Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

TT is quite likely that next Spring
will find one or two Of the local
clubs foregoing their invitation
4 tournaments, not to hold them
until 1881. under a scheme for
rotating the big events originally pro-
posed three years ago by DR.. Bruce l..
Taylor of Congre SSional.
Nearly every golfer who plays in the
round of tournaments which start early
in May and do not finish until mid
June agrees that something should be
done about. the matter of too many
tournaments. But what is to be done
they do not agree upon. Each club
heSitates to be the first to make a
move while each jealousy guards its
place on the tournament program. The
result has been steadily growing feel
ing in the minds of chairmen of golf
committees that a rotating system
whereby the clubs would hold an invi-
tation tournament only once every two
years would be the ideal solution of the
problem. Guy Mason, chairman of the
tournament committee Congressional,
is heartily in favor of the idea.
The result of the constant string OF
tournaments this year has been an over
tapping in at least two cases. Early in
the Spring the Town and Country Club
tournament was passed up by number
of players who played in the Baltimore
Country Club event. The two tourna-
ments conflicted as to dates. Then along
came the Congressional Country Club
events, at the same time as the national
open championship at New York, which
was attended by at least a dozen WASH
ington golfers, many of whom would
have played in the Congressional tour
nament had there not been conflict.
That the idea of tournaments in
alternate years instead of each club
l14lS fntn mr.
growing, is testified to by G. w. Nc
Carter, chairman of the Indian Spring
Clubs golf committee, who firmly be-
lieves there are to many tournaments
and that something of restrictive
nature should be suggested by the Dis
trict Golf Association.
]. Munro Hunter scored 10 IS to
register an individual score of IS in a
match he and George Diffenbaugh
played yesterday at the Clifton Park
course in Baltimore. The Indian Spring
duo won by one hole margin from
Ernie Caldwell and Frank Invernizzi,
well known public parks golfers OF
Bal more, scoring best ball OF 81
aga: lst IS. Hunter was helped on only
one hole by Diffenbaugh. He had six
scored an eagle 2 on the tenth hole
where he drove to the green, $50 yards
away, and sank the putt.
DR.. H. l.. Weer and w. L. Mehary,
finaliSts in the competition for the
Henry-Williams' Cup at Bannockburn.
played 18 holes all even yesterday and
will have to play another 1S-hole match
during the week to determine the pos
session of the cup for the current year.
w. L. (BilD Pendergast, former Ban
nockburn Club titleholder, won the
Potomac handicap tournament. with
best nine-hole score of 20. H. G. Wood
was second with 80 and DR.. j. r. Mood
was third with SO. PendergaSt had five
SIS. 2 and three As in his selected
nine-hole card.
The woman's tourney resulted in
tie between Elizabeth c. Harris and
Margerie Havey, who tied with best
five-hole score of IS.
In the final of the Henry-Williams
Cup event. Mehary's ball hit the flag
staff on the fifteenth hole. There was
no caddie holding the flag, and under
the rules no penalty was incurred. The
professional so ruled, and since Mehary
holed out in g. with the ruling that no
penalty had been incurred, the hole was
awarded to Mehary and the match was
square.
Howard Nordiineer registered 70
LIS to win the prize in Glass A in
the meQdl play tourney yeSLeIOdy az
the Town and Country Club. Robert
Baum, with 85-17-68, was in second
place. Ralph Captain registered 81
$50 10 win the prize in Glass B.
DR.. j. r. Palkin's lO8-4o-68 was
second.
Woman golfers who are to play in the
miniature tournament at the Town and
Country Club tomorrow morning will be
expected to report at the first tee by
$50 O'Clock.
Because Drs. B. 8. Taylor and T. D.
Webb were unable to compete in a
scheduled play-off yesterday. the four
cornered tie for a matched set of clubs
at the washington Golf and Country
Club as a result of the July tourney
will be played of next Saturday. Tay-
lor, Webb, Thorpe Drain and e. P. Hair
all tied at up on par for first place.
Mai. w. C. Crane won the sweepstakes
competition at the Chevy Chase Club
Yesterday with a card of 8l-l4--67.
Second place went to Col F. w. Cole
man, who had S5-l6-69, while third
place went TO Rear Admiral G. B. Nc
Way, with 86-l4-72.
A field OF nearly leo golfers was COM