Evening star., 1927-05-09

vi women S DlStrlCt cndilpIon-
ship the high spots, are listed
in a schedule of tournaments
inst announced by Phyllis c. Keeler.
sacrefarv of the association. The next
tourney will be a team match event
tomorrow at the Bannockburn con
Club. e
one week from today The Star
cup competition, 36-hole medal pay
affair. is billed at the washington
Golf and Country Club. The course
will he open for practice to competl'
TORS on Nav IL and 13. Entries LOT
this, event close with Miss keeler on
Nav Is. The cup is now held py
Dorothy White of the Washington
Golf and Country Club.
Either a miniature tournament OF
.aano marches are billed for the first
lime competition on June 8 at the
Columbia Country Club, and the big
rest local event of the year for women
viii take place June 14-1S, inclusive,
at Chevy Chase, when Miss White
will defend her District womens title.
Entries for the affair close with MISS
Keeler June u.
other tournaments are listed
through the year as follows:
June 27-Miniature tournament, In
dian Spring Golf Club.
,1UIv 11-MlnldNuFe LouA iioiASAA''
Town and Country Club
August Miniature tournament or
team matches, Beaver Dam Club.
Sentemher 12-Miniature tourna-
rnent or team matches, Chevy Chase
October Steam matches, Washing
ton Golf and Country Club.
Playing with handicap of five
he
High Commission Cup event Saturday
at the Chevy Chase Club, defeat
ing DIR. w. B. Mason, previous winner
of the tourney, 2 and /, in the maj
round.
The competitive golf season moves
into it's third successive tournament
week on Wednesday, with the
qualifying round of the Chevy chase
Club invitation tourney. This event
is one of the most popular of the year.
THE main prize of the tourney is the
historic Presidents Cup, donated
nearly two decades ago by President
Taft. a member of Chevy Chase and
a golf enthusiast At the same time
Vice President Sherman donated a
trophy, known as the Vice President
trophy, which goes TO the runner-up.
Entries of the Chevy Chase Club
tournament, which opens Wednesday,
close with the club golf committee at
6 O'Clock this evening. The tour.
ney, which is open to members, and
to guests having an official club handl-
cap of Ii or less, promises TO attract
one of the largest fields of any of the
formal affairs about the Capital.
Two weird golf shots were played on
the third hole at the Washington Golf
and Country Club last week. Ray j.
Norman, who made a second hole-in-
one not long ago, sliced his second
shot 40 yards off the line at this par
4 affair, struck the roof of a pump
house and bounced on the green.
Perry B. Hoover hit fine second shot
toward the green high up on the bank,
struck a stump and bounced 125 yards
across the fairway into the ditch.
The two.man tourney at Indian
Spring is furnishing crop of bitter
struggles between the so contestants.
Except for the second section of the
tourney each of the three groups of
! players is punched as to total scores.
lin the first section, Fred Walen and
Warren Heap are in the lead, with
.1012 points Homer Pope and George
! Mulroy rank second with 3 points, and
Robert Stuntz and A. Won Steiner are
fhird, with 81 points.
i. In the second section George Foley
T and II. A. Klucken have a command
ing lead with 1914 points. Tom
Moore and G. Chester CayW0od and
3. NJ. McCarter and James Hill, jr.,
are tied for second with 6 points and
EN. ID. Lockwood and f. c. Ferber
kre third with 51a points. A tie also
Exists between the leaders in the third
Mection with l.. l.. Steele and G. ID.
xouncil and Roland Ray and Thomas
1'antwell tied with 8 points each. A.
r.. Williams and James Porter are
kecond with Z points and J. T.. Hen
ilerson and II. Ray Bresnahan are
Third with points.
l The 20-hOle defeat Of NJ p. Stevin.
BON by A. l.. Hought6n in the Wash
kngton tourney last week is the first
1ime the Manor player has been able
10 down the Columbia veteran in
Tourney, although they have met sew
Hral times and twice in final rounds.
Merry evenly matched, their games
always have gone well toward the end.
Chairman BrOwnelI Of the Indian
Spring membership committee has
t'een authorized TO accept applications
10 bring the membership up to $50
9'he board has approved an increase
An guest fees for week days to $l.50
fnd on week ends to So day.
I Basil NJ. Manly won low gross in
Hhe week end sweepstakes event
(Which concluded at the Indian Spring