The Washington times., 1931-09-14
POKES THREE
DRIVES FOR
78O YDS.
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Three golfers, seldom mentioned
when long drivers are discussed,
proved winners of the three
trophies offered in the finals of
The Washington Times District
Golf Driving Championship at
Leo Walper's Bethesda 7olf Prac-
tice Grounds yesterday afternoon.
The major prize for t total OF
the three longest drives was cap
tured by Henry J. Richardson,
chairman Of the green's commit
tee at the Congressional Coun-
try Club.
After knocking his first two
balls out-of-bounds, Richardson
blasted three drives for distances
of 262 yards 8 inches, $50 yards
2 feet and 4 inches, and 267
wards S inches. His total was
78O yards, inches, an average
of 26O yards a drive. and all
were down the center.
By his performance, Richard.
son stamped himself as one OF
the longest drivers among DIS
trict golfers and q true cham
MON. He surely belongs In the
ranks Of + IVY swingers nere'
The second trophy for runner
nm became the property OF n;
.Rr,,ce Warden of the Kenwood
CoIf cluh He alone of the "A
competing managed to place an
five drives in the fairway. his
longest drives were 239 yards. one
foot, 232 yards and 228 yaros LOT
a total of 500 yards one loot.
His other drives Travelled I'll
yards and 2O4 yards.
Hits Longest Single Drive
The trophy for the longest drlVe
vas won by Richard Peacock ot
the Argyle Country Club with a
poke that measured 27O yaros ~
inches. He might have tlnlsneo
first in total yardage but three
of his drives, two of which cleared
fhe 25O-yard mark, went outside
the stakes. His other safe drive
was good for 218 yards.
John R. Miller, Of the Beaver
Dam Club punched out the sec.
ond longest drive which measured
269 yards 10 inches.
Only two Of the contestants,
besides Warden, kept more than
three drives in the fairway.
They we're B. c. Brown, Of the
washington Golf and Country
Club and w. s. FurlOw, OF the
white Flint Country. They sue
ceeded in placing four WITHIN
the boundary lines.
J. F.. McCarron of the Con-
rressional Country Club placed
third in total yardage with 668
wards. ten inches on drives OF
242 yards, 256 yards, ten lncnes
and ITO yards.
Finishes With Leaders
F,1rlow, another outsider, &C
counted for fourth place with
657 yards, six inches on waLlops
of 199 yards, 2 feet: 229 yards,
eight inches, and 22S yards, ten
inches. His other drive was good
for 1875 yards, ten inches.
Brown, who also wasn't given
much chance Of finishing with
the leaders, took fifth place With
639 yards. his longest clouts -nea-
surfing 179 yards, 22S yards and
232 yards. His other good drive
cleared only 158 yards.
Miller was sixth with GIG
yards, fifteen inches, on drives
Of 26S yard, ten inches, Ill
yards, three inches and 176
yards, two inches, the last two
being topped drives. The re-
rnainder finished in the follow
ing order:
Henry Breslau. Woodmont Club,
142 yards, 224 yards 8 inches and
223 yards 6 inches, total distance
$50 yards 9 inches; Philip Riefkin,
Woodmont Club, lS0 yards, los
yards, 100 yards, total yardage'
533: Stanley L. Wolfe, White
Flint Club, 1873 yards, 1SO yards,
1855 yards. total distance, 529 yards
Roger Peacock, of Argyle Club;
J. Monro Hunter. jr., Of Indian
Spring Club; George A. Tew, OF
Kenwood Golf Club and DIR. L. T.
Hopkins, of Beaver Dam, besides
Richard Peacock, failed to hit
three balls safely in the fairway,
The Peacock boys, Hunter and
Tew were outstanding favorites.
The biggest surprise was the
failure Of the usually accurate
Roger Peacock to place at least
One Of his five drives in the fair
way. Hunter belted two for 237
yards, 4 inches and 264 yards, y
inches, but couldn't straighten
one Of his other three. DIR Hop
kinS drove his first four outside,
his last being good for 25S yards,
8 inches.
DR.. j. T. Mood. who placed sec
and in the preliminarieS at the
washington Golf and Country
Club; James v. Brownell, seconc
In the preliminaries at the Indiar
Spring Club, and Major E. 8
Hughes and Major +. A. NoyeS
winner and runner-up respectively
at the Army and Navy Country
Club, failed to appear for th'
finals.
THE contestants in the finalI
were allotted five drives with thu
total yardage Of the three longes
drives in the fairway to b.
counted. The fairway was 81
yards wide.