The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-08
MD STATE GOLF TESTS SLATED AT MANOR Gil
D.C.LinkS Stars
Absent From
Amateur Play
BY CHICK KENNY

Sneaking up out OF nowhere
the seventeenth annual Maryland
State amateur golf championship
play will get underway tomorrow
morning over the Manor Club
course at Norbeck, Md. SO fal
there are only 20 lined up for play
but according to an announcement
from headquarters at Baltimore
post entries will be received
throughout today. =,
A lack Of entries Of the ole
standbys, favorites to you, is noted
with one or two exceptions. Lead
ing the procession for the coveted
title is spencer Overton, the be,
spectacled defending champion OF
Rolling Road Club, near Baltimore
Other prominent linksmen en-
tered include Volney Burnett, who
hit some sort of a new high yes
terday in the Federal Golf Associa.
ton tourney by posting a card OF
125 in the 36-hole handicap event;
F, A. Savage, jr., Elkridge, Nd,
former State open champion; T.
A. Parr, Baltimore Country Club
former amateur champion; Harris
Jones, former medalist Of the
event, and Harry Pitt, crack tour
new player, who should be lat
Loy,ooW over Manor. his home
course.
The local scholastic and col
legiate sets are well represented In
NAV tomorrow. Leading the teer'
offers are Billy Dettweiler, main
Stay on the Georgetown University
divot team this season; ana Body
Brownell, Roosevelt High luminary,
who is a full-fledged big-time cam
paigner. Then there is Billy Shea
former Western High flash and at
present a freshman at the Hilltop,
who is fast becoming one OF the
best players in this vicinity.
It is expected that a last
minute rush to post entries in the
Maryland State play will be re-
ceived in Baltimore TO-DAY.
Absentees from the local set are
such stars as Martin Mccarthy,
Levi Yoder, Louis Fuchs, Everett
johnson and several other better
known local tourney players.
Although the Federal golf
tourney has today yet to run, 1t
is the opinion Of many that the
affair viii be one Of the Tame
duck'' variety, following Volney
Burnett's sensation al drive
throuehout the day yesterday to
score a 1856, the lowest score ever
turned in, in the 10 years opera
ton of the tourney.
Burnett, representing the D. C..
Fire Department, blasted out an
eagle and seven brides during the
combined morning and afternoon
play and had everything under
control throughout the SO holes
except at the No. 10 in the after
lunch bracket.
The "Fire Chief" whacked a bad
slice into the rough, so far over
that . tractor in operation at the
point buried the ball into the
ground. He played the ball as
punched into the mud and earned
a sterling six for the hole.
The Indian Spring ace, who Is
also the Middle Atlantic cham
pion, was sharp with his putter,
and his drives were true and far
down the fairways.
A hkely.looking field is slated
to tee off today in the Federal
play, including Tommy Webb,
FBI, the defending champ, and
Craig Mckee, RFC, but it is hard
" probable that either Of this
pair, regardless Of their proves
with the clubs, can overtake Bur
nett.
Roosevelt High School clinched
the Inter-High golf title yesterday,
represented by the Dawes Cup, by
turning back Tech High, 8 to /, on
the Kenwood course. The seasons
record of the Rough Riders re-
suited in five victories, two ties
and one defeat. BY defeating
Central in the final match Of the
league slate, Western can clinch
the runner-up berth.
The Bonnie View Golf Club, Mt.
Washington, Baltimore, was today
elected a member Of the Maryland
State Golf Association. j. E..
Weyer, Baltimore, is chairman of
the golf committee.
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