Evening star., 1937-04-30

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District Attorney Garnett has
overlooked. He may erase slot
a machines from drug stores and
street corners, he may close racing
books" and he may shut of the roll
Ing dominoes, but can he stop the
temptation OF schoolboys to risk dime
or two on a golf match? Not while
Central and Roosevelt boys have their
lunch allowance
Bobby Brownell, the District amateur
champion, who heads the Roosevelt
team. is looking forward to the meet
ing tomorrow morning between his
team and the Central High linksmen
headed by Bob Harmon. That match
may decide the stewardship of the
Dawes Cup, premier high school golf
trophy. Gosh, looks as if the two
schools have really gone to town
gambling on that match" said Bob.
why they've put in all their dimes
and nickels. We must have as much
as four dollars bet on that match. I
hope some of the boys don't get to
thinking too much about the money
angle"
Let that be a lesson to you,
MIR. District Attorney. That's
one phase Of gambling you've
overlooked.
THE match will be played at Indian
Spring at 845 am. Over at nearby
KenWood teams from Wilson and Tech
will clash, but the Central-Roosevelt
match may mean the championship
| If Mr.. Garnett doesn't do something
about it, those boys may turn out to
be gamblers. -Four bucks on a golf
match, think of it.
| THEIR faces turned toward the
Pittsburgh Field Club, where the
P. G. A. championship will open May
"a, George Diffenbaugh and AL Treder,
Washington club-swingers, and little
| Benny Loving, unattached Richmond
pro. were sharpening up their shots
today for the pro match play cham
| pionShip. These three qualified yes
| terday in melee over the rain-soaked
Indian Spring course, where Treder
and Loving tied for the top spot at
l43, one above par, while Diffenbaugh
won the last place in a 9-hole play of
with Bob Barnett after the two had
tied at l45
Not in many years has a tournament
so completely upset the dope of the
Wiseacres as that P. G. A. sectional
round. Most of the smart lads had
figured Leo Walper, Al Houghton and
Cliff Spencer among the possibilities,
with Diffenbaugh an outside chance.
But Walper and Houghton were far
outside, Spencer missed tieing for last
place by single shot, and Treder and
Loving, playing the kind of golf you
dream about, slipped in to top the
parade
What matter that Treder,
with par on the last hole to
tie the course competitive record
of 81, missed a shot in bunker
and finished with S.
Or that Loving took 5 on that
tough finishing hole when a 4-Would
have led the entire parade. They
qualified, and then came Diffenbaugh
and Barnett, playing together, both
with As for 144, and both finishing
with SIS when each man missed q
putt OF less than 4 feet on the fnal
green. Indeed, George missed four
short ones in that final nine, and for
Barnett it must have been a sad blow
for he'd played grand golf up to the
last two holes. But they tied and
went out to play off at holes
George scored So for that nine against
80 for Bob, who looked as if he didn't
care whether school kept or not.
THE supposed big shots of this
P. G. A. sector didn't come any.
where near up to expectations Hough.
ton started with 73 and slipped up tt
78 In the second round. Walper, open.
ing with "a, took 80 in the seconc
round. And Cliff Spencer never die
get over the 6 he took at the eighth
hole. For Loving, qualification means
another chance to go somewhere il
the game. Benny is a good golfer
but lad who has had his share O.
tough wallops. He lost his job al
Charlottesville few months ago anc
now is unattached.
II he can get anywhere in the
championship at Pittsburgh 1t
may mean a good job for him.
nIFFENBAUGH confessed today
that the toughest shot of the 14s
he used was the 3-footer he holed or
the thirty-flfth, and t e most dis.
appointing the 4-footer tl.at he missed
at the thirty-sixth. For he and Bot
Barnett were tied at that point, anc
had Bob holed one of like distance hi
would have been in and George woulc
have been out. So close was the battle
The scores: Benny Loving, unattached
10 ~ 40. Al r,oln, H6a-.. ~ co