Evening star., 1931-04-24
SCENE OF TOURNEY
is NOT YET DECIDED
Burning Tree, Congressional
Named as AIternates for
September Affair.
District Of Columbia
Golf Associations amateur

COLI ASSOCIATION s amateur
4 championship tournament,
awarded to the Chevy
Chase Club at the annual meet
ing Of the association last
month, will not be played there
in September, but probably at the
Congressional Country Club or
the Burning Tree Club.
Robert Stead, jr., chairman OF the
Chevy Chase golf committee, today an
nounced that major changes in the
course Of the club, affecting two holes,
will make it impossible for Chevy Chase
to stage the tournament in September
The District association already mas
been advised of this change and has
settled on Congressional and Burning
Tree as the alternate courses on which
the tourney for the title now held by
Frank K. Roesch OF Washington may
be played.
Burning Tree, where the champion
ship was played last year, has been
offered by walter r. Tuckerman for
the 1881 championship and probably
viii be accepted. Congressional Is TO
undergo q program Of grooming that
may make It impossible to hold major
tournament on its course in September
The District championship Is scheduled
for September II and IL ana Is a 12-
hole medal play event. Congressional
fS listed to hold the District women's
championship during the last week IN
May.
Changes at Chevy Chase will center
around the ninth and sixth holes. The
club has approved a radical change in
the character Of the ninth green, which
will be improved by completely rebuild
ing the putting surface and rebunker-
ing the green. The hole viii remain as
q par one shotter, but viii be ma
terlally improved by bunkering and
changing the character OF the shot. A
scheme to build q row OF bunkers
through the fairway and provide an
alternate route for the short hitter to
the right has been abandoned, but the
green will be rather severely trapped.
Changes at the sixth hole will chiefly
be in the nature Of new bunkertng
around the green and along the right
side of the fairway, while one OF the
bunkers at the right side Of the fairway
to catch the tee shot win be filed up.
The improvements viii not be started
until August but viii be well under way
At the scheduled time for the District
amateur championship.
TrHE annual golf tourney of the IN
i terdepartment Golf League, which
usually draws between 200 and 300
entries and is one OF the largest Or
ganizations In this neck Of the woods,
will be played over the course OF the
Indian Spring Club on June and Q,
according to announcement today by
Ralph A. Shepard, secretary.
Government golfers, but the committee
In charge Of course selection chose In
dian Spring because that club could
guarantee sufficient number OF cad
dies and Winter rules would not be
necessary.
A meeting Of the Interdepartmental
League for the purpose Of nominating
teams from the various Government
departments TO play for the Mellon
team trophy, will be held Friday after
noon, May !, In room 18o, Treasury
Building.
washington Golf and Country Club
bowling golfers defeated a team of golf
ing bowlers from the Congressional
Country Club In match on the Con-
gresSional alleys last night. Although
Clarence M. Charest, one-armed tennis
star and member Of Congressional,
rolled both high game and high set,
the Washington club bowlers were
steadier than their rivals and won the
match by 81 pins. Charest had games
OF lis, l12 and l04, while D. c. Gruver
was high man on the Washington team.
The teams lined up as follows:
hington-Henry T. Rodier, d. c.
Gruver, w. r. Little, DR.. T. d. Webb,
DR.. T. j. Rice and DR.. B. s. Taylor.
" Congressional-Maj. w. B. Garrison,