The Washington times., 1930-09-09
ARMY'S STARS
IN 72-HOLE
EVENT
By JUNO KINERK

BY JUNO KINERK
With tournaments to the left
right, in front and behind, Wash
ingtonian knights OF the bunkered
land of golf hereabout are head
over heels in the busiest week of
play this summer.
One event follows another SO
closely or runs concurrently with
others that the players hardly
have time to draw a breath OF
anything but tournament air.
For instance, today Is q fair ex
ample; so was yesterday, for that
matter, but We'll take today's
schedule: Over at the Army, Navy
and Marine Club where some so
members are engrossed in a r.
hole medal event to determine the
players who will go to the ma
tional army tournament at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan; out at Co
lumbia the survivors in the Junior
championship are winding up
their semifinal and final rounds
of match play, while at Bannock-
burn the air is whizzing with
balls as players practice over the
course for the start Of that an
nual tournament tomorrow.
Yesterday also was q busy
one, what with the w0men's
tourney at Congressional, the
urO-SeniOr event at Chevy
Chase, and the start of match
play, following q morning
qualifying round, in the Co
lumbia Junior championship
tourney.
Something like three dozen
members Of the Women's District
Association participated in the
event at Congressional. It was
a match play against par event,
with full handicap allowance.
Miss Virginia Williams, Of the
host club, was the first flight
winner, 8 up; Mrs. Alma Won
STEINER, second flight winner, 2
UP; Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes, l
down, was the third flight win
ner, all in class A.
In class B, Mrs. F'rankes, all
even, was first; Mrs. Henry j.
Richardson, l down, was second,
and Mrs. Herbert Moffitt and
Miss Helen Fay, 4 down, tied for
third. In class c, Mrs. A. E.
Brown, 8 up, was first; Mrs.
L. G. Pray, all even, second, and
Mrs. Jerome Meyers, 2 down,
third. In class D, Mrs. Mack
Meyers, 6 up, was first; Mrs.
B. B. Bruin, 2 down, second, and
Mrs. Won Driesen, 6 down, was
third.
The low gross prize, .
trophy awarded by Sandy
Armour, Congressional pro.
fessi0nal, was captured by
Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes, with
a card of 40, 47-S7. Low
net was won by Mrs. Mack
Meyers with a (97-2O u
score.
The feature occurrence in the
Junior tourney at Columbia was
the defeat of the medalist, Page
Cornwell, who led the qualifiers
with 76, in the first round Of
match play by Billy Shannon, 2
I'D. Cornwelrs qualifying round
was five strokes better than that
Of Jack Powell, who finished sec
ond, with the rest of the field Of
20 contestants tagging along be-
hind.
Jack Powell and William Holz-
berg are the two likely finalists
with the odds about even. Powell
is not playing as well as he
might. while Holzberg is consist
entity good days in and day cut.
The seniOr.prOfessiOnal tour
nament at Chevy Chase
brought out FL twOsOmes in
this special event with Bob
Barnett, the. home pro, and
John w. ChildreoS, with
(155-6), 149, and J. 6IOnrO
Hunter and Admiral M. M.
Taylor i(153-4l, 14S, tying
for first place. George B.
Christian and Cliff Spencer
finished third with Q6O-1O),
$50.
The low gross prize for the
professionals was won by Barnett,
who carded a net 36-35-71. Four
others tied for second places with
73's, the same being Al Houghton,
unattached; Charley BetSchler,
Rodgers Forge; Kenneth Allen,
unattached, and Mel Shorey, Of
East Potomac Park.
The handicap championship of
Woodmont start next Sunday
with the following pairings:
DR. Lester Newman VS.. William G.
Illch; Ralph Goldsmith vs. NJ. Gewerz;
Morton wilmer VS.. Fulton Brylawslxi; ;
Julian Refs VS.. Simon Nye: Herman
Shapiro vs.. Howard Nordinger; AL Sig
mund VS.. c. B. Ducan; Harold Glass
VS.. Philip Rieskin; Stanley Fisher vs.
DR.. S. B. Gottlieb.
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