Evening star., 1939-08-15
Strong Bid for Title
In Fed Golf Made
By 6. P. 0. Team
Printers Get Big Lead
In Division z Over
A. & D. Champs
BY WALTER McCALLUM,


Down in section 2 of The Star
sponsored Federal match play tour
nament Is going on one OF those
struggles that tests the best golf of
any group of men. 1t won't end
until we'll into next month, and If
the boys keep on as they are going
now the burned thing may demand
a special playoff-so close is the race
for supremacy in that sector.
Months ago Chuck Redick, tourna-
ment director for the match play
affair sponsored by The Star, looked
over the list of entries and said:
That Government Printing Once
bunch looks pretty good to me. They
have Joe Balestri, which is enough,
but they also have well-rounded
outfit that can cause plenty OF
trouble"
Today that G. P. O. OUTFIT is on
top in section 2 with IS points won,
IN spot where they are going to
be hard to overtake, even by the
championship Accounts and De-
posits team, which now has its full
strength and is ready to go-if they
are going anywhere this year. To
get into position to play for the title
a team must win In its section-of
which there are three. The trio of
section winners will meet some time
after mid-September in playon for
the imposing trophies presented by
The Star.
Government Printing Ofice's
latest win came over a hapless Vet
Grams Bureau team, an outfit which
did all right last year, but seems to
be getting nowhere this year. With
Balestri the big gun OF the attack.
the Printers took points from
Veterans, and now the Printers are
8l2 points in front of Accounts and
Deposits. The match was played
out Of schedule to permit Balestri
to go to tbe Union Printcraft's Asso-
ciation tourney at Cincinnati.
Uncle Nick Hits Home Run.
When there's nothing doing at the
ball park; no fungoes to bunt and
no general hilarity to start, Uncle
Nick Altrock grabs his golf bag and
starts going places-on the golf
course Now Uncle Nick is no soft
spot at golf. Lots Of boys at Rock
Creek Park have taken the old gent
for pushover, which is exactly
what Uncle Nick is not. He can
ride the ball around that course in
IS or better any time he starts. Nick
is around so years of age, but he
has athletes muscles.
And now Nick has achieved his
ambition-a hole in one. He made
1t on the 165-yard third hole at Rock
Creek Park. Nick played the shot
with a 4-iron. He wins a pair of
shoes-and lot of plaudits.
Leapley PAGES Muny Golf.
Blond Bill Leapley, the smooth
swinging youngster who has played
in a few local Journeys, had a big
edge over the other competitors as
the junior municipal championship
swung into its final phase at Ana
costa Park today. A couple more
rounds such as Bill put together
yesterday and he'll spreadeagle the
field. For blond Billy scored "A and
68 to total 142, and take a five-shot
lead over his nearest rivals. The
final two rounds in the 72-hole title
tourney were being run of today,
with Manager B. Harry Graham
herding his flock together Just as he
used to do at Rock Greek Park. If
there's one thing Harry dotes on, it's
a golf tournament, and particularly
a Junior tourney.
But Harry's son George didn't do
so well. George was 10 shots back
OF Leapley starting the last day,
with 78-74-152. In between were
Charles Twomey, 75-72-147; Tom
Cook, 76-71-147, and Bob Ruane,
Most of the boys will play in the
bigger public links championship
scheduled for September S, 6, 7 and
8. This queer one, arranged in a
funny way, will substitute form of
sectional qualifying for the more
satisfactory test of medal play.
Eight men each will qualify at Rock
Greek and Anacostia Parks, with 16
making the grade at East Potomac
Park on September S, the 80 to start
match play the following day at
East Potomac. 1t probably won't
settle anything more than that Andy
Oliveri is the best amateur playing
the public courses, which every one
knew all along.
Andy already has proven that by
his showing in the national tourna-