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Evening star., 1938-05-24
TOP PRO GARNERS
NO MAJOR CROWN
Cooper Limited to Being
Low Golf Scorer and
Best Coin Getter.

Colts mechanical man who has yet
to win a national championship is so
far out in front of the individual scor-
ing averages and the chase for gold
that if he keeps on going he'll win
the Vardon Scoring Trophy and lead
in the gold chase by the biggest margin
any pro ever has piled up.
Any way you look at the thing. by
averages, by shotmaking ability or
by money won, Harry Cooper is the
marvel of modern golf. He's not only
marvel as SHOEMAKER and
scorer but he's a marvel at re-
naming behind the eight ball where
major championships are concerned.
Any other guy with the same twist
for stroking a ball and the same me-
chanical genius would have won half
dozen national championships. but
Harry's thinning hatch still lacks a
national crown.
Figures Show His Skill.
It's been ii years ago that he came
closest to grabbing the National Open,
and probably his best years are be-
hind him. but he still can stroke that
ball. You don't have to go farther
than the scoring and money winning
averages to realize that.
Bob Harlow got in the habit OF COM
piling golf averages when he was
tournament manager for the P. q. A.
He can't get out of the habit. for he's
Just released the latest mathematical
dope on the top pros of the land. It
shows Cooper out in front both In
scoring and in grabbing. The
Texas Tornado has played 48 tourna-
ment rounds since January /, with an
average of 1927. He has won 81, 4,49833.
Ralph Guldahl. the National Open
king. who has played only 20 tour
nament rounds over the same period.
has a scoring average of 7l65, but
has won only $l.750 in coin. Mac
Smith. the old Carnoustie favorite,
played in only one tournament-the
Los Angeles open-foI an average Of
II strokes, but he doesn't figure any,
where near the consistency of Coo
per with 48 rounds Of tournament golf
behind him.
Witty Cox. the only Washington
man who figures in the averages,
played 13 rounds for an average OF
74l5 strokes to the round and won
$3.50.
Fail to Tell l Iull Story.
The bare figures give you an idea
OF how good Cooper is. bl t they don't
tell the real story any more than ice
Di Maggio's batting averages tell Of
how he can relay those long flies to
the catcher with a bulletlike peg to
the plate.
Cooper today is the best golfer in
tie United States. according to the
averages. But he never has won the
National, and he may be stymied until
he comes to the end of his competitive
string. Which pfcvees something
maybe that golf is screwy game
after all. w. r. McC.
Evening star., 1938-05-24

green" says Dave. I find that this
stands out in the eye-picture of the
shot more than the flag or the green
itself If We can form picture of
the shot by concentrating for distance
on a bunker or a mound or some def
mite physical factor We can get closer
to the pin"
Both George and Dave believe that
the eye can accustom itself to judging
distance only if you play lot of
strange golf courses. but they agree
that most golfers make errors on the
short side on layouts with which they
are not familiar. The main idea, both
of them point out, is to be up" on the
theory that even if you knock the
ball over the green it's just as easy to
chip back from behind the green as
to chip from in front. And golf courses.
as they are built nowadays. have little
trouble behind the putting greens.
Most Of the trouble is in front.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
BY SCOTTY RESTON.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TROON, Scotland, May 24.-Johnny
Goodman says Troon is the finest
course on the Scottish coast Hal
Pierce, manager Of the United States
Walker Cup team and vice president
of the United States Golf Association,
says cts tougher than Pine Valley
the (sandy New Jersey course where
international matches have been
Played. A lot of other people say
things about it that can't be printed.
One things certain-whoever wins
the British amateur on it this week
will have to be accurate, rainproof,
windproof and full Of courage.
Laid out on a sandy arm Of land
extending into the Firth of Clyde, the
Troon course is one vast. windy chess
board where stiff penalties punish
every wrong move.
High Best Is Rough.
There is nothing like it in the
United States. For example. bent
grass, which is used mainly for put
ting green's in America is the rough
here, and it grows waist high Just of
the fairway.
Fairways, which are fiat in America,
roll and dip here on the theory that
championship players should be able
to hit their shots from any stance
And the greens, which tilt to face the
American player. are fiat here, some
times blind, and always glass fast.
Willie Ferguson, the Troon green
keeper. explains:
THE test O. Troon is the middle six
holes. If ye can go round the bend
O. these six ye're pretty good"
The course, as he says, is divided into
three entirely different sections. The
first six go almost due south within a
good slice of the sea. Generally they
are played into strong southwesterly
wind, but recently a wind has been
blowing from the east and any shot
sliced with the wind ends in the sea.
Course Goes Around Bend.
The middle six 60 ''round the bend"
that Is, holes 7, 8 and continue
Evening star., 1938-05-24
FL|PPERS' 'PARLEY
CALLEDFOR June |
A. A. U. Affi|iation Among
Proposa|s-Star Tourney
to Climax Season.

Already one of the Capitals most
popular sports, horseshoe pitching, is
In for a further boom, it was prom
ised today with the first steps taken
to put the game on firmly organized
basis.
On June /, week from Wednes-
day, leaders of the sport in Washing
ton, Maryland and Virginia will
gather at The Star sports department
to effect an organization and lay out
stiff campaign of competition to last
through the fall.
ClimaXing the season will be the
tenth annual Evening Star cham
pionships, to be held in August.
Plan to Consolidate.
At an informal meeting last week,
presided over by Charles A. Fort,
president of the District Horseshoe
Pitchers Association and Washingtons
first official ringer Tipping champion.
plans were put forth to consolidate
the horseshoe pitchers of the Capital
proper and nearby counties of Mary
land and Virginia.
Affiliation with the A. A. U. will
be discussed at the meeting. The
management of The Star tournament
several years ago strongly urged ma
tional officials of the A. A. U. to look
into the horseshoe field and later.
with r. B. Howard Of London, Ohio,
national "czar" of the game, backing
up the proposal, the A. A. u. in its
1896 convention, took the sport under
its wing.
A. A. U. What Doctor Ordered.
Several national organizations Of
horseshoe pitchers have functioned
from time to time. but never pos
sessed cohesiveness enough to be more
than moderately effective. With the
help of the vast and highly efficient
structure of the A. A. u, the game
should move to a much higher plane.
Representatives of the A. A. U.
and the Municipal Playground De-
partment have been invited to attend
the June l meeting. The Playground
Department has provided nearly all
the facilities for the staging of The
Star tournament and the enterprising
cooperation of Miss Sybil Baker, su-
pervisor, and Richard S. Tennyson.
assistant supervisor, have been of
inestimable value in furthering the
sport.
1T is our plan,' said Miss Baker
today. mot only to give as much
help to this splendid sport as in the
past, but even more. if it is within
our means
Evening star., 1938-05-24
Strong Organization Accelerate c. Horseshoe Hurting
Tr0on Course Takes Courage,
Superhuman Golf, but Goodman
Lauds 1t While Others Cuss

along the shore, and 10, II and II turn
and come back inland.
Probably the three finest holes on
the course are in these six. They are
the sixth, the famous postage stamp"
eighth and the tenth.
The sixth is $50 yards long. The
drive must be hit to the left of 40
yard fairway, and this must be fol-
lowed by another full wood to the right
Of the fairway. Two perfect shots will
put you on the edge of a great natural
gully, 40 feet deep, IS yards long, as
wide as the fairway and full of waving
bent and gorse. The third shot Is
about a spade across the gully to a
plateau green.
Eighth Is "Wee Divil."
Postage stamps" the eighth. Is the
pride Of Troon. Natives call it The
Wee Divil." 1t is only 130 yards long.
downhill, and it looks as If you could
kick the ball on the green But the
green nestles right into a sand dune
Sand surrounds it. 1t always Is played
with or against or in the middle OF
gushing wind. And 1t is a matter Of
some local pride that Gene Sarazen
took IL or 13 there in the 1923 cham
pionship. The figures vary with the
story-teller.
"Sand-hills," the tenth, Is right out
Of a dubs nightmare. One hundred
yards in front Of the tee sand dune
go feet stands up with a direction
flag on top of it. The face Of this dune
has been sliced away by the wind, and
forms a perfect sheer bunker. Most
players use an iron or a spoon from
the tee.
The Americans in this tournament
swing the clubs better than the British
boys, but technically they must change
many of their shots, and their strategy
must be changed completely. The
driver is the most dangerous club in
the bag on this course. The shots must
be hit to a spot and not lashed for dis
tance 1t is significant that the west
Of Scotland players many times use
irons and lofted woods from the tee.
Evening star., 1938-05-24

A winter in Augusta. with ample
opportunity for practice has set her
in the right groove Helen has had
unusual opportunities, to be sure. The
chance to be with Babe Didrikson on
her distance-eating jaunts from golf
spot to golf spot, for example. The
chance to play ths Southern circuit,
and other opportunities which many
girls do not have But she made the
most of them. Helen Dettweiler comes
pretty near to being really great
player as she may be one day Over a
soggy course she won the medal in the
State championship by seven shots.
Only the good ones do that. Here is
how her card read, against par for
the course:
Out-par ---- 564 435 1853
DettWeiler ----- 654 AS 244-38
In-par ---- ass 443 545-39-78
Dettweiler ----- 546 543 444-39-78
The at the first hole came from
trapped second shot, but her only
bad blunder of the round was at the
thirteenth, where she flubbed a shot.
She meets Mrs. E. NJ Amick of Co.
lumbia in the first round today and
should have no trouble. Pairings of
the other Washington contestants in
the tourney we're:
First flight-Mrs. James Hill jr.. Manor
So Ms Ms Ious l. G. Pray; Manor (a6' vs.
Betty P. Meckley, Indian Spring (S4) VS..
Ma. MARION 1ard grown Indien Spring go vs.
Mrs. Maurice Click Baltimore (ss): Mrs
ars & 5 sSan Maraa lnaB Bamore spaos sf
Mrs: F...J. GODFREY Beaver Dam 795J: Mrs
Green spqne e 9aey ss
Mls o X yS Ms su F. L conFaessaaa IFas g
Mrs George Goetzman, Congressional
Gl5l vs.. Mrs; W: B. Winchester. BaIti-
nor more; ,sd MIS- G. D: Bills: Columbia 125, vs..
Lacey, Columbia I17) VS.. Mrs. F. A. Saw
age. jr.. Elkridee 133>: Mrs E. A. Swingle,
Confessional GaD VS.. Mrs. N. B. Edelson.
Baltimore.
Ho Hum-Overton Wins.
Put Spencer Overton, the bespec-
tacled Baltimore inventor who makes
his own golf clubs, on his own course
and he is invincible Spence" proved
it again yesterday at his home baili-
wick at Rolling Road by stealing the
show in the Maryland State pro-
amateur tourney. He not only topped
the pros in the sweepstakes tourney
Evening star., 1938-05-24

with a one-under-par SO, but he also
was the big gun in the net 81 turned
in by he and Andy Gibson, to win
the pro-amateur.
Andy Gibson finished second to
Amateur Overton with a par round
of 10. None of the Washington en-
trants figured in the prize awards, al
though George Diffenbaugh shot u
and Benny Loving had 70. Ralph
Beach and Jack Ryerson tied with
Overton and John Bass for second
place in the pro-amateur with IS.
You can see Overton had quite day,
even though they debated for long
time whether he had a right to col
lect-even in merchandise-the prize
in the pro sweepstakes affair.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
DEY0E SKEET VICTOR

George Deyoe, member Of the
National Capital Skeet Club and
contender this year for all-American
'honors, made perfect score at the
first registered skeet shoot held by
the new Ager Road Skeet Club, break
ing so successive targets to win the
20-gauge, class A event. H. G. Wal
tiers, runner-up in the same event.
also made a perfect score. Summa-
ries: -
An,hore. high gunzewon by R. N. Wat
son. 90; second H. G.. Watson. %; class
IA won by r. Stuart. 97 second, Fred
Ramsdell. "a; class a. won by 1; A. Singer,
won by A. H.. walters. 90; second. G. A.
CLANCY. 90: class c. won by William Britt.
50; second. w r. Clodfelter 50.
-, Opening invitation ;414-Won BY A. G.
2O-gauae. class Avon by Georee
Deyoe. so: second, H. G. walters. so;
class B. won by w. B. Lawson, As; second,
Steve Brode, 46.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
RESU[T,NOT STYLE,
MODERN GOLF AIM
Vets Fine Shotmakers, but
Pros Now Score Better,
Barnett Claims.

Inc present crop OF winning gOlf
pros may not be the finest-looking
shotmakers the world has seen, but
they are the most effective scorers.
Shot for shot they may not be the
equal Of the masters of 20 years back,
but they can get the. ball In the hole
In fewer strokes than the old masters.
So thinks Bob Barnett, the pro at
Chevy Chase, who has played with EN-
all and who, two decades ago, was
one of the tournament winners him
self around Philadelphia, which then
was one of the hot golf spots Of the
country.
I'VE old-timers have had to re-
arrange our ideas Of the game" SAYS
Bob. We've had to forget shotmak-
ing and playing of fine golf shots and
concentrate on getting that ball in the
cup in the feWest possible number Of
strokes. And don't think there isn't
difference
Figure on Results Now.
Shot for shot can't convince N.Y.
self that lot of the top men of the
game today could compare with VAR
don and Johnny McDermott, and Fred
Mcleod and Jim Barnes and some
of the best of 20 years ago. But
they score better. And why? Be-
cause they figure more on results
nowadays than on mere shotmaking
and they also are keener around the
green's. in the scoring area
If they miss the green they still get
par because they can chip so well.
And if they get in a bunker they
whack 1t out with the wedge and hole
the putt. Yep, the old game has
changed around-plenty-in my time.
And Bob predicts further changes
and better scoring Il wouldn't be
surprised to see some hot fellow get
around in the high sos some day
soon," he said. ITS possible. The
clubs and the ball have been SO i'm
proved, the golf courses are being
made easier and everything points to
lower scoring
New Lot Making Game Easy.
II don't mean that We have become
a Nation of 'scramblers' to a score,
but there's no doubt that the boys
are scoring better and they aren't
the shotmaking masters the older
crowd were.
why it's a treat to play with
Freddie Mcleod. He plays shots these
modern masters don't know anything
about. He can take a iron and play
shots the modern winners wouldn't
think of trying.
But I guess it's all for the best.
They really are making this game easy.
The only angle they haven't con-
quered is the putting"
Evening star., 1938-05-24

lld dJlldLdl u dllu PIoyCl VA lao
year-and previous years. Today the
,Dettweiler girl is sure of herself and
her shots. She is definitely top-notch
material, in any gathering of ranking
stars.
Nor do you need the evidence sup
piled by that Notwithstanding under
par-round of n she nonchalantly
handed in yesterday at Elkridge to win
the qualifying round in the Maryland
State women's championship. You
only need to know how it was done,
and to note the absence of bad spots
on the smooth card the Congressional
blond turned in. Helen has gone far
from the awkward, shy, powerful
hitting kid of 1881, who was runner
up to Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes for the
District women's championship lit
tie more than year after she took
up the game. Today she has even
more power than she needs, but she
also has the finesse needed to score.
She would be a worthy ad-
diti0n to any Curtis Cup team.
For two or three years. during the
time she was working-and working
hard-to get her game under control,
she had one bad fault. She kenw it
herself, and she worked until she con-
quered it. It was the fault of so many
long hitters; that of hitting from the
top before getting set for the down.
swing. That was the cause of many of
Helen's links failures; that and bad
putting. But that is behind her now.
She waits for the club head. And,
as for putting. Witty Cox finally
got me stroking that ball. I feel I
can hole every putt that comes along"
she says.
Game Didn't Come Easy.
But good golf hasn't come the
easy way for Helen Dettweiler. She
achieved it the hard way-by hard
work, after making up her mind she
was going to be good golfer: Blessed
at the outset with strong wrists and
arms and a sturdy body, she spent
years learning to control her power.
She has it now. Last year she set
record of "a for the Beaver Dam
course. This year two course records
shave fallen to her blazing clubs-a
s.s78 at Washington in the Miller Me-
fmorial tourney, and the II she turned
In yesterday. More will come, for
s9Ielen is improving.
s4 She is a much better golfer
+ today than she was last year.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
FREE RIDE URGED
FOR EX-GOLF ACES
Aid Open Show Were
Former Champs Let in
Sans Qualifying.
By WALTER McCALLUM.

With sectional qualifying rounds for
the national open golf championship
coming up again a week from today
at rs spots throughout the land, the
United States Golf Association again
is on the spot for its failure to qualify
automatically former open champions.
Year after year the pros of the land
ask for automatic qualification of the
men who have won the title in past
years, and as consistently the U. S.
G. A. does nothing about it,
Fred Mcleod. the Columbia Coun-
try Club pro. who won the open title
in 1908, would be one of the few re-
manning old-timers who would quail
ify under the suggested arrangement.
The pros ask: why if the U. S. G. A.
invites all former amateur champions
to compete in the amateur champion
snip without qualification, does it not
do the same for the open?"
Would Boost Galleries.
There is considerable merit to 1t,
too, when you consider that the U. S.
G. A. not only would be making.
good gesture, but also would let in
some of the older boys who haven't a
chance to win, but would be good
gallery attractions. Fred will attempt
to qualify at Indian Spring on May 81,
but it isn't likely he will be among
the four or five men to make the
grade. One of the high spots OF the
sectional rounds will be Walter Ha-
gems attempt to qualify at San Fran
cisco.
When you boil the thing down there
aren't many former champions who
would be eligible Bob Jones won four
opens, but he doesn't play any more.
Off-hand. there would be Mcleod,
Francis Ouimet. Hagen, Jerry Travers.
Jim Barnes. Gene Sarazen. Tommy
Armour. John Farrell. Sam Parks.
Tony Manero and Billy Burke. That
isn't any top-heavy list to include in
the championship and probably half
Of them would qualify, anyway. Nc
Leod would be the oldest of the group
and, good as he is. he wouldn't have
a chance to grab the crown.
Veterans Can't Stand Pace.
The procession has gone past
Freddy. and the pace is too fast for
the older men. Hagen, Manero and
Armour might be championship pos
sibilities, but when you look over the
record you have to admit that cooper,
Thomson, Guldahl, Snead, Demaret.
Ghezzi, Dudley, Hines. Laffoon and
a few others are the hot shots of 1888.
The old boys simply can't stay along
with the pace. But they would be
gallery attractions. and Of them all
Fred Mcleod. the champion of 80
years back, wouldn't be the least.
There is one gesture the U. S. G. A.
we'll could make without hurting the
championship They could let in the
former champions without the quail
flying ordeal.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-Yale won
Carnegie Cup, defeating Princeton
crew by half length and Cornell
by two and half lengths at Derby,
Conn.
Five years ago-Tommy Bridges
pitched second one-hit game
against Washington Senators in
two seasons: Joe Kuhel's homer
spoiled bid for no-hitter.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

The st. Louis Browns were bad
news to the Nationals in their
four-game baseball series here,
taking the entire series and showing
the Nationals down to seventh
place.
The scheduled track meet be-
tween Central and Tech had to be
called of because the two schools
could not agree on the number of
entries 10 be allowed in each event.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
TIGER GOLFERS IN MEET.

NEW YORK, May "a CP-Prince-
tons golf team. newly crowned cham
pion of the Eastern Intercollegiate
League, will compete in the national
intercollegiate championship at Louis
vile, KY, June 19. according to
Graduate Manager Kenneth Fair
man.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
Straiqht Off the I ee
By WALTER McCALLUM.

will
She hasn't the women national
Today Helen DeWeler
the feminine
competitor Wash
playing this
Evening star., 1938-05-24
HOYA SOPHS TO HURL
Tackle Terrors' Nine Tomorrow
on Hilltop Diamond.

Sophomore pitchers will get their
chance for Joe Judges Georgetown
nine as the Hoyas resume competition
on the Hilltop diamond tomorrow
against Western Maryland. Beaten in
three of their last four starts. the
Hoyas are itching to get at the Terrors
whom they walloped last year by
3l-0 score in five innings.
Either Bill Reynolds or John Smith
is expected to start on the mound for
the Blue and Gray.
Evening star., 1938-05-24
TUR0WSKI BIRD AHEAD
Scores in 6OO-Mile Pigeon Race
From La Grange, Ga.

A black-check hen from the loft Of
Joe Turowski won the 600-mile race
of the National Capital Racing Pigeon
Concourse flown from La Grange. Ga.
on Sunday. Turowski's winner few at
the rate of 1.1Ol13 yards per minute
to beat out the Dismer- Mccain entry
for first place.
Following is the average speed shown
in yards per minute, the first nine
being diploma winners:
j. Turowski. 1.1O113 Dismer -McGann,
1,O43.75: Eaton. 995.37: Rupert, 993 .53:
Reinhart, ass.9s; Seymour. o7o;36; Pres
ton g. Costello. 965 80: Norwood, 964.1O:
Tower View; 956; 10: Hile;, ,a5l 81; Tower
View. 943.S2; Clagett, 941 "a; Goddard,
941.2S; Salmons. 1888 ,43 Gorley, 926. is:
Moore. s9O.96: Mathews. Ss196: Pearson.
s7S.42: Schenck. S51.95 Henning. s4s.6s;
Mattare. s46.1S: Miller, s.5.9S: Mccoy.
S121a: Howe. 1912: Sterzer 1864; F.;
127 O2: Clazer. 126.35: Holmeade, 70S.66
De Atley, 706.7O Joifnstone. 652;46:
Kaufman, 622.67. Twelve lofts failed to
report.
Evening star., 1938-05-08

the presidency through his entertain
ments in Decatur House for WASH
ington's famous Peggy Eaton.
Those at Meeting.
In recent years, several attempts
have been made to preserve Decatur
House without success. Now, with
assurances of Federal interest and
support, another and, it is hoped,
final movement has been launched.
Once established as a national mon
ument, this famous old house would
be maintained for future generations
by Federal funds.
The meeting Tuesday to discuss the
preservation of the house was attend
ed by Mr.. Ickes. Newbold Noyes, as
sociate editor of The Star; Eugene
Meyer, publisher of the Post; DR..
Charles G. Abbott, secretary Of the
Smithsonian Institution: Allen c.
Clark. president of the Columbia His
torical Association; Mrs. Eleanor M.
Patterson, editor and publisher Of the
Herald and Times; Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss. Francis S. Rom
aids, Arno B. Cammerer. director Of
the National Park Service. and George
A. Moskey. in charge of land acquisi-
ton and regulations for the National
Park Service.