Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-09
INDIAN SPRING PRO
GETS TWO EAGLES
Barely Misses Pair OF Aces
in Sensational Streak.
Around in So.
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Wv YHAT would you think II on
M a round Of golf you hit the
" pin from 100 yards and more
away in nine holes, secured
two eagles, almost got one and played
nine holes in four better than par7
You would think you were quite a
golfer, wouldn't you? And you would
be right in thinking so.
hitters Of golf are not as likely to be
accurate with their shots as are the
men who propel golf ball shorter
distance and have to make up their
deficiency in distance with more ac-
curate iron shots. If this theory Is
correct, perhaps the nine holes that j..
Monro Hunter, ST., played the other day
at Indian Spring will play a part in
dispelling fallacy that is a untrue as
many of the theories that surround the
ancient and honorable game.
Monro Hunter Is one of the real big
hitters of the game. Probably If he
were thrown into driving competition
with Gambler, Jones, Diegel, Mitchell
and a few others of the men who are
admittedly among the great hitters. he
would come out very near the top. He
knocks EN- so, far it Is murderous to
play against him and to attempt to
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mendous shoots. But he also Is very
accurate with his second shot and with
the iron club. If you don't believe 1t
listen to the fantastic tale Of how he
played the first nine holes at Indian
Spring in 81 strokes and how, with a
little more luck, he might have played
that nine In q score below 30.
LIE started at the first hole by polling
A. - u
to the astonishnent of DR.. L. 5.
Otell and Tom Moore, with whom he
was playing, he knocked a rnashie nib
lick shot into the hole for an eagle 2,
the second time on record that this has
been done on that tough first hole at
Indian Spring He followed this araaZ-
ing performance with a string Of four
holes played In orthodox fashion. al
though he went one over par on the
third for q buzzard 5. Then at the
Eixth-165 yards-he took a mashie
from his bag and came within six
inches Of getting an ace. The ball hit
the pin and ran slowly past the back
edge of the hole to stop right In line
behind the pin only six inches away.
That gave him a birdie 2, his second
deuce of the round. The seventh hole
q par Alphabetically Is pie for this
big hitter, and so it proved on this oc-
caSton, for here he reached the edge
of the green with two tremendous wal
lops and then knocked down a chip
shot for an eagle 8, his second of the
round. He came back to normal on the
eighth, where he got par 4, but he
relapsed again into the abnormal On
the ninth At this 225-yard hole,
played into the teeth of a strong east
wind, he took spoon where most folks
would pray to get home with driver.
And again he hit the pin. Had the
ball been hit little easier 1t might
have dropped for an eagle ace, but it
had so much run that it hit the pin
and bounced eight feet away. He
missed the putt for the deuce and could
do no better than 81 for the nine.
Nov Indian Spring has seen some
IN scoring orgies in its short exist
ence. George Voigt and Miller
STEVENSON have played the course in 81
strokes and Hunter has played 1t in 66,
but never before has there been such
o spectacular nine holes as that first
fore the pop-eved gaze Of Moore and
doc" Otel. Then they proceeded TO
play the last nine, and at the seven
tenth tee Hunter needed two pars for
q 66 again. He finished the last two
holes with a buzzard 4 and another
buZzard 5, however. Just to prove that
he is human, ard completed the round
with score Of So. playing the last nine
in 81 strokes. Here is how that amaZ-
ing round of golf looks against par for
the course:
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