Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1929, Page 47

SPORTS. ‘THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 102%8.° $PORTS. L.yd ' Hagen Fills Order of Ten Holes in One Under Par to Get Greatest Thrill 'AINT IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING! —By BRIGGS STR AIGHT O:FF\ THE TEE DEAD GAME YANKEE STAR REFUTES BIG HEAD TALKi Second British Open Victory His Prized Kick—At-| titude Mistaken When He Had Boy Hold Pin on Mashie Shot at St. Andrews. BY ROBERT HARPER. ALTER HAGEN'S feat in winning the British open four times lends added interest to what he terms his greatest golf victory—the one which gave him the most pleasure. Was it his third win in England, after he had been | flailed unmercertifully by Archie Compston in match play? Was it his lopsided triumph over Bobby Jones in Florida? Or his first vic- tory in the British open or American open? No. It was none of these, stirring as they were at the time. | The Haig doesn't mind informing the world that his second lift- ing of the British open trophy was the most thrilling of his brilliant | career. Hagen gave an exhibition in Richmond, Va., with Horton Smith | two days after Smith had climaxed a season of phenomenal Winter successes by winning the North and South open at Pinehurst. I asked Hagen then what victory had given him the greatest pleasure “It was at Hoylake, the second /"™ — time I won the British open championship,” he replied. “That | was the first year an admission | charge was made. The largest paid gallery that ever saw a | championship match, more than 11,000, followed me the last nine | holes. ! “I was told at the ninth tee that I| needed to play the last 10 holes in one ' under par to win the title. Three of the holes on the last nine called for | Stiff brassle shots. I got my pars at these tough holes and won by a single stroke. “T would say that winning the British open for the second time under the severe test 1 faced at Hoylake gave me more pleasure than any tournament I | ever won.” | The Haig Never Quits. Hagen's rare golf philosophy is en- vied by thousands of fellow golfers. An | ineident of his never-say-die spirit, lit- | tle known to the public, was related to me. Hagen went to the last hole at St.| Andrews needing an eagle two to gain @ tie for the British open crown. He astounded the Scots by sending his caddie to the green to hold the flag and give himself the slenderest of mathe- | matical chances to hole out his second shot. Hagen's explanation of his men- tal attitude when he dramatized this | setting affords another illustration of Sir Walter's unconquerable spirit. “The thousands of persons who lined either side of the fairway and sur- rounded the green probably said I was conceited and a ‘grandstander,’” Hagen told me. “But they didn't quite appre- ) ciate my mental make-up. I could have itched to the green and gotten a four ko finish in second place. But I didn't «ross the ocean to play for second fhonors. T went over to win or gain a tie for the championship. “Now, the crowd may have termed me a swellhead, a_conceited ass, but don't forget that I carried a lot of 1« weight when I took my stance to make CAPTALLINKSWEN A TTLERAY Eight in Qualifying Round at Baltimore Country | Club Today. | ALTIMORE, Md., June 6—Golf- ers from eight Washington clubs were playing in the qualifying round of the amateur cham- pionship of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association, which got under { way over the course of the Baltimore | Country Club at Roland Park today Harry G. Pitt of the Manor 0 is defending the title he won last year at Congressional, the field in- cludes 31 players from the Capital nearly half the number who started in_the medal round today. In addition to Pitt, others favored to go far in the championship are John C. Shorey of Bannockburn, last year'’s runner-up; Page Hufty of Con- gressional, S. H. Buttz and Charles W. Cole of Indian Spring, Albert R. Mac Kenzle of Columbia, Henry D. Nichol son of Washington. Baltimore has en tered all its leading golfers, headed by B. Warren Corkran, star of the Balti- more Country Club, and including- T. | W. Symington, noted long hitter; Thomas W. Sasscer, who won the championship in 1918 and 1922, and! Harry Parr, 3d. Alex M. Knapp, who' won ~ the tourney -of the Baltimore | Country Club in May, is away at school | and is not an entrant. The team championship of the asso- WHEN You Come ouT OF YouR OFFICE AND THE OLD 1S MISSING BUS AND YoU AND THE FAMILY HAUVE To WALK AND RIDE N CARS FOR A LONG Time* AND You HAVE No INSURANCE AND NO MONGY To BuY ANOCTHER STREET AND You REPORT T AND WALK HOME AND THEN - ONE DAV You GET A MESSAGE To Come DownN To THE POLICE STATION AND U GET,THE OLD CAR BACK AND ALL SHE NEEDS 1S GAS.... OH-H-H- Boy/' AIN'T 1T A GR-R-RAND AND GLOR-R-R-RIOUS FEEUIN'? | tion as potent wreckers of scores. ‘What are the most difficult holes on the rhythm of the swing with the wooden the course of the Washington Golf and Country Club? Can any one hole on this inviting | and treacherous course be called more devastating than another? With this purpose in mind. the edi- | tors of the Tee, monthly publication of | the club, have taken a poll of the golf- ing membership to find out which of the 18 score wreckers can be called the most devastating. The result has been | that the fifteenth hole has gained the | unenviable title of being the most haz- ardous. Most of the members put the other par 5 hole—the fourth— in second place as regards scoring diffl culty, with the vote divided next be- tween the eighth and eighteenth for third place as the most difficult holes | on_the rolling layout. But O. L. Veerhoff, who has acted for several years as clerk of the course in | invitation and club tournaments, be- lieves that while these holes, where far- ranging shots are demanded, probably | rank as the most difficult of the layout, | two other holes deserve falr considera- e first of these, he says, is the second, | known to some as “old 2 of 20,” while | the other is the third, where the green | lies tucked away behind a steep hill sloping quickly into a water ditch and where both tee shot and second shot are in_dire danger of being engulfed in the maw of the hazard. The fifteenth undoubtedly is one of | the most_hazardous holes about Wash- ington. But can any hole on this tricky course be chosen as more difficult than | another, on a course where a poorly | played shot may run the score up into | double figures? For Washington is| known all over the Midatlantic sector | as a score wrecker. Not a hole on the | layout lacks possibilities of boosting a good score skyward. It differs from other courses, where a poor shot simply | means loss of & stroke, for at Washing- ton, with its abundance of hills, traps and woods, a bad shot may mean any number of strokes. The fifteenth is a dog-leg affair of 446 yards, with a par of 5. Even though the distance does not place it in the par 5 category, its terrifying maze of trouble definitely makes it far more than a par 4. To have a chance to get on the green in two the tee shot must go more than | clubs, has made its appearance in pro- fessionals’ shops about Washington. It is a club with a regulation wooden head and a buggy whip shaft, which swings almost as if the clubhead were ai- tached to a plece of rope. It is simply intended to hark back to the old prin- ciple of letting the clubhead do the work, which is a fine rule to follow Misapplication of power through the hands as the club comes into the bail will ruin the shot with this club. It should help the pros to teach the art of flinging the clubhead at the ball in- stead of applying power through the back and hands. W. H. White of Beaver Dam came in from a round of golf at Manor the other day looking sorrowfully down the hill at the ninth hole. “What's the matter, Bill,” we asked him. “Well, you know. it's 'a fine golf course. The greens are great, and it is good. But they forgot how to use the ax.” Richard P. Davidson leads in the competition for the championship of | the Chevy Chase Club as the fourth and final round gets under way today. David- son yesterday registered a score of 78 over the third round to take a 3-stroke lead over C. Ashmead Fuller, with a 54- | hole total of 239 against 242 for Fuller, who had 86 yesterday. John Britton had a score of 91 yesterday and has a 54-hole total of 250, Entries for the Spring tournament ot the Columbia Country Club, which will be played next week, close with the golf committee of the club Saturday night. ‘The tourney will begin Wednesday and end on Saturday. The Columbia tour- ney usually has an entry list of up- ward of 300 players, and this year will probably be no exception to the usual rule that Columbia has more entries than any other tournament. PITTSBURGH BOOTERS APPEAR HERE SUNDAY Scotch soccerists will have their in- ning Sunday when Clan MacLennan's eleven, one of the strongest teams hereabout, will play host to the crack YOUNG NET PLAYERS CONTESTING TODAY Four matches each in the junior and boys’ competition were scheduled this afternoon in the District junior and the Sixteenth Street Reservoir | the first and second round engage- | ments having been disposed of yester- day when play opencd. Frank Shore, defending junior title | holder; Jack Lynham, who won the | boys’ crown last year, but is competing | in the junior group in the current tournament; Barnard Welsh and Mau- A total of 22 started in the junior class and 17 in the boys' division. Bob Newby, assisted by Winfree E. Johnson, is conducting the tournament, which is expected to be completed Sat- | o First urday morning. Today’s pairings and yesterday's re- | McLean, 6—3, sults: Juniors (third round)—Welsh_ vs. Neale, | §—30" %3 atons; | Boyi Shores v, Schloss _vs. Vi (ALl Willis ~ vs. o'clock.) Goubeau, Lynham. matches at boys' championship tennis tournament ', Boss (third sound)—¥oemans vs. Rosen- on courts. All were quarter-final matches, rg, Levin vs. Hunt, Jock McLean vs. Berry “vs. Garges. “(All " matches o'clock.) JUNIORS. First round—Schloss defeated Legum, 6—3 6-4; Boulc defeated Miles, 6—4, 6—1: oubeau defeated Buchanan, 61, Shores defeated Myer, 6—2, 6—3; O'Hanlon defeated Pierce, 57, 6—4, 6—4; Latona defeated Considine, 86, 1. o Sgcond | round —Welsh deféated Smith, e i feated Wilton, 6-2. 6-3: Willis defeated | Woods, 9.-7. 6—2; Lynham defeated Tronis, | 63, 4—6, 6—1. | 1| BOYS. round—Hunt defeated R. Boyle, Second _round — Yoemans _defeated Otto 2, 6—2; Rosenberg defeated Al Ritzenbers, 6--3, 6 i d N Jock McLean defeated Wi 6—1; Dial defeated Murph 6 4 defeated Ned McLean. Jr., | 6—1; Berry ARMY TENNIS TEAM HOPES TO GET EVEN » Army racketers will be out to even scores in the annual Leech Cup tennis[mmw fairway, matches to be held with the Navy net- | Since the start of men here July 20. Gurges defeated Nate RIZN"| 1o competition in 1924 Navy has won three times and the Army twice. In 1924 and 1925 Army was victoriou: LOTT -ELECTED CAPTAIN 1 OF CHICAGO RACKETERS CHICAGO, June 6 (#)—George Lott, | third ranking net star of the United States and Big Ten singles champion, has been elected captain of the Univer- but the sailors past three years. The resuits 1924—, Navy's team will consist of 10 mem- | have that mashie pitch-and-run shot. After the delay caused by the caddie going to the green to flag the hole, I knew I would make myself a laughing stock if I fell short with my shot or sent it to the right or left of the flag. The boys would all give me the laugh. Ball Splits Cup. “I hit the shot perfectly, and it struck on the edge of the green and rolled over the middle of the cup and off into a trap. True, the chances of my sink- irg for a two were one in a million, but things of that sort have happened in golf, and I gave myself a chance by hitting the ball straight. Von Elm finished second. I wasted an extra | stroke in the trap and finished third.” Here is some advice for youngsters in tournament play from Hagen: “It is mighty hard for a kid to win top honors in golf,” he said. “Horton Smith, you must remember, is & notable exception. When a youngster is going through the mill he should be satisfied ‘when he places in the money. We old- . timers know we have had a bad round ‘when we shoot a 77 or 78, but the thing to remember is that one mav shoot a 65 the next round, when all the ap- proach shots and putts click perfect ciation, won last year by the Manor Club, is played in conjunction with the qualifying round, and the medal round today found nearly a dozen teams | playing in this event. The course of | the Baltimore Country Club has been placed in first-class condition for the event, but some of the competitors have been complaining of the keeness of the putting greens. A light rainfall yester- day failed to soften the hard fairways and this combination with keen greens may boost the scores up to a high mark. Warren Corkran, by virtue of a 68 he | made recently over the course, is rated with Pitt as a favorite to win the title. The only prominent entrant missing from the tourney is Miller B. Stevin- son, runner-up in 1926 and always a prominent contender for the title, who has been forced by business reasons to cancel his entry. AMERICAN NETMEN NEAR SWISS SWEEP| By the “ssoclated Press. rice Goubeau, seeded players, all won their matche: 61 yesterd: defeated O'Hanlon. 6- Soie| Norman Root was chosen track cap- | bers, and it is intended to select ap- | proximately 20 candidates. " 6-3." Shore 2. Latona de- sity of Chicago’s 1930 tennis team. tain. He is a dash man. triumphed the to date Na i3 Astounding BARGAIN PRICES “To become discouraged or throw | ZURICH, Switzerland, June 6.—One | away shots merely because cne is off to ' defeat in a double: a bad start seems to me to imply lack | s e of confidence. In my younger days I sometimes lost by a stroke or two, and figuratively kicked myself for having become peeved in earlier rounds and thrown away strokes. You've got to fight all the time in golf.” (Coprrisht North . by American per Alliance.) e SALO LEADS BY AN HOUR; RUNNERS HIT HARD ROCK MESA, Ariz, June 6 (#).—With a lead of more than one hour over his nearest rival. Johnny Salo, the flying cop of Passaic, N. J., today took up an- clean sweep of the American forces in | | the Swiss tennis championships. | | Wilbur F. (Junior) Coen and his | | Prench partner, Christian Bossus, suc- | cumbed to Wetzel and Heitmann in two | deuced sets. The scores were 8—6, 8—8. 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