Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1929, Page 20

SP NEW LINKS OFFER * VARIETY OF GOLF iMaj. Newman Is Constructor of First Air-Planned Lay- out in U. S. ORTS. Britain’s Best Amateur. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. | ONG before a spade was stuck in | the ground the complete golf | layout of the Army, Navy nnd" Marine Corps Country Club had | been surveved from the air and | the holes had been ploited out in pros- pect. Sites for greens and tees had been spotted from the air and Maj. Richard D. Newman, constructor of the | Iayout. who came to Washington to do | the job, knew just what he could do | with the ground at I¥s disposal. The firs. example of golf course con- | struction from an airplane by the aid | map, the eourse of | and Marine Corps | b, which was opened only | a few ‘months ago, shows plainly the advantages to be gained by observing ,the country from the air over which a golf course i3 to be laid out. Maj. Newman is a firm believer in the airplane approach method of golf | course construction. He holds that | with a topographic map of the country | and & single airplane spotting trip over 1he land he can lay out a golf course from the air that will be quite as good | as one laid out by laborious walking | over rough and undeveloped country to observe all the locations for tees, fair- | ways and putting greens. | Offers Plenty of Variety. Over a stretch of rugged country a | stone’s throw away from the wircless towers of the Navy high frequency station at Arlington and a short dis- | tance from Fort Myer have been laid | out, 18 fine golf holes. demanding all | that is best in the golf shot repertoire | of any player who would hope to ap- proximate par. Most of the course has been constructed along a broad valley, through which meanders a shallow | stream. which has been cleveriy util- | ized to make the tee shots and ap- | proaches of considerable difficulty. | Some of the land on which the last | few holes of the first nine and the first | _three or four holes of the second nine | were built wa: Sl'amplang and major | draining operations were hecessary be- fore the course could be constructed. Near the sixth tee, when the course | was built, a large bootleg still was in | full operation when the course con- | structors went through the swampland | 0 begin operations and the bottom- | land on which the still was located | vielded up more than a dozen poisonous snakes, Maj. Newman, who has, had a wide and varied golf experience extending | over more than three decades. has con- | structed a golf course which now meas- | ures 6,108 vards. Rather short on the vardage side of the equation, but de- manding accurate and lengthy tee shots | if the plaver would score low. Most of the holes go down through the valley | which lies below the clubhou on the hilltop overlooking Washington and.the Potomac River. A few of them climb the big hill on which the club Thouse is situated, among these the pro- posed ninth and the present eighteenth. At present the ninth hole is a one- shotter, but later it will be a long two- shotter to the green within a few yards of the grillroom and porch on the east side of the clubhouse. | ‘The history of the club Is interesting. | Back in 1863, when a major battle of | the Civil War was impending at Get- | tysburg, and Washington was being stripped of its defenders to meet the | Southern thrust in Pennsylvania, a seouting force of 6,000 Cavalry, mask- | ing a foree of 16000 Infantry. pushed | nup through the valley where the g‘nlf; course iz now located and were fired AMATE GOLF CHAMPION, 1920 a0 1929 % il ) FORTE U.S. TITLE DRIVERS, WHO wikL. COMPETE So Mr. Cyril Jame Hastings Tol- ley, M. C., who has recently won the British amateur golf champion= ship. will try his luck in the United States amateur tournament to be played at Pebble Beach, Del Monte, Calif., the first week in_September. Mr. C. J. H. Tolley, M. C. (per- haps the initials stand for Mashie Cleek or Medals and Cups) would like to add the United States ama- teur crown to the one he already wears. But perhaps a Mr. Jones or a Mr. von Eim will see that he doesn’t. At any rate. Mr. Tolley is an interesting individual to have around and the United States tour- nament will be greatly enhanced by his_presence. Cyril Tolley, like Jack Dempsey, has a punch.” Unlike Jack Dempsey he also has an enviable war record. By “punch” I mean his 300-yard drives, and by “enviable war record" I mean the time he ran a_ British tank through the German lines in 1917 and kept on going until he struck a German staff dug-out. Tolley first played in the British THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, <) /AND ONE OF THE GAMES LONGEST AT PEBBLE BEACH IN SEPEMBER Metropotian Newspsper Sevica amateur tournament in 1920. He made a pretty fair showing for a newcomer. In fact, nobody else did as well, and Tolley won by beating Bob Gardner of the United States at the thirty-seventh hole. Now he's back again at the top nine years later and in the meantime he has twice bern open champion of France, has plaved on five British Walker Cup teams, made two holes in one and driven the first green at_Troon, a distance of 350 yards. This last-mentioned feat occurred in the British open in 1923. He once visited a certain Mr. Jones of Atlanta and gave such an exhibi- tion of long driving that the natives were flabbergasted for months after- ward._ Tolley socks & golf ball the way Ruth hits a base ball and as Red Mclonghlin used to massacre a tennis hull. He is a red-blooded, virile aristo- crat, a Tzhting sclion of an exclu- sive T.ondon family, this Cyril Tol- lev. and you'll love to watch him wind up and murder the poor de- fenseless little pill at Pebble Beach in September. DOWN THE LINE WITH W. 0. McGEZHAN. champion of Britain, by H I HE defeat of Capt. Victor Cazalet, M. P., former squash racquets elen Wills and the humidity in straight sets of tennis has started some hypothetical questions. The boys are asking if Miss Wills could beat Henri Cochet, and are going even further and wondering if Miss Joyce Wethered could beat Robert Tyre Jones at golf. Of course, these hypothetical questions could be answered easily enough if the persons involved would consent to the matches. If they should --without posing as an expert I should like to have the bank roll on the two gentlemen in these contests, provided that there should be any takers. In Paris, when Miss Wills was forced to forego meeting Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen through illness, a oung gentleman who announced that he was the press agent of Mlle. Lenglen said that the former woman champion could beat any man in the world one set in tennis. 1 was too polite 1o ask why the woman amateur tennis champion had a press agent. This was just before Henri Cochet came to the United upon by Union outposts from the ele- | States and defeated William Tilden, vated position where the first tee now | to their commander that the Union troops were in force and that an at- tempt to capture Wachington from the southwest might be disastrous. The Southern troops retreated down the | valley. Later developments proved that only | a handful of 600 Union troops were scattered along the line between the present golf course and Fort Berry over near what is now the Chain Bridge. A strong Southern thrust. Army officers agree, at this point would have put the City of Washington in serfous danger | of capture by the overwhelming South- | ern force, for the Capital had been | | stripped of its defenders to meet the | stands. The Southern troops reported | 1! | cordially. Nk | inference from the statement of press agent of Mille. Lenglen was that the women's tennis champion could | beat Mr. Tilden one set. But the match | never was staged. Mlle. Lenglen and Mr. Tilden disliked each other very An expert from the Tondon Daily | Mail* removes any suspicion that Capt. | Cazalet, through gallantry, permitted | Miss Wills to win. On the contrary, the expert implies that Miss Wills let the | captain down easily, and that she could | have beaten him even more soundly. It seems probable that Miss Wills, playing with the speed and precision she hes attained, might have beaten any of the male tennis champions of furnizhed 'med a bit supe: ing with Mr. Ruth through the dark- ness of a side road on 4 L We seemed to be lost. A delivery ‘wagon came alongside. Mr. Ruth poked his head out of the sedan and bellowed, “Which way to Hampton Bays?” Straight ahead. Babe.” returned the driver, and, as I said, it was piich dark. From this it might seem that to number the Babe in & base ball fleld came under the head of useless figuring. But then the magnates probably felt that they could not be too solicitous about making everything clear to the base ball experts and statisticians, FRIDAY, JULY. 19, 1929. SPORTS.,” Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country Club Course Is Mapped Out From Plane FORRESTER HAS 70 TO TOP GOLF FIELD By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, N. Y, July 19.— While many of the 150 golfers who started in the Metropolitan open cham- plonship came to grief on the sandy, wind-swept Lido course in yesterday’ first round. Half a dozen of the golf. ing elect managed to beat the stiff sea side course into submission. Led by Jack Forrester, a tall Scots- man, who now hails from Hackensack, N. J., five professionals equaled or bet- tered par for the first 18 holes of the 71-hole medal test, while two more finished just one stroke above figures. Forrester negotiated ea Store open | Saturday night until 11:30 P. M. Folding Ironing Board 99¢ Well made and strongly braced. Can be easily folded away when not in use. Full nickel cord and plug. of colored handles. in one under par to lead the fleld with 36—34—70. One stroke behind the leader, and still one better than par, came Mike Brady and Jim Barnegs. Gene Sarazen and Leo Diegel negotiated the 18 holes in perfect figures of 72 to tie for the next place on the list. Henry Ciuci and Bill Mehlhorn turned in cards of 73 for the round. REGATTA DATE NAMED. PEORIA, TIL,, July 19 (#).—The first national outboard motorboat champion- ship regatta will be held on upper Peoria Lake October 12 and 13. Events In several classes are being arranged. ‘Tailor-made suits with silk as the main material will be worn by the pertect | Oregan State College foot ball team nine | next Fall. Automobile Ice Box 3.49 Strong steel hox with galvanized in- side lining special ice partment. any board running TURF VETERANS RACE IN $20,000 HANDICAP By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, duly 19.—Juveniles and 3-year-olds having had their day at Arlington Park, older campaigners will have their chance in the $20,000 added Arlington Handicap tomorrow at a mile and a quarter, ‘The second richest stake at the Arlington Park seaspn, the handicap has attracted a great field of all age horses. Osmand, owned by Joseph E. Widener, ranked as the outstanding handicap horse of the country, will be | a starter and will have plenty of swift | company. W. Averill Harriman’s Sun Edwin was shipped here especially for the handi- first sale in Thousands over. YOUTH VS. EXPERIENCE IN WOMAN’S GOLF PLAY DENVER, Colo., July 19 (#).—Two 17-year-old girls were paired against two veteran campaigners today in the semi-finals of the woman's trans- Mississippl golf tournament. R Replogle - of Oklahoma Cit; cap. Whiskery, winner of the 1927 Kentucky Derby, also is an almost cer- tain starte: Others of the “and up” class who are entered are Misstep, Dowagiac, Buddy Bauer, Easter Stock- ings, Chicago, Gaffsman and Royal Julian. ‘Three-year-old eligibles include Clyde | van Dusen, Kentucky Derby winner this year; Rose of Sharon, the season’s outstanding filly; Windy City, victor in the American Derby: Francis Milward, Voltear and Grand Prince. Only two more days—and our ix months is have already saved all during the week—and there.'a still plenty of time for YOU, TOO, to share in the big savings. EVERYTHING is reduced—-thous nds upon thousands of items—Hardware, Radio, _Auto Syppl:el, Sporting Goods, Houseware, etc. You’'ll be sorry if you miss it! 11-Plate Battery non-leakable rase. one yea 13 Plate Battery In 11 Plate Case. and com- Fits TIRE PUMP Very strong steel with hose. bargain at this price. 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While it was considered quite pos- sible that one of the more vouthful aspirants to the tran: 1 crown would survive tod i interest was centered largely around the champion and the medalist because of their records Golf is America's richest sport, being figured the game has a total vestment of $2,000,000,000. Reduced Prices on Kelly Springfield Buckeye Cords Remember our guarantee—16,000 miles of satisfac- tory service for each tire—: nd a guarantee against all defects for its entire life. Southern threat at Gettysburg, where | Lee and his forces reached the “high | tide of the Confederacy” a few days | Tater. The clubhouse now in nuse was con- | !(_fz';nrvpg m{ 1914 for the Kn'ightsl r{’l‘ clumbus for use as A country elub.| ‘There is no answer. stronghold. Before it was taken over | €Y°n more interesting concerning the br the present golf organization it was | Ascendancy of women in athletic events. used as a stable for horses of the col- | 1N #& suit for separation filed against 20 years ago. But this is one of those hypothetical question to be rated with the query, “Could the Jack Dempsey of Toledo have beaten the John L. Sullivan who stepped onto the turf to meet Jake Kilrain?” The New York State Boxing Com- mission did not adopt the number- ing system, but it made the fighters wear distinctive tights. This was to make sure that the judges would not get confused between Sam Langford and Gene Tunney. In the case of the judges in this vicinity it was a wise precaution, Most of them are color blind. ‘The next move will be to have cham- plonship chess players wear numbers Electric Kitchenette Set Parcolator 1.09 30x4.50 ......$6.65 ored people living in that vicinty and | MF. Mickey Walker, the middieweight | the land was a rendezvous for automo- | bile thieves operating in Washington to | strip the cars they stole. Once Was Auto Dump. Now the erstwhile automobile dump | has been transformed into a picturesque | country. club. which sits high on a hill overlooking the Capital, down into the valley where a dozen or more of the gunln[ greens can be viewed from the illtop. * Maj. Newman explained that it is not the intention of the club to have a championship golf course. He wants to make a difficult course, but not a course that will be so hard to play it will be a thing of dread rather than a pleasure for most of the members. ‘The course at present has not a bunker on it, but there is plenty of trouble of other descriptions, in the ditches, trees and hills to make it a real test of the.game. Work on the lavout was not really started until the Spring of 1928. But as soon as work was begun, it wes rushed through to | completion, and today the service club has an exceptionally fine golf course, Hers is the way the holes are bullt, with their par: | No. 1, 285 yards, par 4; No. 2, 510 yards, par 5. No. 3, 380 yards. par 4 No. 4, 525 yards, par 5; No. 5, 336 yards, par 65 yards. par No. 7, 177 yards, p: : No. 8, 335 yards, : No. 9, 150 yards, par 3. No. 10, 194 yards, par 3; No. 11, 326 ' yards, par 4; No. 12, 437 yards; par 4; No. 13, 540 yards, par 5; No. 14, 335 yards, par 4; No. 15, 480 yards, par 5; No. 16, 345 yards, par 4; No. 17, 185 yards, par 3; No. 18, 385 yards, par 4. Total yardage. 6.109. Par, 36—35—71. The ‘sixteenth hole, in our judgment, is the best of the two-shotters on the course, although the eighth and twelfth form of | champion, it is recited that the middle- weight champion’s mother-in-law holds two knock-out decisions in private over the conqueror of Tiger Flowers. The name of the middleweight champion's mother-in-law is Kelly, which may or may not have something to do with it. Out on the Pacific Coast I recall the Spartan mother of a prizefighter who was close to the top of his class and of another bold lad who was the best rough-and-tumble fighter west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Her husband was the greatest ama- teur fighter in the various trades. Yet it is recorded that she could whip the entire family and estab- lished that fact at a private demon- stration. There is one athletic event—and to my mind the one that required the greatest courage and stamina—in which A girl outdid all the men who tried it. This ix the English Channel record swim established by Gertrude Ederle. She not only made the swim on rough | seas, but she broke the records of all the men. To my mind you can discount the claims of Hans Vierkotter (pronounced | Beerkettle by Mr. James Dougherty) | and any other unauthenticated records. | LR The Numerical System. N line with the trend toward making all sports more easily followed by | the customers, & movement is on foot to have the polo players number them- | selves for the important tournaments. It started with the numbering of foot | ball players for the convenience of the experts. But it seems that some con- | fusion in foot ball counts still persists— due, nn doubt, to the fact that experts are poor’ arithmeticians, are fine examples of the drive and pitch hole. The tenth is a fine one-shotter. ANGLERS’ GUIDE. AND W TIDES FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JULY 20 AND 21, mGHAT Cl'ml'?AP!AK! BAY AND LOWER POTOMAC RIVER POINTS. Washington ;Anmpolla weeeeeeen8 Chesapeake Beach Han Solomons Island A | Benedict Point Lookout . eesees. . Saturday 8 .Saturday Sunday 12 Then the base ball magnates fell into line, though nobody asked when_engaged in tournaments, so that the chess experts can tell just who led with the Ruy Lopez. ,,,,, s g SELLS GRID FRANCHISE. 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