Evening star., 1932-08-20
WILL FINISH WORK
STARTED At OPEN
He and Shorey to Leave for
st. Paul Next Week-PIay
Begins August 81.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

~ Potomac pe,H nc' Park sa,3;Ss are e. plan Ian.
ming to leave washington
early next week for their bid for
the Professional Golfers Associa-
ton championship, billed to
start at st. Paul, Mimi, on Au-
gust 81. Houghton and Shorey
were the two local qualifiers in
the sectional tests held at Colum-
bia three weeks ago. Houghton
led the entire field drawn from
the mid-Atlantic section with a
36-hole total of 141.
Their trip to st. Paul probably VIII
not bring the championship back with
them. for even though they are nne
golfers they hardly rate to win the pro.
fessional match play title. But both OF
them have something more than at
tending a big golf jamboree in mind
They are going-and particularly Hougn-
ton is going as an emlsSary OF the
KenWcod Golf and Country Clup-to
interest the professionals in the coming
National Capital open to be played again
at Kenwood on October l and 2.
Houghton did lot OF missionary WorK
at the national open at Fresh Meadow
back in June. He will finish the job at
the p G. A. tournament and if he does
his lob well Washington will see the
finest bunch of pros in action at Ken
wood In October that have been seen
here since 1921, probably even surpass-
ing the group who played here last
November, when Willie MacFarlane won
the initial National Capital open with
its generous first money OF $700.
THIS year the sponsors of the tourney
i have divorced themselves from the
added inducement that brought the
pros here last Fall. Last years tourna-
ment was played only few days IN
advance of the Pinehurst Mid-South
event and most of the pros went on
from Washington to Pinehurst. This
year the sponsors Of the tourney believe
the National Capital open is big enough
and attractive enough to stand on It's
own feet and they are to hold their
tourney month and half in advance
Of the Mid-South, which is scheduled
for the middle of November.
In q year when professional purses
are none too heavy and the exhibition
game has not proven any too lucrative
the pros will all flock to Washington
to try and corral slice OF the $2,550
prize money.
WHICH brings to mind the fact that
w next week is the last week for some
time without a tournament around
Washington. The following week all
the best youngsters of the Capital Will
gather at the Army-Navy Country Club
on September to contest for the junior
District championship. This year the
tourney is limited to boys under the
age of 18 years. The following week
on September and 8-the cream OF
the local amateur brigade will play ~
holes over the Chevy Chase course for
the District amateur championship, now
held by Harry G. Pitt of Manor.
And the following week the eyes OF
Washington and of the country will be
turned toward the Five Farms course
of the Baltimore Country Club. where
the national amateur championship Will
be played September 12-17, inclusive.
All the local golf clubs have been sup
piled with tickets for this amateur
classic, which entitle the purchaser to
see a week of golf for $3.50. Cheap
enough, for 1t also includes admission
to an exhibition match on Sunday, Sep
ten1ber IL, in which Bobby Jones will
play.
THE following week will come along
i the invitation tournament OF the
Congressional Country Club, one of
the few invitation events Of the year
around the Capital. Early in October
the women's championship of the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association will be
staged at Rodgers Forge, near Balti-
more.
Not the least Of the big golf events
scheduled during the next few weeks
will be the battle of titans near Boston
next week, where Francis Ouimet, ma
tlonal amateur champion, will match
shots with Gene Sarazen, American
and British open title holder. And the
following week, on September l and 2,
she American Walker Cup team Will
clash with a challenging team Of Brit
ish golfers over the course Of the Coun-
try Club at Brookline, Mass. It's going
to be busy six weeks in golf, any way
you figure it.
u OTUND NICK ALTROCK, come
N dian Of the Washington base ball
club, is quite a golfer. If you
don't believe it, listen to the yarn of
how Nick set q new course record for
Course A at Rock Greek Park the other
DAY and played the entire IL holeS In
SO strokes, only one above the course
mark.
Nick was playing with B. Harry
Graham, manager at Rock Creek, on
an off-day In the base ball schedule.
Starting with a on the par first
hole, Nick gave no indication of the
'heat" to come But he birdied the
second hole with 8, got a par ON
the third a par 4 on the fourth and a
par on the fifth, and then proceeded
to shoot three IS in a row. His putt
for at the ninth hit the lip Of the
cup and just stayed out on the rim.
Here is Nick's card:
Par ...4 4 3 4 8 4 8 4 433
Altrock 80. 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 4-31
~ CLIFF McKIMMIE, present match
N. play champion of the Middle At