Evening star., 1927-05-16
Rainy Weather This Spring Png Up Big Simmer Business for Nat
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

w YHILE the male amateurs
NM rested in preparation for
wv the Baltimore Country
Club tourney, which starts
Thursday morning, women
golfers of the city and professionals
OF Washington and Baltimore com.
peted today I'm links events at the
Washington Golf and Country Club
and the Indian Spring Golf Club.
The main event of the day was the
first round of the annual competition
for The Evening Star trophy, which
found more than score golfers OF the
fair sex playing in the handicap event
at Washington. The second round of
the tourney will be played tomorrow
The professionals were to compete
In an 1S.hole best ball event at In.
dan Spring, hastily arranged by the
Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers
Association at the request of a Balti.
more group.
A group of Chevy Chase golfers
Journeyed down to Gibson Island on
Chesapeake Bay yesterday, to annex
team match from members of the
Gibson Island Club. played under the
Nassau system, 13h to AZ. Chevy
Chase won five out of six four.ball
matches.
George Wadsworth of Chevy Chase
turned In the best medal score of the
day. n. while Walter r. Tucker.
man and T.. r. Symington had 7ss.
The results follow:
cnSsssSo nSsorge Wads,worth and ". R. Tuckerman,
chAar.r A.. MIcCook Dunlop and A. f. Ranney.
co9per Drewry, Gibson Island o olnIs nnnt anu
chsss oDsf chs.s stead p rSnta and l. M
oss:. fs;:1ss, ,:'"i s"s " pn Bose Chevy
GIBSON f.land dol sssrs psin, and HARDY
chsSseeu courtney a and Chauncey Parker. Chevy
sullivan Gibson island. 4 iAIei points ana fehx
points. John Merran and Stephen HarWoodI H1naso /
Dr. w. V. C0nnors, captain of the
golf team of the Manor Club will
name the eight.man team this week
from among the players who finished
their qualifying rounds for the team
Yesterday. Earl McAleer, Harry q.
rltt, a. L. Houghton and p. w. Cal.
Zee, We're nominated for the team with.
out quallfylnG. Scores turned in by
oIner members of the club We're as
follow: w. e. Richardson, S2-S7-1s9.
Robert Hird. s0--79--1s9. y -
Staley, Ss--s6-175: D. L, Thomson
LIS. 90
Needham Z. Turnage won leg on
sne Dulin & Martin trophy at the
beaVer Dam Club yesterday with a
score OF S9--1S--71. A trinle t,a fo,,
second place at net 73 resulted he.
tween Luther Florine. S3-1(-72.
NJ. Fl. Maeir, S3--l0-7S; and w r.
Mcpherson, S9--16-S3.
Eddie Towns Of Indian Spring. sub.
stituting for Tom Armour. and Rob
Barnett. professionals, Congressional
and Chevy Chase, finished all even in
a best.ball match at Chevy Chase
Yesterday with Fred Mcleod of Co.
lumbia and Ralph Beach of Burning
Tree. '
Holing out on the eighteenth green
Wath mas last stroke. William p. Di
Este, star cross-handed player of the
Argyle Club, won the tombstone
tournament at the club. Di Este
played with a handicap of Z, giving
him "a strokes to play against par.
Leroy ID. Sasscer finished but a few
feet from the pin on the eighteenth
| with his last shot.
In class B. T. G. Caffey won with
q 30 handicap. placing his ball on the
seventeenth green. w A. Taylor fin
ished second in this class.
| X. j. Norman won both low net
| and low gross in the class A sweep
takes at the Washington Golf and
| Country Club. He could not take
both prizes. so elected to take the
net prize, giving the gross prize to
G. IA. Doing. jr.. who had 50. o. L..
| Veerhon won low gross in class 3