Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-01
HOT SPRINGS SEEN
AS TOO FAR AWAY
Fhreat of Small Field Cause
of Shift-DateS Remain
Unchanged.
TINE scene of the women'S
championship tourney of
the Middle Atlantic Golf
lnnr,

championship tourney OF
the Middle Atlantic Golf
association has been
changed from Hot Springs, Va, to
the Indian Spring Golf Club. The
date will be the same-October 19
to %, inclusive.
President Herbert A. Mihills OF
the Indian Spring Club today in
formed association officials that
work which is to be done on the
course will be completed prior to
October 10 and the club will well
come the star women golfers of the
mid-Atlantic area who will play
in the forthcoming tourney.
The association at Cnce accepted the
offer OF the Indi1n Spring Club, and
the tourney will open on C2.cber 10
with an 1B-hole qualification round for
all flights. to be followed by tie Gus
tomary four-match play rounds.
The change of the tournament venue
from Hot Springs to the local club was
made necessary because reports from
the various cities to the association ter
ritory disclosed that only small entry
list would 60 so far away as Hot Springs
this year to play in the event. 1t was
felt that such a tournament would not
be representative of the best golf in
the association and would not be
success. SO the tournament was
changed to a central point. 1t may be
hal at IJpt SnriroCc nnxt
Mrs. M. Louise Bell OF the Rodgers
Forge Club Of Baltimore is the holder
of the title, having defeated Mrs. E..
Boyd Morrow Of Elkridge in the final
round of the event last year at Elk
ridge. MS. EEL will defend her cham
pionship The tourney will be open to
I'll women who are members of the
member clubs of the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association. Entries will close on
October II and must be accompanied
by the So entry fee AS many flights
will be played as there are entries in
the event.
TLYDE B. ASHER, the present in
~ cumbent, is again the choice of the
Nominating Committee of the Co.
lumbia Country Club for president OF the
big golf institution out on Connecticut
avenue, and is scheduled to be elected
for a second consecutive term at the
annual meeting of the club on october
20. Reelection of the incumbent after
q one-year term follows the precedent
Of many years at Columbia. Asher also
Is one of the finest golfers in the club
end served formerly as chairman of the
to be voted on at the election in Octc-
b-r follows: For president. CLYDE 2.
Asher; vice president, LGn!cr p Nc
Lachlen: secretary, Arthur B. Shelton;
treasurer. John Poole.
For members of the board for three
year term: George P. James, Earl M.
Macintosh, William c. Miller c. Ar
thur Slater and Roger Whiteford For
a one-year term TO fill the place to
be vacated by McLachlen-Horace @.
Smithy. The Nominating Committee
Is composed of the following members:
A. Y. Leech. jr.; Charles B. Lyddane,
Albert r. Mackenzie, William j. Nc
Nally and Fred B. Pyle.
0UTPUTTING her rival In the tight
~ spots. Mrs. James v. Brownell,
medalist in the tourney, won the
club championship of the Indian Spring
Golf Club tourney, defeating Mrs. A
C. Heap in the final round by 4 and 8.
Mrs. Brownell reached the turn up.
ddsspite a determined fight by MRS:
Heap, and then won the next three
holes in row to win match on the
fifteenth green.
The second fight went to Mrs E. B.
Wagner. who defeated Mrs. George
Diffenbaugh on the eighteenth green, 2
up. Mrs. Herbert L. Lacey won the
third fight, defeating Mrs. M. S. Huls-
apple and 5. The first flight con-
ISOLATION went to Mrs. J. H. Holland,
Mrs. Hugo Hesselbach won the second
flight consolation, defeating Mrs. w.
M Smith in the final, while the third
flight consolation was won by Mrs. Will
son Barrett.
MRS. E. M. McCLELLAND today
lN1 defended her women's champion
ship of the Manor Club against
Mrs Dwight N. Burnham. Mrs. Nc
Clelland yesterday defeated Mrs. L. G..
Pray to enter the final round, winning
by and 4, while Mrs. Burnham won
from Mrs. j. T. Powell, 2 up. Finalists
in the second flight are Mrs George D.
See and Mrs. George F. Miller, while
Mrs. r. E. Jones and Mrs. H. J. Kane
flight The fourth flight f1nalists are
Mrs. w. c. Ceiling and Mrs. r. E.
Burney.
All the favorites advanced yesterday
to today's second round in the Wood
mont women's title chase. Mrs. Jerome
Meyer defeated Mrs. l.. B. Schloss, 6
and 5, while Mrs. Jack Shulnan de-
feated Mrs. Gilbert Hahn on the eight
eenth green. Miss Bertha Israel de-
feated Miss Sylvia Straus and 4, and
Mrs T. D. Peyser defeated Mrs. F.
Bensingsr, and 6. Results in the
second flight were: Mrs. Jesse Miller
defeated Mrs. H. D. Montague, 8 and
e. Mrs A j. Stephens defeated Miss
Sylvia Sherry by default Mrs. D. r.
Simon defeated Mrs. Leon Oppenheimer
] up, and Mrs. E. r. Nordlinger drew
o bye.