Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-10

~ YEXT Monday, team of Wash
| M ington women golfers will play
| a team of women divot experts
from Richmond in one OF the
several team matches to be played this
season by the women golfers from the
Capital. Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, captain
of the washington team and chairman
of the inter-city team match committee
said the contest probably will be played
over the course of the Congressional
Country Club, and that, although her
team has not definitely been chosen,
most of the members will be those who
competed with a Baltimore team on
May 81. These golfers were MRS.
Haynes, Dorothy Hunter, Mrs. Betty r.
Meckley, Winifred Faunce, Mrs. E. n.
B. Hoover, Miss Susan Hacker, Mrs.
Hume Wrong, Mrs. Frank r. Keefer,
Mrs. William s. Corby and Mrs. George
H. Parker.
The washington women have been
uniformly successful in their team con-
tests this year and If they win the
match with Richmond next week, they
can rightfully claim the title OF team
! champions of the neighborhood around
washington. bdUSI III VIC oCooOil
team of women golfers from Norfolk
| are to come to Washington to play the
local team.
The handicap of Mrs. Dorothy White
Nicolson, Wonen's District champion,
has been reduced from scratch to plus
one. making Mrs. Nicolson the only
woman golfer around Washington hon
ored with a plus rating. Mrs. J. M.
Haynes, former District titleholder, re-
| mains at scratch.
Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, one Of the
formidable contestants for the cham
pionship, Is playing in the womens
championship at Washington under the
| handicap of an injured wrist hurt two
days ago when ball struck by a fell
| low member of the Beaver Dam Club
| hit her on the wrist. She played
| in the medal round of the wonen's
championship yesterday at Washington
with her wrist tightly taped.
Mrs. Nicolson. playing over the Wash
ington course, which she knows so well,
showed a clean pair of heels to the
small field of woman players in the
! qualifying round of the championship
| yesterday and scored an 80 to lead her
nearest competitors by strokes. Mrs.
Alma Won STEINER and Mrs. Betty P.
Mackley, both of Beaver Dam, tied for
second place with cards of 8S. Mrs.
! Nicolson today met Dorothy Hunter,
| Spring professional in the first round
of match play Four players tied at
| los for last place in the champion
ship flight, and because three of them
| had left the club the names were
drawn, resulting in Mrs. H. B. Shipley
of Beaver Dam going into the first
flight. The tourney is to conclude on
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round in all three flights.
Next Tuesday a team Of Bannock-
burn Golf Club players will journey
up to Purcellville, Va, to play the
golf team of the Loudoun Golf and
| Country Club The Bannockburn team
will be chosen from the following club
members: w. H. Alexander, Middle
ten Beaman, DR.. T. ]. w. Brown, r.
Doyle, S. D. Gibson, H. Grier, Norman
]. Hall, c. c. Heath, j. c. Hawley, J.
W. Heron, r. G. Kirnbell, Harry F.
Krauss, John T. Mccarthy, Martin
McInerney Leo F. Pass, w. L. Pen
dergast, John c. Shorey. John
Thacker and H. G. Wood. On June
20 the Bannockburn team is to play
the Argyle Country Club team at
Argyle.
With one of the largest entry lists
in the long history of Columbia Coun-
try Club tournament, the Spring invita-
ton event of the big club at Chevy
Chase, Md, got under way today over
a course in the pink of condition fol-
lowing the rains of yesterday after
noon and last night. A stellar field,
including all the local stars and large
group of visiting golfers, was scheduled
to compete in a two-day medal round,
with approximately half the starting
list scheduled to tee off today. Among
the visiting golfers is Billy Howell OF
Richmond, winner last Saturday of the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association
championship. Howell played the Co
lumbia course yesterday with Roger
Peacock and Elliott Spicer and scored
a fine 10, blowing a short putt on the
eighteenth green, which would have
given him a 70. Most Of the contest
ants in the event played the course
yesterday. Match play rounds Will be
played Thursday and Friday.
James M Barnes, former Washington
Club champion, is the first entrant in
the club ringer contest to score an
eagle on the lengthy fourth hole
since the ringer competition started
on Memorial day. Barnes holed 10
foot putt for the eagle. Capt w. j