Evening star., 1952-07-22

pl a We q Lne ChH spencer
course in higher than its pal
of 70.
The teaching pro at Woodmon
had seven brides in a 2-under.
par round of 68, low for the day
by two strokes. He not only wa!
the big winner in the 5000 -addec
sweepstakes, but tied for first al
81 with two of his partners, Cabot
Feldman and Mel Lewis, both o1
Woodmont. Spencer and Levi.
had a best ball of % on the front
nine. The other 81 was by Wood.
mont's Fred Bolton and Ear
Skinker of Columbia. Both shot
72s and Skinker had four handi-
cap strokes.
Straight Hitting Helps.
Spencer said he had not played
Washington too many times. may
be a dozen pro-amateurs, team
matches. etc. He said he had been
under 10 every time except in a
pro-amateur there last year and
in team match several years ago
between the District and Virginia
pros. He shot par 70s on both of
those occasions.
Cliff can't explain it except that
Washington is known as a straight
drivers paradise. and now that
he's no longer the biggest hitter
in this section, he is becoming
the Straightest.
Spencer. who is in his late 40s,
but doesn't admit it, was the only
pro playing in shorts yesterday
and has been all season. He has
been having a good year and his
last five tournament rounds have
been a 70 at Woodholme in a pro-
member, 10 in the Maryland Open
pro-amateur: II and "A in the
Maryland Open, when even his
wife said he shouldn't have been
playing 36 holes, and his 10 yes
terday.
Indian Springs Mel Shorey. of
to a fast start with 3-3-3 on the
first three holes, three-putted the
10th green and missed a six-footer
for a par on the 18th to finish
with a par 10 and tie Bill Mark
nam, another teaching pro at
Woodmont, and Charley Muck, the
putting demon from Belle Haven.
Markham was sailing until he took
on the par-3 14th. Muck's back
nine OF 33 was the best of the day.
Slow Play Irks Pros.
The tournament attracted Al
pros, many of whom said they
were going to stop playing in the
pro-ams unless something was
done to speed up play. Around
the middle of the day it was tax
ing 5l2 hours to play 18 holes and
that's entirely too long in weather
like this. The timing was not ex-
aggerated as a foursome that
started at 1905 finished at 5:35.
Bob Hopkins and Chett Butler
OF the HagerStown Municipal
course and Muck and Capt. Max
Leslie of Belle Haven had best ball
62s and Roger Peacock and Frank
Reds) Clark and John Musse1
and Frank Mirth had 63s. Nc
Ferren and Skinker led the anna
teurs with 72s, while the net
winners were Clark, 1856, and
Frank Hackett, 83-16-67.
D1VOT DATA-Earl Fling. the
host pro, hit his first tee shot 20
yards over the first green, which is
3O5 yards away. Fling and Musser
had Ills, although the latter missed
enough shot puts to have had a
IS. Charley Bassler, who hit
Tour balls out Of bounds in the
Maryland Open last week, hit his
first drive out yesterday. He was
over par after four holes and fin
1shed with 73. Next events
are a pro-member Thursday at
Baltimore &C and a pro-amateur
next Monday at Manor Club.
One Of the suggestions to speed up
play was to hire a marshal to
warn slow foursomes to play faster
or take a penalty. Fred Bolton
left after the tournament for the
Sioux City Open and he also is
going to the $685. 900 Tam O'Shan-
ter tournament. His Middle At
lantic companions there will in
clude Musser, Jack Isaacs, John
O'Donnell, Harold Oatman and
possibly Fling, depending upon the
latter'S torn shoulder muscles.