Evening star., 1938-04-25
IN. .PROTOURNEY
SNAP FOR WALPER
Bethesda Golfer Retains
Title With 294-Lovinq
Ties for Second.
BY WALTER McCALLUM,


Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
~ HAMBERLIN COUNTRY
CLUB, Old Point Comfort, Va,
u April 25.-Just a cakewalk for
~ Leo Walper. There's something
about this fiat, water-bordered layout
here in the Tidewater lands Of Vir-
ginia that brings out the best golf
there is in the hillbilly from Shep-
herdstown, w. Va. He never was
pushed.to win his second straight At
lantic professional golf crown over
the same course where he scored his
initial victory last year.
AS he strode at the head of a GAL
lery down the stretch he hummed a
new theme song: "Chippy. chip
1t in" You may have heard the popu-
lar tune that runs something like that
and Leo didn't exactly chip any Of
'em in. But even if he didn't hole
any chip shots he stuck $500 down
in his jeans and headed back for
Washington today, again the boss Of
the pro golfers in the Middle Atlantic
territory.
Leo not only won the tournament
which ended here yesterday with an
ailing left arm, but he also went into
the affair determined to win as a
vindication for the little tiff with
George Jacobus last month. That re-
suited in 30day suspension by the
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. He really
tried, and when he tries there aren't
any better strokers of the golf ball
anywhere in this bunkered territory.
Loving Shares Second.
His winning score of 294 was five
shots behind the 289 with which he
won last year, but it was good enough
to win by brace of shots Second,
tied at 296, were Benny Loving, as
sistant pro at Congressional, and
Bobby Cruickshank, pro at the Coun-
try Club of Virginia, an dthe guy gen.
orally picked to win the tournament.
Washington pros finished one-two and
grabbed most of the dough. Just as
they did last year For four rounds
Of golf Walper's left arm gave him
trouble. He caught cold in the arm
Friday night and for four rounds he
couldn't get the punch he wanted in
those shots. He had to hit the ball
with his right hand, which isn't the
usual custom for our better golfers.
But it worked all right" said Lee
today. Maybe it would be OK. if I
had bellyache in the national open. >
Despite a screWy 6 at the 14th hole
OF the final round Leo simply waltzed
in. He didn't have to work at all
just as he did last year when he came
to the 18th with a brace of As to
win and finished just that way, he
had the same set-up Yesterday. But
yesterday he could hav, .i~ped a shot
to par on the last two holes and still
have won.
He Can Score.
He missed an 8-footer for a bird
at the 18th, or list of the tournament.
and he might have skidded at the final
hole. But Leo is a rhlegmatic sort
of guy and when his tee shot hit the
wires which stretch across the 18th
fairWay he yelled to the caddy: rs
1t over the railroad track?" 1t was,
but only by 30 feet, leaving him a
long pitch to the green. If I went
back might smack one out of bounds
and then it would be tough he
cracked.
Then he hit a 6-iron shot which
went over the green. From there
he took putter and played so fine
shot that it hit the cup and just
spun out. to score final round IS
and total score of 294. Leos four
rounds were 75-7l-73-75 for a 294
total, which proves that in this terri
tory. under adverse conditions of high
winds, you don't have to bust par to
win the sectional championship.
The guy is good, but not stylish. He
doesn't hit the ball like a Cooper or
Jones. But he can score. You don't
win the pro championship two years
in row and not have a lot on the
ball. The funny part of it all is, that
as pro he is unemployed. He used
to run a driving range on Wisconsin
dVcIluc, UuI Ille UullueTS IHOVeQ IN on
that and Leo hasn't yet located q new
spot.
Money Split.
Here's the way the money was split:
Leo Walper, unattached. 294-s300;
Benny Loving, Congressional, 296-
SITS; Bobby Cruickshank, Richmond,
296-$175; Erie Ball, Charlottesville,
297-S100; AL Houghton, Old Point
Comfort, 3O1-s75; Ralph Beach,
Baltimore. 304-s50; John Bass, Balti-
more. 3o5-s25; Rut Coffey, VIM
chester, Va, 3O5-S25: Jack 1saacs,
Langley Field, 3o5-$25' Cliff Spencer,
Beaver Dam, 30S-s25, and John
Kelly, Norfolk, 308-S25.
Benny Loving holed a 10-footer on
the final hole to tie Cruickshank, but
Ben admitted he made trio of mis-
takes in judgment on the first nine
of the final round. you can't make
mistakes in choosing your clubs and
win said Ben. And I guess I was
guilty of just that" He played the
out nine of the last round in 80, four
over par, and came back in two under
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