Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
HOSE golfers who have not
succumbed to the lure of the
seaGhore and the open road

Succumbed to the lure of the
seaShore and the open road
L will compete in Journeys at
most Of the clubs about
Washington tomorrow. Although the
tournament schedule for Labor day
is not as lengthy as that for holidays
earlier in the year, enough variety
the clubs busy.
Chevy Chase and Columbia have
not scheduled events, but informal
Journeys, probably of the match play
against par variety. will be held.
Bannockburn has the most imposing
schedule for the day, with tombstone
Journeys for men and women. to be
followed by driving, approaching and
putting contests for men and women.
At Argyle members Of the club will
start the qualifying round for the
club championship, now held by Lee
roy Sasscer, while at Indian Spring,
just across the way, members and
guests of the club will engage in a
four-ball foursome tournament, listed
as a team affair, with Homer S. Pope
and Michael A. O'Brien as captains
of the two teams. Scoring in the
Indian Spring affair will be three
points to a team, with all matches on
a. handicap basis.
AS in the case of the miniature
tournament for women members of
the club held last week, the scores
made in the Labor day competition
will be given consideration in adjust
ing handicaps of the Indian Spring
players for the club championship,
which Is scheduled for later In the
month.
Washington Golf and Country Club.
which has just concluded its Junior
aT:pionship, will stage match play
against par contest. Congressional
will hold an 18-hole medal play event.
while another medal play tourney is
listed for Beaver Dam.
Fred Mcleod of Columbia, one of
the two Washington pros who were
named on the committee to select the
qualifying course for the Professional
Golfers Association champion, an
nounced last night that the tourney
will be played September 16 over the
Five Farms course of the Baltimore
Country Club. 1t will be 36-hole
affair. with two men to qualify.
Mrs. Warren l.. Heap won the
Spring last week, defeating Mrs. e.
r. Tilley, former District woman's
titleholder. in the final round, by 3
and 2. Mrs. Tilley won the qualify
ing round with O six-hole card of 81,
with Mrs. l.. l.. Steele second, at 33.
Mrs. G.. A. Baker won the second
flight final through the default OF
Mrs. c. A. Slater.
Friends of DR.. James r. McClen-
ahan. chairman of the greens COM
mittee of the Washington Golf and
Country Club, will be glad to learn
that he has recovered from an opera
ton of three weeks ago and will soon
be able to resume golf.
Seldom in recent years have the
golf courses about the Capital looked
as green and been in as good condl-
ton early in September as they are
today. The reason, of course, lies in
the plenitude of rain over the last
month. far different from the parched
which usually hold good
during August. Golf courses in New
England and in the Northwest are III
the same fine condition. although
al ound the Chicago district there has
been comparatively little rain and the
courses are fast and dry. New Eng
land has had much rain also this
Summer, while in Minnesota, where
the amateur championship was played
a few days ago, the courses have been
kept in excellent shape by rainfall
Of more than usual proportions.
At Minikahda, where the course was
fairly slow the first part of the cham
pionship week, it was fast and hard
during the later stages of the anna
teur title chase, and where on Monday
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able to reach the 512-yard ninth hole
in two shots, the long hitters were
home with a drive and spoon
on Friday. incidentally, Bob Jones
on the par ninth in the final round
against Evans cost some Of the Mini
kahda Club members much money, for
a considerable piece of change had
been bet against any one getting an
eagle on this uphill hole. In the great
scoring mood Jones enjoyed the last
three days of the championship he
might have secured any seemingly I'M
possible low figure on any hole. or for
the whole course.
AS matter of fact, his 81 round
against Evans might well have been
a Ga or 65, for he missed four hole
able puts. An 8-footer failed to go
down at the short third, 5-footer Slid
by the cup at the 3lQ-ydru Hltn ioi
birdie 3, he missed a 3-footer to halve
the sixteenth and Evans stymied him
on 3-footer at the seventeenth. Had
Jones been playing medal play he
might have scored SIS or better, for
three of the four puts he missed were
for wins. And even at that he finish
ed the round up on Evans, who was
around in a nice 76. If the Jones boy
continues in that vein in another anna
teur championship, the title tilt will
resolve itself into race to see who
shall be runner-up.
Entries for the annual Fall tourney
Of the Bannockburn Golf Club close |
with the tournament committee at the |
club next Sunday night at o'clock. |
The tourney will be held September |
Ia, Is, 16 and II. The tournament |
committee Is headed by Middleton Bea-
nan and is composed Of the following:
E. c.. Alvord, G. c. Billiard, T. j. w.
Brown, E. f. Hanson, T. d. Harden,
John 7. Harris, w. l.. King, John j.
r. S. Noise, L. M. Ogden,
l.. c. Pate, w. r. Pearce, L. S. Pfautz,
VI. H. Robb, F. o. Roth, Walter Skink-