Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

w WITH the major portion OF golf
M interest centering around the
" course of the Merton Cricket
Club at Haverford, Pa, where
Bob Jones will make his final stand OF
the year in the attempt to win the
fourth of the major championships OF
the world, golfers of the Capital are
entering this week upon some major
tussles of their own. No fewer than
three clubs are staging match play
rounds in their club championships,
another is in the midst of qualifying
round, while still a third has listed next
Sunday as the closing day for entries
in its club title event.
At Argyle, Manor and Indian Spring
the club golfers today are engaged In
the tussle for the club title, while out
at Bannockburn the golfers of the Glen
Echo organization are in the thick OF
the qualifying round, which Will enc
next Sunday. At washington, nome Oh
the new District champion, the golfers
of the Virginia club will qualify next
SATURDAY, and Sunday for the club title
flight and for the 1911 class and the
Birney Cup. The first round OF match
plav in the washington championship
is billed for September 80. The second
round is listed for october 2, with the
semi-final and Anal rounds scheduled
to be played october and 3. The
final will be at 50 holes.
The struggle for the Washington club
championship shapes up this year as
particularly interesting one. Last
wear Henry D. Nicholson and Frank K.
Roesch, the District champ, battled TO
the thirty seventh hole before Roesch,
then the champion, missed snort
putt, which gave the title to Nicholson.
These two appear to be the outstanding
players OF the club, but meanwhile
Tommy Webb has won the Junior title
and Eddie Rice and j. @. Drain nave
been coming along in first-claSs shape
and are all set to put up stiif struggle
for the title 1t is problematical, how
ever. whether Drain or c. d. Evans will
be able to play, for Drain attends Chi
caRo University and Evans attends the
University of Virginia.
over at Indian Spring. Herbert l.
Lacey, who holds the Manor Club title,
is in the middle OF the fight for the
Indian Spring championship, along with
Byrn Curtiss, Roy Sasscer and George
Gist. DR.. l.. S. Otell and J. M. Hunter,
ir., two of the leading golfers OF the
ship. At Manor Harry g. Pitt, out
standing golfer OF the Norbeck instl-
tuition. who was beaten in the title
chase last year by Ray Farrell. is not
a competitor in the club title event, and
1t seems that Lacey may make sue
cessful bid again.
The Argyle championship has gath
cred together a bunch of doughty club
wielders, with Bill Di Este. Mel" Ship
ley, John Lynch, Joe Cox and Tom
Pitt all in the first flight. Columbia
and Congressional will hold their cham
pionships in october.
Out at the Woodmont Country Club
the semi-final and final rounds IN the
handicap tourney are scheduled for to-
day, with William @. Illch, chairman
OF the golf committee scheduled to meet
Mort Wilmer in one bracket and Howard
Nordlinger paired against Stanley
Fischer in the other bracket. Late Sep
TENDER and early October should be In
teresting locally as the golfers move
down toward the finals in their tits
for club titles.
Three local clubs today are enter
tanning teams from Baltimore clubs in
the current series for the Maryland
State team championship. Chevy Chase
was eliminated from the series last sun
day when the club team dropped an
engagement to the Elkridge Hunt Club
of Baltimore, but Congressional, Indian
Spring and Columbia are in the thick
of the fight. Matches scheduled today
are: Columbia versus Forest Park at
Columbia, Congressional versus Spar
rows Point at Congressional, Indian
Spring versus Rodgers Forge at Indian
Spring.
Plans are in the making for cele-
bration and dance when the new roof
garden and addition to the club house
of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
Country Club will open about october
4. The addition to the house makes
the structure 200 feet long and gives
the service club one of the most COM
modious club houses in this section of
the country.
Maj r. d. Newman, constructor OF
the course and its first supervisor, is
attending classes at the Army War
College, but like the motorman who
spent his day off riding on the street
car, is at the club almost every day
helping Capt. j. T. Menzies the pres
ent supervisor, with the work of keep
ing the big establishment running on
an even keel The club has not vet
completed negotiations looking toward
purchase OF the land between the pres