Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1932, Page 43

s PORTS. WS FRD D STAR. FON; B 9y SIEGRES - Maurice McCarthy, Former Hilltop Linksman, ANY noted golfers from the | Washington Golf and Country Club, over in Virginia, where the youngster, who attended George- | town University, has been the one for golf courses and McCarthy holds them both at Washington. The former is the only man who has been able to 2qual the present course par of 170 at repeatedly by many professional | and amateur stars, but no one has tied | Low Card Unofficial, but Former G. U. Star Got Par in Competition. M amateur and professional; ranks have played over| the rugged golf course of | hills slope down toward the Poto- mac, but of them all Maurice J. McCarthy, the husky New York definitely and finally to put par in its place There are two types of course records Georgetown basket ball and golf star not only is the holder of the unofficial course record of 66 whacks, but he also etrokes in & medal play competition. His 66 mark, five under par, made on September 23, 1927, has been shot t, even though three players have been within a stroke of equaling McCarthy's mark Great Golfers Miss Mark. Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen, John Farrell, Tommy Armour, Archie Com- | ston, Wats Gunn, Jimmie Ockenden and Roland MacKenzie are few of the stars who have played the course and not one of them has done the tough Virginia layout in better than 72 strokes in the matches in which they played. But five years ago when Maurice McCarthy was developing the game that later brought him the intercollegiate cham- plonship and two metropolitan amateur | titles he was at his best at Washington. | His course record of 66 came on & day When Davie Thomson, the club pro and most persistent seeker after McCarthy's Tecord, was playing with him, and is & remarkable exhibition of consistency and brilliance. The eighth hole was then a par 5 affair, and at that hole came one of McCarthy's six birdies. He played the out nine in 35 strokes and the nine in 31. ‘Here is the card: Par ...... 4344354443571 McCarthy, 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 43166 Thomson_himself was around the | eourse in 76 that day, but his card Jooked puerile before the riot of birdies that McCarthy put on. Three years ago the big lad with the Irish name played in the club invita- tion tourney, and then he set what still is the official course record. Playing the first nine in 35 strokes—exactly | par—McCarthy came to the eighteenth hole nceding a 4 for a 69. He hit a colossal tee shot at this eightcenth and reached the green, 420 yards from the tee, with a spade mashie second. But the cup was in a tricky spot, and he three-putted for & 70, That score is the lowest made in com- | petition over the present Washington | course. For 10 years and gmore the | amateur stars have had a dfack at it | in the club invitation events, but nol one has come close. In that tourney McCarthy was licke in the second round by Dick Wilson, one | of his Georgetown golf teammates. Es- saying to drive over the trees at the seventeenth hole in the attempt to reach | the green, McCarthy found the ditch and it cost him the match. | Thomson Within Stroke. Dave Thomson has had no fewer than ten 67's over the past four years in his many attempts to tie or beat McCarthy’s mark, but the 66 still stands. On several occasions Thomson has come to the last two holes needing a_birdie and a par to tie, but each time he has failed. Perhaps some day the putts will drop a little more often than usual and Thomson will either tie or break the record made by the long-hitting Mc- Carthy. Henry D. Nicholson, the present club champion, played the course in 67 two years ago With a 5 at the seventeenth | hole, where he tried too hard for a birdie 3 and three-putted the green. | Frank K. Roesch, former club cham- | pion, has had & 67, and a few years ago Tommy Armour, on his second round of the course, scored a 68, with | three holes over par, getting back in 33 strokes. But the twin marks made by Mc- Carthy still stand and probably will stand for some time The old Washington course of a decade and a half ago was & short | layout with & true par of 68. In 1921 the course was changed around, length added, and the layout stands today as | one of the toughest par 70 courses about the Capital. Many times both nines have been played in figures far below par. | MacKenzie's First Nine Fine. Roland MacKenzie has played the first nire in 31, Dave Thomson has played ic several times in 32 and one or two 31's have been scored over the Jast nine. P. W. Calfee played the last nine a year and a haf ago in 30 strokes, but his out nine was not so good. Washington is the home of the birdie. While the course is not short as length goes on golf courses. there are many opportunities for birdies on the seven holes on the layout which | ve and pitch affairs for the y good golfer. And how they get Numerous_ instances of holes be- | Ived in birdies come at Wash- yesterday, on a slow mmy Corcoran and Henry on halved the seventeenth in berlin of Kenwood Golf b today denied the re- | Sarazen will not be in the National Capital Kenwood holds the is year. Chamberlin wothing to a report issued weeks ago tnat Sarazen will be the tourney at Kenwood derogatory remarks Yorker last November. cording to Chamberlin, will first invitation to partic if it is held this receive the n the tourney NRY D. NICHOLSON is not only the golf champion of the Washing- ton Golf and Country Club, but :s | also the co-holder of the contract bridge | title at the Virginia club. Nicholson | and E. P. Brooke, a former Middle | Atlantic golf champion, held more cards and played them better than the other 40-0dd competitors in the first contract bridge event of the club last night, and walked off with the main prize. Second to them were Joseph E. Baldwin and Dr. Richard N. Sutton icholson leit Washington today with J. G. C. Corcoran for Miami Beach, Fla., to spend the balance of the Winter in the balmy atmosphere of the South A number of Washington golfers are to go over tg the Rolling Road Club of Catonsville, Md., tonight to attend the annuel meeting of the Maryland State Golf Association. Edgar A. Peppler of Pointers on Golf - OUIMET'S STOREY'S BY SOL METZGER. Because there is no great physi- cal effort in stroking a putt. there are no common principles to be fol- lowed in one's stance. The main idea is to take one that makes you feel comfortable and enables you to follow through. Hagen, for example, spreads his feet in putting, claiming it keeps his body from moving. Jones keeps his close together. Ouimet's stance is shown with toes almost on line. On the other hand, I have seen Storey, the British Walker Cup star. putt magnificiently with the odd stance pictured above. Whereas Jack White, on long putts, keeps his feet together as ifi.the sketch. but spreads them for the short ones “I'm helpless when it comes to long iron shots.” How many times have you heard this? Address Sol Metzger in care of this paper and ask for his free illustrated leaflet on “Long Iron Shots.” Be sure to inclose & stamped, addressed en- velope. (Copyright, 1932.) D. C. GIRLS IN SWIM Five Will Compete Event in New York. Five Washington Swimming girls will leave here Sunday in tow of Coach Florence Skadding to compete in er meet of the New mming Association the annual Midwi York Woman's S in that city. They are Onalene Lawrence, leading District fancy diver; Rita and Madeline Augusterfer, Lenore Taube and Anna- belle Whaler. in Midwinter Is Master of Washington Links DIEGEL WHPS PAR PACING COLFFELD ‘Home Pro Six Under for 36‘ Holes at Agua Caliente. Guest Close Second. | By the Associated Press. GUA CALIENTE, January 15— Leo Diegel served notice that he contemplated saving the $15,000 open championship for Baja California as it passed the half- | way mark today. Admittedly playing the best game of |a title-bedecked career, he posted a course record at 68 yesterday to amass the short total of 138 after 36 holes, 6 under par. Right behind him were Charles (Beau) Guest of Deal, N. J, whe | cracked out & 69 for a total of 140, and Gene Sarazen of New York, who paced par, step for step, to take third place at 142, Cooper, Morrison Well Up. Harry Cooper of Chicago and Fred Morrison, Culver City, Calif, mudder, Who led after the first 18 holes, were close to the top with 143s. Light Horse had & 71 on the second round couldn't locate the greens s irons and ended up with a 74 for _the round Diegel's was_not the only 68 yes- terday. Paul Runyon of White Plains, N. Y., one of the rising generation, sur- prised every one, including himself with two nine-hole cards of 34. Tied with Runyon at 144 was Walter Hagen who missed a long putt by inches and took 70 Sixty low professionals and all ama- [ teurs will continue through tomorrow’s final round. DIAMOND IRRESISTIBLE Uniontown Teams Play Midseason Ball in Balmy Weather. UNIONTOWN, Pa., January 15 (®). —A warm sun smiled while two Union- town teams battled through a full nine- inning base ball game yesterday. The Cool Spring Icicles beat the Eastern Union Snowdrifts by the mid- season score of 3 to 1. The maximum temperature was 73, the minimum 53, for a 12-hour period. Howell, Richmond Golf Star, To Drive for In Big Tourneys This Year BY FRANK FULLER, Associated Press Staff Writer. ICHMOND, Va, January 15.—A heavier and more muscular Billy Howell is preparing for the golf wars of 1932. He is hitting the new ball a little farther and a little straighter than ever. This slim, blond youngster became eq the “boy wonder” of American amateur golf in 1931 by his exploits, brought to a climax when he went to the semi- ‘finll_s of the national championship, losing & sensational match to Francis Ouimet. He lost 23 pounds in six 1931 tourna- ments; he has regained all that lost weight and added about 10 pounds more while concentrating now on his re- sponsibilities as a senior at Washingt and Lee University. He is only 19. Billy plays goll whenever he gets the chance. During the Christmes holi day season, his father says, he sh “great golf.” Playing with a 15-y old brother Tommy, Billy was under par for four rounds He likes swimming and dancing. He stands well up in his class as a student After leaving Washington and Lee he expects to enter business with his father, a hardware merchant in Rich- mond. Billy survived his “big year” and all the tumult of hometown enthusiasm for his exploits without having his head turned. He was just as much surprised when he got home to get a tremendous welcome and the gift of & new car, as he was to step bashfully into the press tent at Beverly last September and find the experts writing thousands of words about him. His friendly “Bos- Many Laurels \ well,” Paul Ferris. helped him over the hurdles of publicity. Confidence on any golf course, plus | ability to concentrate, is typical of this | youthful star. Going to the thirty- fourth and next to last hole of his match with Ouimet, Howell remarked a friend and U. S. G. A. official: 'm not licked yet.” He was one down. a screaming fron split the pin and the | hole was salved. Again_Billy met the test at the | thirty-fifth, Francis on the green and | Howell in a deep trap to the right. Knowing the match depended on it he exploded and missed holing out by an inch. Francis showed his own game- | ness by sinking the birdie that ended young Howell's first quest for national honors. Billy is out for more trophies this season. Graduation will prevent a de- fense of his Middle Atlantic title, but he will defend his Old Dominion and Virginia amateur crowns. He also ex- pects to enter the Southern Conference tournement, the intercollegiates, the Southern amateur and national ama- about the national open?” he ed s a long way off yet,” he said ve to graduate first, then think i®.” ell's most highly prized trophy monogram_given him by Wash- n and Lee University in recogni- n_of his prowess on the links. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F fiex about H UPER-HETERODYNE Liberal allowance on your old set Installed free 624 Pa. Ave. S. E. 7th and Q sta. 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The Olympic Stadium, seating 105,000, | These measurements are in accordance the world. | with Olympic requirements. French to Send “|OLYMPICS TO BOOM 80 to Olympics L0S ANGELES STOCK IGHTY athletes are expected to constitute the French team in the 1932 Olympic games in the United States. This limit has been set on the nunfber of representatives due to a decrease_in the credits anticipated | for the French Olympic fund. {is one of the biggest in | The Olympic Auditorium, another | new bullding, will seat 20,000 fans. | These and other facilities being pro- | vided, added to the already ample sports equipment of the community, put Los Angeles In the forefront of world sports centers and makes it pos- sible to stage almost any event in that city. A IR | coach Carlson of the Pittsburgh basket ball team feeds his men ice | cream after practice. | SHOULD SEW UP FLAG |Cubs Now Have Three Taylors to Take Stitches in Time. The Taylor family will be well repre- sented on the Chicago Cubs next season. With the purchase of Harry Taylor, Seattle first baseman, the club acquired its third player of that name. The others are Danny Taylor, s outflelder, and old Zach Taylor, ca! edy er. There’s one thing we didn’t do! When we changed the Wonder price, we didn’t change Wonder - Clothes! We didn’t change the styling! We didn’t change the work- manship! And we didn’t change the fabrics! At $15 you still get Boucles, Llamas, Caraculs, and other expensive-type Overcoats! At ? 15 goy s'till get Twists, Tweeds, 15-0z. Worsteds, Cheviots, and other e duits: The New Wonder Price Is NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS! EACH GARMENT GUARANTEED 10077 ALL WOOL! andreds of Suits & Overcoats at one price! That means Tuxedos, too! We brought down the price—and brought down the house! Last Friday we spread the good news—and Saturday it seemed like half the town was in here trying to get waited on! Our new low price came like a bomb- shell in the clothing business. Even at our old price, people had a hard time figuring out how we could afford to give such values. And now that it’s down to §15, they’ll start scratching their heads all over again! ’ But there’s no mystery about it at all. It’s just that nobody else would DARE to OF WONDER méics CLOT make their own clothes, sell them in their own stores, freeze out the middleman— and do it all for a margin of profit that’s as thin as a razor blade! Sure, we know we’ve got to do a tre- mendous volume of business to get by. But Washingtonians know their values— and they’re not going to pass up a bet like this! Don’t wait till your friends start show- ing you their new Wonder Clothes. Make it your business to come down here to- morrow—the new Wonder values will mak it a pleasure! 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