The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-31

PRESENTATION of a purse to
L Ralph and Russell Stonehouse,
pros at Coffin and Riverside munich
pal golf courses, respectively, who
qualified for the national open
championship June 6, z and 8, will
be made tomorrow night at South
Grove clubhouse at 8 o'clock.
The Stonehouse brothers, indian
apolis only representatives in the
major open tournament, will leave
the city early next week for Ard
more, Pa, where the championship
will be decided over Merton Cricket
Club course.
indianapolis golfers, particularly
the municipal course players, who
are proud to have the city repre-
sented in the national play, have
contributed generously to the fund.
They have done so by entering
blind par tournaments at all the
courses the past few days, the entry
fees being added to the fund. There
have been several individual con-
tributionS, and John Niblack, presi-
dent of the Indianapolis Public
Links Association, and Kenneth Hoy,
secretary, have hopes of the purse
being near 5000 by presentation
time.
A PPRECIATIVE of the help the
IA golfers are going to give them
in making the expensive trip, both
Stonehouse boys have agreed to
travel as economically as possible
and any of the funds they are able
to save they have volunteered to
bring back and turn into the Golfers
of the indianapolis Public Links
Association as q starter to the fund
and send the cal public links team
to the national tournament later in
the summer, Hoy said.
Hoy has had the time of the reg
ular South Grove mems club meet
ing moved up to 7:30 tomorrow
night and the regular business will
be transacted quickly, clearing the
way for the presentation ceremonies
at 8.
Niblack will make the presenta-
ton talk and persons prominent in
both private club and municipal golf
in the city will be in attendance.
Any friends of the StonehouSe
brothers and all golfers are invited
to attend the gathering, which will
be held in the South Grove club
house auditorium.
THE annual Memorial day
l. handicap tournament at Hill
crest Country Club for the Roberts
Brothers trophy was won by w. G.
Starkey Firing a gross 88 at the
field of "a entries, Starkey saw his
handicap of nineteen reduce that
total to net 81, which easily dis
tanced all the other players.
Flag day tournaments are always
popular on Memorial day and the
HillcreSt members had a red-bot
mixed foursome event in the after
noon, with husbands and wives
teaming up for the links event.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. William Book
walter got within sixteen inches of
the second cup on their second
round to win first.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Cloyd were
second, planting their flag twenty
two inches from. the first hole on
their second round. They we're just
three inches nearer the cup than
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Crum, who took
third place.
In flag tournament team play
ers are allotted strokes equivalent to
their handicap, added to course par
When they have exhausted all these
strokes they plant the flag where
the ball rests. after the last stroke.
THE Hillcrest partnership rour-
Il nament has reached it's final
stage. The windup matches in both
flights will be played Saturday and
Sunday. In the championship flight
Claude Micks and William Hutch
inson defeated Jack Thibodeau and
George Livingston, and 6, and will
battle T. H. David and r. c. Dema-
rec, who captured the semi-final
from G. V. Stickelmeir and
DR.. F. L. Cooper.
In the secnd flight Gordon Cloyd