Evening star., 1932-07-30
ONE IS 68, OTHER
ALL PARS FOR Il.
Bono, Veteran, Gets Low
Card-Bones, Youth, Per-
forms Unusual Feat.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

1.-TWO local records have just
been hung up by members
of the Columbia Country
Club.
In the first of these veteran
of the game, a man who plays
with a handicap Of 6 strokes
against a par of 10, has shot that
tough layout in SO strokes-two
better than par.
In the second one Of Columbia S
stellar Youngsters. and a southpaw at
that. has played IT holes of the course
in exactly par; neither over nor under
on IT holes. On the other hole he
missed a 4-foot putt for his par. Never
before has man with handicap as
high as six played a course like Columbia
in 68. And never before has an
amateur golfer around Washington
scored II pars on single round of golf.
The first gent-the man who scored
the 68-is Evert L. Bono, one of CO.
lur1bia's steadieSt veterans man who
has been playing fine golf for more than
month, and one who. despite his COM
paratively high handicap, is apt to step
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The other is Tommy Bones, probably
one Of the best left-handed golfers In
the country, and certainly one of the
longest hitters of the golf ball around
Washington. Had Tommy not blown a
4-footer on the sixth hole for his par 4
he would have done something that
never has been accomplished before
around Washington. He would have
played every hole on tough golf course
In par figures.
1t all happened in the same match
Bono and Bones were playing together,
and notwithstanding Bones consistent
stroking for II he finished three down
to the steady Bono. For Bono played
| the first nine holes in 35 strokes and
came home in Scinttllating 33, two
better than par. The unofficial record
for the Columbia course is 66, held by
Fred Mcleod and Roland Mackenzie
The official record is SO, held by Al
Houghton and Jim Barnes. So Bono:
! score is two strokes above the unofficial
record and one stroke below the ofhcia
mark That's quite a stunt for man
with a handicap of six strokes, isn't III
MOT a few of the folks around
IN Columbia were disappointed wher
young Billy Malloy, one of FREQ
McLeod's aides in the golf shop, LOST
on the p1ayof for last place Thursday
in the qualifying round for the P. G. A
| championship. But Billy laughs about
it all. He Is that kind of youngster
Guess I played we'll enough" Billy
said "but was nervous. Perhaps
tried too hard. Anyhow those putt:
| that went down in the morning wouldn't
stay in in the afternoon" At the
seventh hole Billy's pitch shot to the
green ended just off the carpet. His
! inches away. At the seventeenth he
had a 4-footer for 2 birdie 8. The bal
hit the cup and bounced out Had
either of them stayed in he would have
qualified. That's the way the game
goes. One turn of the ball and you
are in. Lack Of a turn and you are out
Billy and Warner Mather went down
on the first hole in the play-of for
the last place. Billy pushed his drive
but he had clear pitch shot to the
| green. Mather was in the middle OF
the fairway. 1t seemed to me that
Billy tried too hard to lay that ball
stone dead Anyhow it carried over
the green, stopping in the honeysuckle
on the railroad bank. Mather played
safe shot to the middle of the green.
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green he might have won. But you
never know. And Billy at least had
the boldness to pitch for the green.
Some day those pitches will end
closer to the pin. When they do, Billy
will be tough lad to beat. And, mean
while, he is piling up experience. To-
day he is one Of the best of the younger
crop of golf professionals around Wash
ington.
WITH several matches already played
w in the second round of the tour
ney by men who were able to get
their opponents out in advance. the
! first round of the Uptown champion
ship event at Rock Creek Park draws
to close today. Bradley H. Burrows,
former municipal champion, won his
way to the second round with 2-up
victory over w. w. Seay. Jack Keele,
who won his first-round match earlier
| in the week advanced to the third