Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-08
WILL MEET, GOLF
Al. INDIAN SPRING
-. !. --
Middle Atlantic Association
to Plan for Seasons
Tournaments.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

precincts next Monday at the IN
dian Spring Club j. Monro Hun
ter, pro at Indian Spring and
president of the Middle Atlantic
Professional Golfers Association,
has called a meeting of the or
ganization for that time. The
pros will play golf, dine and then
hold meeting, at which a Sched-
ule of events for the association
for 1881 will be outlined.
The ASSOCIATE held a meeting in
March at the Maryland Country Club,
but because several of the pros were in
the South and were unable to speak for
their clubs. the matter of drawing up
schedule was not taken up. Bob Bar
nett, Ralph Beach, Willie Schneider and
Charles Betschler, the pros who were
in the South, now are back home and
can speak for their clubs in arranging
the tournament schedule. The aSso-
citation already has decided to close the
sectional championship to pros con-
nected with clubs in the Midatlantic
sector.
Meanwhile thu Maryland State Golf
Association, to which nine clubs about
washington belong, has arranged a
lengthy schedule of events which will
start on April % with a handicap
tournament at the Rodgers Forge Golf
Club. Here is the schedule:
April 2S-Rodgers Forge.
May 25-Handicap tourney at Rolling
Road.
June Senior championship at the
Baltimore Suburban Club.
June 16-Handicap tournament at
Five Farms.
June 3O-Junior State championship
ct Rodgers Forge.
June 24-27, inclusive-State amgteur
championship at Rolling Road, 36-hole
qualifying round and 36-hole final
round.
July 14-Handicap tournament at
4 Chevy Chase.
August 4-Handicap tournament at
August 25-Handicap tournament at
4 Indian Spring.
September 11-State open champion
ship at Congressional.
September 15-Handicap tournament
at Hillendale.
october 6-Handicap tourney at
Sparrows Point.
October 20-Handicap tourney at
Suburban. handicap tourney at Mary
land Country Club
The committee in charge of the tour
naments is as follows: Murray Crane,
Page Hufty, Albert R. Mackenzie,
Robert T. Shriver. John Von2iff. VIII
liam D. Waxter and William P. Hall.
The Executive Committee meeting of
the District Golf Association, scheduled
for today at the Manor Club. has been
postponed to April % and will then be
held at Manor. Dave Thomson, presi-
dent Of the District association, will have
the Executive Committee Of the asso-
citation at Manor as his guests for golf
to discuss holding of an 1nterScholaStic
tournament for all the preparatory
schools-public and private-in and
near the District Of Columbia. While
the District association is playing with
the idea Of holding an interScholastlc
tournament many of the high school
youngsters are wondering what Is going
to be done this Spring about the compe-
tition for the Dawes Cup, emblematic
Of the high school team championship.
No schedule has come from the school
authorities although the schedule usual
" is out before Easter and the high
school club swingers are In puzzle as
to whether they can book matches with
other schools They feel they should
wait until the dates for the Dawes Cup
matches are announced before booking
matches.
Over at Central the golf team will
have the 17-year-old veterans, Harold
N. Graves and Earl kindly, back on
the lob. while Western will be captained
by John Holzberg. Most of Westerns
veterans have left school and gone to
other schools Only three teams Will
play in the Dawes Cup tourney TINS
year-Western, Central and Tech. All
three will play two matches with each
Dther.
Fair golfers of the National Capital
viii play In their city championship
tourney on the week of May Is at the
Congressional Country Club. The dates
of June S-l2, inclusive, originally chosen
by the District Women's Golf Associa-
ton for the title chase among the lalr
golfers, were changed yesterday by the
association to May IS to avoid con-
fict With the dates for the Women's
Southern Golf Association champion
ship. which will be played, beginning
June g. at the Princess Anne Country
Club at Virginia Beach.
The association, meeting yesterday at
the home of Mrs. Frank r. Keefer, its
president, also decided to permit unat-
tached players to compete in the tour
neys Of the organization, with the ex-
ception of three major events. These
are the Phyllis Keeler Miller memorial
event. the District womans title tour
ney and the competition for the Corby
Cup. The initial tournament of the as
ISOLATION will be held at the Chevy
Chase Club next Monday. an lS-hole
medal play event. In addition there VIII
also be held match play tournament,
with the opponents to be drawn.
Rock Creek Parks oily Boids."
sometimes called sun dodgers" have
started their season with bang. Not
n single default appears in the f1rSt
round OF the two flights of the initial
tourney Of the year. Here are the re-
suits OF the opening round:
First flight - Weber defeated PARK,
4 and 3; Frazier defeated Featherston,
and 4: Green defeated Bearce, and
/; Snyder defeated Shaw, 3 and q;
Bryant defeated White, and S; Bon
ney defeated Diller, and Q; Burton
defeated Mo1ill. up in 20 holes; Pos
son defeated Chadwick, / up.
Second fight - Edwards defeated
Davidson, up: Dickinson defeated
Hellmers, and 5; Levy defeated Cum
mings, up, and Bowly defeated Wag-
shall and 2. The oily Boids" are
an organization Of golfers who play
their matches between 6 and 9 am. at
Rock Greek Park.
The initial golf tournament Of the
Unicn Printcrafts Golf Association Of
Washington will be held at the Beaver
Dam Country Club on May 4, 5 and 6.
The tourney will b. blind handicap
affair at 10 holes medal play, with a
prize for low gross and a prize for low
net score. The round may be played
on any Of the three days Of the event.
Players win be given sealed handI-
caps as they leave the first tee and on
the night of May 6, when q dinner
viii be held. the sealed envelopes VIII
be opened.
Entries must be In the hands CT the
committee by April 10. Play will be