Evening star., 1940-08-11
Oliver Out Retire Leof Trophy Defense Municipal Links Crown
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September Is Fixed
For Qualifications
Al Three Places
Andy Rules Two Years;
Cox's 81 Best Score
Ever Achieved Here
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALTER McCALLUM.
Handy Andy Oliveri, the chunky
broth of lad who tops all the
municipal linksmen around town.
and has for two years now-will de-
fend his city public links champion
ship in the tourney starting Sep
tember II. If Andy wins he will
retire the second S. G. Leoffler Tro-
phy, and the rotund operator of
all the Washington municipal
courses-if he follows his own pre-
cedent--will be obliged to put up an
other championship mug. Inasmuch
as Leoffler makes tidy income
from his monopoly on the public
layouts this won't be too much of
a hardship on his pocketbook-pre-
sumably. Claude Rippy, kingpin
of municipal golf between 1884 and
1887, retired the first S. G.. Leoff1er
Trophy in 1887 and Leoffler put
up new one in 1888. Oliveri has
won 1t two years in a row, and
another win will put it perma-
nently in the Oliveri trophy case.
Personal tip to Grandpappy Leof-
der: You could save wear and tear
on your pocketbook by putting up a
perpetual trophy and giving the
winner a replica each year.
Will Qualify September 16.
Tommy Doerer, the only gent
around the public courses who seems
willing to promote tournaments for
the paying customers (Tommy also
is U. S. G. A.. public links repre-
sentative), announces that quail
tying rounds will be held Septem-
ber Is at East Potomac Park,
Anacostia Park and Rock Geek
Pask as preliminary to the title
tourney at East Potomac Park
starting September II. The eight
low scorers at each course will enter
the match play rounds, making "a
qualif1ers in all. That appears to
make and uneven draw, but can
be rectifled by sticking in eight
byes in the first round, making a
tournament of 80 with byes.
Last year Oliveri went to the
35th hole to lick young Julian Muir
ply in the final round of the city |
championship. This year he will
have a tougher job winning, for the
competition is becoming sitter.
Andy was topped in the sectional |
rounds for the national public links |
tourney by Ken Zent, an electrician |
at the Commerce Department. In
addition, Bob Morris, John Jankow-
ski and Leroy Smith seem to be |
catching up with the husky title
holder and some of the others may
be troublesome.
Hold Amateur Tourney.
The Middle Atlantic pros, await
Ing word about their champion
ship, will hold a little amateur-pro
tourney tomorrow at Baltimore's
Rolling Road Club. Each pro will
have as many as three amateur
partners, and before the tourney
they'll hold meeting. Why?
They've had sufficient warning
about it already, but the local lads
who hope to get into the amateur
championship had getter get their
entries in to the U. S. G. A. by 5 pm.
next Tuesday. Entries by tele-
phone, telegraph or any means
other than on the regular forms are
not acceptable, the U. S. G. A. ad-
vises. Sectional rounds will be
played August q at the Chevy
Chase Club and the entry list |
should go to rs or more.
AL Houghton of Beaver Dam, Bob |
Barnett and Virgil Worshaw of |
Chevy Chase will leave tomorrow
for Toronto, where the Canadian
open championship will be played, |
starting August Is. They probably
won't go anywhere, but they'll have
q vacation. Houghton finished third
in that tourney six years ago. They'll |
get back in time to stop off at Lam
caster, Pa, where Pro Arthur Thorn
expects big entry from Washing
ton In his amateur-pro affair billed |
for August 10, week before the
p. G. A. championship at nearby
Hershey.
Par Numbering Time Here.
The season for busting course
records is upon us. Every year
when the fairways become stone
hard under blazing sun the crack
pros and amateurs begin smacking
the ball around in unbelievable fig
ures. That 62 shot by Witty Cox
last Thursday at Congressional is
an example. To a lot of people it's
too fantastic to believe, but it hap
pened. When as good a golfing
gent as Cox begins slapping that
ball in from all angles and never
missing shot through the fairway
he's cinch to crack par. OF course,
Witty holed some good puts and
had nod from fortune on the 10th,
where he canned pitch shot for
an eagle, but those things usually
happen in a great round. On the
other hand, he had a reasonable
putt for an eagle at the 5th and
three-putted. 1t was too early in
the round to know he was in for
some fireworks.
That round happens to be the
best ever scored around Washing
ton, with relation to par. Roger
Peacock had a brace of 62s at In
dian Spring, then par II course;
Tommy Armour had SO at Con-
gressional in 1927 and Sam Snead
had a 65 in official medal play over
the same course. But WHY'S score
Is the best. When those fairways
at Congressional are watered that
score will become something to
talk about-as it now Is.