Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1931, Page 41

BEVERLY COURSE 5.4 RUBGED TEST Once Easy Layout Changed to One of Championship Proportions. HICAGO, August 27 (#).—For | the first time since Bobby Jones started sweeping everything before him, thew national amateur golf toumament this year—August 31 to spp\‘.ember 5—appears an open event. ‘There’ll be no Jones on hand | The Battle of Beverly BY GRANTLAND RICE Some Others. HE list cf those enumerated to date in the mad scramble at Beverly next week is still far from complete. For example, there is Ross Somerville, who has won the Canadian championship the last two years and who also is the entry that Bobby Jones figured would the hardest man he had to beat at Merion. Somerville is a fine golfer gl a hard-fighting, experienced match player who must always be given & chance. ‘Then there is Roland MacKenzle, who is Jllylnt as well as he cver played, with a long e that will suit the Beberly distances. lso Max Marston, the Philadelphia entry, who won at Flossmoor in 1923, beating Jess Sweetser on the :hlm--e'rhlh green. Marston is piaying well a1 so0 is Woody Platt, enother Philadelphia sharpshooter, who can play a lot of goif These are all seasoned flmpclrnen who at least have a good chance to qualify and stir up & lot of trouble in those two 18-hole rounds next Weanesday. Somerville especially has a chance to go a long way, as he is usually good for the low 70s in any test. The more one studies this fleld, the more complicated any picking gets It a}i gets down to a matter of anybody's guess. (Copyright. 1931.) to be. | | | | Canadian Champ U. S Golf Threat ONTREAL, August 27 (®).— Somerville, Canadian champion, can be 0se who have the Unl!ed IMMY HERRMAN, the long-hitting Washington Golf and Country Club player, had a fine chance to break 70 over the Washington course yesterday. Out in 34, playing in & match with Dore C. Gruver, Dr. T. D. Webb and W. R. McCallum, he came to the fifteenth hole with four pars for a 69, and it looked as if he might pick up another birdie®at the long fifteenth, Here he hit a fine tee shot well around the corner, giving him an open shot for | the green, but he flubbed his brassie amateur added to the M of lh":nmcflu f crown r crown this yea The authority for this mmnent Il Bobby Jones, 'hn defeated Somer- 'fll! last year on his way to the lobhy Wwas asked what he thought g‘! vs:nrrvmu chances when he ar- “You know how golf is” he re- | plied. “You never can ‘tell what will happen STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE ship next month he will be one of the most favored competitors, Indian Spring is making elaborate | preparations for its stag party to be held next Wednesday at the club. An afternoon of golf will be followed by an_evening of athletic entertainment to be featured by six boxing bouts. John C. Shorey and Tommy Bones, two of Washington's entrants in the | National Amateur Championship, are in | Chicago today, sharpeni up their shots in preparation for the amateur championship billed to start over the | Beverly Country Club course next Mon- | day. Roland MacKenzie of Columbia | player lfi ruht lnddl’ think he has & pretty good cmncc CUE ““STERY" TO PLAY. hm&n& “masked marvel” & ird exhibition will be held Slflltdl! night at 407 Rhode Isl | avenue northeast. The “marvel” is said 1o be & challenger for the world title. shot and took 6 on the par 5 hole. He finishd 5, for a card of 72. He ired against Gruver and McCallum and finished all square. Herrman played flawless golf up to the fifteenth hole, playing every hole exactly as the card requires, and never missing & shot until his brassie second | has been in Chicago since early in the | | week getting ready for the simon pure | | classic. con g ROBINS WIN EXHIBITOI ALBANY, N. Y. August 27 (#)— and nthefl!temh The Brookiyn Nationals defeated the The round proved again that if he| Albany Eastern League club, 12 to 3, | enters the District amateur champion- | last night in an exhibition game, SPORTS. RECREATION ROLLERS WILL MEET TUESDAY Hebrew Inumlub leetl Tonight and Capitol Hill to Hold Confab Next Week. A meeting of the Recreation Bowling | League will be held Tuesday at 8 o'clock on the second floor of the Recreation Alleys. It is Tequested that all captains or | representatives of teams be present as | the election cf officers will be held and other important qu-tlonl discussed. All new teams desiring frachises also should have rcpfrelermum at this meeting. ‘The Hebrew Interclub meet tonight at the Mosean Clul 709 G street, at 8 o'clock. of last year's teams are re- e will rooms, | S either tion. The bowl at the Columbta or season. e Gapha o Lo S e et { e will be 4'nludl’ at the itol Hill Alleys. | The teams wn?‘fi, dlvidefl into two loops, Class A and Class B. Accessories, Balls, Toys, Hats, Bels, Ete. N 1/201-'5 4"'Floor NN\ Barberiiiost \ this time—no player with a record‘ N i MRS, TYSNFACG, of all four major golf titles in| In Past Seasons ! one year. The field is wide open | ez | HER GOLAING INK two golfers have held the na- for anybody who tees off at the tional championship which will Beverly Country Club. | From the West such sturdy cam- | be battled for here August 31 to | September 5 over the Beverly Coun- | : | Mrs. Hill, Conqueror of West- paigners as Frank Dolp, Dr. O. P. Wil- ling and Charlie Seave:; from the Mid- try Club course. Here follows & list of the cham- ern Champ Three Years in Row, Again in Path. Kansas City found herself face west, Johnny and Jimmy Johnston; from the Easi ranking pla; jons and runner-ups in the 36-year istory of !.he tournament: | to face with her noteworthy golfing jinx today as she sauntered out g7 like George Volgt and T. Philp Per. | kins, and the Soush’s Gene Cook will Year. ‘Runner.up. 1805 3 ucD.nlld g Sands to protect her women's Western cham- plonship. appear. Any one of them is prlble of carrying 4 Her foe as the battle entered the off the trophy, given breaks.” third round over the Exmoor Country ‘The-course a short time ago was the | easiest in the Chicago district. It was | Club layout was none other than her home town rival, Mrs. Opal §. Hill, known as a business man's haven, where | the tired broker and lawyer could take | it easy, but still come in with a credita- | whom she hasn't succeeded in defeat- ing for three straight years. The champion was very much on the game ble score. l!mver all that has been changed. course that crowned her national champion in 1927, but so was her.’o.pfmnnt, and it looked like the most ing duel of has been rebuilt to cham- | the tournament. ‘The second match of the upper bracket also was expected to be a hard tussle, involving two of Chicago’'s best fers—Virginia Van Wie and Mrs. Dennehy, runner-up in the 1928 championship. Miss Van Wie ruied a slight favorite, but she hzs been jinxed g0 often in Western play that that | match, too, was of the toss-up variety. Topping the lower bracket was Mrs. Pressler of Sangabriel, Calif holder of the crown two years in row in 1927 and 1928. Her quarter. final opponent was one of the surprises of the tournament, Helen MacMorran of Ci Mrs. Pressler, who won the medal with a card Monday, was favored to win although she aj peared off her nmc yesterday as was carried to the final green to defeat Mrs. myonen Los Angeles city cham- | plon, 1 up. June Beebe, lu-ynr-old Chicago star, who eliminated Bernice Wall of Osh- kosh, Wis., vesterday, 2 and 1, Mrs. John Arends of Detroit were rivals in the last match, with Miss Beebe the favorite. So well have the favorites fared in the cham; ip struggle that five out of the eight scratch players remained in the fight. One of them, Mrs. Mida of Chicago, was eject another scratch player. while two oth ers, Mrs Gregg Lifur of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Melvin Jones, Chicago, were eliminated by young players with near | scratch handicaps. o) o o i 429. . Left-] dog-leg with | cat . 2o essler, an and N L Eit aa Ty oot | -POUND CLASS. Mrs. Dennehy were shot makers of the left. Second shot must carry m" 50-yard dash—Won by Leonard s m scratch handicap class. yards in front of green. Large green | fhon: inird Jons Blarr (Cortom). Titer, | nd. . fhird. John Blair (Cardoze). awaits successful carry. Running broed jump—Won by bw NO. 10. Tree) : e, >Wllhlnl‘wfl (Willo: 173. Par 3. Simple-looking hole on o g n v | NAVY NETMEN WIN TITLE Pa-k); third. James Tolliver 1'11 start of back nine, but requures firmly R et ey Wiy Tree (Henry | Toke Doubles to Gain Edge Over :l.thnon. Woods to left and traps to 13, Wrkasury Toam, @408 it. Breaking s 2—2 tie, Russett and Chandler yesterday defeated Dawson and Tracy. 12—10, 3—6, 6—1, in the final doubles to give Navy Department & win over Treasury and the champion- ship of the Departmeatal Tennis League. Treasury and Navy had tied each other at the end of the regular season two weeks ago and yesterday'’s match was & play-off, the first in several years. It was Navy's first win in seven years. BY PAUL MICKELSON. IGHLAND PARK, Il August 27 (A).—Mrs. George Tyson of ’P?‘F'fifl!zt*fl pionship proportions. It is now a Tugged | par 36—35—71 l.yout with a total yard- | age of 6,702, | Here are the conditions which will confront the pick of the Nation's ama- | teurs in the coming free-for-all: NO. 1. 378 yards. Par 4. With hvanblh §= “”?’“?FflflgrtflF‘!?fl FFFFgNi;: D. Tra P‘rlncll Quimet 15 R. No ‘championshtp No champlonship Shtex Evans Jesse Guiltord Jess Bwi Atax Marston Bobby Jones Bovby Jones Georse Von Bobby Jones Bobby Jones Har. Johnston Bobby Jones iCORDOZA AGAIN WINS rPI.AYGROUND HONORS | Takes Tltle in Competmn for Col- | ored Boys, With Howard in Second Place. e Scoring_over a dozen rival play-| . Green nu high on hm.‘:rwnds, Cardoza, for the second con- | annexed the 187. Par 3. Tee on top of hill; M~. age stamp green surrounded by traps. | ¥ull No. 3 or 2 iron required. Hole one | of the toughest par 3's in country. NO. 7. 558. Par 5. Two perfect wood shots and pitcih dead to pin required lor biraie. 1f back tee is used 1t requires | arive with 220-yerd carry to get over hill. A record-] nu'mber of 52 en- tzred the h-ll-mlle event, which was | won by . It was | mcemrv n-lnx to the great number, | to hold time trials. POINT SCORE. to Cardoza ...k. Howard Park Witlow Tree L NO. 8. . 375. Par 4. This hole a “breather,” |Sixth and L and green is in hollow. Recognized as :_ birdie hole. Par 4. NO. 9. NO. 11. 590. Par 5. Up hill and down dale all along on narrow fairway with slight dog-leg at finish. Two rousing wood shots give chance to pitch with No. 5 iron to well-trapped green. Difficuit par. ond. NO. 12. Eare Herbert 110. Par 3. Mashie niblick pitch of Somp—Wop %y 110 S oo T eyl | e ?c'c'm‘f "on" Bal ™o | heavily trapped green. Green has steep slope, and a shot past cup means lag on first putt. <econ Thomas. 3. MeClintock. J. Gregor, ¥. Haight) #5-POUND CLASS - Sales Leadership Four people have purchased the Buick Eight to every one buyer of any Smallwood i (Rose uts Skinker ~(Howard) Erskin King (Logan). Running Bruee (Cook): hnn war Phillip thlrdmuelvln Bovett (Coskr, —Won by Howard xo. 13 other of the thirteen eights in Buick’s price range during the twelve 390. Par 4. Drive must carry hill to narrow fairway below. Second shot second. 5.“.:" with No. 4 or 3 iron difficult, as green B. Paype. F. Houston) iy perfectly flat and tightly trapped. Budson. 5. Briscoe. C. Branch. D. Kinaare) Good par for any golfer. 100-POUND CLASS. NO. 14 80-3ard dash—Won hv w‘\:;:’!u‘ 326. Par 4. Traps on either side of fairwey to catch a shot off of line. Green well banked and guarded with traps. eated P; d Mehl, 108 e—t; Wikson (Navy) detested Ooe 6—1, 64 Russett and Ohane ‘N 7) drkflbfl Dawson and Trigs, 13—10. months since its introduction. This four-to-one preference—in days mwvs | when America is scrutinizing values more closely than ever before— a o Third. Bruce Wa'l (Willow Tree) 17 feet 315 incher mp_ W by James Har- Samuel Bailey w. Jor- NO. 15 448. Par 4. Woods line both sides of fairway and feeble first shot will make second a blind one. Takes two wood- ens without alding wind. Green trapped in front to catch second shots short and a bit off line. NO. 16 414. Par 4. Green sits well up in air with traps on ejther side and deep one %o rear. A par is considered good golf. NO. 17 200. Par 3. A full spoon or No. 1 iron to slightly banked green with traps in front and on left and right. Deuces are uncommon and par tough. NO. 18 572. Par 5. Slight dog-leg requires two terrific wood shots to get within pitch at green. Green has decided slope, and two big fairway pits catch in- cautious second shot. Birdies very rare. - by~ Many good cards expected to be ruined —Wen by Miller on hole in qualifying rounds. second. Milton Joyner (Ros. PArk) third, Earl Campbell (Magruder). Time, 3 minutes 25 seconds. WOMAN BOWLERS MEET R DOES YOUR CAR SHIMMY? *_ / YCUR P SPRINGS NEED ATTENTION We Can Make Them RIDE LIKE NEW Springs Manufactured and Repaired for All Makes of AUTGOS, TRUCKS, BUSSES Quick Service For High-Class BRAKE LINING SEEUS WASHINGTON SPRING- WORKS 1410 Church St. N.W. DE. 0840 W R S fully confirms the value leadership of The Eight as Buick Builds It. It is secon: Boweit, "Harris): thira: Willlams. J. Hawkins, C. Anderson). 115-POUND CLASS. rd dash—Won by Celvin Pendle Brig e Sones (W itow Treer: third: Albert Crowies “(Cardosa’ Running brosd jump—Won by W. Shakin :_second. G. Duffy (Sixth and L) olph (Magruder) Distance, ;mp—Won by Robert Mar. Prik) ond. Lonis Black hird. Francis Contee (Lowan Height, § feet 1 inch UNLIMITED CLASS. 100-yard dash—Won Norman_Picklin (Sixth snd L. second. Wilbert Henry (Car- doza). third, Thamss Jackson (Caradra) poRunning broad ump Vineent ‘Milton ‘Robin loyd (Cardoza) Parm Valentine, this outstanding value which causes 89 per cent of all Buick owners to buy Buicks again and again. ‘ [ 4 * L4 % Buick has sold four times as many eights as the next most popular eight in its field, August 1, 1930, through July, 1931, according to official figures by R. L. Polk & Company : BUICK EIGHT Four Series of Straight Eights with Bodies by Fisher—22 Luxurious Models—$1025 to $2035, f. o. b. Flint, Michigan . 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Officers for the coming season will be slected and plans -m be made CALLS GONZAGA GRIDMEN Coach Orrel Mltchfll of Gonzaga will flll & class of gridders to order tomor- it at 7:30 o'clock at the school. the Purple will spend a llminlry training at Cedar- this year will be decided The Low Cest of RED FOP Quality Ha// 15 within reach of £ verybodly /. \ At All Dealers! Stanley H. Horner 1015-17 14th St. Bury Motor Co. Anacostia, D. C. About 35 are expec!zd to appear for Lodge Motor Co. Purcellville, Va. HEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM A GENERA