Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-26


" expect to reach high up on the
~ tree and pick off the choice
plum Suffered in the $2,550 Ken
wood open tournament are gathering In
the neighborhood4eE washington. and
planning exhibition matches In advance
of their showing on November and 8
at Kenwood. Tony Manero, another
one OF the Italian-American golfers of
the SaraZen- Turnesa persuasion, is in
Washington today with his bride and
planned to play today in the sweep
stakes tourney at Congressional for the
professionals of the Middle Atlantic
area. Tommy Armour and Bobby
Cruickshank, two Scottish golfers, the
former the holder of the British open
title, will arrive in Washington early
next week.
On Thursday, November 5, an exhi
bition match will be played at the All
View Country Club, which is out on the
Columbia pike, between Baltimore and
Washington, starring Gene SaraZen,
John Farrell and Tommy Kerrigan.
Sarazen will pair with John Flattery,
the home club pro, against Farrell and
Kerrigan, and after the match all the
members of the foursome will come to
wood course.
Oficials Of the Kenwood Club were
in telephonic communication last Sat-
urday with Billy Howell, the Washing
ton and Lee University student who
holds the Middle Atlantic amateur title.
and who went to the semi-f1nal in the
national amateur Billy told them he
will be in Washington to play in the
Kenwood open, where his most deter
mined rival among the amateurs will
be none other than Harry G. Pitt, long
hitting Manorite, who took Howell for
a fast ride in the final round of the
Columbia tournament to beat him by
2 up. Outside of this pair the amateur
contingent will not be strong. The
entry of Walter Hagen in the tourney
has not yet been definite made, but
club officials hope the 'old duke" will
be on hand to produce the golf CT
which he is capable Kenwood should
suit Hagen, the old master of the
mashie niblick.
MRS. ]. MARVIN HAYNES, the new
lV1 Middle Atlantic woman's cham
pion, will pair with Mrs. Betty P.
Meckley, the District champion, against
Mrs. E. Y. Boyd Morrow of Elkridge
and Mrs M Louise Bell, last years
mid-Atlantic title holder, in the exhi-
bition match next Thursday, which will
mark the formal opening of the new
course Of the National Woman'S Coun-
try Club. The four will play a nine
hole match, starting at o'clock. Be-
fore the exhibition there will be played
an 18-hole medal play event in which
all women golfers of Washington are
invited to participate. They are urged
to bring their own caddieS Prizes have
been donated by several of the golf
professionals around the Capital and by
the Golf Committee of the club. A
buffet luncheon will be served at noon.
rhe course is to be open for practice
today tomorrow and Wednesday.
CurtiSG, the tall lad who made
a flying trip to Washington from Duke
University to play in the Namadji Mini
tourney, is the new king of Middle At
lantic southpaw golfers. CurtiSs shot
twin rounds of 80 and 83 in the wind
which swept the Indian Spring course
yesterday to win the renewal of the
event for the L. A. Reeves Trophy. In
second place was Thomas P. Bones,
the young Columbia left-hander, who
has been playing fine golf this year,
but who had not swung club for
fortnight prior to yesterdays tourney.
Bones shot 81-84-165. Sam Rice, the
outfie'der of the Mats, who is a fine
golfer. and former winner of the trophy,
finished third with 84-82-166. A
small field competed.
THOMAS NJ. BELSHE, the gent who
i won the Interdepartmental League
championship last year ever his
home course at Indian Spring, today
holds a new title-that of club cham
rion Of the Indian Spring Golf Club.
Belshe upset all the pre-tournament
dope yesterday by downing Leroy w
SaSscer, the defending dtle holder, by
and l in the 36-hcle final match yes
terday Belshe won his semi-final
match from DR.. L. S. Otcll. while Sass
GER beat George c. C!st to eote- the
7nsl. All even at tho end of the first
l3 holes of the final. Pelsfe wen three
Of the first four holes in the afternoon
and was 2 up at the twenty-seventh