Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-29

~ OROTHY WHITE NICHOLSON,
holder of the District women 5
golf championship for the past
~ three years. looms again as an
odds on favorite to win the
title in the tournament to be played
at the Columbia Country Club on June
1921. inclusive. Mrs. Nicholson has not
played great deal of golf this year, but
any doubt that might be entertained
regarding her ability to score has been
dispelled by an 83 she had in practice
over the Columbia course. Playing
with Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, former
holder of the District title. Mrs. Nichol-
son scored 83 from the tees, which will
be used during the coming champion
ship Lately she has been playing her
home course-that of the washington
Golf and Country Club-in figures that
most of the male golfers of the club
would be glad to approximate. Mrs.
Nicholson has scored 81 for the Wash
ington course several times and usually
breaks 80 on this hazardous layout.
where good score is likely to be ruined
on any one of the IS tricky holes.
Her most persistent rivals in the field
of women's golf at present are Winifred
Faunce of the Manor Club and Mrs.
Haynes of Columbia. Miss Faunce won
The Star cup event last year, and has
been a consistent performer in the other
events, while Mrs. Haynes. who enjoyed
Winter of campaigning in the South
ern tournaments, is playing steady and
much improved golf Mrs. Nicholson
has not practiced this year as much as
she usually does in the Spring, and her
approach work is not considered up to
par, but she always has had the faculty
of putting forth her best game in an
emergency.
Entries for the championship tourna-
ment of the Middle Atlantic Golf As
ISOLATION now are being received at
the Baltimore Country Club for the
tourney which is scheduled to start a
week from today. The entry list will
close at 2 pm. next Monday. Elabo-
rate preparations for a strong and
large field of golfers are being made
by the golf committee of the club,
whose members will handle the tourney
under the guidance of the executive
committee of the association.
Columbia Country Club today an
nounced its annual Spring invitation
event, to be held the week following
the midatlantic tourney. Entries for
the Columbia event close at pm
June 8 with the golf committee
headed by George j. James. Columbia
dinner-a form of entertainment
which appears to have definitely been
discarded by all the local clubs as a
corollary of the tournaments. The an
nouncement of the tournament states
that inasmuch as no tournament din
ner will be held members of the club
will be expected to entertain their
guests.
George B. Christian, jr., and H. L.
Rust went 10 holes in the fourth round
of the competition for the Perkins plate
by members of the Seniors Golf Asso-
citation of the Chevy Chase Club before
victory perched on Christians banner.
The match may have to be played
over, however. for Rust conceded
Christian a stroke. and under the rules,
full round of 10 holes would be re-
quired in case the match was square
at the eighteenth. In the other fourth
round matches Gen. d. C. Shanks was
opposed to w. G.. Brantley; w. H.
STANDBY was to play w. l.. Hillyer and
Charles V. Wheeler drew a bye.
Columbia Country Club yesterday an
nounced its Memorial day schedule.
filling all the golf events offered by the
local clubs for the holiday tomorrow.
The event will be best ball handicap