Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
NOTES OF GOLF AND GOLFERS.

Next Thursday golfers Of tho Dis
trict 70 the expected number Of 200
will tee up for the drst amateur compe-
tition Of the year north Of the Caro-
linas. Starting Thursday. the local
competitive season will open with the
annual spring tournament Of the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club. The
first day will besdevoted to the quail
fication round Of eighteen holes and
thereafter for two days match play
rounds will be held. semi-final and
Anal rounds being played Saturday
morning and afternoon. respectively.
The tournament will be held for the
benefit Of the American Red CrosA all
above actual expenseA which Will not
be much this year. to be turned over
to the Red Cross. A minimum entry
fee Of 81 will be charged each con-
petitor In the tournament. An open
Invitation to all golfers now in the
tho AFFAIR 10 extended, whether NOM
bers Of clubs here or not.
Entries close positively at o'clock
Tuesday night. AL Communication.
should DO addressed. Chairman. golf
committee. Washington Golf and coun.
Pairings for the qualification round
will be announced Wednesday. En-
trants may specify their desired start
ing time at the time of entering their
names for play. A handicap medal play
event will be- held all day Saturday.
eighteen strokes. Tho privileges OF the
club are open to all contestants from
tomorrow.
Owing to . misunderstanding o. the
date fixed at the annual meeting OF the
District Golf Association. erroneous
dates for the annual spring tournament
Of the Chevy Chase Club have been an
nounced. The correct dates are May
16, II and Is. The tournament VIII Do
held for the beneht Of the Rcd Cross
in tho aame manner az that held last
year and won by D. Clarke CorkFan.
Howard H. Beckett, professional
golfer attached to the Washington Goit
and Country Club, has accepted c = POST y,
Atlanta, Ga. and Will leave to take up
his new duties about May 10. Robert
T. Small. q former member OF the
Washington Golf and Country cup ana
a prominent automobile man Of A..
lanta. secretary Of the club. offered
Beckett puts it. 1T was too good .
proposition to pass up" 49,
Beckett's successor has not been
named. Probably q professional from
Washington will apply for the Job.
Jack Burgess. professional at the
Chevy Chase Club. set what will prob
ably be the lowest score turned IN ever
ing with Richard Reattie last Wednes-
day. Burgess was around In u. The
course just now 10 shorter than 1t Will
be later In the year, a. the long tees
are not yet In use, but to onset this the
will be later.
Mrs. Fred c. Letts. western women's
champion. of Chicago. played at the Chevy
Chase course last week.
Members of the Columbia Country Club
will probably play on the new sixth green
at that course early this coming week.
The new green Is now ready for play ana
in all probability the green's committee
A large entry in the Washington Golf
and Country Club tournament from the
Columbia Country Club il expected.
Robert Finkenstadt. one Of the younger
golfers Of Columbia, was around that
course in II last week. Finkepstadt has
not played in tournaments in recent years,
DuI ID expecting u cHlcT lilo SVSAt IA1Ao
week.
The proposed match in which Chick
Evans. national amateur and open
was to have played at the Co
lumbia Country Club May 6, has been
owing to Evans inability to
cancel other engagements. The cham
pion was to have played with Fred Nc
Leod Of Columbia against Jim Barnes Of
and Walter c. Hagen, three
oS the leading nr0feasional ro1fAra Of
the country. All these men have pledged
themselves this year to play in exhibit
ton match only for the Red Cross.
Evans has promised to be in Washing
ton Saturday, June is. at which time
the match will be played as scheduled
over the Columbia course. The follow
ing day Evans will play Mrs. Gavin of
New York a thirty-six- hole match in
the same way in which she played Jerry
Travers last year. Evans will give Mrs.
Gavin a half or nine strokes every
eighteen holes. This match will be a
good comparison between the relative
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