Evening star., 1939-08-09
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Probably for weeks there will be
conversation in local links circles
regarding the 18th hole at the Hill
lendale Country Club, near Balti-
more and the way it was played
yesterday by Lewis Worsham, the
young pro at the Burning Tree Club.
Yet when you analyZe the facts in
volved you'll find something to be
said on both sides-that of Eagle
Beak' Worsham and the Maryland
state Golf Association, which ran
the championship State open tour
nament won by 25-year-old John
ODonnell, whom few people had
heard OF around these parts before
he put together SO and 70 for a
winning 142.
Worsham came to the 18th, or the
26th of the title route, with a 4 to
tie and bird 3 to win. Seventy five
yards below the hill on which the
green is perched like table-top
land a slippery one, at that runs
narrow creek. A long Wallop from
the tee will end in the creek. SO
the officers of the State association
put into effect a special ruling that
a ball IN the water could be dropped
without penalty, if it lay between
a set OF stakes about IS yards apart
Lewis poled out a screamer which
disappeared in the grass of the
cfeek-band. But the ball wasn't
actually IN the water, and State as
sociatlon officials ruled that ONLY a
Dali actually in the water could be
lllted without penalty. The ball Law
IN the grass where it could be hit
even though Worsham's stance
wasn't the best.
could he sole his club?" he asked
Secretary Emmett Gary of the
Maryland State Associa tion an
sWered Yes" So Lewis plaved q
pad shot which ended in a bunker
ne took 5, and lost the tie by a
shot. =
Hazard Wasn't Defined.
Now the hullabaloo being raised
Is why the association didn't define
the banks OF the creek and permit
palldropping of any ball that crossed
the bank, whether in the water or
not. And why, some ask. if he was
IN the hazard, was he permitted to
sole his club? The rules of golf
state specifically that the club NAV
not be soled in a water hazard
Probably those little questions will
remain unanswered. But they should
not be.
Meanwhile for quite a while il
seemed that young Worsham. one
OF the very best young golfers in
this or any other part of the land
was about to grab his first big title
With three holes to 60 he needed
three pars for SO to win. ODon-
nell already was in with 142. and
Worsham was the last one out with
chance. Lewis pounded out big
tee shot at the 34th. The ball
kicked into bad lie, he ran it over
the green into bunker and got a
good 5. He missed a 4-footer for a
bird 2 at the 110-yard 35th, and had
the 4 on the none-too- tough last
hole to tie. They'll probably be
mulling over that last hole for a
long time.
Previous Play Cost Title.
But the fact is that Lewis lost
the tourney on the 34th when he
missed his par and on the 35th
when he blew the 4-footer. And
he PLAYED bad shot from the water
hazard. O'Donnell previously had
reached the green from a similar
lie.
AL Jamison. Indian Spring pro.
almost cost himself a tie for third
because of carelessness in posting
his score. He let Eddie Johnston, a
Baltimore public links player. post
it for him. Johnston totaled his
afternoon round 70, which gave him
146. one stroke too high. Jamison
said in the locker room he had a