Evening star., 1932-10-22
GREAT SCORES HIT
ON CAPITAL LINKS
Marks Shattered on Three
Courses Here as Entire
Nation Licks Par.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.
"HIS year has seen more rec
ord shattering perform

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of the Nation than any
year since the old guilty" ball
was supplanted by the rubber
cored sphere somewhere near two
and a half decades ago.
All over the Nation the birdie
seekers have been knocking golf
balls closer to the cup and scor-
ing better than they have shown
in other years, even in the days
OF the old 1852 sphere.
The stunts done by Gene Sarazen In
the American Open. by Olin Dutra in
the p. G. A. and other tournaments, by
a score of first-class golfers on links
scattered over the. Nation, even the
scores made by the best of the local
golfers, all demonstrate that your 1882
golfer has taken to the 1882 golf ball
like a duck to water.
The golf ball must be the answer,
for no such record-shattering perform
ances were turned in last year with
the old 1.55x1 SO ball.
u IGHT here in Washington three
n course records almost unbelievably
low have been made this year,
while records have fallen right and
left in other spots along the bunkered
fairways Of the Nation.
Early in the year AL Houghton blazed
his way around the Kenwood course in
the awe-inspiring figure of 63 strokes,
8 below par for the course.
A few weeks ago George Diffenbaugh
clipped strokes off the tournament
record for the Columbia Country Club
course with a 81, breaking the mark Of
SO that had stood for more than 10
years.
over at washington. Dave Thompson,
the club pro, after trying for five years,
finally tied Maurice McCarthy's record
score Of 66.
Out at Beaver Dam course records
have been set and broken almost
monthly with scores lower than ever
before. Prior to this year the Beaver
at II.
At Chevy Chase Gene Larkin played
the course in IS strokes, better than
par.
Everywhere course records have been
clipped as the 1.62x1 68 golf ball has
proved the answer to golfers prayer.
1t can hardly be that golf as a whole
is becoming better. although that is
certainly true in a somewhat limited
sense. Courses have certainly not be-
come easier.
1t must be that the 1892 ball Is better
than its predecessors, which Is another
feather in the cap of the United States
Golf Association. After monkeying
around with standard golf balls fer
three years the U. S. G. A. finally has
hit upon a ball which apparently
pleases every one. Certainly 1t pleaRs
the top-notch golfers, for with It they
have done better than ever before.
THE annual tournament Of the
l. Brightwood Ex-Caddies' Association
will be played at Beaver Dam
Country Club ON November g. Beaver
Dam has besn chosen as the venue for
this popular tournament after the
Course Selection Committee looked over
three layouts which had been offered
for the event.
The association is made up of men
who toted golf bags as boys over the
old course of Columbia Country Club
in Brightwood. George J. Voigt is the
outstanding luminary ef this group of
golfers. and Dutch, as he Is known to
his pals, will come to Washington to
play in the tourney. Last year at Manor
Voiet shot II to lead the pack.
There are something like IS of these
former caddies, all now grown men, and
many Of them good golfers All of
them turn out for this annual get
together to recall the days of 20 years
and more ago when they were young
sters watching Eddie Eynon, John Da-
wilson, Lee Harlan, George James and
other timers hit golf balls over the
old Columbia layout just of Georgia
avenue.
DRIES won during the season are to
i be distributed to the successful
members of the Manor Club at a
dinner tonight marking the close Of the
stag party" by the club. The tourney,
which was to last all day, was blind
bogey affair.
Officers Of the Manor Club will be
the guests at dinner and reception
by the members next Thursday eve
ming. An elaborate entertainment pro-
gram has been arranged by Tom Bra
hany.
DLAYING through high wind, Miss
L Susan Hacker retained her Chevy
Chase Club women's title yester-
day. scoring 94-94-188 to lead her
nearest rival by eight strokes. Miss
Hacker duplicated her f1rst-round total
on the final round in the 36-hole tour
ney, while most of the other competi-
tors found their scores boosted by the
wind and cold far above the marks
made in the opening round on Thurs
day Mrs. Hume Wrong was second
with 95-10l-196 Mrs. A. s. Merrill
and Mrs. Harrison Brand, jr.. tied for
third place with 36-hole scores of 200.
Mrs. T. c. Kinkaid, whose "a of the
first round was tied with Miss Hacker.
found the going too rough and posted
lO8 for the second round and q 36.hole
total of 2O2.
A MOTHER hole in one was made
"A yesterday at West Potomac Park,
where j. H. Raymond hit a mashie
shot into the cup on the 125-yard
seventh hole
Betty CARRIER won the women's title at
West Potomac, defeating Mrs Hope
Wilkinson by and 6 in the final
round Miss CARRIER played the first nine
holes in 81 strokes and was up at the
turn.
EINALISTS in the womens cham
i rionship event at Kenwood are Mrs.
G. P. Medley and Mrs. Otis F. Glenn
In the semi-f1rial round yesterday Mrs.
Medley beat Mrs A. A. McEntee, 2 and
/, and Mrs. Glenn sprung a surprise by
eliminating Virginia Pope, one OF the
best of the younger fair golfers of the
city, 3 and 2.
Richard P. Whiteley annexed the
Liberty Cup at Chevy Chase yesterday.
turning back Frank p Reside in the
final rnllnd hv 4 and 4 plav In the
Siamese Cup tourney will start next
week.
Fights Last Night
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Eddie Murdock,