Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-20
SASSCER FAVORED
E" TO HOLD LAURELS
Mas Won Way to Semi-Final
Match-Mrs. MeCkIey Tops
NJ. A. QualifierS.

IN VOW that they have once
Nj again packed the Maryland
State Golf Association team
title away in moth balls,
kHhe star divot diggers of Indian
RSpring Golf Club are sharpening
ktheir links tools for little inter
knecine warfare, with the objective
sthe championship Of the big club
out Silver Spring way.
The club title chase has been in prog
hess for more than fortnight. but the
men who are playing IN the champion
ship have been so busy taking care oil
the little matter of winning another
State team championship that they have
given small thought to the annexation
of the club laurels now held by Leroy ID.
Sasscer.
They went over to Baltimore on Sum
Rday-ll amateurs and l professional
and succeeded in knocking the speedy
Baltimore Country Club team for
Hoop. and now have decided to settle
Edoun and make the club championship
~ thing Of cuffs and kicks among them
kselves.
Sam Rice. the feet ball hawk of the
National outfield. and one Of the star
tgolfers Of the Capital. already has been
Ekickcd out of the title chase by the in
spired GOLF of DR. Larry Otell while ].
| William Farvcry. ir.. the tall gent who
/ hits them a mile, also has been dropped
from the tourney by Tom Bclshe. last
kyear's Interdcpartmental League cham
pion.
But down there in the lower half of
1.-THE draw waiting for some one to come
| along and prove he is a better man. is
Sasscer, the smooth swinging 1880
champion who seems in fair way to
repeat
Beishe meets Otell in one semi-f1nal
match while the second-round match
{ between Charles w. Cole, ir.. and George
&c. Gist has vet 70 be played. Sasscer
awaits the winner of this match for a
somi-final.
Results in the other flights follow:
Second fisht-H. E, Phillips defeated G.
GC9nqe up Pm IN fhe seRibnaa Christie
$sS$,S 5bE S?d 4 Smith
! defeated H ?; Brown W; J. p. Evans de-
f'f fffh isht Tsa5fsi o5 Reese de-
fs2tsd rPrrs seh Tbomps Snd aRd
! INDIAN SPRING will close its club
( title chase next Sunday with big
! championship dinner, at which
/, prizes won during the event VIII be pre-
nsented.
s But before the club championship is
concluded another big event is on the
! program for next Sunday. This IS the
annual tourney for southpaws, played
for the L. A. Reeves Cup, which DOC"
Reeves gave three years ago to his
brother golfers who swing from the port
side. and which has been in the pos
session of his friend Sam Rice ever
since.
Invitations have been sent out to all
clubs within wide circle of Washing
ton and it looks as If a whole flock OF
southpaw golfers will be out there next
Sunday trying TO beat Rice and Tommy
Bones for the southpaw title.
The event is a 36-hole medal play
tourney and entries will close at 6
O'Clock next Saturday with the club
golf committee. Course privileges will
be extended to all entrants in the
tourney on Thursday and Friday.
Henry D. Nicholson, Washington Golf
and Country Club champion, took
week end off from strenuous play on his
home course last Saturday and Sunday
and went down to Chester, Md, where
he won the tournament of Chester
River Yacht and Country Club. Nick"
led two of his boy friends to the wire,
for Frank K. Roesch and Rudolph T.
Harrell were second and third.
7 Unless the ankle which she in
~ jured yesterday as she slipped on
the sixth tee bothers her through
| out the balance of the tournament,
! Mrs Betty P. Meckley of Indian
! Spring, who already holds the District
womans golf title, is strong favorite
Z to annex the woman'S championship
/ OF the Middle Atlantic Golf Associa-
ton as the tourney enters its match
play phase today on her clubs course.
Mrs. Meckley shot herself neat
and gallant 83 yesterday to take the
qualification round in spite of twist
ed ankle which caused her severe pain
! at times and forced her to see doctor
| after the close of the round. Her
round Of 80 was good enough to win by
4 strokes, with Mrs. Dorothy White
/ Alieoi.on a former Washinntnn Nnm-