Evening star., 1935-07-16

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Wv tim Of typical Washing
ton welcome
The chest of the Kenwood pro, born
Wilfred Che confessed it last night,
must expand with pride today as he
looks back on the events of yesterday
evening at Kenwood. where a flock
Of his brother pros We'd with members
of the club and newspaper men to
pay tribute to the erstwhile Brooklyn
COB, who will, If last nights pre-
dictions pan out, remain with the
local golf club forever"
1t is no secret that the amiable
Witty has made himself as solid as
bed rock with the folks at Kenwood,
but Witty himself didn't know it until
last night. And at the end Of the
congratulations and encomiuns which
fiocked WHY'S way as member after
member pushed a f1gurative orchid
up against his putting finger, the big
Cox man simply said: Take it easy,
lad, take it easy"
Roland Mackenzie, Fred Mcleod,
Bob Barnett and many other OF his
fellow pros told Witty how glad they
are to have him here. So did Bob
Elicit, Monty Ferry, Tom Moody, Ed
Hutchinson, Don Chamberlain and Ed
Olsen of the club, and so did every
one else who rose to his feet for a
brief word.
If Witty doesn't know today in just
what esteem he is held he never Will
know.
RUT Witty wasn't the big shot OF the
~ golf festivities. Cliff Spencer,
the big bam from Beaver Dam stole
the show. Pounding out a subpar SO.
which included a 7 on the par 5
thirteenth hole, Spencer not only tied
for the individual sweepstakes prize,
but was the chief factor in the win
ming of the best ball tourney, with
Russ Hollebaugh as his partner. When
better golfing is done over that first
nine at Kenwood Spencer's opening
nine of 81 will be recalled. He had
five IS and four Is over that stretch,
! and his longest putt was only four
feet. Frank Cunningham tied with
Spencer at SO, and with Maury Fitz-
gerald took down second money in
the best ball affair
Over at Congressional a pair of
colored caddies are jubilant today fol-
lowing their victory over a much
touted team of boys from Columbia.
CLYDE Martin and Rudolph Hartshon
shot themselves to a 3-and-2 victory
over the Columbia team of BOBBY
King and Billy Adams IN match for
colored bag-toters. A return engage
ment will be played Friday at Co.
lumbia.
That fellow Bob Barnett Of Chevy
Chase is a rough, tough customer
on the golf course, as Louis Fuchs
and Earl McAleer have learned.
This pair of amateurs are hot stuff
over their own golf course at Indian
Spring. and when Barnett cracked
that he could play their best ball
lot of the boys hurried to get down,
all against the Chevy Chase red-head.
Bob was dormie 2 down and won the
last two holes finishing 3-3 to square
the match. They played two extra
holes and the match still was square.
Over at Congressional next Sunday
Roland Mackenzie, Witty Cox, Fred
Mcleod and Barnett will put on a
little exhibition match. And hope
they pair me with MceLod," Barnett
said. IT think he is one of the finest
partners and best men under fire I
ever have SEEN"
CHALLENGE matches seeming to be
the custom Billy Dettweiler and
Harvey johnson have flung a chal-
lenge toward Maury Nee and Luther
Steward, and have been grabbed up
pronto. They will play at Columbia
Friday afternoon.
Meanwhile the series between Nee
and Steward and Parker Nolan and
Larry Otell still goes on, with the boys
not favoring Nolan and Otell so much
since their trouncing at Columbia last
week. This match is to be played
again this week.
Andrew Oliveri, medalist in the
junior public links tourney, clashed
today in the first round with Julian
Murphy, down at East Potomac Park.
Oliveri grabbed the medal with q 72
yesterday, barely nosing out Ernie
Garlem, who had a 70. Two flights
qualified.
Four WaShinton men are to play in
the Atlantic Coast championship
tourney which starts today at Ocean
City, N. ]. Local entrants are j. L.
Townsend of Chevy Chase and Drs. R.
A. Keilty. Otto Vendt and William J.
McEvoy of Congressional.