Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1937, Page 14

S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1937. SPORTS. — Exacting Pitch Over Trap to Green Declared Toughest Golf Shot BTH PUTT EASIEST FOR FRED MLECD Points to lJittery Sessions on Greens, One of Which Cost Him Heavily. BY W. R. McCALLUM. ¥4 HE hardest shot in golf. Why man, they're all hard. There I isn’t an easy one in the lot. But I guess the fourth putt is the easiest.” Fred McLeod grinned about it. He's played his share of the tough ones and the easy ones since the day 33 years ago when he landed in New York and marveled at the land of his ‘Pdoption, its bigness and strangeness. “Yep, they're all tough. And they get tougher as the years roll by.” But come to think of it Fred takes back that crack about the fourth putt being the easiest. He thinks the fifth | putt is the real pushover in golf. And. don’t laugh, for it can be done. Give a man a combination’of a long ap- proach putt across a down-slope on & green about as siick as the surface of a grand piano, a high wind,.and & quick slope below the cup and he can take five putts and like ‘em At least Fred had to like ‘em at Augusta a couple of years ago, where he took five on the fourteenth green of the National course. *When 1} holed that fifth putt I felt as if some | one had reached over and shaken my | hand.” Putt Becomes Tough. NOR is Fred convinced that the half-inch putt is an easy shot. We don’'t mean to harp on putting or on McLeod's putting, but the two seem to go together, so to speak. There was the time, for example, at Pinehurst, where Fred McLeod had a great chance to win the North and South championship. And he blew a half- inch putt. Playing with Sandy Armour he was @ shot back of the leader. At the | seventh hole he stuck his tee shot on the sand (they had sand greens in those days) about 4 feet from the cup. Now a 4-foot putt to McLeod on a sand green was practically a “gimme.” He knocked ‘em in without ever thinking about 'em But this time his timing was a e¢hade off. The ball stopped half over the rim of the cup. More than a little annoyed he made a stab at the ball with the putter, touched it, and the ball wavered and stopped. ‘I don't know how I holed the next one,” laughs Fred. “I topped it in. I hit it so completely on top that I guess the wind of the putter as much | &s anything knocked it in. That was the hardest putt I ever had to hole, and I've had quite a few tough ones.” : Pitch Offers Real Test. “RUT seriously I guess the hardest shot for the average golfer is & straight pitch to a well-trapped green. | You can get what I mean when you { put a guy who doesn’t know the shot | down below our seventeenth here at | Columbia. It's 10 to 1 he won't know what to do with it; that hell top it or knock it clean over the green. “The easiest shot is the topped run-up and surprisingly it gets fairly good results if you top ‘em straight. But they all get tough after a while. 1 find that golf doesn't get any easier 88 the years roll on.” -_— -_— BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. NTRADIVAN five-man teams are | being organized by Norval Wig- ginton, treasurer of the Washing- | ton Social Chess Divan, for thi purpose of developing a quintet of | players strong enough to garner hon- | ors in the forthcoming team cham- | pionship tournament of the District, under the direction of Alexander Sturges, the Der Fuehrer of the De- partment of Agriculture Chess Club. Last year the team title was won by the War Department Chess Club, now known as the Paul Morphy Chess Club, without any official connection with the War Department. Earl Kunkle, president of the Morphy unit, opines that he has a quintet that can vanquish the best in the District. But, of course, teams from Archives, Interstate Commerce, Agriculture, Navy, Treasury, Montrose C. C., In- terhigh Chess Association, Social Divan, George Washington and Mary- land University may choose to differ with the Morphy aggregation. The first week in October may be a propitious time to launch the team hattles. Chairman Sturges suggests that clubs and chess groups, which may enter teams in the District quintet championship, file their entries now with the Metropolitan Chess Asso- ciation, Parkside Hotel. Team entry fee is $5 and all matches will be played at the Social Chess Younge. Appropriate awards will be made. Advance Chess Lecture Tonight. 'HIRD in the series of instructional ) chess lectures by the chess edi- tor of The Washington Star is “How to Become a First-class Tyro in the Bhortest Period of Time,” a lecture for the more experienced beginner and amateur, pertaining to principles, fundamentals of play, the exchange, the openings, etc, to be given this evening at 8 o'clock, Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street northwest. A public exhibition will ac- company the lecture. The edu- cational exhibit will consist of odd miscellanies of chess from the private collection of Prof. Paul Miller. Admission fee is 50 cents and all monies received are used to further the progress of social chess in the District. Washington will have two repre- eentatives in the national tournament that opens August 23 in the Congress Hotel, Chicago, for the championship of the American Chess Federation. Martin Stark, champion of the local Capital City Chess’ Club, and Donald H. Mugridge, former club titleholder, both ex-District champions, will vie NEV STRAUSBAUGH, Chairman of Golf Committee of Typographical Union for tourney mow in progress at Indian Spring Country Club. Divot-Digging Printe - 5 rs in Quest of National Trophy J. L. MATHEWS Of the Miami, Fla., Herald, a southpaw, who tied for third low medal honors over the first two days of play. Abner Ludwig of the Detroit of The Washington Star. News (left), and Charles Ficco Ludwig landed among the five low- score leaders by shooting a 171, while Ficco put together rounds of 79 and 81 for a 160 to top the entire field. Medal play in classes A, B and C gets under w ay today -—Star Staff Photos. NY time now you can look for A the amateur club-swingers at | the local links pastures to break out into a rash of low scoring. It usually happens in August, when fairways get like concrete, and in a way it's surprising that already this year some gent with a blazing putter hasn't crackling barrage of birdies to crack a course record to bits. But the fair- ways are approaching the proper con- dition of hardness now and you can look for some record low scoring over | the next three or four weeks, before | the Fall rains set in and keep those distance-eating tee shots short'of the 300-yard mark. OGER PEACOCK hasn't been playing much golf this year, which | may be one reason that some course mark hasn't fallen before the dev- astating sweep of his birdie-making iron shots. Two years ago he played Indian Spring in 62 whacks, and he did the same thing in 1934. Nor has Parker Nolan yet gotten into the scor- ing stride that enabled him to crack out a 66 at Congressional last year. But it won't be long now before the local par-busters will begin cracking down on course records. ‘Watered Fairways Keep Scores Up. 'WO courses where you aren’t likely to see any records smashed are Chevy Chase and Columbia. Both these layouts now have watered fair- G ways; are, in fact, the only two courses around Washington which have arti- ficial watering systems. You won't find many 300- yard tee shots at these courses, for the fairways don’t and won’t get that hard. And it's the big tee shots that con- vert 420-yard holes into drive and pitch affairs and open the way for the birdie brigade; make par-5 holes into two-shotters, and otherwise soften up an otherwise tough layout. busted loose with a| }, ERE are the low marks of the season so far: Columbia, 69. shot by Club Champion Miller B. Stevin- son; Chevy Chase, 71, made by Ralph D. Quinter; Washington, 69, made by Felix Early; Indian Spring, twin 69s, made by Volney Burnett and Jock Olmstead during the Federal em- ployes’ championship; Manor, a 67 made by Bill Harvey and two 69s by Bobby Brownell; Congressional, a 68 made by Billy Dettweiler. Army- Navy's course has been changed around so much any record there would be unofficial, and there haven't been any remarkably low scores made | at Burning Tree by the amateurs. Leo Walper had a 66 there not so long | ago, but Leo hasn't been an amateur | for some years. | Washington’s 66 Still Stands. OF ALL the courses where you'd | think some one would get in a burning streak and tear around in 63 or 50, that one at Washington is the spot. And yet an amateur course mark of 66, set 10 years ago by Mau- rice McCarthy, still stands. No other amateur has tied it. The reason, of course, is that while Washington is short on the yardage side, it's plenty long on trouble. And when a golf ball goes into a ditch full of water there's a lost shot and nothing can be done about it. Oh, yes, Al Hough- ton played it in 61 in 1934, but that was under Winter rules and Al was no amateur. It wouldn't be fair to say that the present crop of Simon-pures are not as | good at -scoring as the boys who led the parade 5 and 10 years ago. They'll prove they are within the next mohth with some low-scoring marks that will | cause some chin-dropping. N HER best scoring mood, Helen Dettweiler, District and Maryland champion, was a favorite today to win the Shawnee tourney, following her course-record mark of 75 in her first- round match yesterday to beat Eliza Todd of Philadelphia by 8 and 6. Helen played the nines in 39 and 36 and gave her opponent no chance. Mrs. Bishop Hill of Chevy Chase also advanced to the second round, while Mrs. Charlotte Stern of Indian Spring and Marion Brown of Manor fell in the opening round. In the second flight Mrs. Roland | MacKenzie of Congressional and Mrs. | L. B. Platt of Chevy Chase both were playing in the second round. ANTONIO, SOUTHPAW, MEDALIST, ADVANCES Evens, Last Season’s Runner-Up, in Other Feature Today in Title Tournament. CHICAGO, August 18.—The 16 sur- vivors of the first day of match- play warfare went back to work today on a full-time schedule—36 holes— in the second annual national left- handed golfers’ championship tourna- ment at Olympia Fields. The field of qualifiers was all wound up to make a week of it at 36 holes, but decided it was too hot yesterday and reduced the first round of match play to 18. Alexander Antonio, 24-year-old Linden, N. J., southpaw, who won the qualifying medal Monday, faced D. H. Gwilliam of Youngstown, Ohio, in the second round as a result of his 3-and-2 victory over Walter Masse of Green Bay, Wis. Gwilliam eliminated H. A. Lake of Bedford, Iowa, by the same count. In another feature match Fred Evens of Clayton, Mo., who bowed to Howard Creel of Pueblo, Colo,, in last year’s final at St. Louis, was paired with Sam Alpert of Chicago. CINOTTI HELPS RIVAL A heated local sandlot rivalry was terminated today as Frank Cinotti de- voted his attention to directing a ben- efit base ball game which will aid his foremost diamond enemy, Tony Bur- ruto, who is ill in Providence Hospital. Cinotti is collecting a group of Italian players to meet an opponent to be selected in the benefit tilt Sep- tember 11. ERLUTINY S . SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. with the masters of the United States for individual honors. Little Rock, 3; Knoxville, Atlanta. 8; Birmin, Gitttancoss. 7; New DEAN LIKELY RIVAL FOR AMBERS HERE, Lightweight King Will Be Hav- ing Last Go Before Title Bout Against Montanez. OU AMBERS, world lighweight champion, will be the third title holder to appear here this Summer, slated to meet an unnamed opponent, probably Irish Johnny Dean, at Grif- fith Stadium on August 31. ‘The bout will mark Ambers’ last ap- pearance before he faces Pedro Mon- tanez, with his crown at stake, in New York on the all-star card, in which four titles will be jeopardized. This also might be Lou's last showing as a champion, since Montanez has whip- ped him in a non-title bout. Joey Archibald, featherweight favor- ite here, also will swing on the card and Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn has announced other plans for icraps this Summer. Chief among these is the annual tiff between Marty Gallagher and Bob Tow, while others call for Lou Gevinson, local 126-pounder, to meet Frankie Covelli and Hobo Wil- liams, Washington middleweight, to collide with Carmen Barth of Cleve- land. —_— INTERNATIONAL. Newark, 10 1; Montreal. 6-7. Jersey City, 3; Rochester, 2. hers postponed, rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Minneapolis. 8: Columbus, 5. BB rhiedor 3 Milwaukee. 9. Indianapolis, SALES AND SERVICE L.S.JULLIEN. .. CAPITAL TYPO NINE but Both Face Test in v in the Union Print- a win wave, holding first place with undefeated status. Deadlocked With New York, Third Contests. ASHINGTON'S rejuvenated \/ \/ ers’ Base Ball Tourney to- day was riding the crest of New York, but, like the Gotham nine, facing a difficult task in retaining its The local diamonders, over Boston and Detroit victorious by sizable today on South Ellipse, while New | York stacked up against Cincinnati at Griffith Stadium. Both Twin Cities and Cincinnati have captured their only tourney starts. Indianapolis and Pittsburgh have suffered the ignominy of elimination by losing two games, while Chicago, defending champion; Baltimore, De- troit, Boston and St. Louis are on the fence, with an even break in two tilts. Finds Detroit Easy. JASHINGTON experienced little trouble in trimming Detroit, 13-4, compiling a 6-0 lead by the end of the third inning and increasing the gap over the route behind the effective pitching of Carl Bean. Bean, Harry Hofberg and Phil Boundford each contributed three hits to Washington's 15-hit attack, as Bean was limiting the Motor City crew to eight safeties. New York's two-run rally in the ninth inning defeated Baltimore, 5-4, 20-12; Cincinnati trounced St. Louis, 12-3, and Boston buried Pittsburgh, 21-5. Pittsburgh was humiliated by Baltimore, 28-2, on the opening day. With the losers facing elimination in each instance, Boston tackled Bal- timore on the North Ellipse and De- troit battled Chicago on West Ellipse. St. Louis idled today. ‘Washington's success thus far comes as somewhat of a surprise, since the local lads have compiled only a medi- ocre record in sandlot competition here. BARRY FARMS WINNER Capturing seven first places, Barry Farms annexed the city-wide colored playground championship yesterday, scoring 63 points, more than the com- bined total of its six nearest rivals. Thelma Proctor was the individual star of the winning team, grabbing first places in the 85-pound class basket ball throw for distance and broad jump, while others taking first places for Barry Farms were Eunice Procter, Mary Ridley, Alberta Yates, Doris Smith and Viola Simpson. Logan finished second, with 26 points, while Randall was third, with 11, and Howard, fourth, with 9. Other scoring teams were: Lincoln, 8; Ban- neker School, 8; Bowen, 6; Rose Park, 5; Banneker, 5; Morgan, 5; Giddings, 5, Monroe, 4; Stevens, 3; Lovejoy, 3; Shaw, 1 Homer Standings By the Assoclated Press. Yesterday's homers*—Dickey, kees, 2: J. Moore, Phillies. Whitney, Phillies, ehringer. Tigers, Walker. White Sox, 1 eaders—Di Maggio. Yankees, . 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DOROTHY TRAUNG'S TITLE IS MENACED Big Western Tourney Field Includes Marion Miley, Rated Favorite. By the Associated Press. T. PAUL, August 18 —It will be Dorothy Traung of San Fran- cisco, the defending champion, against as fast a field as ever assembled for the women's Western golf tournament at the Town and Country Club next Monday, through Saturday. The thirty-seventh annual renewal of competition was expected to attract approximately 150 entries, among them the top six scorers in the recent women's Western derby in Chicago, won by Marion Miley of Lexington, Ky. Miss Miley, the 1935 champion, rates as a prime favorite. In last year's Western tournament Miss Trafing defeated Miss Miley, 1 up in 19 holes, then went on to defeat Beatrice Barrett of Minneapolis, 6 and 5, in the final. Berg, Barrett to Contest. ED-HAIRED Patty Berg of Min- neapolis, second to Miss Miley in the Chicago derby, and Miss Barrett, Minnesota’s woman's champion, will be Minnesota's main hopes. Other low scorers in the Chicago event to enter are Betty Jameson of San Antonio, Tex.; Edith Estabrooks of Dubuque, Iowa, and Eleanor Dudley of Chicago. Mrs. Opal Hill of Kansas City and Mrs. Leona Pressler Gabriel, Calif., are two veterans of national” and international women's competition who will be matching their skill against a host of youthful shotmakers. The tournament will open Monday with the 18-hole qualifying test. The low 32 scorers will qualify for cham- pionship flight match, play starting Tuesday and winding up with the 36-hole finals on Saturday. LEWIS IN HEAVY SCRAP Concedes 20 Pounds in Fighting Colonello in Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH. August 18 (#)— John Henry Lewis, pressing a cam- paign among the heavyweights since virtually outgrowing his light-heavy weight title, will go against the 204- pound Italian, Italo Colonello, tonight in a 12-round climax to an all-star card. Lewis wil] give away about 20 pounds weight advantage for the scrap. 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District Association juniors’ tour- ney, boys and girls, Army-Navy Country Club, 10-3. FRIDAY. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Boston, 2 Union Printers’ tourney, Griffith Stadium, 11. Tennis. District Association juniors’ tour- ney, boys and girls, Army-Navy Country Club, 10-3. SATURDAY. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Boston, 2. Union Printers’ tourney, Griffith Stadium, 11. FICCO IS MEDALIST IN PRINTERS’ GOLF D. C. Player Shoots 160 for 18 Holes—Match Competition | On in Three Flights. 'WENTY-EIGHT Union Printer golfers were to shoot the first 18 holes of a two-day tournament at In- | dian Spring today, with competition— and prize awards for each—being di- | vided into three handicap flights A local compositor, Charles Ficco, | became the medalist yesterday. when | his 79 gave him a total of 160 for the | first two days of play. Ficco was seven | strokes under the score of W. T. Hen- derson, while another Washington | printer, Fred Stringer, tied with J. 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