Evening star., 1932-10-31

~ NE OF Washington's finest
1 professional golf players,
" one who speciali7es in tina:
most spectacular of golf
shots. the booming wa!lop from the tee,
will Join the ranks Of club profes-,
sionals again tomorrow. after Sum
mer spent teaching buffers the art OF
whacking out tee shots at two driving
ranges.
J. Monro Hunter the tall Scot, who
came to Washington nearly five years
ago to become the professional at In
dian Spring, will take over the Job OF
pro at the Army Navy Country CLUB
tomorrow. He will succeed Lionel q.
Walker. who has held down the pro
berth at the service club for more tnan
a yea-. Since last March, when Hun
ter seve:-d flS connection with the
Indian Spring Club, he has been con-
neCted with two of the crlVlng
schools on Wisconsin avenue. During
that time he has played only Little
golf.
THE lcngest hitter of golf ball ever
l. to show his wares around Wash
ington. Hunter has done some stunts
with the driver that are almost un-
believab,e He has reached the slX-
teenth green at Indian Spring numer-
ous times with a drive and a No. 3
iron, has played the fifteenth mole at
ire same course time after time with
a drive and a mashie, and has ac-
ouired a reputation as the most CO.
lossal hitter of a golf ball ever to boom
a tee shot toward a green anywhere
around the Capitol. The sixteenth hole
at Indian Spring measures 525 yards
in length, while TIE fifteenth is 493
yards long. I have seen him drive the
first green at Washington with No.
2 iron, with a following wind. He
played Indian Spring course in "a
strokes from the middle tees two years
ago. Hunter should prove popular
professional at the ArmyNavv Club.
Surely some of his driving feats will
astound those who haven't seen him
Wino up and crack down on a golf
ball with all the leverage of his 6 feet,
inches of Scottish manhood.
TT seems strange for score Of Ill to
/ win a golf tournament, but that's
what happened yesterday at Beaver
Dam. where the lads and lassieS OF the
popular Landover Club gathered in
weird and wonderful costumes to COM
pete-all dressed up like Christmas
trees-in a two-club costume Scotch
foursoyne. Mrs John T Money ano
B. y. Pratt, equipped with a midiron
and a putter as their sole golflng uten-
sis. stepped out and won tie tourney
with card of Ill But the golf Was
only incidental to the fun Of the day
Most of that fun came from eyeing thc
costumes PIT On by the contestants
They were there in every conceivable
kind of garb, from the circus clown
be-musced and freekish. which Wor
the grand prize for men for F. A
Markowitz, to the splendidly arranged
Oriental cos ume which won the grano
prize for women for Mrs. d. E Mat
tison. Their golf was funnv. but theil
costumes were funnier. All in all, II
made for an afternoon of fine sport
/ Cliff Spencer. the club pro. and or'gi-
nator of the idea. says these tourna-
ments are the mcs popular OF al
events at Bea.er -D2m. Second prlz.
! in the golf contest went to Mrs. w. A
Johns and J. Y. SaVar.se with the hlgt
score of 1852 Second prize in the mons
costume contest went to George Ford
who was dressed as colored parsor
and went among the throng eXhortlne
them to look to Their holes for saliva,
ton. Mrs. Albert Schafer. dressed as
q cafe bouncer, won second prize among
the women.
GAM RICE, outfclder for the Wash
> :ngtcn base bill club, popuarl!
known to the bleacherites as Mar
O. War." has twice won the NamandJ
Mini trophy for southpaw golfers, bu
Yesterday he wa5 a stroke short. II
the vernacular of the race track. h,
couldn't quite get up. The trophy wen
to Byrn Curtiss, Beaver Dam southpaw
for the second consecutive year. Curtis.
shot rounds of 80 and 81 over the In
dian Spring course for a 36-hole tota
OF 162. Rice with an IS behind him il
the morning, set out on a stern chase
in the afternoon to catch Curtiss. HI
played the first nine in 80, and cam:
to the home hoe needing to tie
But Man O. War" took S. H;
couldn't quite get up. The entry lis
was small, much smaller than in pas
years, and a brisk wind from the mol, h
west, hampered the players. Francis
| Ortman had scores of SO and 81 fol
1875. The other four entrants did mo-
complete their rounds,