Evening star., 1927-04-05

- NTRIES for the father and son
- tournament at the Washington
Golf and Country Club indi-
IL catei that great interest is be-
ing shown by the eligible mem
bers OF the Virginia. organization in
the affair. Nearly a half dozen pairs
have entered already, with others sure
[ oplay in the event, which starts
April %.
Frank r. Roesch, the club cham.
pion and District junior title holder,
with his father, is a strong favorjte 10
win. Or. r. j. Rice and his son, +. D.
krewson and his son and several 9th
ers have entered.
Chairman Paxton of the golf com.
nlittee has six sons eligible for the
tourney and his friends have jol1ingly
suggested that he use several of them
In the matches, alternating them at
different holes.
With the adoption of a constitution
and bylaws the Interdepartmental
Golf League is formally launched on
h schedule which will afford golfers
OF the Government departments at
least two competitions this year and
probably more A tentative list Of
officers was made permanent at q
meeting yesterday and details for the
playing OF team matches in June for
the Andrew w. Mellon interdepart-
mental trophy arranged.
4. l.. Houghton of the Federal Re
serve Board office, who served as tenn
porsry chairman at the organization
meeting. was made permanent chair
man. Other officers We're elected as
follows: Vice president. II. S Pope,
General Accounting Office; secretary,
Il. a. Shepard, Treasury Department,
and treasurer, john T. Harris. War
Department. Another meeting win
be held at the Treasury next Monday
afternoon to organize teams in the
departments and Independent estab-
lishments which were not represented
It previous meetings.
A board of governors was elected as
follows: War Department Mai r. IL.
Lowe. Treasury, j. j. Lynch; Com.
merce Department, y. r. MattiX,
Labor Department, John Crown; De-
partment of Justice, r. S. Collins;
Post Office Department, j.. II. Nul-
lings, Department of Agriculture,
John Graf, Interior Department,
Frank Govern: Interstate Commerce
Commission, II. r. Shay: Shipping
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Treasury.
The next 0ne-day golf tourney of the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association will
he an amateur-professiona best ball
affair 70 be played at the Washington
Golf and Country Club April is. Mem
hers Of the association decided 10 play
the next event at the Virginia organi.
zation at meeting held last night at
the Columbia Country Club. following
a 5S-1ole event, which found the
Washington professionals leading their
Baltimore brethren Of the paid clan in
both the 1S-hole sweepstakes runoT in
the morning and team match in the
afternoon.
Bob Barnett Of Chevy Chase was re-
elected president of the association,
and Charles r. Betschler of the Mary
land Country Club and Wilfred Thomp-
son Of the Hermitage Country Club Of
Richmond were elected vice presidents
under a rotating arrangement which
1nsures the election Of the vice presi-
dent as president after the incumbent
has served two years. a. II. Bergman
was reelected secretary-t by
exclamation.
-Four PROFESSIONALLY Mcleod Of
Columbia, Eddie Towns of Indian
Spring, Glenn Spencer and Alex Tay-
Tor of Baltimorea-wer chosen mem
bers Of q committee to select q course
for the playing Of the Middle Atlantic
open and the qualifying round for the
p c.. A. championship.
ael Sh0rey, East Potomac Park
mentor. led the pros in the sweep.
stakes i'm the morning with a card of
"a. Glenn Spencer of Rodgers Forge
was second with rs. A tie at 79 for third
Eaoney between Barnett and BetschIer