Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-12

n FAY is busy month for woman
mn golfers of the Capital In a.
dition to the competition for
The Star Trophy, slated to end
today at the Manor Club, three other
events are scheduled for the fair club
Swingers, only one of them an exclu-
cively club affair On May 81, while
the men are playing in the Indian
Spring tourney, team Of Washington
woman golfers will play team of Bal
timore women in team match over
Warrington coures, and during the last
week in May the fair players will COM
pete in the chase for the District wcm-
ans championship over the course OF
the Chevy Chase Club. This competl-
ton originally was scheduled for June
at the Confessional Country Club, but
the date was advanced to avoid a con-
1ict with the Wcmen's Southern GoH
Association championship at Princess
Anne, and now the scene OF the cham-
pionship has been changed to CheVy
Chase.
The course of the Congressional Corn-
try Club is undergoing extensive repairs,
designed to repair the damage done 10
the putting greens last Fall, and VIII
not be in sufficiently good condltion 10
play a major championship tourney
over until late in May. The board OF
governors of the Chevy Chase Club yes
terday gave its sanction to the use OF
the course for the District Woman's
championship for the five days begin
ming May 25.
Woman players of Chevy Chase are
to compete in a tourney Of their own,
starting May 10, when the annual COM
petition for the French High Commits
sion Gun for women is billed to start. A
qualifying round to be played on May
Is will be followed by match play
rounds on May 10. 20, % and %, the
one day hiatus on May 81 being due to
the team match with Baltimore. -Four
Chevy Chase golfers are on the Wash
irgton team.
The finest golf on the opening day
of The Star cup tourney yesterday was
produced by Mrs. Alma Ven STEINER,
who led in the net competition over
the first day with card of 88-11-77,
and Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes, who led
in the gross event with a card Of 81.
Out in an indifferent So, Mrs. Won
STEINER played the short nine OF the
Manor Club, where the tourney is being
staged, in 36 strokes, which is only
, three strokes above mems par. This
included a 5 on the par eighth hole.
Mrs Haynes played the rugged last
nine of the regular Manor Club course
| in Al strokes, which is considerable
golf for a woman, and then proceeded
to take AZ on the easiest nine OF the
| layout, where par is 80. She did not
have single 3 on the inside nine.
Her pitch shots. aimed at the pins far
back on the putting green's consistently
| and she could not get the return ap-
proach close enough for single putt
At least eight players had chance
to win The Star trophy as the tourney
moved into its final phase today. The
main trophy goes to the player with
the lowest net score for 36 holes. Mrs.
Won STEINER led by three strokes with
her net of II, while only three strokes
behind her were Mrs. j. NJ. Shock of
the Army-Navy Country Club with a
card of 93-18-80: Mrs. j. NJ. Haynes
of Columbia, with 84-4-80, and Miss
Florence Scott of Indian Spring, with
a score of 93-13-80. One stroke be-
! hind these three were Miss Virginia
Williams of Congressional, with 91-10-
81. and Mrs. G.. D. See of Manor, with
0e.18-81. In addition to these there
WOre several players with net score of
e. who might win the trophy today
with hot" round.
With many of the star players of the
city entered, the qualifying round in
the Chevy Chase Clubs invitation