Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-05
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

TIME women golfers of clubs
about the Capital will compete
next Monday in an 1S-hole
L medal play event at the Town
and Country Club, to be staged
under the auspices of the District
Women's Golf Association. Dorothy
White, the women's champion, prob
ably will not play.
The next big local event for women
in the annual women's championship
of the Middle Atlantic Golf Associa-
ton, to be held either late in Septem.
Der or early in October. over the
course of the Congressional Country
Club.
Public links golfers will play on
Thursday to decide the four men to
represent Washington in the national
public links championship at Cleve.
land early in August. On Friday the
four qualifiers for the Washington
team will play SO holes, Is at Rock
Creek and Is at East Potomac Park,
to decide the city municipal title.
All the local golf courses were
thronged with players from dawn to
dark yesterday, competing in special
events held by the various clubs.
Tom Moore, former club champion
of Indian Spring overcame 1-hole
lead Reid w. Digges had taken over
the first Is of the 36-hole final Satur-
day and defeated Digges on the thirty.
fifth hole of the match yesterday,
and /. Moore was out in a brilliant
30 to turn l up and assume lead he
never lost. His name is the first to
go on the tribal bowl trophy at the
club.
A. B. Campbell won the qualifying
round in the miniature tournament at
Indian Spring with a nine-hole card
of 80, but lost in the match play
rounds. III. A. Grant and J. F. Nc
Carthy tied for low net with "a each,
Mccarthy winning the toss. Winners
of the several flights follow:
First f1ight-F. f. Early defeated
B. NJ. Manly.
Second fiight-G. ]. Foley defeated
G. ]. Mulroy.
Third fiight-R. E. Read defeated
j. NJ. Porter.
Fourth fiight-F. j. Mulvey defeat
ed Fl. A. Mihills.
Fifth fiight-Mrs E. r. Tilley de-
feated Mrs. J. V. Brownell.
Sixth fiight-Frank Underwood de-
feated Mrs. j. F. Gross.
Fred j. Marble, with the aid of a
=
eighth, annexed the flag tournament
at the Washington Golf and Country
Club, planting his flag at the cup on
the nineteenth hole. Marble was aid
ed by handicap of % strokes. Frank
X Roesch was second, planting his
flag IS feet from the cup on the nine
teenth hole, while John &. Davidson
placed his flag % feet from the same
cup.
DIR. Lester Newman won the flag
tourney at the Town and Country
Club, placing his flag near the cup
on the twentieth green. DIR. Newman
had handicap of 40. which, added to
the par 20 of the course, gave him
10 strokes. H. NJ. Shapiro finished
second with 70-35-105, playing his
last stroke from the twentieth tee.
William Illch and Leopold Proud
berg PLAYED their last strokes into the
cup on the nineteenth green.
Harry w. Burr and DIR. Guy +. SAT-
fold won the match play against par
tourney at Columbia, finishing their
round 9 up on par. T.. X. West and
r. A. Shepard were second, s up on
par, with Paul Y. Anderson and John
w. Merritt, third, up on the myth.
zeal figure.
Mrs. Thomas w. Brahany won the
putting contest for women at Colum.
bia, defeating Mrs. E. II. Pitcher in
the final. Mrs. j. NJ. Haynes won the
consolation.
George j. VOigt, crack BannOck.
burn golfer, shattered the record for
the Manor Club course YESTERDAY.