Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-18
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE
BY W. r. McCALLUM

champion and W. Carlton Evans had q
better ball, of SO, which was good enough
to beat w. r. McCallum and Ray
Norman of Washington by a 4 and 3
margin. STEVENSON alone was out in "a,
but had two bad holes coming back to
register q 40 for "a. He reached the
fifth green with two big wooden club
shots, but blew a three-foot putt for
his 4.
Evans putter was on the rampage all
afternoon. He holed no fewer than
four puts of more than is feet. The
return engagement will be played at
players gathered at two long tables in
the Columbia grin for lunch and started
golf Immediately after the meal.
Woman golfers of the city were play
ing in a match play handicap event to-
day at Columbia, in which prizes also
were offered for low gross and low net.
BannOckburn golfers are to start CON-
petition this week in the tourney fol
the two-man team championship Of the
club, pairings for which were made yes
terday. The field this year is smaller
than usual, but much the same group
Of players who competed last year are
in the tourney again this year.
Here are the pairings for the first
round, which is to be concluded this
week:
John G; shorey and H: erie. n9 V.
E winner q the Dqn3sr . ana william
"A e: j. Doyle vie and 9. 9. Heath tas, VS.. J.
j.. ". Reese and r. r: Gibson $40 vs..
r.. L. Burgdorf and z. g: BurEdorf le1;
Samuel Converse and j. A. McKeever (35l
@. Emerson Moore and Frank j. Pickett
600 VS.. otto Thacker and John Thacker
W. w. Mari and william Torrey 600 VS..
Leg Pass and j. e. Hawley d62; ,,a
go IS. 6. N. Chsrest and Norman j.
H. 6. wood and Paul p. Miller VS.. win
ner of the match between G. 3. springith
and K. p. Edwards t29) and j. Harry Byrne
and j. j. Coggins $3.50.
Did you know that the District cham
pionship is only two weeks of, and
that only little more than a fortnight
of practice time intervenes between the
start of the amateur title chase which
Is billed to begin at the Burning Tree
Club on September 4? And did you
know that pairings for the national
amateur championship will be an
nounced within 10 days, and may con-
tain the names of three Washington
players? Miller B. STEVENSON, the present
District champion Harry G. Pitt, rum
ner up in the tourney last year, and
John G. Shorey of Bannockburn, winner
Of the Weodmont and Sherwood Forest
Journeys, have sent in their applica-
tions for entry to the United States Coll
Association and expect to hear from
them within few days. Entries for
the amateur championship close or
August %, for the championship, which
Is due to start on September %. The
District championship will be a 72-hole
medal play affair, at Burning Tree, and
will start two days after the junior
golfers have decided their championship
over the 36-hole route at the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club.
Volney G. Burnett, one of Beaver
Dams longest hitters, won the competi-
ton for the Prince Georges Cup at the
Landover Club yesterday, registering 9
n to lead a small field Low net went
to Frank Gerard, who had 80-14-66
r. M. Brown had 81-11--70, d. @
Morris had 82-11--7l and w. H
Krauss had 85-14-71.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Hartig won the
mixed Scotch foursome event at ths
Manor Club yesterday, with a card oil
89-13-76. The low gross prize went
to Winifred Faunce and Dwight N
Burnham, with a gross card of IS.