The Washington times., 1934-08-22
TITLE EVENT
SCHEDULED
NEXT WEEK
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

With the sectional qualifying
trials for the national amateur
championship past, District golfers
today were eyeing their own
championship scheduled next week
at the Columbia Country Club.
Judging by results of the quail
flying trials at the Five Farms
course of the Baltimore Country
Club yesterday, the District event
will be wide-open with a strong
probability that there will be a
successor to Dick Lunn, incumbent
champion. Lunn, suffering from an
arm ailment, is way off last years
form.
Only five Of the twenty-five
WashingtonianS in the starting
field of Sixty-four we're able to
qualify for the national amateur
next month at Brookline, Mass.
They were Gene Vinson, Manor
Club, who took medal honors
with 1874, lat, for the 36-hole
test over the par 70 course; John
c. Shorey, Kenwood, 76-75, ISL;
Martin F. Mccarthy, Columbia,
1878, 1853; Billy Dettweiler, Con-
gressional, 1918, 1853, and Jimmy
Drain, Washington Golf and
Country Club, 1919, 1854.
Yoder Loses In PIay-off
The other nine places went to
Ernie Caldwell, Hillendale Club of
Baltimore, TIL, 148; Charles
w. Kent, Richmond, 72-79, ISL;
James Watts Lynchburg, 78-74,
1852; j. Davis Ewell, jr., Rich
mond, 78-74, 1852; Billy Howell,
Richmond, 1919, 1852; Chandler
Harper, Portsmouth, 74-79, 1853;
Robert F. Riegel, Richmond, 81
73, 154; Thad Street, Charleston,
S. c, 1870, 1853, and Spencer
Overton, Hillendale Club of Bal
timore, 77-78. 1855.
Overton squeezed in by winning
q play-on from S. Levi Yoder,
Indian Spring club, 78-77, 1855;
Donald McPhail, Baltimore Coun-
try Club, 79-76, 155, and Judd
Brundley, Knoxville, Tenn, TT
78, 1855, for the last place. Yoder
and Brundley dropped out on the
first hole when Overton and Nc
Phail scored par as and then
OVerton won on the next hole
with another par four.
Yoder could have spared him.
self the necessity of participating
in the play-off had he not wasted
strokes on the second nine of his
afternoon round. Out in 36, one
over par, he returned in IL, cap
ping his disastrous play with a 6
on the final hole. Here he lashed
a screaming drive down the fair
way but then placed his second
IN the trap and three-putted after
getting out in one.
Major Casualties
The major casualties were Roger
s. peacock, Indian Spring; Harry
G. Pitt, Manor, and Maury Nee, Co.
1umbia Country Club. Pitt, Strug-
Cling around the course in "a in
the morning, failed to turn in a
card for his afternoon round.
Peacock, who had difficulty in
registering morning 41-37, 78,
seemingly had struck his true pace
on the first nine in the after
noon. He came to the short
ninth, needing par 3 for 36.
Presto, he hooked his drive into
the shrubbery to the left of the
green and finished with 7 strokes.
Then, he drove into the ditch on
the par four tenth hole, eventual
ly holing out in eight strokes.
Thus, he used up IS strokes on
two consecutive holes, an un-
thought of performance for Pea
cock. At that, he finished with
30 for final total of 158.
Pitts Driving Blamed
Nee, who scored 81-79, 100, just
couldn't get his shots working
properly. Pitts principal weak
ness was driving, topping many.
Results of other Washington
entrants follow:
16Hic HIckma% FnoR. Greene a%, ArgyIel 5s59. 1ss;
DR.. Larry s. Otell Qndian Spring., 1891,
1853; Miller b. STEVENSON (COlumbia), 49,
81. 164; Frank N. Goodwin Congress
(COlumbia). S5-S2. 1871: Frank Emmett
GCOnEressiOnaD, 9S-nO card: Reid w.
Digges (KenwOOd), 8l-nO card: Dick
rest Thompson Beaver DamS. Ss-no
card; A. s. Gardiner. jr. (COlumbia). SO
mo card; Harvey johnson (COlumbia),
SO-nO card: Luther c. Steward. jr
Madden (Argylel, no card: +. J. Carver
(ManOr), no card; Frank Weller (COlum-