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Evening star., 1936-06-04
Closely'Cropped Greens Are Likely to Hold
Greatest Hazard in i. S. Open Tournament

drive gives an open long iron shot to a
No. 3-is6 yards par :3-This one runs
on a slsht down grade 70 q fairly large
but well;-trapped green. The green is eX-
GePtIoqlsy roIns The dcuy here de-
No; $50 yards, par There are five
new traps s on m this no hole Two 9i Nv ~heh
to catch a fading drive. The fairwav slsnts
upward TO a table green. which is trapped
at the right and lett and rounded IN back
No. 5-3s5 yards. par A dog leg to
the right with a, terrIiylng stretch of lrees
opens TO the left OF the. falrway; Trees
also form a crescent in back Of this one
but they will catch only bad over shot
away again along the woods at the right.
II takes good lick from the tee and per-
haps another wood 10 get home. These
away from the club house-into prevail
No; i-2ls yards: par 3mAn excellent E
seven traps. Trees are at the right and
No. s-53s Yards, par 5--A slight dog
leg TO the right with trees along the right
all the way 10 the sreen. which IS trapped
No. 9-3ls yards. par Like the frst
There is small lake at the right and in
hazard i The sresn is small. and Weii
traEped, but not dlfhcglt to hit, 90
Total yaroa9e out, 3.3Hi: par, 80.
No. I0-I58 wards. par 3-An excep-
tionally large green for so short a hole.
but vel trapped at the left. The green
sets high above the tee.
No. II-602 yards. par 5-Trouble on
both sides here and the fairway from the
tee is not. TOO wide. Not, even Jimmy
Thompson is likely TO get home in two.
The hole usually plays against the wind
No. $50 yards. par i-One OF the
most beautiful holes on the course The tee
is ont in the clear. but the woods form
great horseshoe in back Of the green and
halfway down the fairway.
No. I3-365 yards. par 4-There is an
other small lake near the tee and to the
right of this one. but again ii is no hazaH
The green is well trapped and favors drive
TO the left
No. loo Yards. par "A new green
and a new tee make this one of the finest
holes on the course. The new green will be
used for the first time IN the open. The
tairway rises gently all the way and the
Evening star., 1936-06-04
New Scoring Record Forecast National Open Golf Tone
Armour Awaits
Reports of 8Os
BY FRANCIS j. POWERS.

SPRINGFIELD, N. j., June A.
An old bunker hunter surveys
the national open golf champion
ship field while the lads are in
good humor and still speaking to
each other.
Il have new distinction" pro-
claimed Maj. Thomas Armour II
am the only player in the field who
has not broken 10 in practice
rounds"
That crack after Billy Burke, the
1881 champion. had reported a 81
for his final warm-up over Bal
tusrol. II am now waiting to hear
Of the sos the boys take in the
tourney" Maj. Armour said.
Walter Hagen has acquired a new
linen hat and has the appearance
Of Little Rollo on horseback.
Hes finally covering up that
bald spot" shouted Armour as the
Haig" went away from the tenth
tee..
Canterbury Country Club of
Cleveland claims the distinction of
being the only club that has three
entrants in the championship. They
are Al Crowder, the club profess
sioaal and Edward Meister and
Maurice Mccarthy, two fine anna
teurs.
Olin Dutra is just in the correct
state of poor health to win. When
Dutra is ailing, he is very danger
Gus in any field.
Joseph Dey, executive secretary of
the U. S. G. A, is a former sports
writer who reformed.
Evening star., 1936-06-04

good, and lately she has been knock
ing par for the proverbial loop.
HELEN went to the last hole yes
= terday to beat gallant Winnie
Faunce Of Manor, but she accom-
plished the defeat of the District title
holder on the eighteenth green, aided
by stynie. She scored an SO to win
against the "a shot by Miss Faunce,
and so ended golfing dysnaty. Winnie
may win again but the going will be
rougher than it has been. Mrs.
Rhyme didn't play so we'll against Mrs.
Walper, but Mrs. Walper wasn't so
good either. Mrs. Mackenzie and
Mrs Dowdall went to the nineteenth
hole, where the wife of the Congress
sional pro won with a par 6. Mrs.
Meckley played her usual steady game
to win by and 2 from Mrs. L. G.
Pray. runner-up 2 years ago.
THE final in the second flight finds
Mrs. Harvey J. Cooper of Manor
paired against Mrs. E. L. Reed of
Chevy Chase. while the third flight
final finds Mrs. F. r. Keefer of Chevy
Chase arrayed against Mrs. K. S.
Giles of Indian Spring.
The boys at Congressional are talk
ing over plans for a mammoth field
day celebration for Congressional men,
bers, but the date hasn't been set
and details are not yet arranged. 1t
will be staged later this month.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Visions 3,25O,OOO
Golfers by 1910

THREE million, two hundred and
fifty thousand golfers in the
United States by 1910. That is
the optimistic declaration of
George Jacobus, president of the
Professional Golfers Association.
George was in Washington the
other day conferring with w. P. A.
officials on the golf course improve
ment program of Works Progress
Administration. There are l,750..
600 people in this country who play
golf" the P. G. A. head said.
Every indication is that 1886 will
be the biggest year in the history
Of the game. I feel safe in pre-
dieting that in three or four years
at least 100000 more golfers will
be on the list.
The P. G. A. is tremendously in
terested in the Governments con-
struction program in this field be-
cause it represents progress along
the same line advocated by our
association. personally want to
commend the splendid foresight
by which the w. P. A. is giving
work to needy people, and at the
same time building permanent
community benefits. which will
take children and adults of the
street corners and give them
healthful recreation.
I'VE realize that golf can grow
in popularity only in the degree
that the average man is enabled
to play it and such public courses
are the best means to bring that
about"
The w. P. A. Is either construct
ing or improving more than 500
public golf courses.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Are The Reds Faces Red.


THEY'RE saying now that young
Billy Sullivan has a chance to be
one Of the best catchers in the game.
He's young, fast, smart as a whip, and
he must be able to hit little. He's
only leading the league with a .424
average.
Those who know the youngster will
say he misses no bets. Already young
Billy has catalogued every hitter in
the league. He writes down their
weaknesses and strong points in a
little black book. He continually asks
questions of competent critics. One
of them, as you may have guessed, is
old Billy.
Old Billy Is living on the
West Coast but young Billy
writes three times a week. One
of the letters the elder Sullivan
wrote back to the younger Billy
read:
Anything you want to know about
catching you can get from Wally
Schang or Steve O'Neill. They were
great catchers. But don't stop asking
me. was a catcher, too"
If Billy keeps going at anywhere
near his current pace it might be a
little embarrassing to the Reds.
Somebody might make a crack to the
effect that out there on the Rhineland
they're goofy on the subject of staging
night base ball when they can't tell
good ball player in the daytime.
Somebody might say something like
this, you know.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
|SARAzEN, PICARD
81 GOLF CHOICES
Parks, Crown Wearer, Not
Given Better Than SOL
Chance to Repeat.
BY BOB CAVAGNARO,
associated Press Sports Writer.

~ PRINGFIELD, N. j., June A.
The biggest gamble in sports
the United States open golf
~ championships underway over
the links Of the staid and storied Bal
tusrol Club with the bookmakers, as
usual in this show, sticking out their
necks.
Bromide as 1t sounds. this was one
of the widest-open opens in 40 years
with at least 20 players rated a good
chance to win.
All told, there were 168 scheduled
starters.
The consensus on the final score
ranged from record-equaling 286-
the mark set 20 years ago by Chick
Evans. ir., and tied in 1882 by Gene
Sarazen-to 289. The course, a 6,866
par 70 layout, will yield to good shot
making and it's cinch par will be
cracked a-plenty before the windup
Saturday afternoon.
Favorite Seldom Wins.
sDARKS, the cherubic Pittsburgh pro,
and Jimmy Braddock of the links,
who staggered experienced club
swingers at Oakmont last year by
coming through at so to |, didn't teach
the bookies much of a lesson because
they're quoting him again at the same
price. Plenty of putter punters have
climbed on board.
It's been four years, at least, since
pre-tournament favorite came
through. Sarazen had to shoot the
last nine in 81 at Fresh Meadow in
1882 to turn the trick. Since then it
has been one sleeper" afer another
who ascended the throne.
Although his winning streak has
been stalled since his 1888 triumph at
Augusta and he has done little in
practice to warrant it, Sarazen was
held even with tall and willowy Henry
Picard of Hershey, Pa, favorite, at 8
to /.
Picard looked the better bet, but
Sarazen ever is dangerous entry de-
spite the fact he faltered badly in the
stretch in his last two tournament
starts. Picard is the golfers golfer,
with his fluent stroking standing out
above the others.
HI. Smith Third Choice.
THIRD choice at 20 to l Horton
Smith of Chicago appeared to be-
long up there with Picard and Sara
zen. Smith is one of the games most
accurate putters. and the course, baked
and playing fast, is a natural for long
drivers and sharp-eyed putters. Smith
has plenty of length off the tees.
Johnny Revolta, the professional
champion. at Is to /; Byron Nelson,
the sandy haired Texan, knocked down
from 80 to ! to Is to l, and Bobby
Cruickshank and Jimmy Thomson, the
siege gun, at 20 to each. were other
prime favorites. Walter Hagen, who
first won the title % years ago, was
held at 80 to l.
Failure to repeat wouldn't be more
than disappointment to Parks. He
takes the attitude that, after all, while
he might lose the cup he still has an
interest in the old oaken bucket.
And if the heat wave continues
everybody will be interested in bucket
brigade.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Cox, Barnett Get Attention.

"ASHINGTON has four entrants
Nv in the title tourney and at least
two of them are catching the eye of
the critics. Witty Cox, he tall sharp
shooter from Kenwood, a fellow who
has been knocking at the door of the
championship with poor success for
half dozen years, was listed as one
of the pre-tournament favorites as
he left the first tee at lis with John
Toman of Chicago.
Bob Barnett, red-thatched pro at
the Chevy Chase Club. has only to
return to the form of the practice
round In which he scored a SO to get
up there among the topliners. Bar
nett started today at 1o:45 with Bill
Taylor a Detroit amateur. The other
two-Mel Shorey Of East Potomac
Park and Leo Walper of Bethesda
aren't so well fancied by the club
house dopesters, but they may, if
they hit a scoring streak, qualify for
the final day Of play.
Shorey was an early starter in the
first round today. getting away from
the first tee at $40 with Red Gam
of Chattanooga, Tenn. Walper played
at 1850 with Louis Chiapetta of Jack
son, Mich.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
SAIL RACES PLANNED
BY WEST RIVER CLUB
Weekly Events Are to Be Held
on Course Off Wagner Point,
Near Shady Side.

REGINNING Sunday. the West
River Sailing Club will hold
weekly races over a triangular course
off Wagner Point near Shady Side,
Md.
Events are scheduled for the 90
foot, 16-foot, 13-foot and under and
albatross classes. The season will
close with regatta Labor day, at
which time trophies will be presented
to the winners of the highest seasonal
average in each. class.
Officers of the club for this year are 4:
William w. Heintz, commodore; Oscar
Hartage, vice commodore: Richard M.
Cox, secretary, and Osborn Owings,
treasurer. Membership is composed
largely of Washington residents with
Summer homes on the West River or
near Shady Side, but representatives
of the Corinthian and Capital Yacht
Clubs also are expected to compete.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
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doggoned good chance to re-
peat tomorrow at Congressional, where
the District women's golf champion
ship was today to enter its final phase.
Last Fall. in the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association title tourney Helen
Dettweiler, Congressional youngster
who has been on the threshold of a
major championship for 3 years, and
Mrs. Betty P. Meckley Of Indian
Spring, then holder of the Maryland
State feminine title, met in the final
round. Mrs. Meckley won because she
played better golf dsn't that usually
the way In golf matches?) And today
Miss Dettweiler and Mrs. Meckley
were in opposite halves Of the draw
In the District tourney, where a win
for both Of them would bring them
together again In the final over the
same course where they met last year.
RUT before that could happen both
OF them had to win tough matches
against good opposition. For example
Miss Dettweiler, good as she is, had
no setup today in Mrs. J. o. Rhyme
OF Congressional, winner of The Star
Cup several years ago. Mrs. Rhyme,
who yesterday licked Mrs. Leo Walper
OF Kenwood, has played many match
with Helen of the blond locks and
while Helen has won most of them.
she always has had good game with
Mrs. Rhyme. In the other semi-final
today a pair of girls named Betty
Mackenzie and Meckley Of Congress
sional and Indian Spring clashed and
II the prediction is to come true Mrs.
Meckley has to win, as does Miss Dett-
weller. But golf being one of those
games where form is evanescent here
today and gone tomorrow anything
may happen.
1t is certain. however, thot If the
Dettweiler girl gets to the final she
will give a better account of her
self than in former years. Helen has
gone long way since last years lick
ing at the hands of Mrs. Meckley.
She may not today be the best golfer
among the women around Washington
but she isn't far from 1t. Her Florida
junket last Winter did her a lot of
Evening star., 1936-06-04

green Is trapped well on the left and pro-
tected on the right by a ditch fronting the
old green.
No. I5-Iis yards. par 3-This is the
only hole on the upper course. wht:.h was
originally on the old Baltusrol course. 1t is
pitch shot but the green here is also very
large for the length of the hole.
No. i6-l39 yards, par J-The green on
this one has, been rebuilt. The approach is
VIDE open. sloplng GOWN from tee to green.
No. 1t-563 yards. par 5-This is a dog
leg to the left. with well-placed traps most
OF the way. The pay-of here is a welI-hit
second 10 the right Of the fairWay. from
Whsre the green opens up for pitch
No. lS-i65 yards, par IEProba bly, the
poorest hole on the course il has been
changed several times and has played TO
TWO different greens. It demands a tre-
woods and alone a ledge. The green runs
away TO the right on an annoying slope
Yaroage in. 3.472; par. 36-36-12,
Evening star., 1936-06-04
BY the Associated Press.

SHORT HILLS. N. j.. June A.
Stretching along the valley at the foot
OF Baltusrol Mountain. the Baltusrol
golf course. scene of the United States
open, starting today, will be moder-
ately long and unusually wide for a
national tournament layout.
Though its fairways are fringed
with trees, the trees are usually at
the right of the fairways. and they are
set we'll back There are no out-of-
bounds. The rough next to the fair
way will be short and will get longer
as it goes away from the close-cropped
fairway.
The real test of the course is in its
greens, which are unusually rolling,
and though tournament officials claim
that the putting surfaces will not be
cut too short, they are reasonably sure
to be fast enough.
Hole by hole, the course looks some
thing like this:
No. i'll yards. par 5-This is easier
than most of the long par As here. Trees
guard both sides of fairway and the wide
green is trapped on both sides
No. 2-423 Yards. par This one con-
tinues aIong the slope OF the mountain, with
the talrway dipping from rlEht to left The
green Is blind from the tee but a good
Evening star., 1936-06-04
MEDAL|ST PUT OUT
IN WOMAN'S GOLF.
Mrs. Chandler Defeated in
22-HoIe StruggIe-0ther
Choices Remain.
By the Associated Press.

0K KLAHoMA CITY, Okla, June
4 Eight sharpshooters, rep
Y resenting a far-flung geo.
graphical Set-up, matched
strokes today in quarter final matches
Of the twenty-flfth annual Southern
women's golf tournament at the Okla
homa City Country Club.
The two Carolinas, Florida. Texas,
Louisiana, Tennessee and Oklahoma
still had title candidates, but gone
from the picture was one of the
brightest stars, Medalist Mrs. Dan
Chandler of Dallas, Tex. She went
into eclipse yesterday on the twenty
second green in her match with Mrs.
Mark McGarry, st. Petersburg, Fla.
Plenty of Competition.
STILL very much in the running,
however, we're other pre-tourna-
ment favorites, some of whom are
quite thankful they were not playing
nine-hole matches in the second
round.
In the upper bracket today Mrs.
McGarry was matched with Jane
Cothran, Greenville, S. c., and Miss
Edna Saenger, Shreveport, La, with
Kathryn Hemphill, Columbia, S. C.
In the lower bracket Betty Jameson,
San Antonio, Tex, faced Dean Van
Landingham, Charlotte, N. c., and
Mrs. Leon Solomon. Memphis, was
paired with Oklahoma City's lone sur
vivor, Jenny Grout.
Only the youthful Miss Jameson
escaped jittery moments yesterday.
She won as she pleased from Mrs.
James Ball, Oklahoma City, 8 and Z.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
ADAMS SCHOOL WINS
GEORGETOWN CROWN
Scores so Points in Divisional
Playground Meet-Fillmore
Team Is Second.

MORE than 100 boys from the
Georgetown division of the Mu-
nicipal playground department will
complete in the city-wide track meet
at Central Stadium on Saturday, hav-
ing earned that right during their di-
visional trials at Western Stadium
yesterday.
With John Quincy Adams ath-
letes showing the way to win the divi-
sion championship handily, the first
five to place in each event wen
chances to compete Saturday.
Trailing the Adams School, which
totaled so points, were Fillmore, IS;
Murch, As; M. Horace Mann, As; La
fayette. 26; Key. 10; Janney, Is;
Jackson, II; Oyster, 8; Corcoran, Z.
and Weightman, 4.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
FRONT ROYAL DEPOT
PLANS HORSE SHOW
Nineteen Glasses to Be Judged
in Annual Event Scheduled
SATURDAY. at Post,

Special Dispatch TO The Star
WINCHESTER, Va. June 4.-Frort
Royal Remount Depot will holds
its annual horse show on the Army
reservation near Front Royal Sat-
uroay.
Capt. F. L. Hamilton, United States
Army, is secretary Of the exhibition.
The show usually attracts large
numbers of devotees Of the sport from
Northern Virginia and nearby States
and Washington.
The judging will begin at $50 and
be resumed at l:30 Nineteen classes
are to be judged. Only horses Of the
remount station will be shown.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. Red Bruce,
1741a. Pittsburgh, outpointed Izzy
Singer, 1914. New York Uol.
MILWAUKEE,. - Max Chowaniec.
1872, Milwaukee, outpointed Cap
Harding, 10. Oklahoma City (8).
OAKLAND, Calf. An drew
Lenglet, 217, France. stopped Rob-
erto Roberti, 220, Italy (S).
Evening star., 1936-06-04
GREEN PICKS LEADERS.

HANOVER, N. H, June 3.-Two
varsity captains have been elected at
Dartmouth j. Norman Anderson of
Hoboken, N. j., Will head the tennis
squad and Jacob J. Shafer, jr., of
Baltimore, Nd, will lead the lacrosse
squad.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

Today q year ago-New York
State Athletic Commission refused
Pop" Fosters request to reverse
decision that gave Barney Ross
verdict and welterweight crown
over Jimmy McLarnin.
Three years ago-Helen Jacobs
defeated by Rene Matthew in semi
finals French tennis champion
ships.
Five years ago-George Earn
shaw won eighth straight for Ath-
letics, defeating Detroit.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
WILL BATTLE SHARKEY

Rrubaker to Help Open Outdoor
Campaign in Boston.
BOSTON. June 4 CPl-Phil Bru-
baker, 22-year- Pacific Coast heavy
weight sensation, has signed to open
BoSton's outdoor boxing season against
Jack Sharkey on June IS.
The show will be staged by the Good
win A. c. at Fenway Park.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
ADAMS PIGEON IN VAN
Takes Little Over Day to Home
in 6OO-Mile Race.

Taking but little more than a day
to make the 600-mile flight from At
talla, Ala, a pigeon belonging to
Donald Adams won the first special
race of the National Capital Racing
Pigeon Concourse's old-bird series,
Counting the time taken out for over
night rest, the winner averaged over
913 yards per minute, beating POI
competitors from "a lofts.
Following is the speed shown in
yards per minute of the first return
to each loft, the first seven being
diploma winners:
Adams; 993 y: Raulins. 949 %: Hile
pas 6I: Hlle. 942. ~; HUNT. 940s 50; Gore.
~, 933 81: Gorely. $780, "A: Tower View
l. Left g36.o9 p;smer and Mccain. s21 Ia;
Moodslde Loft. ao4.4 As: Chaney, 90I 50
Eaton; s99.s4: Turowski S9a 10: Goddard
S9s.94; Rupert. S64 I6: Seymour. SS2 %:
Penninston, S23.44: Preston $500:
Mathews. 1911: Scheuch, 7S3 70: Burke
700 =: Greenwood Loft, 701 I3 Sterzer
$50 %: Buddington, 610.39; 10 lofts failed
Evening star., 1936-06-04

him, turned It down at first
: but Billy finally drew them into
compromise and attached
himself to the Indians.
He hadn't caught two dozen games
OF any kind when he reported to
Cleveland but he classified himself as
a catcher. This took moxie. The
Indians, in Frankie Pytlak, had a
very good receiver and a very good
hitter. But Sullivan thought he could
beat him out. And he did.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Should Just Be Natural.


"TF THE boys play as well in the
open as they do at any one of a
score of spots. the record will be
cracked wide open,' he said today
as he started from the first tee in
company with Charley Lacey, the
long hitter from Lakesville, Long
Island. And Baltusrol is not any
where near as tough as Oakmont was
last year."
The uver-haired Scot from Chi
cago may be right, but it takes lot
of scoring to whip 286 over any cham
pionship stretch, and 286 means an
average around II. thing which
isn't being done in these little iousts
where they crown a national cham
pion each year.
Henry Picard, the tall, smooth
stroking Yankee from Hershey. Pa,
and John Revolta the buShy-haired P.
G. A. champion, are the front runners
in popular appeal as this champion
ship got under way this morning over
course groomed and shaved to the
final degree of perfection.
1t isn't as tough as Oakmont, where
299 won, nor as tricky as Merton,
where 293 grabbed the bauble, nor as
dry as Fresh Meadow, where Sarazen
tied the record. But it is the kind of
course where a fellow with a red-hot
putter can 60 completely crazy. That
may be done here this year and Bal
tusrol may be the spot where the 20
year record may be smashed.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
SHOOT IN BALTIMORE
Washington Gun Club Will Send
Squad to Trap Contest.

No regular events will be held at
Washington Gun Club on Saturday,
as the organization will be repre-
sented by team, possibly two, in the
Maryland State shoot at OrioIe Gun
Club in Baltimore.
The Washington club will enter a
f1ve-man team in the competition of
200 targets. Although not eligible
for State championship honors, the
local marksmen will shoot for special
prizes.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Popping Off

CContinued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-06-04
EXPECT 286 SCORE
WILL Be LOWERED
Evans Twice and Sarazen
Have Turned Feat-Four
From D. C. Striving.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.


- PRINGFIELD, N. j., June A.
Something may happen up
here in the Jersey hills come
- day after tomorrow. That
something may be the setting Of
new record for the United States
national open golf championship, now
standing at 2S6 for 70 holes, the joint
property Of Gene Sarazen, the
swarthy, grinning farmer from Brook
field, Conn, and ruddy-faced Chick
Evans, the 44-year-old Chicago vet
eran amateur.
Chick first set the mark at Mini
khada in 1916, and Gene tied it at
Fresh Meadow in 1882, but the boys
may shave a stroke or two off that
score in the championship, which
started today at Baltusrol.
Tommy Armour always has claimed
that the national open is like any
other crossroads tournament, except
for the name.