The Washington times., 1931-09-29
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NINE HOLES
THURSDAY
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

By GEORGE A. SIMPSON
A bigger and better National
Capital Open golf championship:
That's the aim Of the Kenwood
Country Club. sponsors OF the
event that will be held here. on
November Z and 8.
Following the suggestion OF the
tournament bureau Of the PROBES
sional Golfers Association, Ken
wood officials have changed the II
to a 54-hole event instead OF a
S6-hole affair.
An eighteen-hOle qualifying
round will be played on the
opening day with the sixty low
scores to shoot 36-holes the next
day.
o. P. Fits, greenskeeper at the
Columbia Country Club, mas
charge of the work on both the
old and new course. twenty
eight traps are being built on the
old course while par for the course
will be slashed from 70 to 10. The
first nine measures 1882 yards
while the new nine stretches S,2S4
yards.
The new nine will be officially
opened with an exhibition match
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock. Miss Virginia Williams,
women's club champion, and Al
Houghton, club pro, will oppose
Mrs. Betty Parker Meckley, OF
Indian Spring and women's Dis
trict golf champion, and George
Diffenbaugh, assistant pro at In
dian Spring.
Mrs. H. ]. Simons won the quail
flying medal in the women'S club
championship at Manor with SO,
seven strokes lower than the
scores of Mrs. j. T. Powell and
Mrs. T. N. Beavers. Summaries:
FIRST FLIGHT-Nrs. H. J, slmons vs..
vs.. vs. MRS. E. N. McCleliand. who won the
lcc lftl Hsrs GsaT Ms Beaver. rS" R: Mrs D 4
sEEc1oSp FL1GHT-Mrs J. T. Campbell
smith vs.. Mrs. n. K. Beck. Mrs. George
f. raR6 M1f5 FEieaFHr. Ii NJ 4 C. r. eo'G L. smcoe vs.
Mrs MMrs r. r. e. 1FaSs Taie6tt Mn Mrs A. e5sf x
ys. Mrs. H. J. Kane, Mrs. G. F. Platt vs.
"fs Fo8kTH 3 G TaZIeHi FKZiGHir-Mr,. W. c. Ceilings
vs.. Mrs. George Adams; Mrs. George Y.
Rilsy vs. Mrs H. !. Scrap; G;;,,sbso Mrs r MI. E:
Wilson Barrett vs.. Mrs. q. G. Wood.
The Columbia Country Club
women golfers defeated the Army
Navy players, 81, in an interclub
match on the Columbia course.
Summaries:
Mrs. j. W. Beller and Mrs. H. R.
N: Shock ana Mrs L;,,13 /; H. Hsdric6; cI6.,;s p
and Mrs. H King CornweIl, Columbia;
Mrs 6. K. osborne, ) poinSs; Trs Nor.
Columbia. defeated Mrs. J. T. O'Rear
ard Mrs. Lewis Coke, points.
Gene Larkin, assistant pro at
Chevy Chase, and Charles Mack
all. Chevy Chase amateur, tied
with Carroll McMaSterS, Rolling
Road pro, and Dave Crook, Roll
ing Road amateur, each with a
better ball of 68 in the pro-ama-
teur tourney at the Suburban
Club in Baltimore yesterday.
]. l,lunr~ Hunter, Sr., and
J. Munro Hunter, jr., of Indian
Spring, tied for third with
Glenn Spencer and G. ].
Campbell and Cliff Spencer and
Spencer OvertOn, each with SO.
Other WashingtonianS in the
play were Archie Clark, assistant
pro at Congressional, and Forrest
Thompson. Beaver Dam amateur,
II; Bob Barnett, Chevy Chase
pro, and Richard P. Davidson,
Chevy Chase amateur, II; George
Diffenbaugh. assistant pro at
India Spring, and j. William
Harvey, jr., Indian Spring anna
teur. IL; Arthur Thorn, Wood
mont pro. and DR.. M. Harris, p.
Mrs. James V. Brownall, med
aliSt in the women's club cham
pionship at Indian Spring, was
returned c1 easy victor over Mrs.
Tom Moore, Z and 6, in the first
round of match play. Sum
marieS:
FIRST FLIGHT-Mrs. J. v Brown
ell defeated Mrs Tom Moore, and
9; Mrs, H H shinnick defeated
Mrs. J. F. Gross, and 5: Mrs. J. W.
Harvey defeated j. H. Bullock, 7 and
5; Mrs. A. Heap defeated Mrs. John
SECOND FLIGHT-Mrs George Diff
fenbaugh defeated Mrs. NJ. HessslIback.
9 and q Mrs H. P. Mattson de-
feated H. P. Brown, 3 and Z; Grace
Pragssser defeated Mrs. H. A. MihiIls,
and 4; Mrs E. B. Wagner defeated
Mrs W N. Smith, and ,.
THIRD FLlGHT-Mrs. H. L. Lacey
Mrs. =. J. Kennedy defeated a bye:
Mrs. " M Houlsapple defeated a bye
MIS- y. n: Flrey defeated Mrs Will
son Barrett, and 4.
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