Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-05

v current year, Capital golfers
are turning toward the two
! big events that will enliven the re-
| mainder of the month. They are the
! tournaments of the Sherwood Forest
Golf Club, to be played July ID, l9 and
| 20, and the Maryland Country Club
to be staged July 25, 26 and 81. Both
these tournaments in nearby Maryland
are popular with golfers Of the Capital
and probably will find 80, or 40 en-
trantS from Washington competing In
the qualifying rounds.
Washington contestants played o
| prominent role in both tournaments
! last year. for Charles w. Cole, jr., won
the Sherwood Forest event, beating A
l.. Houghton in the final round. In
the Maryland tourney Houghton again
went to the final to lose again to T.
w. SaSScer.
Next Monday four-score public links
golfers will start in the qualifying
rounds at Rock Creek Park and East
Potomac Park, which will determine
the composition of the public links
team of four men to represent the
Capital in the national public links
championship, to be staged at ST.
Louis early next month. Two men
each will qualify from East Potomac
N~@S
team of four representatives from
washington. The four will play later
10 determine the captain OF the team.
Perfect golfing weather greeted the
thousands who played in holiday tour
naments at the private clubs about
Washington yesterday. Every course
was crowded with golfers from the time
play opened until dark last night and
nf the nlIhllN links
Three golfers tied with scores up
on par in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
event at the Washington Golf and
Country Club for a silver cigarette case
donated to the club by MaSeyukt TAM,
former attache of the japanese en-
basSy and a former golfer of the club.
The tie will be played off tomorrow be-
tween Comdr. c. T. Lynes 10O. Thorpe
G. Drain U4) and Fred ]. Marble (22).
Columbia members played in best
ball foursome event, which was won by
Fl. G. Peters and H. D. Myers, each
with "a handicap, who registered net
43. John G. Holzberg and Walter
Murphy had a net A, and Carl Quentell
and c. F. Flynn were third, with q
net As.
Mrs. George H. Parker won the
woman's putting event, defeating Mrs.
C. Arthur Slater on the twenty-eighth
hole of the final round. The consola-
ton was won by Mrs. H. G. Peters.
- Mai. o. S. Albright won the match
play-against-par event at the Chevy
Chase Club finishing 2, up on par with
a gross score of 88, and handicap OF
10 strokes G. Brown Miller registered
a gross score of rs, and with a handi-
cap of Z. finished even with par, and
L. B. Plat, with II handicap, ended
his round l down to par.
Ralph Wells won the flag tournament
at the Argyle Country Club, planting his
emblem in the cup on the nineteenth
green. Sidney Sherwood was second,
finishing on the eighteenth green, and
Frank M. Shortall was third, playing
his last stroke down the eighteenth
fairway.
E. D. Durant won the tombstone
tourney at Bannockburn. placing his
ball in the cup on the eighteenth hole.
Second place went to T. B. Cavanaugh,
with Miles Taylor third.
Mrs. Middleton Beaman won the
woman's tombstone event, with Miss
F. M Harvey in second place.
Leo F.. Pass wound up his mighty
driver and knocked a tee shot 275 yards
down the tenth fa1rway TO win the drlV-
ing competition. DR.. T. j. w. Brown
was second with a drive of $50 yards.
The wornen's driving contest was won
by Mrs Middleton Beaman with shot
of 100 yards. The Beaman family was
prominent In winning circles at BAN
nockburn, for Middleton Beaman, who
is president of the club, won the bar
rel' putting contest. chipping into the
cup through the barrel to obtain par
and win the event. Second place went
TO Daniel l.. Hazard.
M, F.. Mccarthy won the mems ap-
preaching contest at the Beaver Dam
Country Club, with w. N. Brunswick in