The Washington times., 1938-08-05
|. R. A. "STEALS"'
GOLF|NG PRIZE.
F R 0 NJ NOVICE.

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being handed out, the difference
between the prize which he re-
ceived and the prize which he was
led tor expect he would get was
appalling. It was the difference
between one Kro-Flight golf ball
and a handsome leather carry-all
bag from Becker's on which would
be engraved the initials E. D.
INITIAL EFFORT
Early yesterday morning Mr..
Dietrich, started out from home
with his daughters golf bag and
clubs to play his very first game
of golf, in the T. r. AS first golf
ing get-together. He had secured
leave for the day from his boss
in the accounts and deposits de-
partment of the Treasury.
Elmer Dietrich had taken a few
pot-shots at golf ball on driving
ranges bIHt he had never before
played a round of golf. He was 60
ing to put all the power behind
the old piIl that his 5-foot frame
was capable of producing and he
looked forward to a day of squint-
ing owlishly through his rimlesS
Spectacles at the lolloping drives
he would hiA from grassy tees.
Day before the tournament, the
golfing comANittee of the T. R. A.
had arbitrarily given Elmer Diet
rich the ama3;ing handicap of 81,
of its own accord, with no help
from him. Since par for the In
dian Spring cd urse is II, Mr.. Diet
rich's handicap was just four
under par.
IA UNDER PAR
With the handicap which the
committee had given him, Mr..
Dietrich could have shot 1873 for
the 18 and still have carded a
net par. But hi, did better than
that. Mr.. Dietrich shot 6O-64-124
for a net score off 81, or IA under
par. which is probably a record
for something or other.
After Elmer DAetrich'S extraor-
binary score had been featured in
late afternoon headlines, after all
the scores for the! day were in,
the golfing commi ttee of the T.
r. A. put their heads together.
Buzz-buzz! This; is incredible.
We can't possibly Set this ridicu-
louS score win. BuzZ-buzz! How
would it look in the papers? We'd
be a laughing Stock What to do?
What to do?
CONVENIENT MEMORY
Suddenly someoner recalled that |
in the Treasury League matches
no golfer is permitted to hold a
of more than 40. BY this
last-minute weasel, Elmer Diet
rich's net score was increased to
"a, thus snatching right out Of
his grasp the IS gendine leather
bag and placing in his quiet
fingers one Kro-Flight golf ball,
for sharing a three-way tie fo1:
highest score in three blind holes.
All of which probably looks
worse "in the papers" chan a net
ST.
Low gross award went to K. M.
Skaggs, who carded a four over
par IS. The other outstanding
player in the tournam ent was
young E. Maine Shafea' of the
Comptroller's Office, who pocketed
a half dozen golf balls for driving
down the tenth fairway 242 yards.
Shafer's gross card was only one
over Skaggs'.
Other prize winners:
Low Net tassociation member)-J.
W. Turner II.
Low Gross (nonmember)-K. q. Aber-
nethy. 80.
Low Net (nonmember)-A. Sanders.
10.
Most sevens-w. T. Wheeler, with nine.
Most Fives-J. w. Reynolds, wAth 10. |
Boobyo Prize-L. L. Collie, tn
Pitching contest-P. ]. Brousssau. s
HFhe1t fhs@ tfS RSrss an snS St 80 zsfes
Dietrich. Bush W. Locknane and Viii
liam F. Landes. tied at 23.
Lowest Three Blind Holes-J. NJ Pal
Blind Bogey winners-H W. stone.
D. A. Shriver. John Cassullo, W. NJ.
Weir, Walter Wiseman and Dorsey 3.
Myers, with SOS: A. L. Peterson. W. r.
Heffelfinger. e. D. Burke. Robert john
ston. William Landes, Fred Mccrtry
and P. K. Paschke. with 72's: S. J.
Bednarchak and ]. V. Grigsby, with 7Es.
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