Evening star., 1933-05-21
LIKELY TO BECOME
NATIONAL FIGURES
These Two Youths, Peacock
and Pitt, Give D. c. Hope
for High Honors.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

tional championship con-
i tenders from the bunker
bordered National Capita
now must be added those two
capable youngsters who played
in the final of the Chevy Chase
tournament - Richard Lunn
strapping 6-footer from Chevy
Chase and Burning Tree, who won
the event, and Maurice Nee. all
around athlete from Georgetown
Prep School, a member of Manor
and Columbia, who lost a hair
line decision to Lunn on the nine
teenth hole.
These youngsters showed by theil
sterling performances in the Chev,
Chase tournament that they are JUS
about ready to step out and make theil
mark In big-time golf Indeed, If they
can overcome the nervousness they
plainly showed In the final last Friday
they are capable right now of holding
their own in the best amateur company
anywhere in the land.
Harry @. Pitt Of Manor and Roger
Peacock of Indian Spring are more
seasoned performers than are Lunn anc
Nee. But these four comprise jus
about the best there is in amateur gol
around Washington today. All foul
are capable of qualifying in the anna.
ter championship and all four viii
play in the sectional tests scheduled fol
August 8 at Columbia.
THE performance of Maury Nee ir
L shattering George Voigt's record al
Chevy Chase last Tuesday is the
brightest piece Of golf that has beer
uncorked around the Capital so fal
this year. Nee scored q 81, two undel
par, to break a record that had stooC
for seven years. And he did 1t over q
slow golf course, under the trying test
Of medal play. But Nee was not alone
in his scoring jamboree. Few people
know that Dick Ltlnn went on a scor-
ing rampage against ]. Monro Hunter
jr, in the first round Of the tourna-
ment, playing the first seven holes in
four under fours, and getting out in 81
with a on the par ninth.
Any kid who is capable Of that kind
Of golf can go places In the amateur
championship. And Lunn can pull
tricks like that any time. Nee's record
breaking round was the finest bit oi
scoring since Miller STEVENSON cracked
down with 81 in the second round OF
the District championship of 1927 al
Indian Spring. Although not as spec
tacular as Ernie Caldwell's 68 in the
Middle Atlantic final at Columbia last
year. the Nee youngster showed thai
he has national championship possibili-
ties by absolutely refusing to crack as
he burned his way over the rugged
Chevy Chase course in 81 strokes.
A couple Of years Of tournament ex-
perience, little more steadtneSS arouno
the greens and both these kids will bt
ready for the big time. They are good
no question about that. Dick Lunn i
going to make one of his initial start.
In a major championship this week al
Winged Foot, where he will play in the
Metropolitan open championship. He
Is due to leave Washington Tuesday
night with AL Houghton, Kenwood pro
who also will play in the tourney.
ID HARRY GRAHAM, manager al
ID. Rock Greek Park, announces to-
day a tournament for the
women's municipal golf championship
of Washington. The tourney win start
with an l8-hole qualification round over
the Rock Greek Park course on June 8
to be followed by the customary fouI
match play rounds on succeeding days
Entries will close on June and Vr-
ginia Irwin, who won the title last year
will defend. Graham says that entries
are not restricted to the fair golfers
who use the public links, but also may
include feminine members OF the coun-
try clubs about the Capital.
The fair golfers who play under the
banner of the Women's District Coll
Association are in for another busy
week. First team matches will be play
ed tomorrow at Congressional between
teams representing 10 CLUBS, ana or
Wednesday a picked team representing
the association will travel over to the
Elkridee Club of Baltimore to play a
women's team from the Monumental
City. Later in the week the asSocia-
tion team will play brace OF matches
against a team of women from Rich
mond. The first match is scheduled at
the Army-Navy Club on Friday, with
the second match billed for the Chevy
Chase Club on Saturday.
NNE of the worst breaches of golf
~ etiquette tournament competitor
can commit is to enter his name
for match play and then default, with
out an adequate excuse. So universal
is the feeling against such action that
most tournament invitations contain a
warning against defaulttng on pain of
debarment from play in future events.
Yet in the first round OF the consola-
ton in the third flight in the Chevy
Chase tournament there were four de-
faults. In other words, four men won
their matches by default in a single
flight in a single round. Those COM
petitors who were close to qualification
and who were shut out by stroke or
two might have wished to play through
in place of those who defaulted.
The golf battle of the century" at
Washington is nearing its end. V. c.
Dickey and D. c. Gruver are to play
another match in their 50-game series
today, which is certain to have de-
cisive effect on the result of the series
AS it now stands, Gruver is up. with
seven matches to play, Dickey, having
won the last two contests.
A small pot of money and a lot of
honor is involved in the series, for the
loser has to write the winner letter
acknowledging his inferiority at golf
How that will hurt the loser, whoever
he will be- only those who know the
two contestants understand.
DOB BARNETT, Gilbert Cunningham
ID and Mel Shorey, successful quail
flers from Washington for the ma
tional open golf championship. prob
ably will leave the Capital about June
S for Chicago, where the champion
ship will start on June 8. Barnett and
Shorey have played in the open several
times before, but Cunningham, one of
the best of the younger pros about
Washington. win be making his initial
start In the championship.
A sweepstakes tournament for mem-
bers of the Middle Atlantic Profess
sional Golfers Association Is to be
played at the Kenwood Golf and CCun-
try Club course tomorrow.
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