Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02
y oTWITHsTANDING reports
that have come out Of Norfolk
u regarding the entry Of Roland

that have come out of Norfolk
" regarding the entry Of Roland
R. Mackenzie in the Middle
Atlantic tourney, which starts at Viz
ginia Beach on Thursday, the Columbia
country Club star and Walker Cup team
member, will not play in the sectional
championship. Roland is 5000 miles
away. far out in Los Angeles, and could
not arrive here in time to play IN the
tourney unless he hoped fast plane
Entries for the Midatlantic closed this
afternoon at the Princess Anne Coun-
try Club, but few post entries Will be
I. accented. The pairings are to be an
+ nollnced tomorrow for the medal round
which will be played Thursday. Among
the star golfers from Washington VINO
will play in the tourney are: Harry u.
/ Pitt and G. F. Miller OF the Manor
Club; Miller B. STEVENSON, Albert n;
! Mackenzie, Gardiner r. Orme anu
Tommy Bones of Columbia; V. q. Bur
nett of Beaver Dam, and many others.
. A large number Of players from Balti-
more, including Alex M. Knapp, b:
Warren Corkran, Talbot T. Speer ana
Harry A. Parr, 3rd, have entered the
tourney, along with crack players from
Richmond and Norfolk. Billy Howell,
the champion, is entered, as are Chan
dler Harper, Portsmouth, Va, youth
who won the Virginia State title last
year; S. Q. Collins, champion OF tne
Ewell of Richmond and Pat Dillon, for
mer State titleholder. Most OF the
washington delegation will leave the
Capital on the boat tomorrow nlgnt
for Norfolk.
Six women golfers of the Capital were
playing today in the qualifying round
of the Maryland State womens cham.
pionShip tourney at the Rolling ROAD
Golf Club of Gainesville. Mrs. Betty
P. Meckley of Indian Spring. who won
the District women's title last week for
the second time, is an entrant, as Is
also Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes OF Column
bia, runner-up in the District title
event. Other entrants are Mrs. Harry
A. Knox and Miss Virginia Williams Of
Congressional; Mrs. Frank R. Keefer OF
Chevy Chase and Mrs. j. T. Powell OF
the Manor Club.
FAVORED by far better weather than
Il that which prevailed yesterday. ap-
proximately 80 golfers employed by
Uncle Sam played around the Indian
Spring course today on the final day
of the Inter-Departmental Golf League
annual championship tourney. That
there will be new individual champion
is certain, for Tom M. Belshe OF the
War Department., who won the title last
year, took pair of els in the rain and
mud of yesterday and knocked himself
right out Of the championship. John
j, Lynch, the rotund Treasury expert,
who plays from the Argyle Country
Club, shot 80 and Sc to take the lead
in the gross competition for the first
days play and place second in the net
event. The team championship cannot
be decided until all the team members
have played today and even then some
of the teams will not have complete
score, for some of the golfers decided
the weather of yesterday was not worth
the effort and withdrew from the tour
ney. Under the rules OF the compet1-
ton, their scores are scratched and their
teams made ineligible for the team
title. But there are plenty OF prizes
in the three classes and for gross and
net scores.
The net leader yesterday was w. H.
Young of the Department Of Agricul-
ture, who had 193-42-151. Lynch was
next with 16S-16-152. Fewer than 20
players broke 100 on the rain-soaked
and soggy course. Many penalty strokes
were incurred by knocking the ball into
water-filled bunkers and conditions as
a whole were far from satisfactory for
scoring. But with better weather con-
ditions today lower scores can be ex-
pected.