Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-05

10 crowded have the tournament
lists Of the affairs of the women's
) District Golf Association become
that the golf organization which
governs the sport for the fair players
about Washington is considering a new
and radical step in the conduct of one
of It's major tournaments next week.
Mrs. Frank r. Keefer, president of
the association, announced today that
in all probability there will be a limit
placed on the number of those who play
on the second day of the 36-hole medal
play competition for The Star Trophy.
In other words, the association holds
that all those who are plainly without a
chance to figure In the tournament
should drop out. She indicated today
that those who have a first days gross
should drop out of the second days
play. Inasmuch as the maximum handi-
cap permitted in The Star Trophy COM
petition is 18 strokes, this would give
player with ITO gross a net score of
90, which would be almost certain to
be far away from chance to figure in
the tournament.
The competition for The Star Trophy
is the only tournament staged by the
is open to all woman players in the city,
regardless Of club affiliations, and also
Is one of the few in which an entry
fee is not charged. All woman golfers,
regardless of whether or not they are
AFFILIATED with private clubs, are in
vited to play in the two-day tourney
which stars next Monday at the Manor
Club.
Unattached players are urged TO
nh IN of
Cleveland 1868, and entries will close
at noon On May 8. Pairings for the
tourney will be published on Sunday.
The course of the Manor Club will be
open for practice Thursday and Friday
mornings of this week. Last year the
tournament-played at the Indian
Spring Golf Club-was won by Mrs. G..
o. Rhyme, then attached to the Ban
nockburn Golf Club. The Manor Club
may be reached by going out the
Georgia avenue pike past Wheaton to
within half mile Of Norbeck, Md. The
club entrance Is at the left side Of the
road going north about One-hah mile
south of Norbeck.
In such a large tournament as that
for The Star Cup promisss to be, Mrs.
Keefer believes that the best interests
Of all the players will De served if some
such restriction as has been suggested
is placeQ On the pay
GONE indication of the increased in
- terest in women's golf came yes
terday in the tombstone tourna-
ment held at the Columbia Country
Club, in which SIS players competed. II
the entries for The Star Trophy event
come up to expectations there Will be
rs or more players competing In this
event.
Mrs. William e. Hall Of the Wash
ington Cob and Country Club won the
tombstone tourney yesterday, with
card of 80, playing her final stroke TO
the eighteenth green.
Mrs. 6. F. Colladay Of Columbia was
second, with a card of "a, and Dorothy
IIunter of Indian Spring was third.
with 95. Mrs Hall elected to take the
low gross prize and the initial prize in
the tombstone tourney went to Mrs
Phyllis Hoffman Of the Army-NaVy
Country Club.
John C. Let's, one Of the leading
golfers of the Senior Golf Association
of the Chevy Chase Club, paired yes
terday with A. L. Houghton, Kenwood
Country Club professional, to win the
selior-pro tournament staged by the
Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers
Association over the course of the Chevy
Chase Club. Let's had q card OF 90,
while Houghton scored II to win the
low gross prize among the professionals.
Their combined score of 1853. with Let's
handicap of IL strokes deducted. gave
them a net card Of 1872 which was good