The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-31

CUNDAY was a most unusual
~ day at Speedway course. 1t
started out wrong and ended up in
q, blaze Of glory. First, the rain
made appear the place would be
deserted for the day along about
a. m. But an hour later the start
er had his hands full, but soon had
the foursomes on their way only
thirty minutes behind schedule.
From the starting tee the interest
Jumped over to the fourteenth hole. which
leads down the hill from the starters
booth towards the creek Russell Scott
was on the tee when the distracting noise
of the player driving from the first tee
came floating across. 1t was justified, be-
cause Russell Scott "fggered" one be-
tween the traps and on to the green. To
get on is enough for any Tiger shot but
not enough for SCOTS. His ball didn't
stop rolling until after it had struck the
flag staff and dropped into the cup. Sam
Hurd Ollie Hollingsworth and w. M.
Thompson we're playing with Scott and
attest the fact the ACE" helped Scott get
q score Of 90 for the eighteen holes.
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One lace" on a hole Is enough for one
day but not the fourteenth hole Sunday.
Along late in the afternoon Billy Moore.
pro at Willow Brook. came around with
Bill Reed Sr., Freddy McDermott and Lou
Feeney. Chuck Garringer. pro at Speed
way. walked over to watch his colleagues
shoot down the fourteenth and he too
got in on a fame shot. Bill used the
orthodox club for the shot, a SPADE
mashie. and sent the ball well into the
air and down on to the green, whence
It rolled into the cup for another hole
in one" on the same hole. on the same
day. and Just a few hours apart.
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Herman Selken, former state champion,
got back on his game long enough during
the past two weeks to win the low medal
honors Of the qualifying round for the
Avalon championship. Herman blasted
out IA and followed up with 70 for a
1873 total He was four strokes ahead of
Harry L. Maley. a new contender. who
nosed into second place ahead of Bill
Langmaid. the defending champion and
Steve Madden. Harry had 70 and 70 for
l57. The sixteen low scores Of the
thirty -six-hoe qualifying rounds will be
paired up tonight for match play to begin
next weekend.
Eddie thinner continued to hold forth
with his supremacy over Indianapolis
Country Club golfers with the low medal
round in the qualifying play for the clue
championship. Eddie scored 76. one
stroke better than Bob Bowen, who had
n. F. X Mettinet and Tom Stevenson
had sos to tie for third low medal honors'
The sixteen low scores will be matched
this week for the personal encounters
that begin next weekend.
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TINE windup of the partnership
a tournament was played at Me-
ridian Hills and Bill Diddel and
Ben Cohee won out. Their final
victory was over E. H. x. McComb
and T. L. Driscoll. Next weekend
will be a busy one at the Hills, as
the club championship is carded for
part of the three-day holiday period
and Walter Hagen is billed to APP
pear there in an exhibition match
Monday
All except one flrst-round match was
completed in the Broadmoor Club cham
pionship the past weekend. Bernie Leh-
man. who was low medalist in the quail
fving round. won his first-round en-
counter from Sol Never, and 4 M. s.
Cohn and Saul Solomon are yet to COM
plete their match, but Jake Wolf went
twenty-one holes to gain verdict over
Bob Efroymson. l up. Ferd Meyer de-
feated F. A. Never. 8 and T. and another
extra hole match between Milton Stern
berger and Sam Goldstein went nineteen
holes before Sternberger won. Jess Moss
Ter crushed William T. Meyers. and a.
and Dave Lurvey bested Ben Cohen. 8
and 6. The only default was won by
Leonard Solomon from Sam Mueller. The
second-round matches will be played this
week.