Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23

A IL sorts Of funny things by way
~ Of weird scoring are happening
~ out at the Congressional Coun-
try Club these days, but the
palm for the unusual gees to Maj. John
E. Mcclure, who scored pair Of deuces
on the course the other day, And the
two holes were not both short ones,
either.
Mcclure took out his trusty mashie
in the 165-yard thirteenth and laid his
ball so close to the hole he knocked it
In for deuce. Then he hit q scream
ing tee shot down the middle of the
fairway at the fourteenth, a hole that
plays about 375 yards. His tee shot
was 50 far he could get home with a
maShie niblick. The shot went on
well, but the pin was so far back he
could not see the result, although he
knew 1t was close. To his surprise, the
ball was found in the bottom Of the
cup.
Mcclure Is the only man in the club
ever to have scored q on the four
tenth hole. This Is the same hole on
which Tommy Armour took z when he
made his remarkable score Of SO over
the course four years ago. Had Armour
had deuce his sore would have been
So, which would have been Is strokes
better than par.
Archie Clark, the long hitting as
sistant to Sandy Armour, is the other
contributor to the freak scoring going
on at Congressional. The far-flung
first hole, measuring 525 yards. is one
Of the two that terrorize the duff
for he swang into a booming tee shot,
followed 1t with a big brassie shot and
then proceeded to hole his mashie-
niblick pitch for an eagle 8.
That stunt also has only been done
once before-by Tommy Armour, when
the former Congressional pro holed a
putt from the right edge Of the green
after getting home With two prodigious
wooden club shots.
1t is almost certainty that Congress
sional will stage an invitation tourna-
ment in the Fall, although the de-
cision to do so has not yet been made.
Most Of the club officials are in favor
Of holding the event, which probably
will be played late in September or
carly in october.
THE proposed exhibition match be-
l. tween Billy Burke, national open
champion, paired with George Won
Elm, runner-up for the championship,
against y. dIlQ OeOTRe
Diffenbaugh over the Indian Spring
course, probably will be played on Au-
gust 80 at Indian Spring.
Hunter has received q letter from
the manager Of Burke and Won Elm,
stating their price for playing such an
exhibition and naming the tentative
dates.
The Indian Spring Club now awaits
confirmation OF the dates and the dnan-
cial settlement.
Freddie Mcleod, the little Columbia
professional, Is saying little but Is
happy today at the Episcopal Eye, Ear
end Throat Hospital Freddie had a
tonsil operation two Gays ago and is
slowly mending. lie will be able to
pay golf again in few Gays, but for
the present his throat is sore.
TIED at the conclusion of the regu-
i lation distance yesterday, B. H.
(Ted) Burrows, municipal links
champion Of Washington. and John j.
Connolly, 15-year old caddie, played off
their tie this afternoon for the title at
East Potomac Park The pair con-
cluded the 72-hole medal play test yes
terday with scores Of BIS, although
Burrows apparently had the title all
sewed up with nine holes to go. Con-
nelly staged O fighting finish to tie the
champion.
They were tied ct the end Of the dTst
IS holes with scores Of 15e, and 1t the