Evening star., 1934-03-30
ACE Of AMATEURS,
Sylvester THINKS
Bannockburn Pro Ready to
Back Him Against Any
Simon-Pure Here.

NJ ARTIN F. MCCARTHY,
M the black-haired, sturdy
wv golfer with the Irish
4 a monicker, who holds the
club championship at Beaver
Dam and who outcuffed a good
field to win the Anacostia
open" tourney last Fall, is just
about the finest bit of golfing
machinery to be found among
the amateurs around Washing
ton, if you take the word of
Tony Sylvester, who presides
over the golf shop at Bannock-
burn.
If ever golfer has been complete
ly sold on the ability of another, Tony
is sold on the prospects of Martin
Mccarthy. And it isn't all ego, either,
although Martin did slip over to
Barnockburn just before the anna
teur championship last August for a
few workouts under the watchful eye
of Sylvester.
Tony wakes eloquent when you
mention that somewhere along the
local golf horizon there may be ANA
tCo wiz SolA bdhC MCSdl Illy
Bring em all on" Tony says. Il
need money just like most other pros
these days, but I'll bet a sizeable
hunk of what it takes that this Nc
Carthy guy can step along as fast as
any amateur now playing golf around
washington. And is he going places
this year! I look for him to win
most of the tournaments in which
he plays"
Tony is that kind of chap. When
he believes in cause or a golfer, he
goes the whole way. No halfway
measures with Tony. Either the other
fellow is bum or champion. And
Mccarthy is champion, if Tony
knows one when he sees him.
Still Willing to Learn.
"THE good thing about Martin
TONY again has the micro
phone) is that he doesn't know
all there is to know about golf He
is willing and wants to learn how
to hit the ball better. and straighter
and farther. And I don't know of
any man whom I would rather have
putting for my money than Mccarthy
He can play for dollar as well as he
can play for hundred. It's all the
same to him.
So II Tony knows whereof he
Martin F.. Mccarthy is going to be a
tough hombre on any mans golf
course during the coming golf JAM
borees around this mans town. To
date McCarthy's record is studded
with flock of lickings and a few
wins. He hasn't yet won any big
events. barring his club championship
and the Anacostia tourney. which
didn't have the class of the town
entered, but these little affairs have
been just warming-up tournaments
for McCarthy's advent as winner of
the larger tournaments. There isn't
any doubt as to Tony's belief in his
belief He speaks with all the sim
cerity Of one whose heart is sold.
Roger Peacock" we asked Tony.
"Ah, yes" and Tony sighed with ad-
niration, the admiration that an old
timer has for the smooth-swinging
kids. Roger is Just about the smooth
est swlnger We ever have had around
Washington. He should win every
thing he enters. don't want to make
any comparisons, but I think Martin,
with his scrapping heart, is going to
win some tournaments in which Pea
cock plays. If he has to lick Roger
to win think he can do it. And If
he has to whip Dick Lunn he can
do that, too.
Keep your eyes on this Mccarthy
fellow. He is going places faster than
any man in the amateur game around
this town. And is he good when the
going is tough and the opposition
sticks around par. That's his meat.
He likes it tough. He is my best bet
for winner this year.
Wonder what Martin would think
Of this enthusiasm?