Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-29

ing to himself, for Gait had not been
hurt, and the scene was put on for the
benefit of the gallery. Then 1t came
out. Bou had lost his last golf ball on
the seventeenth hole and had borrowed
a ball from Duganne on the eighteenth
tee This was the ball, nicely engraved
with Duganne's name, that struck Gait
on the arm. And after that explana-
ton silence again reigned supreme, ex-
cept for AL Bou's smoker as he knocked
the ball on the green and won the hole
from Duganne with par 4.
Western and Central High School golf
teams will meet Saturday on the course
OF the Washington Golf and Country
Club in the first match of the series be-
tween high school teams for the Dawes
Cup. presented by the former Vice
President.
Nearly half the elongated field of
entries in the Washington Golf and
Country Club Spring tournament played
their qualifying round today under
lowering skies and over a course baked
hard by the winds and sun Of a week
without rain. Practice rounds were
concluded yesterday with nearly 200
entrants playing over the course, which
found Everett Eynon of Columbia reg
iStering the best score of the day with
a mark of 70. Eynon, who has been
playing exceptionally fine golf all
Spring, knocked out 81 and IS for
the best card of the day. Harry G.
Pitt of the Manor Club found his erring
tee shots going straight and with the
aid Of pair Of deuces, had rs.
As usual in golf tournaments about
the Capital, Major H. Robb Of Bannock-
burn, busy professional man who likes
his golf before breakfast. started the
tournament off in official style, teeing
off at z o'clock this morning before most
Of the contestants had taken their
beauty sleep and hurrying back to his
Office after tie round in time to put In
a full day Of work. He got G. G. Heath,
also OF Bannockburn, to stand the early
morning vigil with him.
Among the leading golfers who were
to start today were Albert r. Mackenzie
and Donald Woodward of Columbia,
both former winners of the tourney
Tomorrow'S field is bit stronger than
that of today, for included among the
starters tomorrow will be Miller B.
STEVENSON, the District champ; Henry
D. Nicholson, the club titleholder; Frank
K. Roesch, former club champ; Comdr.
j. 3. Pollard of Annapolis, medalist in
the Manor Club tourney last year; Page
Hufty of Congressional and number Of
other stars
Woman golfers Of the Chevy Chase
Club halved their match with players of
the Elkridge Fox Hunting Club at Balti-
more yesterday, scoring 10h points
while their hosts scored the same num-
Der. A return match was tentatively
scheduled for May at Chevy Chase.
Here are the results of yesterdays
match:
Mrs z. Boyd Morrow (Elkridge). 8; Susan
Hecker. Mrs. William Hurst (Elkridge). 81;
Mrs. J. w. Beller, 0. Mrs. Hume Wrons
CChevy Chasel. 2h; Mrs. D. e. wharton
.; Katherine Baum, l. Mrs. McCook Knox
!cheyy Chase, q; Mrs; Cochran, O. Mrs.
den. l. Mrs Granville Fortescue (Chevy
Bob Jones pulled a fast one on the
boys who were hunting for him while he
spent a few hours in Washington last
Saturday. He kept himself out of sight
of possible interviewers, but 1t developed
yesterday, after the open champion had
gone on to New York, that he had hied
himself out to q field near the Sixteenth