Evening star., 1932-07-13
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even a short putt I've seen him hole
so many long puts and do 1t with such
regularity that I'm sure he has some
thing few of the other men have. Ana
furthermore, he took up the game IN
middle age. What a golfer he would
have been had he taken up golf as
youngSter."
Tom Flaherty one of Compassionate
ardent golfers. has found out he can't
learn how to play golf from book, or
from one book at least. Tom bought
one of the newest books on how to play
golf, stayed up almost all of one night
recently studying the tone and working
out the grip and swing espouSed by
this teacher of the game. Bright and
early the next day he went out deter
mined to master the faults that had
been besetting him for so long. He
worked and struggled and hole after
hole he got worse.
Finally" said Tom, Il decided to toss
all these new theories out the window.
stayed with that fellow for nine holes
and it cost me the price OF a mock OF
new books. Why should I try TO learn
from books when l can save money by
working the shots out myself? SO l
tossed him Ohe writer of the bookl
into the hedge at the ninth hole and
| faults as well as 1 ever did
COLF teams of Washington and
" Richmond women are looking for
ward to another meeting following
| the triumph of an Washington team
! yesterday at Columbia, when the team
| led by Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes OF
Columbia trounced the golfers from the
Richmond Capital by IL points to 4;
Mrs. H. c. KerSten of Richmond
snatched the medal honorS OF the day
with an IS. Summaries OF the matcn
| follow:
Mrs. ]. Marvin Haynes and Mrs. J.
w. Beller, Columbia; Mrs. H. c. Kers-
ten and Mrs. Jean Jones, Richmond, Z
points.
Miss Susan Hacker, Chevy Chase,
and Mrs. S. F. Colladay, Columbia.
| points; Mrs. Basil Cole and Miss Mar
tina Martin, Richmond, no points.
Mrs. C. K. Osborne, Army-NaVy, ana
Mrs. Roland R. Mackenzie, Columbia,
2l2 points; Miss Lillian Wood and Mrs.
John Ryland, Richmond, L point.
Miss Virginia Williams, Congressional,
and Mrs. H. r. Quinter Columbia, 8
points: Mrs. Carl Boschen and Mrs. G..
! c. Cook. Richmond, no points.
Mrs L. G. Pray. Manor, and Mrs.
! Jerome Meyer, Woodmont. liz points;
Miss Margaret McVay and Mrs. Ran
dolph Graham, Richmond, Z points.
| CYLVIA STRAUS won the womens
- Tombstone Tourney played at Wood
mont yesterday, playing her last
stroke into the cup on the seventeenth
hcle. Mrs M Baum was second.
The class B winner was Mrs. A. j.
Stephens, who holed out on the eighth
hole in a nine-hole event.
LIVE Washington golfers left the Cap
L ital today for Louisville. KY, where
they will play next week in the na-
tional public links championship over
the Shawnee course. They were Billy
Malloy, who led the field in the recent
city qualifying round: Bradley H. Bur-
rows, Harlan Will, Louis Fuchs and Bob
Burton.
Four of them will be chosen to repre-
seht the Capital in the Harding Cup
contest next Monday and Tuesday. The
last four named left by motor and ex-
pect to make Louisville by Saturday in
order to get in two days of practice over
the course where the championship will
be played.
THERE will be no Army golf cham
| i pionship this year. The service
classic. which has been played an
nually fer many years. and was held at
the Army Navy Country Club three
| years back. will be postponed this year.