Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-29
LIKELY TO CO FAR
IN TITLE TOURNEY
Three of Eight Qualifying
From D. C. Experienced
in National Meet.
BY w. z. McCALLUM.

A LTHOUGH only three OF the
~ eight qualif1ers from Washing
~ ton have had any national
4 = amateur championship exper-
fence. and only one of EN- has gone
past the third round in the big
tournament, you may look for the
lads to do well in the coming all
match play title golf tourney to start
over the Garden City, Long Island,
course on Monday, September IA.
Within a few days the United
States Golf Association will announce
the draw for the first round, in which
Sc players will draw byes and advance
automatically into the second round.
A few of the local lads undoubtedly
will be in the bye list, emitting them
to win match in the national with
out f1inging a divot.
Roger Peacock, at the age Of "a,
a golfer with four years Of champion
ship play behind him; Levi Yoder.
winner of a f1rst-round match last
year, the victim being Francis Oui-
met, and Volney Burnett, who lost
in the first round in the 1885 tourney,
are the only men of the eight quail
fiers who have any national cham
pionship experience, barring the pub
lie links championship experience Of
Claude B. Rippy, runner-up for the
national municipal title this year.
For the others-l7-year-old Bobby
Brownell, Gene Pittman, Tommy Webb
and Forrest Thompson-the coming
title joust will be their first essay in
the big time of amateur golf, where
an ordinarily good round Of rs or
so will get nothing more encouraging
than a licking.
FROM where we sit, Peacock, Yoder'
Rippy and Brownell look the lads
who may go places in the forthcom-
ing amateur tilt. It all depends on
the luck of the draw. If they are
fortunate enough not to crash up
against any Of the really tough hon.
bres who will infest Garden City for
week. they may get along pretty
well with their work.
The plain fact is that Peacock is
good enough to win the chamionship.
no matter who he meets. He seems
to be the stand-out performer of the
bunch, with a dazzling array of golf
shots and experience enough.
Yoder, good as he undoubtedly is
hasn't quite the ability to whip the top
notchers. Brownell is as yet improved
in match play. The Manor youngster
put on probably the most consistent
scoring show Of the sectional rounds
at Columbia with scores Of II and II.
but he hasn't won matches against
tough opposition yet and he has to
prove his spot as a match player.
Rippy, on the other hand, is rug
ged, tough, match-playing hombre.
man who has played before large gal
leries before and who won't be awed
by the big names he meets.
You may look for the local boys.
with an even break in the draw.
to do pretty well up there at Garden
City. and don't be surprised to see
some Of 'em get along toward the
fourth or fifth round.
Immediately after the District anna
teur championship. billed for Sep
TENDER 4. and at Manor. they
will be OF to Garden City, to famil-
iarize themselves with the course and
the shots required on that tricky lay
out.
On the whole the general scoring
level right here in Washington was
better than at any other spot, and
Roger Peacock's 140 placed third in
the Nation. That should be the tip
of on the plain and unvarnished fact
that amateur golf around Washington
is as fast as it is anywhere.