS.. w. j. Johnston, Baltimore.
7 EO F. PASS is the champion of the
- Veterans Administration Golf Club,
sn organization within the Vet
Grams Bureau. Here are TIL winners
in the tourney, which has just been
completed:
chsmpio2shg ght msnMr I MT F Psss.
ard B shop. Finance Service.
Champ!onship flight, ladies-Miss Anrahel
Hinderlter. 0f7ceo. Of Solicitor. Runner-up'
Fight No 2--Mr. C. NJ Medley. Chief
Clerks once. Rurcor-up, Mr.. George p.
Flight No. 3-:Mr. william Thomas. Com
pensation Service. Punrer-up, Mr.. Lee
MoFett. Compensation Service.
Flight No Mr.. c. L. Johnson. Commit
fec Oh Pecovrrice. Runner up-Mr. John
E Upp Classification.
Flight No. 5--Mr Paul MscMur-ay. Divi
sion Of eppcae. Runner up, Mr. Gale
Fe.ste~: Pensions Service.
Flicht No. 6-Mr Thomas D. Allen. Con-
St~uctiO1 S@~Eico RVn0e--up, Mr., James