Evening star., 1932-07-27
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

Frankie Cunningham of Burning Tree
and his brother Walter both scored TO-
and the others who practiced all we're
down in the low 70s. But tomorrow
is another matter. They'll be playing
against the pencil and the golf course
then. Post entries will be accepted ut
the tee from professionals who are
eligible to play.
LII the good golf shots do not go
n right and all the bad ones do not
90 wrong. If you don't believe it
ask Fred Strickland of the Maryland
Country Club. how he made a birdie
3 on the eighteenth hole of the Ccr-
gressional Country Club yesterday in
the mixed foursome tournament stages
BY the Maryland State Golf AsSocia-
ton. Fred and his wife didn't win the
tourney, but they provided a hearty
laugh for the group gathered back Of
the eighteenth green to watch the
finisherS
Fred pounded out a crashing 175-
yard tee shot. Mrs. Strickland. un-
familiar with the hole, knocked the
ball a little too far into a trap beside
the green and Fred waded down into
the sandy wastes with his trusty nib
lick Carefully taking his stance he
topped the ball. 1t hit against the
bank of the trap, took a long hop, rolled
across the green and down into the
hole Is yards away.
That was one of the few scored on
the eighteenth. Algie Gardiner, jr., of
Columbia, who had as a partner the
pretty Virginia Williams Of Congress
sional. hit a mighty sock from the tee
that found the edge of the green, and
Miss williams. laid a chip shot dead,
for a good 3. but there were only one
or two others who did it.
More than $50 players, mostly from
Baltimore, played in the mixed four
some and later attended a dinner dance
at the club. Mrs. E. B. Mower and
Donald McPhail of Baltimore, the lat
ter one Of the best golfers of this sec
ton, won the tournament, with a gross
card of 81, i've strokes better than the
their net score of 73 was far too high
to win.
The net prize was Won by Mrs. T. E.
Schluderberg of Rolling Road and W. T.
Davis of the Maryland Country Club,
who had card of SO. with handicap
of Is for a net of So. Miss Williams
and Algie Gardiner tied for second low
gross with Mr. and Mrs. J. william
Harvey, jr.. of Indian Spring and Mr.
and Mrs. Henry ]. Richardson of Con-
gresSional, at 86. Two other teams,
Mrs. j: o. Rhyme paired with J. F.
Dowdall, both of Congressional, and
Mrs. H. L. Jones and W. ]. English Of
the Maryland Country Club. tied for
second low net, with cards of 72.
The tourney was one of the largest
held around Washington this year, even
though there were only few Washing
ton teams entered.
CONGRESSIONAL also entertained
~ a group of 20 golfers from the
Washington Automotive Trade As
sociat1on, who played in five separate
Journeys among themselves. winners
In these Journeys were H. B. Shipley,
C. B. Amorous, E. L. Hawkins, A. 1.
Westwood, Oscar Coolican, w. G. Garri-
son, Charles B. Lyddane and T. S.
Grape.
THE dead line for entries in the ma
l. tional amateur championship came
last night with only few Wash
ingtonianS wiring their entries to the
United States Golf Association in time
to get under the wire When the pair
ings are announced, which will come in
day or two, it is expected there will
be upward of so or IS players entered
for the sectional rounds at Chevy Chase
August 16. which probably will give this
section and possibly 10 places.
Only few of the leading amateurs
Of Washington have failed to enter for
the amateur championship. The cham
picnShip itself will be played over the
Five Farms course of the Baltimore Club
in mid-September.