Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
NEW Maryland State open golf
champion will be crowned at the
Rolling Road Club, near Balti-
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more, on september II.
Gene Larkin, assistant professional at
the Chevy Chase Club, who won the
title last year in dramatic fashion by
scoring an ace on his last round. viii
not be able to defend his championship.
LarkinS wrist is in a plaster cast, and
the smiling champion of the Maryland
professionals will not be able to play
golf for at least a month. Larkin Is SUI
fering from what physicians describe as
Inflammation of tendon sheath, which
makes bending of the wrist extremely
painful, and which might have serious
effects If not treated Immediately.
Larkin may be out OF the game for the
rest of the season, depending on how the
injured wrist responds to treatment, and
it is certain that he will not be able to
compete in the three professional cham
pionships to be played by the local pros
in September and october. These are
the Midatlantic open, the Maryland
open and the Midatlantic match play
championship.
Arthur B. Thorn of the Woodmont
Country Club. who will represent Wash
ington in the National Professional
Golfers Association championship at
Flushing, L. l., starting September 3,
will leave the Capital September 2, pick
ing up Ralph Beach in Baltimore, and
completing the trip to New York with
Beach in time to get in several rounds
of practice over the Fresh Meadow
course, where the title chase will be
held With the experience of Inter
lachen behind him and the knowledge
that his game is better than it has been
for several years, Thorn hopes to qualify
ship.
Thirty youngsters, all under 81 years
of age, will play in the tourney for the
Albert r. Mackenzie trophy, emblem
attic of the District junior championship,
next Tuesday at the Washington Golf
and Country Club. Twenty-one names
were paired last night by President
Taylor and Secretary Barr of the Dis
trict Golf Association, and there were
nine added entries today, among them
being at least three of the foremost
competitors for the junior title.
Here are the pairings for the tourney,
which starts next Tuesday at 9:l0 am:
$40 and l;1O-,c. B. Evans lWashinEton)
and Milton Norris tIndian spring' ,vu..,
instonl and Harold N. Graves Gndian
&c; 20 and 12o-J Monro Hunter, jr. On
dian tspri9e, and T RiSe tWasshMinst;Gn1
''s s:so SR and i.so@Wiiiiam Detweiier Manor
and Lynch Ar%y X WST c9 9hsss and
I. W. Hoiderness army Navy and Marine
a:4o and 1:4O-T. P; Bones, jr. tColumbia)
s;4S and , l;4s-R cn H. DTmloP "a. N. and
sionsb and Burke Edwards MANOR. 1a
srss sI sno and Maarics Nee Manor
1000 and COON: H; Bennett lconsres-
1905 and 205--Jack B. BigEs, Or (Argyle)
and Amory MADDOX SconETeSsionsn:
(Coneresslonan and William Alexander
i1 io:i5 and 2i5-M. Rittenhouse tconEres-
sionail. and, Nike oiivsri IIArsylel
burn) and Jack Jester tWashington).
Three matches have been played in
the competition for the Midseason Cup
among senior golfers of the Chevy Chase
Club. These matches have resulted as
follows; Capt. H. r. Stanford defeated
G. Y. Worthington, and 4; H. A.
ellis defeated Gen. d. C.. Shanks,
and 3; Hugh M. Southgate defeated Ad-
miral H. p. Huse by default.
Dave Thomson, professional at the
Washington Golf and Country Club, has
put up a set of matched iron clubs for
the week end competition at the Vir-
ginia golf organization, to be run of
beginning today and ending Labor day,
Each competitor in the tourney must
pay ALI entry fec of so cents, and may
choose nj. holes, which he will play
in a match play against par event, with
club handicap allowed.
The entrant may play as many rounds
as he wishes on payment of the entry
fee each roun,, and at the end of the
tourney one-third of the entries viii be
drawn by lot, and the prize given to
| the winner Of the group. It looks Is