Evening star., 1940-08-07
Net Called Flash Pan by SLUG
Toll Managing Tourney Fails
ToFeoze Leader BoIestri;
Ficco, Rack on His Heels

I for the big title, so Joe Is in there
trying-and doing all right.
Others Catching Balestri.
But the other boys are creeping
up on black-haired Joe. Such men
as Eddie Rack, the defending champ
from McKeesport, Pa, cannot be
tossed off with any mediocre golf.
For where Joe shot a 78 yesterday
to add to his opening round of 70,
Rack added 76 to his first round
Of II, and started the third round
today only Two strokes back of Ba-
lestri.
In between was Charlie Ficco, the
compositor on The Star, who tied
with Balestri in the first round at
70, and slid back to 10 yesterday.
So Balestri has ISL, starting the
third round; Ficco has 1872, and
Rack-the man to watch-has 153.
1t will be close tomorrow night when
the boys gather round the 18th
green to watch the champs and
near-champs finish. And it may
come down to the final putt.
Here are the 13 qualifiers for the
championship flight, and their half
way mark scores: Joe Balestri,
Washington, 73-7S-l51; Charlie
Ficco, Washington, 73-79-152: Ed.
die Rack, McKeesport, Pa; 77-76-
l53; E. B. Heimer, Washington, 80
79-159; Edgar Merkle, Washington,
7S-80-l59; j. Kent, Boston, 81
78-l59; Ed Gableman, Cincinnati,
Sl--81-l62; C. J. Rusche, Cincin-
natl, 85-78-l63; E. Schell, Reading,
Pa, 84-80-164; H. Bailey. Wash.
ington, 85-82-167; G. Fred Strin-
ger, Washington, 7s-s2-17o; L.
Hall Cleveland, S4S6-17o.
Mrs. Dent New Titlist.
| The wives of the printers have a
new champion in the person of de-
mure Mrs. M. A. Dent of Beaver
Dam. Mrs. Dent scored SO yester-
day to win the title, when Mrs. c. E.
Purdy. who won last year at Gin
cinnati, skidded to 104 in the cham
plonship. A 9-hole event went to
Mrs. E. B. Heimer with SO. Net
winners In the womens tourney in
cluded the following:
Mrs Ed Gallagher, Mrs. Lester Lewis.
Ed sappington, Mrs. Claude scheI. Mrs. Mrs.
F. A. Kemer in the Championship fight.
N,ahan4enole Hhin4e-nole net winners were: Mrs. Robert
Bramock, Mary Newberry' Mrs j a
parkeT. Mrs. Howard Roycroft, Mrs. Kath.
sTlne ebIls, psrr. 2. Mrs. r. W. Reuther and Mrs.
| No one questions the authenticity
OF the scores turned in by Harry
Heskamp, a vice president of the
printers organization, but Harry
totes around with him a tool that
lands possibility to all kinds of shots,
It's combined rake and golf club.
Harry was showing it around.
Suppose your ball lies in about
four inches of water" he said. you
} stick the rake part down under it
and shoot it. Like this" And he
tossed the ball so feet in the air
and well forward. Yep, it saves a
lot of strokes"
"Oh, the original hand mashie,"
quipped Harold w. Hough, president,
The women elected Mrs. c. E.
Purdy president of their auxiliary
for the second year.
Mrs. Pugh Wins Tourney.
| A little hot weather doesn't daunt
feminine golfers of the Manor
Country Club. They staged one of
their biggest guest day Journeys Of
the year, with Mrs. Gale E. Pugh,
vice president of the Women's Dis
trict Golf Association, scoring 81 to
win the gross award. Other host
club winners were:
", Mrs. Carl wialingham. 1o5-31-74 Mrs.
pekeT, I0o-33-77: MRS. D. NJ. McPhsrson.
s Beech Guest p9zsa MFs viIs Hsr0ld Won Se
. follows. all net scores: Mrs Judson G,
Gspts psIs kenSoos 2s Mr., II Mrs Leo waPsT
gressional, 80: Mrs. Gordon Luce Beayer
, Dam, 81; Mrs. Charles E. slavson. Con-
The longest water hole around
, Washington may be incorporated
into that new nine at Congressional,
which will come under the reorgani-
, zation plan for that club now being
| worked out. The lake beside the
tenth fairway will furnish the
hazard, and under present plans a
green will be constructed below
the swimming pool. The water carry
may be as much as $50 yards. which
, makes quite knock for some
golfers.
At present the longest carry
around town is from the back tee at
the 17th at Columbia, but that is
not all over water. Congressionals
may become the longest all-water
carry if present plans work out.
Have you tried that carry from
Columbia's 17th using the back tee?
1t happens to be quite knock when
the wind comes whooping out of the