The Washington times., 1934-05-03
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By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

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Cleveland baseball team, will not
only take part in his own golf
tournam e mt at Congressional
Country Club Saturday, but will
also present the trophy to the
winner at the dinner that night.
'Twould be a quirk Of fate II Sir
Walter should capture first laur-
els in his own tourney.
Three years ago, johnson, who
is a member of Congressional, do
mated a trophy to the club. In
return, the officials decided to put
the trophy in competition, and
name it The johnson Trophy
Tournament"
This morning, Harvey Cobb
reached johnson at his Alta Vista,
Md, home in nearby Montgomery
County, and johnson, whose In
dians are here for three-day Sc
ries with the Griffmen, gladly ac-
cepted the invitation to take part
in his own tourney.
Teddy Grape, industrious golf
chairman at Congressional, ex-
poets a record turnout for the
tournament. incidentally, Grape
will play the role of defending
champion, having won the event
last year.
Golfers Brave Rain
AS the play must go on, so also
must golf, regardless of weather
conditions.
Qualifiers for the five match
play flights in the Washington
Golf and Country Club tourna-
ment were greeted by driving
rain as they stepped to the first
tee this morning.
Indeed, the rain, which began
early last night, flooded the fair
ways and greens and those golf
ers who are the best seamen will
hold the upperhand today. Per-
haps they should equip them
selves with oars and paddles
rather than drivers and niblicks.
But your golfer is a brave chap
and the games the thing with
him.
Only one of the regulars is
absent from the championship
division. He's Roger s. Peacock,
of Indian Spring, whose on the
final hole gave him 70. This put
him one stroke away from dead
locking with seven others for the"
last two qualifying berthS.
Peacock's driving and putting
was off color yesterday, though he
scored several one-putt greens on
the first nine.
The veteran Miller B. STEVENSON,
of Columbia, gained the top group
by scoring birdie on the first
hole of the play.off that involved
six others with 78'S. His tee shot
barely escaped going out of
bounds but he flung a mashie-nib-
lick on the green and ran down
25-foot putt. Harold H. Hair, of
the host club, won the other place
with a par 4, reaching the green
in two and needing but two puts.
Dropped a Flight
The others, Louis Fuchs, Indian
Spring; Beverly Mason, Chevy
Chase; Dorie C. Gruver, Washing.
ton; Charles H. Doing, jr., Wash
ington, and DR.. w. F. Hayes, un-
attached, all scored SIS and
were dropped down into the second
flight.
The 73, scored by Frank K.
Roesch on the first qualifying day,
survived the attack of yesterdays
field, and hence the medal be-
comes his possession. Roesch,
member of the Washington Club,
is also a former District amateur
champion.
The best mark recorded by yes
terday'S delegation was the IS
turned in by John C. Shorey, of
Kenwood.
TOURNAMENT NOTES
DR.. w. F. Hayes. of Pauling,
N. j.. who lost out in the play.off
for the last two qualifying places
In the first flight, is former
captain of the Georgetown Uni
versity golf team. he scored an
eagle two on the sixteenth. j..
Frank Weller, of Columbia, scored
II 10 qualify despite an on
the fifteenth where he ditched
himself and then took three puts
E. Harry Pitt bagged an eagle
three on the fifteenth, smacking
his spoon second to within three
feet Of the pin. Gilbert Hahn
laid his No. 2 iron four feet from
the flag on eighteenth but muffed
the putt for the birdie three. .
Johnny Baldwin was a spectator,
merely to get a glimpse at the
vanishing old guard. R. D. White
claims his second shot on the No.
hole for a deuce eagle was the
best shot in the Belle Haven
tournament. and Johnny Shorey
declares the shot he pulled out Of
the woods on the fourteeth hole
was better than the one from the
pebbles on the twelfth. its all
q matter of opinion,