Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-01
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>OWN AND COUNTRY CLUB
that hustling golf organization
lust the other side Of Bethesda
hac arrapoad another field day.
has arranged anotner nelu udy
Although the date still is distant

has arranged anotner nelu Jay
Although the date still is distant,
Chairman William G.. nlch OF the COLL
committee and his fellow committee
members are making plans now Tor the
club affair on August 3, when II Is
planned to hold a golf tournament ana
to stage an exhibition match which Will
bring together A. B. Thorn and Fred
Mcleod against the famed team OF
j. Monro Hunter and George Dihen-
baugh of Indian Spring.
An 18-hole handicap tournament Will
be held all day for the members, under
present plans, while the exhlbltlon
match will get under way at z o'clock,
and later in the afternoon putting
events and barnyard golf tourney VIII
be staged.
In the golf shop at the Town and
Country Club hangs a wooden plaque
on which are suspended from hooks a
number of small wooden slabs. Each
of these slabs, within week, will bear
the name of a member of the two club
golf teams, made up Of players from
classes A and B. 1t is one Of the in
novations of Chairman Illch OF the golf
committee, and the teams are to be an
nounced within few days.
Because of the rain of last Sunday
the medal rounds have been extended
over for another week. Any man on a
lower rung of the team Ladder" may
challenge a player above him for his
place on the team, and from the two
teams the personnel of the intercity
team which will represent Town and
Country in the matches with Richmond
and Norfolk viii be chosen.
Fred Mcleod Of Columbia, Emmons
S. Smith, amateur of Columbia, Bob
Barrett and Robert Stead, jr., the latter
chairman of the Chevy Chase golf COM
mittee, will leave the Capital Friday
for Vine Valley, where they Will have
a week end Of golf.
Arthur B. Thorn and Mel Shorey OF
the Town and Country Club and East
Potomac Park, respectively, will team
against Baltimore pair In an exhibit
ton match over the Woodholme course
in the Monumental City next Sunday
Their opponents will be Warner Mather,
pro at Woodholme, and Ralph Beach,
who is professional at the Suburban
Country Club Of Baltimore and learned
the game on the old course OF the
washington Golf and Country Club.
Golfers from st. Johns School nosed
out the players of Georgetown Prep In
a match over the latter's course yester-
day, winning by points to 4. st.
Johns now claims the prep school
championship of this section. Sum-
maries:
owens tG.) defeated Kershaw Is. ~. ! up
in 10 holes. F. Park IS - defeated Pan
Johns. i and 3.
j. Waterman Is. J) defeated Bawlt 90, !
up f Best ball@woH By St. johns. and p
Rialkoff (G) defeated B. Waterman ts. -,
and 3; II. O'Donnell IS. ~ defeated
Roche tGl,, ! UP. Best ball-Won by George
Veterans Bureau golfers chose a
rainy day for their one-dav tourney
today at the Argyle Country Club. The
tournament was to be an 1s-hole medal
play affair, with the contestants to be
paired later in flights Of is for match
play to be contested on another course
at later date.
In addition to the competition for
the Harry A. ellis cup, scheduled
next Saturday, members of the Senior
Golf Association of the Chevy Chase
Club will compete next week for piece
of plate put up by George G. Perkins,
president of the association. Compe-
tition for the ellis trophy is handi-
cap medal play event. at 10 holes, with
full handicaps to apply. The Perkins
trophy event is a handicap match play
tournament, with the first round to be
concluded by May IL. One elimination
contest will be held each week. Draw
ings for the first round have been made
as follows.
Capt. Chester Wells VS.: c. " Wheeler. Ad-
mirai c. B. McVey VS.. Admiral r. H. Jack
son. Whitman, Cross vs.. W F. Ham, P. 8.
Campbell vs. ". g. Braantley "A, Admiral E n.
gate vs.. l. 9: Cameron, Gen: =: p: MCCAIN
Is: Il P &. Grawmpt9n;s l p, Porcher VS. ". G.
8; Wsgsnhorst IS. ~: W. Wrisht: ": .
FAVOR VS. W g. RayensI Gen. NJ NJ.
Patrick vs.. Col C. B. Drake, Admiral Stan
ford VS.. r. M. Savage, z. NJ. Talcott vs. II.
B. Davidson. W. L. Hillyer VS.. J. C. Let's,
Joseph Wheeler VS.. H. Putnam. s. L. Rust
Is. ?. 3 Barry; Gen. Charles s,, g Treat vs.
ETsley Cen Frank Frank Keefsr ,s rSyp
Parker West Us, galtsoSn LEWIS, ADMIRAL G T;
Miller. D. C. ShankS drew a bye.