Evening star., 1933-07-20
Indian Spring Par Gets Fancy
Lacing as Youngsters Turn on
Heat in Maryland Title Event
ACKING only two or three Of the
talent who should be In there
battling for the crown, the finest

r ACKING only two or three Of the
talent who should be IN there
battling for the crown, the finest
field ever to qualify for the
Maryland State amateur golf champion,
ship today began the wedding out
process over what used to be tough
golf course, but which today u just
another layout on which the boys break
and equal par about as they please.
Indian Spring used to be known "a
one of the really testing golf courses
about Washington. It still Is, but when
you put q flock Of youngsters together
with q major crown to shoot for, add q
dash Of hot weather and turn EN- loose,
you can expect anything.
If the laos playing in the match play
rounds today turn on the heat they
showed yesterday, there are likely to be
all sorts Of course records smashed IN
the current tourney. Pa was twisted
into knots yesterday, and kicked around
until the perfect" figure rated as par
golf became anything but perfect. Never
before around Warrington has there
20 men broke 80 over the first round Of
the 36-hole medal play test, and 1t took
160 to qualify at all among the 80 play
ers who started In match play for the
title today.
Peacock Delivers Goods.
n OGER Peacock. the black-hai-ed,
II good-looking District holder,
did Just aS advertised. Roger has
been burning up his home layout ever
since he returned from Duke University
with q new wife ana q new assortment
OF golf shots. He did just that yester-
day, shooting a 50 in the morning to
whip par by two shots and then turn
ing in q rs in the afternoon for a
total Of IA to win the medal by two
strokes.
Tied at l46 were Harry 6. Pitt. the
Manor Moose" who took q noble on
the seventh hole and still finished in
"a; Louis Fuchs, Indian Spring young
ster: ]. William Harvey, jr., elongated
Indian Spring veteran, and Dave Crack,
Middle Atlantic title holder from the
Rolling Road Club Of Catonsville.
Tough Ninth Conquered.
CROOK also broke par over the
morning round with a card Of 10,
while Ernie Caldwell equaled par
in the morning. and Harvey matched
the perfect" figure in the afternoon.
Yes, Old Man Par took licking yes
terday. They used to call the ninth
hole at Indian Spring the toughest par
3 affair around Washington. But .
dozen got birdie deuces on 1t yester-
day: Bill Waxter. one Of the Maryland
State Association moguls, obtained no
fewer than ~ Is ON his round.
It remained for B. Warren Corkran,
the popular Maryland title holder. to
stage the real show Of the day, how
ever-Warren was out Of the title chase
after the thirteenth hole yesterday AFT
ernoon, or % It appeared.
Tined, and missing puts on those
slippery greens, the veteran campaigner
from the Baltimore Country Club looked
as II he would not qualify In defense
Of his championship as he bunkered
his tee shot at the fourteenth hole. But
he blasted out and got himself par g..
Then, inspired by this turn Of fate, he
played the last four holes in s, s, 2. 4,
to finish with 158 ana get into the
match play rounds.
Fourteen Warrington golfers out of
q total entry list Of 23 from the Capital
won places In the championship 80, and
only in one or two cases were WASH
ington entrants paired against each
other IN the opening round. The menu
finds two rounds Of match play today,
two more tomorrow and q 36-hole final
round carded for Saturday.
Roeer Peacock's 80 was the finest bit
Of golf Of the day. The black-haired
younsster, playing like machine, se-
cured four brides and five pars on the
first nine to score . 81. Despite poor
mashie -niblick shots On the thirteenth
and sixteenth holes he came home in
80 for his 90. The II u not . record
for the first nine, for It has been played
several times in 81 and once or twice
in 10