Evening star., 1931-12-13
HUNTER DOMINATES
RINGER CARD OF 81.
Pros AII-Time Low Ball as.
Veerhoff Contributes
"PteTodactY."
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

many times over which to play
their championships because of its
general difficulty and fine condi-
ton, the golf course Of the Indian
Spring Golf Club has so far sue
cUmbed to the gents who believe
In looping strokes off par that the
an-time record for the layout is
81 strokes. This is just "a strokes
below the par Of the course, which
is recognized as one of the hard
est par Ills anywhere around the
bunker -bordered Capital City.
Naturally, with such fine golfer and
long hitter as J. Monro Hunter as the
club professional, many of the par-shat-
tering stunts that have contributed to
this all-time ringer score of 81 have
fallen to him. Indeed, his own all-time
record for the course is as, which is
only 8 strokes above the all-inclusive
record Of eagles and brides made by all
the golfers who have played the course
Hunter holds the course record with a
66 made on a day two years ago. The
amateur record stands at g. made
officially in competition by Miller B.
Stevinson and later tied by George j.
Voigt
Included in the all-time ringer score
Is one of those strange birds which are
three under par, and which now are
fairly definitely classed as "pteredac-
tyls,' on the word of o. L. Veerhof.
chairman Of the Washington Golf and
Country Club Golf Committee. Veer-
hof. who has penchant for digging
up unusual things, says that in Britain
the term 'pterodactyl" is commonly
used TO designate hole made in three |
strokes better than par, So "ptero- |
oactyl' 1t is. Same Rice, the versatile |
Washington base ball club outfelder |
who also is a fine golfer took his |
trusty spoon in hand one cay not long
ago and smote that ball so far and ac- |
curately that 1t rolled into the cup at |
the seventh hole for a deuce on this |
par hole. That, however. is the only !
2 which has been maze on the par S !
holes at Indian Spring, although the .
ntteenth ana sixteenth greens have been
reached many times in two shots.
THERE was no ace recorded on the
L seventeenth hole until last August
when S. B. Miller came along.
Miller joined the Indian Spring Club
one Saturday and on the next Satur-
day he holed his tee shot for an eagle
ace on the 206-yard seventeenth The
aH-t-me record score for Indian Spring
starts of with five deuces in a row and
If you can find five harder holes on
which to score deuces bring EN- on
Inc holes are all par 4 affairs and only
one is drive and pitch length for your
oransry golfer Here is the all-time
record score for the Indian Spring
layout:
No. !, 400 yards, par T. made in
two strokes by Hunter
No. 2, 4l0 yards, par 4, made in
two by Eddie Towns, former club
professional.
NO 8, 400 yards, par T. made in
TWO by Hunter and Tommy Armour.
No. 4 355 yards, made in two by
J. William Harvey jr
No. 5, 43o yards, par 4, made In
two by Sam Rice
NO. 6, 1855 yards, par 3, made in
one by Fred Schultz and others.
No. 7, 460 yards, par S, made in
two by Sam Rice.
No. 8, 3s7 yards, par 4, made in
Two by Hunter who drove the green
and holed the putt
No. 9, 235 yards, par 3, made in
one by Perry Hoover.
This gives a total score for the
hrst nine of 10 strokes, which is 10
better than par
No. 10, 408 yards. par 4, made in
three strokes many times by amateurs
and pros.
No; II, 385 yards par 4, made in
two by Hunter
No II, 423 yards, par 4, made in
three many times
No. l3, 334 yards, par 4, made in
two by George Diffenbaugh and
Hunter
No. IA, 1875 yards par 3, made in
one by Frank Dubois and j. E.
Tenley.
No. Is, 4S3 yards, made in three
strokes many times
No. l6, 525 yards. par 5, made in
three strokes many times.
No. II, 206 yards, par 3, made in
one by S. B. Miller.
No. 18. 44O yards par 4, made in
three strokes many times. This hole
is regarded as one of the hardest
finishing holes about the Capital.
THIS gives a total of 81 strokes for
l. the last nine holes, is better than
par and a grand total for the
course Of 81 strokes, the same as the .
all-time ringer score for the Washing
ton course which is somewhat shorter
than the Indian Spring layout In
dian Spring has been played by prac-
tically all the leading golfers Of the
world, including Hagen. Sarazan. Burke,
Compston, Armour Won Elm and
others, and still the au-time record
stands at 81, which speaks for the
general difficulty Of the layout built
by Donald Ross back in 1921.
Robert Stead, jr, chairman of the
Golf Committee at Chevy Chase. has
,r3na
dent OF the Maryland State Golf As
Sociation in charge Of the Washing
ton area and in general charge of
tournaments Of the association. The
latter post was held this year by Will
liam P. Hall Of Baltimore. A Nomi-
mating Committee, composed Of H.
Prescott Galley, president Of the Chevy
Chase Club Hayward Boyce, president
of the Baltimore Country Club, and
John F. Davies president OF the Rolling
Road Golf Club, has submitted the
following slate to be voted on at the
annual meeting Of the association jan
nary IS at the Rolling Road Club:
For president Edgar A. Peppler Roll
ing Road Golf Club; for first vice .
president, William P Hall. Maryland |
Country Club; for vice president in |
charge Of tournaments and the Wash |
lngton district, Robert Stead, jr, Chevy |
Chase Club; for vice president in |
charge Of handicaps and Baltimore |
district, Fred J. Green, Hillendale Golf |
Club; for vice president and treasurer !!
Nathan H. Kaufman, Suburban Club; |
for vice president in charge of Western |
Maryland, ]. w Byron. Fountain Head |
Country Club; for secretary, William |
D. Waxter, jr, Baltimore Country |
Club.
Nine of the 30 clubs affiliated with |
the Maryland State Golf Association !
are in the Washington area. includ- !
ing most Of the clubs which form the |
District Golf Association. Many of the
tournaments staged by the association