Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1928, Page 33

B AR R v —— A SPORTS. = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, € TUESDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1928. SPORTS. oor Putting Prevents Armour From Setting Pace in Professional Golf iourney TOMMY HAS 16, FOUR FROM LEAD Al'Espinosa's 142 Is Best. D. C. Star Is Playing Barnes Today. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. ALTIMORE COUNTRY CLUB, Baltimore, Md. October 2.— Tommy Armour of Congres- sicnal had no easy assignment It‘dnv as he started in the first v round of the Professional PLAY FOR LBERT R. MACKENZIE of Co- lumbia and Reid W. Digges of Bannockburn were to play an 18-hole medal play contest this afternoon to determine which of the two is entitled to undisputed pos- session of third place in the District amateur championship. They tied at 325 in the championship last week at Columbia and were to play 18 holes to break the deadlock. Miller B. Stevinson and A. L. Hough- ton, who tied for the championship, are | to play next Sund: or the title. Women golfers the Washington clubs competed today in the first an- nual competition for the Corby trophy, put up by the president of the Women's District Golf Association. The event is Association tournament over |an 18-hole handicap tourney. this Bourse. Armour arew no less a personage than Long Jim Barnes, who won the open championship at Columbia back in 1921 and annexed the P. G. A. title as | far back as 1916. Tommy should win, for Barnes is not playing as well these days as he used to, while Armour is| right on top of his game. | Barnes has made a half million dol- lars or 5o in the stock market in the last few years and is very much th2 bioated bondholder these days. But he | is still a rough, tough egg at match play, and Tommy will have to be right 1o beat the tall Cornishman. The draw in the P. G. A. is not seed- ed, as is the draw in the amateur cham- pionship, and the result has been a natural one. All the good ones, with but one or two exceptions, are in the | lower half. The top half looks like a cinch fori Al Espinosa, who led the field yesterday | with a fine total of 142, two over par for the course. But in the lower half the talent is bunched as close as a flock of stake horses at the finishing wire. Down there in the bottom half of the draw are Hagen and Armour, Sarazen and Mehlhorn, Barnes and Armour, Dutra and Watrous, not to mention that jumping jack of the links, Leo Diegel of New York. Even though Tommy finished second in the 36-hole qualifying round yes- terday, he has no set-up today, for Jim Barnes, once past the medal Tound, is & rough customer, and Ar- mour’s game, judged by the scores, was the most consistent of any of the pros. His 36-hole card of 146 should have been bettered by at least 10 shots. For Tommy's putting was nothing short of atrocious. Had he been putting even as well as a tyro at the game, he prob- ably would have led the fleld with strokes to spare. Over the first round Tommy missed no fewer than-eight putts of less than eight feet. Even at that he got around in 73 blows and was tied with Hagen, George Christ and Neil Christian for third place at the halfway mark. In the afternoon the story was much the same. His putting was pitiful. At the second hole, a six-footer failed to drop; at the third, after driving in the ditch paralleling the fairway on the right, ‘he lald a mashie shot within three feet of the pin and still might have secured a par 4, but he blew the putt. At the 163-yard fourth, his iron shot left him but a six-footer for a deuce and again he missed. He took gu';e! putts on the ninth and was out In the morning he ‘started back with three fives at the tenth, eleventh and twelfth, but in the afternoon he played them all in par, even though he left himself a tricky putt for his 4 at the eleventh and twelfth. “Tommy should have secured a birdie 2.atithe short thirteenth, but ball lipped. the cup, and rolled threb feet llt the cup. From there in he played he balance of the holes in impeccable fashion, all in par. Armour’s cards, with par for the course, follow: Par out 44434544335 Armour, morning round. 44435545337 Armour, afternoon round, Par in “..44435443445—70 Armour, morning rount 55344424—36—73 Armour, afternoon round, 444354485—35—73—146 VIRGINIA OBIECTIVE OF SOUTH CAROLINA By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., October 2—Billy Laval, coach of South Carolina’s Game- cocks, and a fleet halfback by the name of Zobel were returning heroes to Co- lumbia following their upset of Alonzo Stagg’s Chicago Maroons Saturday. Laval, who never played foot ball, but | who has always had great success in turning out winners, already has thrown the Gamecock followers inio a state of excitement. Marching into the Middle West, his team romped over Chicago, 6 to 0, and now are turning to Charlottesville, Va., this week end with the hope of beating | the Cavaliers. Virginia, however, ap- parently hes a couple of great backs in Close and Sloan, two threats Coach Earl Neale expects to use in stopping the season’s early sensation. In another game Alabama’s Crimson tide and the University of Mississippi are' to clash. There is no socret about Ole Miss helieving this is its year to bump Wallace Wade's men—the Oxford team having present>d a sonhomore flash in Gerald Walker Saturday last as they beat Arkansas down, 25 to 0. Tuscaloosa, however, scen» of the game this week, is whispering. They forzsee another great Wode machine if it can get by Saturday’s hurdle. ‘While these two games and the meet- ing of Maryland 2nd North Carolina at Coilege Park will be holding interest within the conference, Vander b holding a big intersectional contest Fashville, ’The Commedores will meet Colgate at Dudi and hope * 1epulse the N their spirits 45534544438} be the main- the ore atiack 2nd ente. while a fairly well exnerienced ine will b2 counted on to halt the op- g charges. (7742 MODEEN DOSKTOWN STATIONY » STAR SE nvrcr-: sThTion 13h and © A Block Below How Peerless Bobby Makes Long Drives JONES HITS THROUGH WITH SUCH 4PEED HE. 16 LIFTED 10 HI6.10ES BY SOL METZGER. Bobby Jones, peerless amateur golfer, plays his drives far differ- ently than Phillips Finlay, and is usually straighter. He yields little if any in distance, as he has car- ried them over 300 yards. Jones’ stance is narrower, his pivot more within the confines his body oc- cupies at stance and he lifts the club higher on the backswing. Bobby cocks his wrists at the top, which permits him to roll the right over as he hits, thus adding acceler- ation’ or speed to the club’s head at_contact. Finlay reaches more for the ball than Bobby. The latter's drive fs more compact and with seemingly less effort, so you think, until you see Bobby come up on his toes as he hits. This is caused by the speed with which he is hitting. It actually lifts him up from his nar- row stance. Bobby hits from the inside, too, his club going out through the ball for an appreciable distance, so that he rarely strays from the straight line. It would be a great treat to see Bobby and Phillips in a driving contest, each given 10 balls to wal- lop, the farthest one alone count- ing. Some records would ensue, or I miss my guess. Get rid of your slice and you will im- prove your score by 10 strokes. Sol Metzger has prepared a finely illustrated leaflet on “Slicing,” which he will send to any reader requesting it. Address Sol Metzger, care of this paper. In writing, inclose stamped, addressed en- velope. (Copyright, 1928.) © P. Lorillard Co., Eat. 1760 MACKENZIE AND DIGGES THIRD PLACE Nearly four score golfing employes of the Interstate Commerce Commission started play today in the first half of the 72-hole competition which will con- stitute the Fall tourney of the commis- sion for the Practitioners' trophy. x holes were to be played to- the 16 low net scores to qual- 3 for the final 36 holes on Thursday. A number of prizes in addition to the main prize have been put up for the | tourney, which is being played at the Washington Golf and Country Club. | The men are not the only competitors, |for a <cparat" divisicn has been added for the “golfercttes.” H. Newton, medalist in the Con- v;r«innsl Country Club championship with a 73 card, is paired to play J. P. | Meany in the first round of the title chase, scheduled for this week. Meany turned in a 76. Pairings, with qual- ifyving scores, follow: H. H. Newton, . P. : R. S. Antrobus, ; C. H. Giroux, I. Tier- . Dr. B. L. Taylor, 83; Dr. W. Col. E. H. Abadle, 87; | 'Reed, 83, vs. Page Hufty, 7. Golfing employes of the Department of Agriculture are playing today in a 36-hole medal play event for the cham- pionship of the Department. A number of net prizes have also been put up. Women golfers of the Columbla Coun- try Club will start play for the club tille on October 15. EDGEMOOR NET PLAY DEVELOPS SURPRISES One official upset and one surprise victory, both in the woman’s division, marked the initial play in the Edge- moor Club tennis tournament. Florence Seward, former runner-up for the junior title of the District, and seeded No. 1 in the club draw, was the upset victim. She bowed in straight sets to Betsy Foster, “dark horse,” 6—2, 6—3. Miss Foster held the upper hand throughout the match. In a second-round match, Elizabeth Myers, picked by club members to give Miss Seward her most serious opposi- tion for the title, v\ss eliminated by Isabel Perry, 6—0, Play ran true to form in the men's singles, no upsets occurring in the eight matches completed. The second round in this class is scheduled today. The woman racketers will rest on their laurels until tomorrow afternoon, when the survivors of yesterday's play will compete in the quarter-finals. Results and pairings for this after- noon follow. WOMEN'S SINGLES. First round—Miss Perry defeated Miss d, 62, 6-—3; Miss Perry defeated Miss Myers. 6—0. 8-3. MEN'S SINGLES, First round—_Calien deiented_Grav, 8. —0:" Willis defeated "Ochsenreiter.’ 80, 8. Dowd defeated Spencer, 6—1, 6—2: Burinten defeated F. Hayes, 6~0: 6-3; Capl. Shills defeated E. J. Dowd, 6—2. 6—3: Rut- 6—3; M. Haves defented Foster, 6--0; 61 Second round—Callen defeated Willis, 6—4, PAIRINGS FOR TODAY. Men’s—Boyd vs. Dean. Thompson vs. Sew- ard. Burgwin vs. Bachrach, Carpenter vs. Polk, Harding vs. M. Haves. Howenstein vs. ride. "De Golia' vs. Hathaway. Robb vs. SANDLOT GRIDMEN IN GAMES SUNDAY Apache and Mohawk Teams Among Those to Swing Into Action. ASHINGTON'S amateur foot ball elevens are scheduled to open their annual cam- paign Sunday. In addition to four games in Capital City League's 150-pound section, numer- >us independent scraps have been sched- uled by managers. A schedule for the Capital City League opening date has not been an- nounced as vet. The 135-pound divis- ion of the same league will not open its season until the following Sunday, when it is expected that 10 teams will have franchises. Both Apache and Mohawk elevens will start activities Sunday. The former b |team will meet Fort Washington at Union League Park, while Hawks are listed to engage Seat Pleasant Firemen at Griffith Stadium. Neither the Hawks nor Apaches are taking their initial ri- vals lightly. Southerns and Wintons are also listed to start on Sunday, but both will visit Alexandria for the inaugural clashes. Southerns are to meet St. Mary’s eleven and Virginia A. C. will entertain Win- ton huskies. Beginning tonight, ght, sandlot grid ma- chines will keep busy until the week- end. Practices have been listed as fol- lows: Apaches, Union League Park, 7:30 o’clock tonight. Mohawks, Mohawk Club, 6:30 o’clock tonight. Seat Pleasant Firemen, Seat Pleasant, 8 o'clock tonight. Southern A. C., Sixth and B streets, 5:30 o'clock today. Clarendon Lyons, Clarendon field, to- day, tomorrow and Friday at 7:30 o’clock and Sunday at 10 o’clock. Palace A. C., Sixth and B streets, to- morrow night at 7 o’clock. Mohawk Preps, Virginia avenue play- grounds, tonight and Thursday at 7 o’clock. Yankee A. C., Plaza playgrounds, to- day at 5 o'clock. National Preps, Georgetown Fresh- man field, to morrow, Thursday and Friday, 6:30 o'clock. 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