Evening star., 1940-05-09
Slugger Malone and Pittmon,
Short Shot Ace, Defeated in
Test Combining Golf Skill 9

while the best Malone and Pittman
could do. playing one ball, but hitting
different shots, was II.
Il didn't seem to get into the feel
OF hitting the ball." said Pittman.
Charlie hit those tee shots out there
long way, but somehow you have
to hit all the shots to get into the
feel of it,"
Gene wasn't at his best, but then
neither were Peacock nor Bogart. AS
Tor driving, Malone parks 'em so far
from the tee that there's little left
to do. But the experiment proved
one thing, that the all-around shot.
maker has the edge over the spe-
cialist, whether he happens to be an
exceptional hitter or a wizard with
the chip shots and the putter.
Ihose highway engineers need
some one to show 'em the way around
a golf course. Not that they aren't
good engineers, but as golfers they
are good at engineering. That's the
impression you get after looking at
the scores of the men who gathered
Tor the annual tourney of the Ameri-
can Road Builders Association at
Congressional, where Homer Farmer
OF New York won the gross award
with an "a. They had a bunch of
prizes for that tourney all of which
Will be awarded at dinner tonight.
But they had lot of fun amassing
their scores on perfect day for golf.
Average Golfer Scores lO4.
The lucky gent who scored 1o4
won himself complete golf kit. He
happened to be Mr.. Average Golfer.
the medium between high and low,
). r. Boyd is his name, and the
highway engineers thought so much
OF him they gave him golf bag and
set OF clubs. Here are the prize
winners:
champion-.Homer Farmer sD: low
sross-M: Y: Palmer go. Hal ssoDna soGrs.
slst ssss Das,5s. So's { \ SodssS SsNisS s5s
Bayard, 2; F.; Miller, A. P. woodson, Fred
Meah5ilE.;nr MeshfE; + I,an " Resoot; KeIIy. A B
G p smythe, J. F; Pennybacker. W. H.
CuiEmore. A. o. Witt. DR.. L. Webber p v
SSn1cqnlnnol, BIZ Slee, Roland Mayo and
John F. Brawner won his way to
the final of the French High Com
mission Cup tourney at Chevy Chase
with a 3 and 2 victory over Gen.
F. w. Coleman and will meet Walter
G. Emory in the final.
Georgetown Prep School won a
9-to-0 victory over Dewitt Prep at
Garrett Park for its sixth victory
in seven starts.
Meaney Scores Second Ace.
At Rock Greek Park Tom Meaney
pulled No. 4 iron from his bag and
whacked the ball into the cup at the
18th hole. The hole measures 1853
yards in length. 1t was Meaney's
second hole in one.
-Four matches were played in class
B in The sponsored Federal
match play tourney. Army War
College, a new outfit, licked Soil
Conservation, 51a to u. at Indian
Spring; Post Office whipped I. c. C.
AZ to IL, at Woodmont: r. F. c..
licked Electric Farm and Home Au-
thority, 6 to 0. at Kenwood, and
r. E. A. beat Federal National Mort.
gage, S to l, at Kenwood. The
results:
r. F. C. vs. E r. H. A.-winkler and
O'Donnell R. F. C.) beat Rose and Grieber,
Klaus and Crawford. 3 to
Rosendall P; o., "a; Mcmillan and Tre-
Use q. c. c., "a: Girardi and Fredericks
P o. won points from Breitenbach
Army War College and Soil Conservation
Holt and Porat tWar Collegel won 3
sehEopf PWar colieSeJ i aon Ps faom ana
Fuller and Davis ~
Woehler ys,s,ei R F, AZ, 2 points asainst I for
their. best ball: Yarley and johnson R e J.
points; Suegs and Ray, / point In this
match johnson holed . bird 2 on the 18th
to win.