Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM-

ant pro at Indian Spring, stood good
chance to qualify in the National Open
championship as he Stocd yesterday
afternoon on the tenth tee at Rich
mond. But the strokes began to slip
away from him around the putting
greens and before he knew it instead
OF the II he seemed certain to make,
he had piled up IA. Even at that
George still had chance to qualify
boy from Greensboro, N. c., came in
with 70 to total 152 and shut George
out of the tournament by two strokes.
That was Just one of the tragedies at
Richmond yesterday when seven Wash
ington golfers attempted to qualify for
the National Open championship, and
one made the grade. All of the boys
had trouble on those keen putting sur
faces at Richmond yesterday, but of
them all George tossed away the best
chance, next to Al Houghtou's WIN
wing $50.
The upshot of the qualifying rounds
held at Richmond Pittsburgh and Phil
adelphia, where IL Washington players
made the attempt to qualify, was that
Houghton qualified at Richmond with
$50; and Fred Mcleod of Columbia and
j. Munro Hunter of Indian Spring
qualified at Pittsburgh with cards of
155 and 1856. Those who failed at Rich
mond were Diffenbaugh, Mel Shorey of
East Potomac Park, AL Treder Of
Manor, j. William Harvey, amateur, of
Indian Spring; A. B. Thorn of Wood
mont and Walter w. Cunningham of
Burning Tree. These VINO failed at
Pittsburgh were Bob Barnett Of Chevy
Chase and Sandy Armour Of Congress
Sional.
So Washington will be represented In
the National Open at Toledo by three
fine golfers. The three are apt to be
near the top in any competition and
they are about the best in this part OF
the land.
Mcleod shot score of 81 in the
morning at Oakmont and was on the
ragged edge. But he followed with
fine IA in the afternoon to get safely
in, Hunter scored 80 and 76. Down at
Richmond Houghton literally burned up
the first nine holes with a subpar 80,
picking up three brides on the nine.
only to finish with a ragged S on the
seventeenth, where he took four puts
and a bad on the eighteenth. He
stood on the seventeenth tee needing
IS for 70, but his putter went haywire
on the seventeenth and he missed his
third shot at the eighteenth. Never
theless, with the impetus OF his 70 in
the morning he went out in the after
noon and coasted in with n to lead
the Richmond qualifiers. Only one
stroke behind him was Pat Petranck of
Reidsville, N. c., a veteran of golf
around Richmond and former Virginia
State champion. Petranck shot IA in
the morning round and II in the after
noon. Diffenbaugh was fourth, two
strokes behind Slingerland, with cards
of 80 and "A, and Mel Shorey had put
ter trouble in the afternoon to score a
n for 155 total. AL Treder of Manor
had 10 and 81 for 100, Harvey was 80
and 80 for 165 and Thorn and Cunning
ham, after turning in cards of 80 and
86 in the first round, picked up in the
afternoon.
Up at Whitemarsh Valley Gene Lar
kin of Chevy Chase failed to qualify,
although Ralph Beach and Cliff Spen-
GER, Baltimore pros, made the grade.
With something like 200 players
scheduled to start today, those who
hope to make the first flight in the Co.
lumbia tourney will have to better 70,
according to predictions of the club
house dopesters. Five players in the
abbreviated field which started yester-
day, broke 80, and were led by 76s post
ed by Volney G. Burnett of Beaver Dam
and c. M. Merrill, unattached. Accord
ing to the early scores the dopesters
have it that cards of 78 or better will be
necessary to make the first flight in the