The Washington times., 1931-08-31
GEORGE TEW
TOPS H|TTERS
At KENWO0D
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Ill NWUUUU
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON
A natural left-hander, who
turned over to a right-hand
ewinger, will be a dangerous COM
petitor in the finals of The Wash
ington Times District golf driving
championship scheduled Septem-
ber 13.
He is a George A. CBuddy")
Tew, who gained some attention
rs a star left-handed baseball
pitcher while q schoolboy at Tech
High and later with several sand
lot teams.
Drives Against Wind
When the golfing bug hit Tew
he decided to swing his clubs
frcan the right side. That he has
done well was shown yesterday,
when he led the field that COM
peted in the club preliminarieS at
Kenwood.
Against q stiff wind and an
uphill fairway that AL HOush-
ton, club pro, had marked off,
Tew pOked out three healthy
wallOps Of 200 yards apiece for
. total Of 500 yards.
Next to him was r. B. Warden,
who unleaShed three drives of IT'S
yards each for a total Of 525
yards.
Maury Fitzgerald and r. r.
Powers might have figured in the
!lnal reckoning had it not been
TOR topped drives.
Tops Third Drive
Fitzgerald zoomed his first shot
1875 yards while his second meas.
ured ITS yards. He pressed ON
his final and a topped drive of
about 100 yards was the result.
Powers, a Ieft-hander who
stuck. true to his side, drove
his first 175 yards but sealed
his fate by topping his second.
His third was good for 200
yards.
Others who competed at Ken
wood were r. L. Nagle, w. A.
Duvall, j, c. Brown, F. r. Grit.
lin, H. c. Espey, DR.. w. H.
Gorton, A. S. Ness and H. H.
Doy mes.
The longest drivers are not al
ways the most accurate.
Hm~~ nw1v,n-- N~RHm-.
Jimmy Herman, Dorie C.
Gruver and Henry D. Nicholson
are accepted as the longest
drivers at the Washington Golf
and Country Club. Yet not one
of these will represent the club
in the finals.
That honor will be shared by
B. C. Brown and DR.. J. T.
Mood the only contestants
successfully placing all three
drives in safe territory.
Brown hammered three scream
ers straight down the aisle for
distances of 225. 1923 and 2l5
yards or total Of 663. Like AL
Houghton, Dave Thomson, club
pro at Washington. laid out an
uphill course which was all carry. |
DR.. Mood, who propels his club |
from the left side, was not ex-
ceptionally long but he was down
the middle. which netted him
the runner-up berth. His drives
were 1874, 1872 and l65 for q total
yardage Of 531.
Misses Out on Third
Dorie Gruver belted his first
for $40 yards, a wicked poke, con-
sidering there was no roll. His
next cleared 216 yards, but his
third dropped outside the stakes.
Herman cracked his initial drive
for about 225 yards, but followed
with two pokes going out of
bounds. Nicholson couldn't keep
his drives within his limits,
either.
Others who took part in the
preliminarieS at Washington
were Ray j. Wise, Ralph s.
Fowler, w. HI. Middleton, J. H.
WOOttOn and DR.. H. L. Ander-
SON.
w. S. Furlow and Stanley L.
Wolfe will represent the White
Flint Country Club in the finals.
They -7ere best in a field Of II
that competed on Saturday. Fur
low was over 900 yards for his
three drives. Cliff McKimmie,
club pro, and George F. King. |
assistant manager, handled the
preliminaries at White Flint.
Six clubs have now completed
their preliminaries with Indian
Spring and Woodmont to run off
their preliminarieS on or before
Labor Day. Time is left for
other clubs to join, but no pre-
liminaries will be permitted after
Labor Day, which is the deadline. |