Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-28
TOURNEY IS LISTED
FOR SEPTEMBER2
Hunter, Graces, Nee and Det-
weller Appear Strongest
for 36-Hole Test.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

THERE'S sure to be a merry
scramble among the young
i sterS who will make up the
winning golfers of future
years when good field of junior
golfers from most of the clubs
about the Capital get together
early next Wednesday to play SO
holes over the Manor Club course
for the junior championship of
Washington and the cup present.
ed by Albert r. Mackenzie some
eight years ago.
The junior championship will be run
on over the 36-hole route at the
Manor Club on September 2 and en-
tries for the tourney close tonight at
Manor with Secretary William c. Barr
Of the District Golf Association.
Just at present it appears that In
dian Spring and Manor have the out
standing entrants in the field which
will start In the title chase. j. Monro
Hunter, jr., notwithsta nding necklace
of boils, and Harold N. Graves, both of
Indian Spring. are as tough pair OF
youngsters to whip as you could find in
q circuit of any golf clubs anywhere.
But over at Manor there is a pair Of
youngsters who can put on a bit Of
golf heat of their own.
Maurice Nee, the l7-year-old star.
who is coming along as fast as any
youngster around Washington. and
Billy Detweiler, the 16-year-old boy
who shot a "a to win the qualifying
round in the American Legion junior
tourney at East Potomac Park a few
weeks ago, are good enough to win.
Bowen Holds Title.
Robert Bowen of Argyle holds the
title at present and may win again at
Manor. but the odds are against a
repetition of the winning game he
showed last year at Washington to
beat Melville Bennett of Congressional
in the play-off after a tie.
Tommy Bones. the youthful Columbia
southpaw, would be one of the favorites
TO win, but he is out after bigger game
Bones arrived In Chicago yesterday
with John c. Shorey, another Capital
entrant. TO get in several practice
round before the opening Of the Ma
tional Amateur Championship next
Monday. Bones and Shorey qualified
for the national o month ago at Rich
mond.
CHANGING over the list OF probable
winners, it Is likely that the new junior
champion Of washington viii come
from among those named. But when you
have bunch Of youngsters out there
shooting the works anything is likely to
happen And particularly on such a
tight course as that of the Manor Club,
where the trees seem to reach out on
the first nine and catch ball ticketed
for the middle Of the fairway.
Hunter Is Formidable.
Monro Hunter has played in two
previous junior championships and has
not yet won. He probably is the best
single hope to win. His recent rounds
ever Indian Spring have been of un-
canny accuracy and extreme length
from the tee.
The coming tournament will be his
last chance to win a junior title. for
next year Hunter will not be eligible
as q Junior Hunter, Graves and
Nee are the most likely bets to win
over the 36-hole route.
The boy who can keep out OF the
multitudinous array of trouble that
awaits the ball hit on the. line at Manor
will be the winner, and a score around
l52 probably win be good enough 70
cop the title A brace Of 76s marks
good golf at Manor, where single in
accurate stroke can lead 70 an or q 10.