Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-09
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

I
INOME time ago gent with an eye
for figures wrote a yarn called
~ Even Threes." 1t was fanciful
tale of golf and golfers in which
the hero shot flock of holes in even
IS and won the championship and
I me gal. But the tale was not as fanci-
Iul as 1t might seem, for it has been
| done right here in our midst. with
Jimmy Herman. the long hitter of the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
and DR.. Thomas D. Webb as the heroes,
and Dave Thomson, the club pro at
washington, and Ralph S. Fowler a
| the goats
Herman and Webb were PLAYING a
match day before yesterday against
thomson and Fowler and everything
was moving along smoothly up through
the eighth hole, with no intimation of
tne fireworks to come. But at the
ninth the deluge started From that
| point on Herman and Webb PLAYED
SIX straight holes in even IS. Now
three OF the six holes are par affairs
10 be sure, but at least two of these
are hard threeS, and the three par
holes are tough babies
On the ninth Webb secured a par
on the tenth Herman slipped mashie
nlpIlck shot up alongside the hole and
canned the putt for bird 3. Both of
them got IS on the short eleventh,
ana on the twelfth, Webb knocked in a
l0-foot putt for g. He repeated the
stunt on the thirteenth and on the
fourteenth both Ct them secured par IS.
BY this time Thomson and Fowler were
punch drunk, groggy with the success
SION OF Sub-par holes shot by their on
ponents and they succumbed easily after
that amazing exhibition. Even though
tney did not play the rest of the holes
IN par, Herman and Webb had a best
ball of 80 for the last nine.
Yesterday Webb got dose of his own
medicine, like the show he had put on
the day before. He was up with 3 to
go TO v. Calvert Dickey Then Dickey
started rally that won three holes
IN a row. closing out Webb by sinking
80 footer across the eighteenth green
for birdie g.
DOST entries to be accepted today
may bring the field in the District
amateur championship up to the
81 marx tomorrow morning before c. S.
brunswick of Beaver Dam rifles his
cncN'ng tee ehot down the first fairwav
at Burning Tree to open another tour
ney 4cI l4ie DlStrlct SIMON pure title
When entries for the tourney closed at
0 CLOCK last night, the District Golf
-A-NCN Aot4OlI lOIllu II enIIleS, VINO nave
Deen paired in threeSomes for the twin
rounds tomorrow of the 72-hole medal
play event. Included in the list are all
the old-time favorites but the tourna-
ment Will be played without a defending
champion Frank K. Roesch, who won
the tltIe last year under the colors of
the Washington Golf and Country Club
is not defending this year. He resigned
from the Washington club a couple of
months ago and has not joined another
club.
The Maryland State Golf Association
mas advanced the date for its open
championship to September Is and
mus has avoided a conflict with the
District amateur championship. Among
the pre-tourney favorites in the Dis
trlct event are Harry G. Pitt. winner
OF three major invitation events this
year; Miller B. SteviSon, the 1928 and
1928 champion: John c. Shorey and
lhomaS P. Bones. Washington's two
qualif1ers for the national amateur
championship, and Roger Peacock. who
won the District junior title last week.
Here are the pairings for the opening
DAY OF the District title chase:
EoFf Kfan Th0Wood Rfavsr os Dap Msyyn
,ccneressionsi PAGE Hufty 70 1co on HNafn
MInFo Rd dan;e u A1TR Rfan s9TnF siG
oConsTessionai5. j. C. Putnam MANOR Manor;
9l5, w; Bryn Curtis INDIAN Spring. C.
Ashmead Fuller, CHEVY Chase. Frederick
Hits Chevy Chase: $40. J. j. Lynch
Argyle L. L. Stratton Indian Spring.. V.
L / =, TAYLOR; II. tConsressionaD; e:25. A c.
Williams Congressional. NJ. L. Nee Manor,
$50 $50 o'clock; \; Henry; jr, undian
petweiler (Msner': S;s5. Tom Bones go
Ipmhia!; NJ. B; Stevenson. Harry Pitt: $40.
P. M; Belshe INDIAN Spring.. r. S Fowler
tom; 9 IS. 6. j. Richardson indian Spring..
D, A. Nee Manor. H. Bowen tArRylel: 9 so,
Roger Peacock tArsyle). R C. Hird Manor,
J. E. Mcclure myNavyl: 9:55. p NJ.
lumbial G. T. Sharpe tColumbiaI.
10 o'clock. H A. Nihlls tColumbia). Harry
COLUMBIA 1905 H M Graves. jr in
dian Spring., Dave Thomson Indian
Spring..