Evening star., 1936-09-13
FOUR FORMIDABLE
IN NATIONAL PLAY
Stars Not Likely to Find
Peacock, Yoder, BroWneIl
or Rippy Easy.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

ME UOyS may ilOt Dc BOulB ldI III
the most open amateur golf
championship since Francis
Ouimet came back from virtual
retirement in 1881 to win the title at
Chicago in the first Jonesless year,
but the eight local qualif1ers for the
Simon pure title will be in there
swinging at Garden City tomorrow
and one or two of them may surprise
the home folks. They haven't been
favored by the draw at all, but an l8-
hole golf match Is short contest and
some upsets may occur in a tourna-
ment where the usual rule Is that
upsets will come along.
Roger Peacock, probably the finest
golfer of the eight, is the only one
to draw bye. Roger moved into the
second round without firing shot.
He will meet DR.. William Tweddell,
methodical captain of the British
Walker Cup team, in the second round.
Pairing of the other Washingtonians
in the opening match round are as
follows:
9:10-Gene Pittman, Kenwood, vs.
j. D. Langley, London: IL :00-Claude
Rippy, East Potomac Park. VS.. NJ H.
Ward. Tacoma, Wash; 11:5O-Forrest
Thompson, Beaver Dam, VS.. Scotty
Campbell, Seattle: l:15-Levi Yoder,
Kenwood, VS.. Ed White, Bonham, Tex:
Bobby Brownell, Indian Spring, VS..
Ralph Strafaci, Brooklyn: Tommy
Webb, Washington, VS.. Charles Boywid,
Chicago: Volney G. Burnett, Indian
Spring. VS.. Brown Cannon, Denver.
Second round (Tuesday), Roger Pea
cock. Congressional, VS.. D. william
Tweddell, Stourbridge, England.
Held Stopped Peacock.
PEACOCK went to the fourth round
last year, where Eddie Held
dropped him with streak of ridicu-
lously accurate putting. Yoder went
to the second round, where Willie
Turnesa trounced him. Burnett went
out in the opening round Of the 1885
joust. The others have had no ma
tional championship experience.
Here are some thumb-nail sketches
of the Washington entrants:
Gene Pittman of Kenwood-Came
to Washington last year to help the
New Deal over the rough spots A
short hitter, but deadly accurate with
the irons and around the green's.
Probably will lose to Langley, the
English schoolboy champ.
Claude Rippy of East Potomac
Park-A golfer whose capabilities
barely have been scratched. One of
the finest shotmakers ever developed
in this or any other city and one who
can go far if he sticks to his knitting.
Expects to hole all puts under Is feet
and usually does.
Roger Peacock Of Congressional
The best amateur developed around
Washington since the days of George
Voigt and Roland Mackenzie. Hasn't
been able to practice as much this
year as he would like, but he is plenty
rugged and a SHOEMAKER supreme.
His only weakness is from the 3-foot
range on the putting green. He will
miss enough of the wee ones to lose a
close match, but if he holes 'em all
he can whip any one.
Thompson in Tough Spot.
FORREST THOMPSON of Beaver
DANA good golfer, but far
from good enough to go anywhere in
fast company. Normally a n or IS
shooter, a pace which will lose by
big margin in fast company. Due to
drop quickly at the hands of Scotty
Campbell, in the first round.
Levi Yoder of Kenwood, Middle At
lantic champion-A rugged. tough
scrapper who can whip any man when
he is knocking the puts in. He may
give Ed White a surprise, as he gave
Francis Ouimet in the first round of
the 1885 championship. Yoder can
apply the pressure when needed.
Bobby Brownell of Indian Spring
Bobby won the District championship
at Manor, but he needs more distance
and experience to get along in the
bigtime of golf. He may became a
real star, but that is yet in the fu-
ture. At present Bobby is a good
golfer in field where there are 200
odd men just as good or better. Will
do well to win a match In the ma