Evening star., 1938-06-28

Association will have done q good
thing in furnishing the boys with
tournaments in which to develop their
golf And the standard Of junior golf
has improved until today 1t is on the
highest plane OF all the years that
have gone before, even when boys like
Roland Mackenzie. Billy Shea and
Billy Dettweiler were ducking school
classes to get out on the first tee and
swing their drivers. Manor isn't the
toughest course around Washinaton,
but 1t certainly isn't the easiest
There are along those tree
bordered fairways plenty Of
spots where plenty of strokes
can be thumped away.
And yet the boys under 1S are scor-
ing away down there where you nor
mally expect only golfers years older
to score. They bang away at that
cup. take chances and get away with
them, and they swing like miniatures
of Bobby Jones. They have no fear
OF overrunnine the hole, and they can
score. You don't have to bevail the
passing Of good juniors like Buddy
Sharkey, who is past the lS-year age
limit. or the Brownells, Sheas and
Dettweilers. The present crop of jun
iors can take care of themselves in
any company
course yesterday as an example Dick
Meyer, horse of the darkest hue.
and post entry, shot a one-over-par
II. David (Scotty) Ross, a Congress
sional caddie, shot 49, Bob Brown
shot "A, and in all, six of the boys
broke 30. Meyer. = young bank runner
at the Hamilton National Bank, was
playing over his home course, to be
sure. but II isn't q score you can turn
in any day, even on your home pas
ture. The 17-year-old lad has a lot
OF golf shots. So has Scotty Ross,
and 80 have George o. Vass, jr.; Earl
Skinker, Bob Brown and the other
lads. And Dick Meyer Immediately
became the boy to whip with that s6-
35-71 behind him. Skinker shot q
IS on the first nine. and with the
medal half in his grasp, slipped back
to Al on the last nine for 76.
But tall Jim Thompson Of Co.
lumbia, recent runner for
the interscholastic title, had the
toughest luck Of all.
At the tail end of the procession of
youngsters, Jim was caught in the rain
At the 18th. He needed a to score
4 n, but took 5 puts over the water
soaked green. Meyer met tall Clin
Gruver of Washington in the first
match round today. Other pairings:
Tom Fitzgerald, Kenwood 76), VS..
Frank Williamson, Kenwood (s2) Bob
Brown, Capital GO, VS.. Eric King,
Army-Navy (8D; Ray Rhinehart, Ar
gyle 900. VS.. Jim Stephens, Army
Navy (S3): David Ross, Capital (73),
vs. Bob Donohue. Kenwood (81); Earl
Skinker. Columbia rs, VS.. Harold Cor
don. Indian Spring (S3): George o.
Vass. ir, Kenwood (76), VS.. Jim
thompson. Columbia (s2); William
Bailey. Kenwood (s1), vs. Jerry Quinn,
Congressional go. The future Of
amateur golf around Warrington is in
pretty good hands. The boys have
what it takes.
Mrs. Charlotte 8. Stern. tall Indian
Spring Club star, today became .
member of the Washington women's
team which will play . Philadelphia
team tomorrow 1t Philadelphia. Mrs.
Stern took the place Of Mrs. G. r.
Hussey Of Army-Navy, who was unable
to make the trip because OF the death
of her father.
At Manor Mrs. M. A. Dent and Mrs.
w. D. Sullivan were playing off their
first-place tie in the "duffers'" cup
tourney. The two deadlocked for the
cup . week ago In the last women's