Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
\HREE large golf tournaments are
to be decided on courses in and
near Washington this month.

THREE large golf tournaments are
to be decided on courses in ana
near Washington this month
The first of these Is to start
about two weeks from today and
will involve hundred and more golf
ers of the public links. 1t Will be the
municipal golf championship, to be
staged at Rock Creek and East Potomac
Parks. with the finals slated to be held
at both courses, under the guidance OF
James D. Preston, national public links
committeeman for the United states
Golf Association.
The second of these events will be
one of the two big club invitation golf
events scheduled for this Fall. The
Bannockburn Golf Club has every ex-
pectation that its annual invitation
event, scheduled for September 1921,
inclusive will be up to the high STAN
dard set by previous events at Bannock-
burn. Entries for the Bannockburn
tourney close on September Is. and
five flights will qualify in the event
The Congressional Country Club Will
be host to the star amateur golfers OF
Washington late in the month, on Sep
TENDER Is and 26, as all the leading
simon pures of the Capital strive to
lift the District amateur crown from
Miller B. Stevinson's head. That VIII
not be such an easy task, as Stevenson
sounded warning earlier In the year
that he is able to cope with the Con-
gressional layout by winning the 1nvi-
tation tournament of the club in June.
For this event only members Of mem
Der clubs having handicaps OF IA or
less are eligible The championship Is
a 72-hole medal play affair.
Indian Spring is 10 hold Its CLUB
championship during the month, but
most of the other clubs have scheduled
their club title events for October, al
though Bannockburn plans to start its
championship tournament after the in
event will run over into October.
Any one of half-doze fine playing
Youngsters may be victorious In the
quest for the District Junior champion
ship on Wednesday at the Town and
Country Club. Although the entry list,
made public today, lacks the names OF
John c. Shorey, K. F. Kellerman; jr,
and Thomas p. Bones, such brilliant
polfing youths as Roger Peacock and
/ Byrn Curtiss of Indian Spring, Thomas
d. Webb and Charles Evans of Wash
ington and e. K. Legg. Sd, Of Chevy
Chase are included In the list of
starters who will play SO holes for the
| title won last year by Shorey. The
| champion has passed the age Of 20
years and is not eligible to defend his
| title.
Here are the pairings, as announced
! by DR.. William c. Barr, secretary OF
| the District Golf Association:
| and Thomas b. webb, Washington; 1905
Charles D. Evans, washington hi q, and Byrn
ing lo:i5, Charles VI. Cole. jr.' Indian
s ape Less 5 ss eSsvs
j. B. Heron, Congressional; 1925, Milton
Morris Indian sgrnS and .ss P Ghsy,
| Chase, and s. W.. Goodwin, Congressional;
:s5. Edwin Dreyfnss. Town and Country
| Franklin Parke, CONGRESSIONAL, and Harold
! N. Graves, Indian Spring.
Ralph Captain led the field in the
| qualifying round yesterday for the club
| handicap championship at the Towr
and Country Club registering card Of
87-28-59. Sixteen players qualified
in the tourney and were paired as fol.
lows:
Captain; s7,2sms7: vs. A. ,Sigmund, loln
os q R Ksuaa GenTs y sre aHw
lSSsO1o o;dy VS. Isssc gehTsnS s Msndle
sidney w. Straus, 98--26-72; Leopold Freud
berg, sS S vs. L l. Goldheim sg oSsr
Baum, s0--l7-73; Isaac Goldberg, 9s-2s-
II. VS.. Max Weyl, 75-ll-64.
| Handicap golf competitions wer,
being played today at most 81 the ioca
clubs, marking the last big golfinf
/ holiday of the present season. Nearl,
all the clubs have events scheduled.
| John Thacker annexed the 'Merr,
Widow tournament yesterday at thu