Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
TO PLAY TUESDAY
AT INDIAN SPRING
viii Be a Handicap Affair.
Nothing Has Been Done
About Team Matches.
BY WALTER e. McCALLUM.

n NOTWITHSTANDING the singu-
lar apathy that Washington
golfers have shown toward the
tournaments of the Maryland
State Golf Association since the asso-
citation put on a drive last Winter and
secured the memberships of most Of the
clubs In Maryland near Washington,
the Maryland association is to stage an
other tourney at a Washington club
next Tuesday.
The event will be one Of the regular
handicap affairs which have been
staged during the season by the State
organization, and viii be held at the
Indian Spring Golf Club, which Is one
OF the main strongholds of the associa-
ton In the Washington area. Only one
other event has been held by the Mary
land association near Washington this
year--a tourney held at Chevy Chase in
June.
No word has been forthcoming so far
this year from the Baltimore headQuar-
ters Of the association as to whether or
not the team matches of the Maryland
association will be resumed this year.
The matches last year resulted in VIC
tory for the Indian Spring team, which
won the State championship in final
round with the Columbia Country Club
team at Indian Spring. Rumors have
come that the team matches vii not be
played this Fall
For some reason Washington golfers
have not gone in for participation IN
the Maryland State events. With tie
exception Of the golfers of the Indian
Spring Club a few of whom have
played in most Of the Maryland State
Journeys, the players from the other
clubs which are members of the State
body, have not turned out for. the ham
dicap events Of the association. A
mixed foursome event, staged last week
in Boltimore by the State organization,
had no entrants from Washington and
similar Journeys held at Baltimore and
other points In the State have drawn
few entries from washington clubs.
Members of such clubs as Columbia,
Chevy Chase, Congressional, Bannock-
burn, Manor, Beaver Dam and Burning
Tree have not turned out for the State
events as have the members Of the Bal
timore clubs. This may come from the
fact that players in the state events
must have Maryland State handicap
cards, and many Of the players of the
clubs about washington have neglected
20 obtain them.
The washington Golf and Country
Club and the Army-Navy Country Club
are not eligible TO membership IN the
Maryland association because of their
location in Virginia.
An entry fee of 50 will be charged for
the Maryland State Association tourney
ct Indian Spring next Tuesday, and
professionals are invited to participate,
starting from scratch. Prizes win be
awarded In three classes, as follows: to
IL handicap; - to az handicap; % TO
IS handicap.
A LTHoUGH J. Monro Hunter, long
"A hitting star Of the team Of Hunter
and Dtnenbaugh, who viii oppose
Billy Burke, national open champion,
and George Won Elm, rIniler-up, IN an
exhibition match at Indian Spring on
September 6, is not in the best Of
health, he hopes he viii be- in the pink
OF condition for the coming contest.
Hunter has an infected hip and has
been under treatment by a physician
for nearly q week. During that time
he has been unable to play golf or even
swing q club except on short shots. His
9orte-long drtving-has been neglected
while he has been undergoing treat
ment for the infected hip.
He hopes to be entirely recovered
within few days and win begin prac-
ticfng for the Won Elm Burke match.
Hunter and Difenbaugh have been I'M
usually successful In exhibition matches.
They have lost but one contest in a
1our-year campaign against the best
professionals and amateurs in this sec
ton and that at Baltimore. They never
have been beaten in match over the
Indian Spring course, although Comp
ston and Boomer. the British profess
SIGNALS, played them to q tie two years
ago.