Evening star., 1938-10-06
COMMERCE VICTIM
OF BRILLIANT PLAY
Harvey and Miller Shoot
Subpar Score in Final
of Stars Tourney.
By ROD THOMAS


As a result of one of the finest dis.
plays of amateur team golf in recent
years on Washington links, the Ac-
counts and Deposits four of the Treas.
ury Department stood today champions
OF the first annual Evening Star tour
nament, survivors of field of "a de.
partments and agencies that started
nearly two months ago in quest OF
Federal match play honors.
In struggle curiously lopsided in
the score but hard-fought. Accounts
and Deposits yesterday defeated Com
merce, on Indian Springs we'll
eroomed course. "a to y, for the frs
golf title Of its kind ever competed fol
by Uncle Sans employees Points were
distributed one for each nine holes
and one for the Is, on low-ball basis
Angular Bill Harvey, towering above
o-footers, and Johnny Miller, gray
haired veteran of slight build COM
bined birdie and par shots to give Ac-
counts and Deposits its victory. They
won three points from Welby Hines
and Les Lande with subpar golf that
ended their match ON the 18th green.
Other Match Tight.
The other Accounts and Deposits
pair, Jack Palmer and Edgie johnson.
were carried to the 18th by c. r,
Lucas, Commerce captain, and A. j.
Hoskinson, winning by / up but three
fewer strokes by the gritty Commerce
partners in this section of the match,
in telling spots, would have brought a
deadlock of the entire affair. The first
nine was halved when Lucas birded the
par 9th, and the second would have
been squared If Hoskinson's 8-foot putt
had dropped for a par instead of
trimming the cup. With similar putt
Lucas barely missed.
BY this time, however, Harvey and
Miller had cinched victory. Harvey
with brilliant putting and Miller with
exceptional approaches. With Miller
usually assured of pars, Harvey boldly
tried for brides, and when the skir-
mish was settled on the 18th the Ac-
counts and Deposits duo was 3 under
par.
They played it out and Harvey fin
ished in SO, two under par, and Miller
In u, one over, for low ball of 81.
Halve Hole With Birds.
In the other match. Palmer and
johnson shot low ball of 73 and
Lucas and Hoskinson one of "A. This
battle was hottest on the 18th, where
Palmer dropped an lsfooter for bird
and Hoskinson calmly followed with
l5-foot curler for the same.
Palmer won the second nine for
Accounts and Deposits by playing 2
under par from the 18th through the
18th with brides on the 18th and 18th.
He rolled in long one on No. Is that,
as 1T turned out, won teSty match.
The championship victory of Ac-
counts and Deposits was we'll earned.
With Ray O'Mailey sharing in the
early victories it defeated General Ac-
counting Office, ST; Works Progress
Administration, 4-2; Soil Conserva-
tion, 5l2-h, and Internal Revenue.
60. to win its sections title, and in
the play-off, involving the champions
Of four sections, eliminated Treasury,
<17-l2, and, yesterday, Commerce.
Beaten in the final, Commerce is
consoled by having pulled the out
standing upset Of the tournament in
its elimination of War Department,
with many a strong pretournament
favorite, in the mi-finals, 5-l. The
tournament players and their guests
ewill gather at banquet a fortnight
hence at which The Evening Star
Trophies will be awarded.