Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-17
WASHINGTON CLUB LOOKS
TO ENLARGED 1923 AFFAIR
Success of Event Yesterday Inspires Oficials-Vir'
ginia Holzderber, Has 86-Sherwood Forest
Forest Entries Close Tomorrow.

I Entries for the third annual Sher-
wood Forest invitation tourney. fol-
| which invitations have been sent tC
many of the Washington clubs, close
| tomorrow with the tournament COM
mittee at sherwood Forest. DR.. Harry
| e Kelsey is chairman of the COM
| mittee in charge. AS many as Sin
| fights of Is will be qualified on Friday
| depending on the number OF entries
Match play will start Saturday morn
Ing. with the semi-final and ma
rounds carded for Sunday.
A decision ruling that c. M. Merrill
of East Potomac Park disqualified him
self when he submitted an incorrect
score on a hole in the qualifying tests
for the national public links champion
ship at East Potomac Park nearly two
weeks ago vas rendered by the United
States Golf Association yesterday. Gan
son Depew of Buffalo. chairman OF the
public links committee of the Z. S. g. A,
to which all the facts in the case were
submitted. ruled that the violation OF
an explicit rule has never been con-
doned in any case. and that although
the association regretted that decision
adverse to the player must be rendered
no other course could be taken.
The decision has been hanging fire
for more than week since the atten-
ton of East Potomac Park officials was
called to the incorrect score credited
10 Merrill on the third hole on course
in the second round of the 36-hole
qualifying test.
A. T. Wannan has been moved up to
take Merrill's place on the Harding cup
team which will represent Washington
in the 36-hole medal play event for the
cup presented by President Harding for
the intercity team contest. More than
a dozen public links teams from as
many cities will compete in the Hard
ing cup event on July 81.
Mel Shorey of East Potomac Park and
Walter W. Cunningham of Burning
Tree. both professionals. were MEM
bers of the teams who tied for second
place in the amateur professional best
ball event held by the Middle Atlantic
Professional Golfers Association yester-
day at the Rolling Road Club Of
Gainesville, Md.
The event was won by Carroll T. Nc
Master and C. A. Singles. who turned
in a best ball net card of SIS. Cunning
ham paired with Cooper r. Drewry
and Shorey, paired with Donald Nc
Phail. turned in best ball net scores OF
68. Shorey and McMaster tied in the
sweepstakes event with cards Of IL. All
the amateur players were from the
Rolling Road Club.
Scores of other washington profess
sional entrants and their amateur part
ners were: Gene Larkin. Chevy Chase,
and j. S. Davis. SO: Bob Barnett,
Chevy Chase. and A. j. Hunter, 50;
Al Treder, Manor, and E. P. FRANKIE, SO.
With the purpose of promoting greater
interest in match play events among
the professionals, Bob Barnett OF Chevy
Chase is moving toward inaugurating
Middle Atlantic professional match play
tourney, to be held at Washington
club at some time In the Fall.
The Mid-Atlantic open viii be played
over a course in Richmond. probably in
October, while the local qualifying
round for the National Professional
Golfers Association tourney win prob
ably be played over the course OF the
Concord Country Club near Whining
ton. Del.
The Professional Gol4ef9 kzs6fEzf16n
tourney is to be played over Five Farms
course of the Baltimore Country Club
in october.