Evening star., 1932-07-20
NOLAN IS VICTIM
IN FREAK AFFAIR
MCCarron, Victor, Goes Sew.
en- Over Par on First Ten
Holes, Then Rallies.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

- a par II golf course in 72
l i wallops and take licking
at the hands of a player
who scored a mere rs? That's
what has just happened to M.
Parker Nolan, the big Congress
sional fellow who knocks the ball
so far he has been named THE
Seige-Gun." Nolan is good
golfer in addition to being a long
hitter. He has been playing ex-
ceptionally we'll this year, wallop-
ing the ball a mighty distance
from the tee and putting with all
the fnesse of his esteemed
mentor Sandy Armour.
But 1t took Jack McCarron of the un-
orthodox swing and the uncanny putt
ing eye to do the stunt which most
folks would think impossible
Here's how it happened. Nolan played
I the first three holes in l over par and
won them all from McCarron, who play
ed them in 7, 7. 5, which is 7 above par
From that point, Nolan played the bal
ance OF the golf course in | better than
par for his To- while McCarron. putt
ing like an inspired man. smacking the
ball in from all corners and all angles
of the putting green, knocked in birdie
after birdie until he scored 78 and
whipped the man who played the course
in par.
o. Cf
entries in this section that qualifi-
cation round at Chevy Chase on Au-
gust l6. for the national amateur cham
pionship is going to draw a mighty
flock Of the gents who hope to play
in the title chase near Baltimore in
mid September Nearly every local
golfer who has handicap of or less
either has entered or is planning to
enter before next Tuesday. and re-
ports from Baltimore have it that about
40 niblick wielders from the Monu-
mental City will come over 10 Chevy
Chase to try to qualify for the national
title chase TO be played on their own
doorstep.
One OF the Baltimore newspaper men
who has been sounding out the entrants
tells us that there will be more than
10 from Hlllendale. nearly Is from Roll
ing Road, probably 10 or a dozen from
the Baltimore Country Club and five o.
six more from Rodgers Forge. Com
bined with the prospective entries from
Green Spring Valley. Elkridge and other
clubs near Baltimore. he assures us
there will be 40 or more from cur neigh
boring city.
Very likely when entries close with
u S. G. A. next Tuesday night it will
be found that the sectional rounds at
Chevy Chase will have nearly 100 golf
ers struggling for place in the cham
pionship. Washington is virtually sure
to send 40 men to the wars, and with
40 from Baltimore and probably IS or
20 from Virginia there will be a real
crowd at Chevy Chase on August l6
II thsre are 100 entries-and it ap-
pears as If there will be-we may ge;
10 or II places allotted to this section
and in this group there are certain to
be two or three qualifiers from Wash
ington-possibly more. Ofhand it ap-
pears as If Roland Mackenzie. Harry
Pitt ana Miller Stevinson are good bets
to qualify. They can make the first
six or eight in any tournament in this
in such a tourney as the forthcoming
sectional elimination contest?
COLUMBIA members who enter
~ tanned a group OF Baltimoreans
two weeks ago at their own club
are looking forward TO resumption Of
their matches with the Baltimore golf
ers next Tuesday. Nathan D. Kauf-
man of the Baltimore Suburban Club
will stage party for the Columbia
golfers at his club on Tuesday.
QUITE group Of woman golfers of
~ the Capital are planning to play
in the Army relief fund tourney
on Fridav at the ArmyNavy Country
Club The tournament is to be open
to all fair golfers of the city. without
regard to club affiliations An entry
fee of so cents will be charged.
Three cups have been donated for
the tourney. one by Mrs. Alma Won
STEINER for the low gross score, and
two by two of the Army post exchanges.
Two separate tournaments will be
played. one of l8 holes and one Of 9,
for those who do not care to play the
full distance.