The Washington times., 1938-01-28
Maryland State Book
Shows Golf Advance
DettweiIer Cuts
Women S Mark
Il Strokes

citation has issued a book contain
ing the records of its major tour
naments since its organization
back in 1921.
It is most interesting to note the
difference in the scoring over that
period of years in both the Mary
land State amateur and open
tournaments. The record book
compiled by the State associations
able secretary, Emmett Gary, go
a long way to prove how much
ground the game has covered in
the space of 16 years.
One of the most interesting
facts is that in 1887 Volney Bur-
nett won low medal honorS with
71-72-143 in the mems champion
ship and Helen Dettweiler cap
tured the women's low medal with
86. incidentally, both Of them
went on to the titles.
Back in 1921 the medal in the
mems championship went to B..
Warren Corkran of Baltimore with
a "a, while the women's medal
went to Mrs. w. Fairfield Peter
son, also Of Baltimore, with a 81.
There were only few strokes diff
ference in the mems qualifying
scores, while there was a difference
Of II strokes in the Women'S.
WON FIRST TITLE
But again you must remember
that Corkran was one Of the coun-
Itry's greatest amateurs at that
time, having been medalist in the
1924 National amateur at Merton
Cricket Club, Philadelphia, with
36-hole score Of 142, two strokes
better than Bobby Jones, the ulti.
mate champion, who defeated
Corkran in the second round, 3
and 2. All through the book you
find the name of Corkran
D. Clarke CorEran, brother OF
B. Warren, won the first Maryland
Open at Rolling Road Golf Club,
Catonsville, Md, with score Of
298 for 70 holes, and the most sur.
prising thing Of his victory was
that his margin was by Is strokes.
Thomas SaSScer won the amateur
title from B. Warren Corkran over
the same course.
B. Warren CQrkran came back
the following year over the same
Rolling Road course to win the
Open championship and then pro-
ceeded to win the amateur title
at Baltimore Country Club. Then
after Is lapse OF six years B. War
ren came back to win the 1928
championship and then became
champion for the third time in
1882.
THREE TITLES TO d. C..
B. Wa1en's low medal victories
were the only low scoring ones in
the book during the early years
of the tournament while on sew
eral occasions medal honorS were
won with scores up in the high
seventies, while it has only been
during the recent years that the
women's scores have been lowered.
In the II years Of competition
the amateur title has only been
won three times by Washing
tonians although this can be ex-
planned with the fact that it has
only been during the recent years
that WaShingtonians were eligible
to play. Roger Peacock first broke
the Baltimore monopoly in 1888
and won again the following year.
Then after a two-year lapse Vol.
ney Burnett came back to win the
title last year at Manor. But in
the open it is another story. Wash
ingtonians have won the title eight
times during the II years while
Baltimore has won z and two out
siders have held titles.
Leo Diegel, then pro for e. B.
Mclean at Friendship was the
first Washington victor in 1926
and 1t has almost been a Wash
ington monopoly since. Fred Nc
Leod, Gene Larkin, Cliff Spencer
have all won the title once while
AL Houghton, then pro at Ken
wood won it five times in 10, '32
1893. '34 and '36,