The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-20

turned by Bob Hamilton of Evans
vile last year
Walter Knoll of Riley, South
Bend, took second medal honors
with a 76, and John Laffey of
Technical came in with a 70 to nose
out Clemens Rub of Anderson for
the third medal. Rub turned in
70 early in the day.
NHcCREARY who captured The
Iva indianapolis Times schoolboy
championship in 1888 over a field
Of high class contenders was a bit
off with his putter at times Satur-
day else he might have smashed par
and set up a phenomenal record for
future prep golfers to shoot at.
Dick was out in SO, one over par
He got off to a good start with four
parS and birdie on the first five
holes. The birdie came when he
dropped in a 30-foot putt on No. 3.
On the sixth hole he was right at
the edge of the green in two bat
took four to get down and he was
back even with par.
Getting within six feet Of the pin
in two on the seventh hole enabled
him to sink a putt for birdie 3,
but again he lost the gain when he
took three puts on the next green
and found trap on the right to
go over par one stroke at the half
way mark.
The Shortridge winning total of
332 was turned in by NcCreary.
with 70; John Davis, with 80: Frank
Truitt, with 86, and Victor King
don, with 81.
The Tech total of 1886 came
through John Laffey's 70, George
Urquhart's "a and 87s by Wedmore
Smith and Wayne MOnfort Others
finishing in the first 10 were
Michigan City, 341; Riley. South
Bend, 343; Morton of Richmond
and New Albany tied for fifth, with
345; Hammond, seventh, BAT; Cen
trail of South Bend and State Train
ing of Terre Haute tied for eighth,
with $50, and Atttica, 10th, with 351
The scores of the other teams that
competed were:
Batesville. 1863; West Lafayette,
1863; Columbus, 354; Dyer, 412; Ko-
komo. 400: Griffith, 424; Lafayette,
/ $50; Wiley of Terre Haute. 401 (;
| Greencastle, disqualified; Rochester
1858; Anderson, 355; Rensselaer,. 1893;
Elwood. 404; Shelbyville. ass; Mon
ticello. 374; Fowler, disqualified
ScottSburg. 443; Valparaiso, 1856;
Pendleton. 423; Newcastle. 1856
Charlottesville 4O4; Muncie, 419;
Marion. 374; Blufton. 397; Hunting
ton, 1872.
MANUAL of indianapolis had 37a
WI and Washington of Indian
apolis 371. Warren Central, a Ma
rion County school, totaled 376
Broad Ripple was among the foul
schools to fail to appear and Law
renee was another The other two
schools to default were Lew Wallace
Of Gary and Brook.
A total of 156 boys representing
80 schools played in the event and
while there were some teams that
did not wind up with team totals. it
was because one or more players
did not turn in their cards and. not
because of any infraction Of rules
that disqualified them.
ON the tenth hole Dick Nc
~ Creary reached the edge in
two and his approach was within
four feet. but it took three more to
get in from there for his second
six of the round in ten holes, and
he was three over part to that point
Buckling up his belt, Dick began
rapping out parS with consistency,
and on the difficult No. IA he sent
his tee shot to within three feet of
the cup and sank the putt for a
birdie. On every one of his last
eight holes McCreary was putting
for brides. but just couldn't get
them to fall
Young McCreary is a great iron
shot maker. He plays regularly
with the Speedway team and is
capable of breaking par most any
time. While his occasional Slip over
par hurt, he came back with a
birdie now and then to even it up.
The six he took on No. 10 was in
furious because that is a par hole.
He was over the green on this hole
TO the back edge in two. and taking
four TO get down from there is not
at all like Dick McCreary.
CHUCK GARRINGER, Speedway
- pro and referee of the meet,
took some interesting mental notes
as he sent the young linkSmen on
their ways around the course.
Chuck said there were only two Of
the l56 who drove from the first tee
with irons. All the others used wood
clubs. He said one boy took a cross
handed grip on his driver. but there
was not a southpaw player in the
tournament. The smallest player
said he weighed 90 pounds and the