Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-26
Keen Putting Is Wasted if Tee
Shots Fail, Barnett Discovers

Of a course like that will improve any
ones. game. But YOU have to hit your
tee shots to score"
Now Barnett used to be lust an ordi-
nary putter. The kind of chap who
considered 1t good day II he got
around in IS or 36 puts. He PLAYED
one day with Miller B. STEVENSON of
Columbia, who is a very fine putter.
and STEVENSON was astonished at the
way Barnett was putting the ball. He
ana Steve went into a huddle and
Bob went out on the practice green
and learned something about putting
Now, through constant practice, Bar
nett Is one of the best putters to be
found anywhere along the bunkered
pathway ID the hole. But he still In
sists that good golf scoring cannot
come alone from accurate puttinc
You've got to hit those tee shots far
and straight, too" he AYERS.
CEN. CHARLES B. DRAKE put on
~ lighting finish to win the Perkins
Plate among senior golfers of the
Chevy Chase Club. Drake and Harry
Z. Sheridan were all even at the enc
OF the regulation l8hole distance and
again all even at the end of the extra
nine holes of play ordered by the COM
mittee. So they went another nine
holes, and on the thirty-sixth green
Sheridan putted up to within 2 inches
Of the hole with his fourth stroke. Then
Drake proceeded to hole 20-footer for
par TO win the match and the tour
nament. Sheridan conceded Drake four
strokes in each 10 holes. The competi-
ton Tor the Thompson Memorial Cup
among the seniors now is well along in
It's second round. with the following
second round results already posted.
Here they are:
Edward Clifford defeated ]. A. Emery,
Z and g. E. M. Talcott defeated z. o.
Wagenhorst, 3 and 2: John J. Hamilton
defeated Gen. c. B. Drake 3 and ?.
w. G. Brantley defeated G. Y. Worth
lngton. 10 and 8; Gen. Z. c. Shanks
defeated DR.. w. r. Du Bose. 4 and 3:
DR.. r. w. Baker defeated P. S. RidsdaIe
by default, Col. w. M Morrow defeated
I. j. D. Fuller, and 3: Otto Won
Schrader defeated F. w. McReynolds,
8 and 6.
DARED in opposite halves of the
L draw, Mrs. Betty P. Meckley. hold
er Of the District womans golf
championship, and Mrs. j. Marvin
Haynes, former holder CT the title, were
faVorites tc go to the final round as
the initial match play round In the
championship got under way today over
the course Of the Chevy Chase Club.
Mrs. Haynes and Mrs Meckley played
as expected in the qualifying round yes
terday to tie for the low qualification
score, both with cards of SO. Mrs.
Hume Wrong of Chevy Chase missed
tWo-foot putt on the eighteenth green
to force a triple tie Mrs. Haynes fin
ished, 5, 6. 5 on the last nine, while
Mrs Meckley took a nine on the long
eighth hc4e to run her score far up to-
ward the 80 mark. Miss Susan Hacker
Of Chevy Chase, one Of the pre-tourney
fayorites. took an eight on the short
tenth hole and failed to make the first
flight.
Mrs. Alma Won STEINER of Beaver
Dam was another favorite to qualify in
the championship flight who failed. Six
women tied at SO for five places in the
first flight and on the play-off. Mrs.
H. r. Quinter of Columbia was dropped
into the second flight. Mrs. Meckley
today drew Mrs. L. o. Cameron, former
District woman's champion, in the first
round, while Mrs Haynes drew the
long-hitting Dorothy Hunter of Indian
Spring.
The golf team of St. Johns Prep
School won a team match from Con-
zaga yesterday at East Potomac Park
by six matches to none