Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

Among the woman players, the out,
standing star Of the past four years
Mrs. Hugh T. Dorothy WhitsJ Mic
olson-was Invested OF her Distric
woman's crown by Mrs. Betty p. Meek.
ley of the Beaver Dam Country Club
Mrs. Nicolson played in comparatively
few tournaments and was beaten b.
Mrs. Meckley in the District womanj
title event She is placed at the top
however. on her showing in the few
Journeys in which she did play ant
her general scoring average, with Mrs
Meckley q close second. The feminine
representatives. OF the Beaver Dan
Country Club had quite a successful
season, for Mrs. Alma Won STEINER
early in the year won the Phyllis Keele
Memorial tourney at Washington ant
Mrs. Ora Emge of Beaver Dam placed
second to Mrs. H. o. Rhine of Ban.
nockburn in the competition for The
Evening Star Trophy at Indian Spring
The women had highly successful
year, under the capable handling o
golf events by the Women's Distric
Golf Association, headed by that powe
house OF energy and organization, Mrs
Frank r. Keefer of Chevy Chase.
HERE is the way the tournament!
4 4 were won about Washington dur
ing 1880:
Mems Events.
Invitation tournaments:
Washington Golf and Country Club
Winner. Miller b. STEVENSON; rinner-up
Henry D. Nicholson.
Woodmont Country Club - Winner
John c. Shorey; runner-up, j. Munr,
Hunter, jr.
Chevy Chase Club-Winner. Harry
G. Pitt; runner-up. Miller b. STEVENSON
Columbia Country Club - Winner
Billy Howell; runner-up, Paul ]. FriZ
zsll
Middle Atlantic Golf Association
championship at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Billy Howell; runner-up, Alex M. Knapp
BannocEourn Golf Club-winner
John c. Shorey; runner-up, Martin
Mccarthy.
Sherwood Forest-Winner, John C
Shorey,
Maryland Country Club-Winner. j
Munro Hunter: runner-up, Billy Howell
Congressional, Indian Spring ant
Mancr-Not played.
District Golf Association champion
ships:
Senior-Winner. Frank X. Roesch
runner-up, John C. Shorey.
Junior-Winner, Russell Bowen; run
ner-up, Melville Bennett.
Club champions:
Army-Navy Club-Capt. B. r. Lus
comb.
Bannockburn-John 6. Shorey
Beaver Dam-Volney @. Burnett.
Chevy Chase-C. Ashmead Fuller.
Columbia-Everett Eynon.
Indian Spring-Leroy d. SaSscer.
Northumberland Nordlinger.
Neutrality-suspicious. K Roesch.
CONGRATULATIONS B. Murphy.
ARGYLE T. Harrison.
Manor-George r. Miller.
A T Columbia the Eynon family hat
"A q complete monopoly OF the cham
pionShips, for Everett won tn
mems event, while his wife annexed tn
, women'S title. defeating Mrs. j. Mar
vim Haynes in the final. Mrs. Eynol
previously had won the Rhode ISlant
State womens title. She is Q I'm
player, rs Is her husband, and will z,
far in women's golf about the Capital
Mrs. j. N. Hodges did not defend he
Middle Atlantic Golf Association WON
ems title. The tourney. played IL
october at the Elkridge Hunt Club o
Baltimore, was won by Mrs. NJ. L. Bel
Vi wiz OClCatCO AIbs y
Boyd Morrow Of the same city.
ONE Of the high spots Of the season
~ was the way teams from the loca
clubs performed in the Marylant
State Golf Association team champion
ships. After a protracted struggle
running through most Of October. tn,
Indian Spring team, captained by J
v. Brownell, won the final from tn
Columbia Country Club team, captainet
by M. B. STEVENSON. In reaching tn,
Anal, these two teams waded through
fine opposition from Baltimore ant
established the team supremacy of tn,
Washington clubs in no uncertain
fashion. Members of the winning team
we're j. v. Brownell, captain; L. D
Sasscer, J. Munro Hunter, jr. H. N
Graves. H. L. Lacey. Elliott Spicer,
w. Harvey, jr., and DR.. L. 8. Otell.
Miller B. STEVENSON, last years Dis
trict amateur champion, was the lent
representative of Washington in thu
national amateur championship. Stevin
son had some extremely hard luck II
the qualifying round, starting at thu
eleventh hole of the opening tilt, anC
failed to quality.
TOUR public links golfers, led by r
4 H. Burrows, qualified for the ma.
tional public links title, at Jackson.
Vile. Fla. Burrows went t. the thirC
round before being defeated His vic
tory in the sectional qualifying rounds
played in July over East Potomac Parl
and Rock Greek Park, gave him thu
city municipal title.
TWO high spots of scoring stand ou
i during the year. These were tn,
81 registered by the consistent
Clarence B. Murphy at Congressiona
to set a new course record, and thu
remarkable score of 80 made by p. w
Calfee over the last nine holes of thu
Washington Golf and Country Club.
A MONG the professionals there wa.
"A little activity outside of the usua
bi-monthly events. Gene Sarazer
of New York won the mid Alta ntiC
open title in a elise finish with Bot
Barnett of Chevy Chase, who was tied
with the New York star at the end OF
the third round. Three pros-A. B
Thorn Of Woodmont A. L. Houghtor
of Kenwood and Mel Shorey Of East
Potomac Park-qualified for the ma.
tional open. but none of them went
anywhere. Thorn also qualified in the
sectional trials for the P. G. A. cham
pionship but failed to qualify in the
later qualifying round at Fresh Meadow
D. C. SQUASH TEAM BOWS