Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-05
HALF dozen or more of the golf
professionals about Washington
are planning to play next week


Il are planning to play next week
in the mid-Autumn professional
tournament at Pinehurst, N. c. This
event, the only one of its kind held in the
East in November or December. is due
this year to attract large number of
the leading golfers of the East and Mid
west, according to Alex Armour pro at
the Congressional Country Club, who
has been in touch with the pros around
New York. Tommy Armour, Canadian
open and P. @. A. champion, generally
ranked as the leading professional Of
the year, will be one OF the starters
in the two tournaments to be held at
Pinehurst on November IL and IL.
Among those planning to make the
| trip from Washington are Sandy Ar
mour Of Congressional, Fred Mcleod of
Columbia. Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase,
Al Houghton of Kenwood, Walter W.
Cunningham of Burning Tree, A. B.
| Thorn of Woodmont, and possibly one
| or two others.
On November IL will be held a best
ball event for professionals only, while
the following day will find the pros
battling among themselves for an in
| dividual purse at SO holes medal play
| The management at Pinehurst always
makes it possible for the pros TO attend
the tourney at minimum cost.
IRON all present indications there
l. will be a field of dozen or more
starters in the champion of cham
pions" tournament, to be played next
Sunday at Woodmont. Among those
who have indicated their intention tt
play are Frank K Roesch, the District
and Washington Club champion: John
! G. Shorey, winner of the Bsnnockburr
tourney; Harry @. Pitt Of Manor, win
ner Of the Chevy Chase event: @. r
Miller, champion at Manor: Everett
Eynon, Columbia champion: G. B. Muir
ply, Congressional champion, and v. @
| Burnett, Beaver Dam title holder. 9th
ers probably will bring the entry list W
to a dozen.
! CHAIRMAN GUY MASON of the
~ Congressional Country Club Tour1na-
ment Committee indicated at the golf
dinner of the club last night that the
usual invitation tourney of the Con-
gressicnal Club may not be held next
year. Mason said that changes in the
course and the extended drought this
year may cause cancellation OF the tour
/
the club attended the dinner, at which
prizes won during the year were pre-
Sented.
YOU'VE got to hand 1t to the Hiser
i brothers, Henry and Oscar. Long
before Secretary George Isemanr
of the National Duckpin Bowling Con-
gress distributed the entry blanks fol
the boys and junior tournament. which
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had a stable number of entries in both
classes lined up, and at present rank
first in the number received by alley
managers.
Furthermore, both Oscar and Henry
have donated medals. two apiece, to &C
to the winner of the boy and junior
classes of the Bethesda and Hyattsvillt
alleys.
with the entry blanks in their pos
session only one day, Henry has IA en-
tries already and Oscar IL.
CEoRGE ISEMANN, who left fol
VI Boston yesterday, has mailed out
entry blanks for the tournament
to all duckpin centers and announced
that he expects record fed.
The tourney will be run CT according
to Hoyle in every respect. ~. d. B. G
representatives will be at every alley
| will enforce the foul-line rule, and the
boy and junior bowlers will roll one boz
at time. All in all, it'll be typical
N. d. B. c. job.
HERE are the prize winners, with the
i i events they won:
Memorial day 18-hole medal-play
handicap-First low gross. M. Parker
Nolan, "a; first low net, H. F. Knapp,
! 92-22-70; second low gross, John Z.