Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
18th an added starter accom-
panying them, members OF
Washington's national cham
oionshin puhlic links team,

v Y Washington'S national cham
pionship public links team,
were to arrive tonight in st. Paul,
Mimi, where they will practice tomor-
row over the Keller golf course In
preparation for the opening Of the
championship on Tuesday.
Members Of the team are: Bradley H.
Burrows, the District municipal champ;
John Connolly, runner-up for the local
title; Harlan VIII, son Of the former
greenskeeper at Woodmont, and Robert
Burton, a carpenter. Burrows Is
poultry dealer and Connolly is a school,
boy and former Rock Creek Park caddie.
Wesley w. Billings is the added
entry. He failed to qualify for the
team in the trials held few weeks
ago and by paying his own expenses to
st. Paul, obtained his entry in the
tourney.
The members of the team will play
in the Harding Cup competition Tues
day and Wednesday and they hope 10
qualify for the championship proper.
which starts with the match play
rounds on Thursday.
VXYALTTR JOHNSON, manager of
w the Nationals, is to present, about
1890 O'Clock this morning, cup
donated to the Beaver Dam Country
Club by one of the large retail firms
of the city. which was won yesterday
by H. r. De Vilbiss The winner had
a card Of 88-2l-67 to finish Q stroke
in front Of G. I. Brunswick. who had
So-l2-6S. H C. Fitzpatrick was third
with 96-27-69.
The cup will be played for several
times this year. 1t Is to go to the man
who wins it twice this year, and the
Club Golf Committee plans to hold
tournaments for 1t during the balance
Of the season.
WASHINGTON GOLF AND CoUN-
w TRY CLUB folks still are dis
cussing the feat Of James d. Ma
loney of Congressional the other day Pt
Washington when he sank full iron
shot on the par eighth hole for an
eagle 2.
Maloney was playing with Don r.
Dougherty and Dave Thompson, the
club pro, when he accomplished his
stunt on the hole which plays about
ranked as one of the hardest par As
on the Virginia layout Thompson
says the shot was no fiuke. It hit in
front of the green, he said, took q
couple of hops and rolled into the cup
Two youthful members of the Wash
ington Club shot the course in 70
strokes yesterday. They were James
G. Drain and z. T. Rice. .
"A LETTER frSa Albert r. Mac
n Kenzie, who Is out In Los Angeles
visiting his son Roland, tells of
row good the courses are out there in
the West and how the prevailing warm
weather also has hit the Pacific Coast,
Went over to Riviera yesterday" Al
bert said, ito watch the boys stTuggle
in the qualifying rounds Of the amateur
championship. Quite an atmosphere of
washington out there. Roland played,
and so did Maurice Mccarthy. saw
Sam Morse and Bill Carr, who used to
be at Columbia, and A. H. Walters from
washington.
you may think Pine Valley is a
tough golf course, but this is q bear
eat. I played it Sunday, and 1t Is al
most too long to walk around, let alone
play. Give my best regards to all the
boys"
INDIAN SPRINGS team Of woman
i golfGEs are esconced in q comtorta-
49,
heap in the woman'S golf league matches
now being played at Washington clubs
One Of the finest performances ever
turned in by woman's team was sub
mitted last Thursday by Mrs. Betty P.
Meckley and Mrs. P. B. Hoover OF IN
dian Spring, when they turned in q
best ball over that tough course OF 70
strokes, to add their bit to the clean
sweep the home club women made OF
the match with Woodmont.
TOUR washington Golf and Country
il Club golfers are planning an air.
plane trip TO Pine Valley to play on
Tuesday They are D. G. Gruver, "
C. Dickey, Ralph A. Drain and DR..
Thomas ]. Rice. They plan to leave
washington by plane early Tuesday,
play at the famed Pine Valley course
and return by air that evening.
''Do YOU think, Walter" Dickey said,
chat can break 100 over that courseP
/ understand the folks will bet no man
can break 100 on the first trip over the
layout" We replied that II he played
with his head as well as his CLUBS
Dickey should have no trouble breaking
100 over Pine Valley, for that arduous
layout demands thinking golf like no
other course we know.
also has fine control Of his shots. He
Is understood to have made respect
able wager he will break 100 at Pine
Valley.
TICK TENNYSON. the refund fellow
- who won the Clelsnd Cup tour
ney at washington Barracks last
week Is q living example of the truism
that you don't have to practice to win
tournaments. Tennyson won the tour
ney from q flock of other sport writers
with O card Of 92-22-70, and strangely
enough, his golf experience has been
confined strictly to the Cleland Cup
classic.