Evening star., 1939-08-01
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

AL Houghton and Leo Walper, two
OF Washington's top golf profess
slonals, aren't out to challenge the
world. They are not cocky enough
for that, but they feel they can do a
fair country job of handling the pro
competition around Washington.
Without intending to injure any
feelings or blast any regulations,
they are out with a challenge to any
pro combination around Washing
ton, for money, marbles or chalk.
And perhaps they can do better than
an ordinary job of handling their
end OF any pro best-ball combination
around town.
So far they haven't been licked
But they've had only one match
since Houghton, glimpsing Walper
do a SO at Washington with an 8 on
par hole, cracked: Get us some
pro combinations around Washing
ton. / don't care how tough it is"
That was fairly wide field, for
there are quite a few capable golf
pros around this town. Not exactly
open championship winners, per-
haps, but good golf pros neyerthe-
less.
For example, there's the combina-
ton Of Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase,
and George Diffenbaugh of Ken
wood. Those little fellows are good.
They team like a we'll mated pair of
horses, and they have a pretty good
record of wins around this mans
town. But Houghton and Walper
are better, or so it has been proved.
Houghton Shoots 70.
The latter pair licked Bob and
George at Chevy Chase yesterday
shooting a better ball of something
like IS to win up. AS he so fire.
quently does nowadays, Houghton
stole the show with a one-over-par
TO. The silver-haired man, who has
been a golf pro only nine years, is
getting in training for the Maryland
open championship next week. A 10
over that tough Chevy Chase course,
from the tees Barnett uses, is quite
a piece of golf.
For whenever you play at Chevy
Chase with Bob, unless there's some
understanding of what tees you will
use, he takes you away back in the
bushes. where you hardly have room
TO swing a club. And Chevy Chase,
from those back markers, is a mans
sized golf course. Any gent who
plays it in 10, as Houghton did yes
terday, has done a better -than-f
job of scoring.
Yet at that Houghton was only a
shot in front of Diffenbaugh. The
little fellow from Kenwood did a II
and Barnett did 70 Walper, off his
putting stroke but helping with an
occasional birdie, had IA.
Capt. Roger Peacock of the Wash
ington amateur team which will meet
a Baltimore group of simon pures
at Manor next Sunday, isn't exactly
out with prediction the local lads
will win. but he's pretty optimistic.
III try to arrange my team so they
can win," said Roger, as he looked
over what seems to be the strongest
group of amateurs ever gathered to-
gether around the Capital for a team
match.
The Washington team, chosen by
the golf writer's of the town, is made
up as follows Roger Peacock. VOL
ney Burnett, Ralph Bogart, Bobby
Brownell, Buddy Sharkey, Claude
Rippy, Jerry Hart and Louis Fuchs
all of Indian Spring; Dick Meyer
and Tommy Bones of Manor, George
Molloy and Billy Houghton of Capt.
tai, Earl McAleer, Billy Dettweiler
Billy Shea and Parker Nolan of Con-
gressional; Page Hufty of Chevy
Chase, John o. Bergelin of Kenwood
Martin F. Mccarthy and Earl Skin
ker of Columbia.
Indian Springers Good.
If you think it's too much Indian
Spring, consider the strength of that
club. They have a flock of lads
there who hang around 70 all the
time and the course doesn't make
much difference to them. They are
just good.
Against Messrs. Otto Greiner,
Spencer Overton, Ernie Caldwell, Bill
Eager and Co. of Baltimore, this
team shouldn't have much trouble.
1t looms as the strongest outfit ever
chosen around Washington. The
match at Manor Sunday will start
at l pm.
And on August % at Woodholme
the District juniors will have their
innings against their Baltimore