Evening star., 1935-07-08

~ likely TO become the standard
~ amateur challenge match OF
a the Summer will be played
tomorrow at Columbia, when Parker
Nolan, the big bam from Congress
sional, and DR.. Larry Otell, who
knocks 'em dead with chip shots and
10-foot puts, trot out their best-ball
wares against Luther c. Steward, jr
and Maury Nee.
The boys played at Congressional
last week and Nolan and Otell won
by single hole. But lots Of things
have happened since that time. For
example, Otel has shot himself q
subpar II, even with a S on the
eighteenth hole. at Congressional,
simply by way of letting the boys
know he is in shape, and Nolan has
been hanging consistently around 73,
while Steward and Nee, afraid of the
humility of having licking hung on
them on their own golf course, nave
been out practicing every day.
The big affair will start tomorrow
around 80, and every one who has
a spare dollar in his jeans is down
on one side or another, If you can
believe the conversation going around
Over at Columbia next Monday
another contest Of considerable in
terest to the bag-toters Of the day
is due to come of.
Harry jackson and Billy Adams, two
colored caddies, who have been lick
ing everything that came along, are
due to tangle with a couple Of Con-
gressional lads with ideas Of their
own. The two boys from Congress
sional are Clyde Martin and Rudolph
Hartshorn.
Late last night, over in the angle
formed by the woods near the ninth
green, the boys were practicing hard
and long. They view this match as
one for the caddie championship OF
the city. But a couple of boys from
the Washington Golf and Country
Club are going to be pulled into the
contest before long. They have some
good golfers out there at Washington.
PLAYING over courses in the pink
of condition, the boys are eX-
pected to set local record in the
District public links championship
which started today at Rock Greek
Park with the opening twin rounds
of a 72-hole medal test which will
end tomorrow on the fiat course down
at East Potomac Park.
All the leading public linksmen of
the city, barring only one or two, are
in the thick of the scrap for the crown
which John Connolly is allowing to
go by default, and out of the scoring
melee some one of the lads may shat
ter 290 for the double circuit Of the
Rock Greek and East Potomac Park
courses.
It took 301 to get in the team Of
four last year, and 296 won the tour
nament, but that mark should be
broken this year.
The courses, aided by q cool Spring
and good weather, are in better shape
than last year, and the field is as
strong.
Two entrants came in under the
wire last night. They are Jack Keele
and Lawrence Byers.
The four low scorers will 60 to the
national public links championship at
Indianapolis later this month.
MEL KRAFT, the young man who
is due to become Woodmont's
leading golfer If he can ever get over
the Howard Nordlinger hurdle. won
the match play against par tourney at
Woodmont yesterday with rs, which
finished / down to par. Lester Olian
and Gilbert Hahn finished in second
place, 3 down to par.
Out at Washington Jimmy Cor
coran, who has been over IS seldom
this year, gathered himself q form
fitting So, aided by an unerring putter.
to prove the mainstay Of the team OF
Corcoran and Thurston FUR. They
managed to lick Dorie c. Gruver and
DR.. T. D. Webb by up. Corcoran
bagged seven 3s on the round, getting
birds on the fifth, sixth and fifteenth.
Two eagle deuces came from the