Evening star., 1932-01-31
DETWE|LER BRIGHT
PROSPECT, AGED IS
Lee and Lunn Have Markings
of Fine PIayers-Young
Hunter Gets Hot.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

T<hERE are TWO SCnOOlUOS
golfers at the Manor Club
and one at the Burning
Tree Club who, if the
promise of their juvenile golfing
years blossoms into the fruit of
full perfection, may go a long
way toward stopping the slump
into which the National Capital
has fallen as a place for develop
ment to top-notch golfers.
These three. youngsters, none of
whom is near his majority, have not
yet won any major event, but the
promise Of their youth is so bright that
the next year or two may see one or
all of them very near the top of the
heap of Washington amateurs, where
Harry G. Pitt sits today, king of all he
surveys. Even though all three of them
are green, in so far as winning tourna-
ment material is concerned, all show
sufficient promise to mark them as
lads who may become the tournament
winners of future years.
THE two Manor lads are Maurice
Nee, a mooth-Swinging youngster
who went far in his clubs invita-
ton tournament last year, has
played his home course in IL
strokes and shown enough promise
to Justify rosy predictions for his
game, and young Billy Detweiler,
an earnest kid of Is years who has
played the Manor course in IA strokes.
is hardly taller than the driver he
swings with such unerring accuracy
and a youngster who believes in prac-
tice first and play next
The Burning Tree entrant in the
championship sweepstakes Is Dick
Lunn, the same lad who went to the
third round in the Chevy Chase Club
invitation tourney last Spring, who Is
one Of the longest Of the long hitters
around the Capital, and has scored suf-
ficiently low on that tough Burning
Tree layout to mark him as a coming
young golfer. Dick is only II years old,
although he has the build of a man
of 25. Six feet tall, weight around 1876
pounds, he is the ideal picture of a
Slugging hitter from the tee.
Young Nee is sturdy, stocky young
ster who will become one of the long
est hitters when he puts on is or %
pounds, and today has one of the best
short games around the Capital. Det-
weller, who shot a IA over courses A
and c in a medal round at East Po-
tomac Park last Summer, is thin lit
tie youngster who winds up his driver
like Bobby Jones used to do and hits
that ball with the full, free swing that
is characteristic of all kid golfers. Pos
sibly Detweiler is the brightest prospect
of the three, because of his constant
practice, but to date young Nee and
Dick Lunn have shown more stuff. AL
three of them show enough promise
and earnestneSs to go far in the game.
MOT since the days Of 1928, when
~ Roland Mackenzie was coming
along, has young golfer below the
age of 20 been a threat to win strlng
Of tournaments around the Capltal. 10
be sure Frank Roesch looked like q big
winner six or seven years ago. so dlo
Page Hufty, and Harry Pitt has devel-
oped from the uncertain golfeH OF a
half dozen years back into the sturdy,
confident veteran that he is today. But
none of these won a flock OF tourna-
ments in their teens. Very likely the
strongest golfer of the age OF 20 or Il
around the Capital is young Monro
Hunter of Indian Spring, who has been
romping around his home course lately
in unbelievably low figures. But the
fact is that not since Roland MachenS
zie was burning up tournaments mere
abouts when he was a student at WesG-
ern High School in 1928 has any schooI-
boy golfer been a serious threat.
Such lads as Nee, Detweiler and Lunn
NAV become serious threats within
year or two if they develop as fast as
their early promise predicts. ANY
youngster of Is who can play his nome
course in IA strokes and can knock the
ball around Manor consistently In the
high 70s may come along quickly wlthm
a year to win a flock Of tournaments.
Bill DetWeiler, so they tell me, stanos
out by the results of the practice, which
: hour after hour, day after day. Ihat
is what develops golfers, for the mis-
takes of tournament rounds are roneo
! out by the results of the practice which
breeds confidence In shot-making.
Young Nee also is consistent per-
former on the practice tee and at pres
ent is a tough nut to crack Tor any
Young golfer around the Capital.
THICK LUNN's game has not yet
~ rounded into its full perfection,
but he has such power from the
tee and such fine accuracy with the
long irons that he may go far, proVldedi
he is willing to give up few hours OF
play for the more arduouS business OF
like fine prospects, but out at Columbia
Young Billy Shannon is coming along
fast, So is Wilbur Garrett and at
CHEVY Chase George Richards, Jr., mas
shot a lot of good golf. But none OF
these has done as well as Nee, Det-
weller or Lunn. Harold N. Graves OF
Indian Spring, with swing mooeleo
much after that of Monro Hunter, mas
done well, and Roger Peacock is a pros
pect with bright championship. posi-
bilities, who has, in his twentieth year,
lust fallen short of winning tourna-
ments. .4
One of young Monro Hunters latest
stunts has been the playing OF the IN
dian Spring course from the back tees
in 142 strokes for SO holes in one day.
Par for the layout is II and Hunter
scored a 72 and 10 under Winter golt
conditions. Under any conditions tnat
is quite a piece of golf, but under WIN
ter conditions it is surprisingly hne.
THE schedule of the larger women's
golf events around washington
this year has been settled py the
Tournament Committee OF tne Woiiiet q.
district Golf Association. Meeting FIJI
dav at the home of Mrs. j. Marvin
HAYNES chairman of the committee, the
tournament body approved the follo~-
ing dates:
Keefer Cup tournament, Chevy Chase
Club, April 25, 26.
Star Cup tourney, kenWooo erol anu
Country Club, May and 10.
District women's championship
Manor Club, May 1920.
Herald Cup tourney, Woodmont Coun-
try Club, June 8.
Bachelor Girls Cup tourney, Ban
nockburn Golf Club, May "a.
Corby Cup tourney. Columbia Coun-
try Club, September %:
All of the events listed. with the
exception of the District champion
ship. are medal play events. The Dis
trict championship tourney, won last
wear hv Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, Is 8