Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21

TINE Spring invitation golf season
is over around Washington, and
the tournament players who
have competed in the round of
golf events at many Of the clubs
about the Capital can now settle down
to Summer Of somnolence as far as
big-time golf activity is concerned.
For the top-fiight players there is one
big shot yet to come this week.
The Maryland State amateur cham
pionship is to start over the Rolling
Road course next Wednesday with a
36-hole qualification round, and II the
weather next week Is as warm as it
was last week at the Manor Club there
Is going to be a lot of sore. feet after
that 36-hole qualification round on
Wednesday. Not a lot of the boys are
going over to Rolling Road to play
that hilly layout, but there will be
few Washingtonians in there struggling
to unseat the crown from the brow OF
Alex Knapp.
The State title holder has not been
playing any too well this year, and the
dope from Baltimore indicates that the
stage is all set for q new champion 10
mount the throne, Alex. however, Is
no set-up in any league, and the man
| that beats him will know he has been
| in a golf match. Thirty-two men will
qualify on wednesday, will play four
18-hole match-play rounds on Thurs
day and Friday, and the two winners
will meet in a 36-hole final round on
SATURDAY.. Entries will close tomor-
row and must be accompanied by the
IS entry fee.
WOMAN golfers OF the Capital are TO
w play tomorrow in miniature
tournament over the course OF
the Indian Spring Golf Club for
cup donated by Mrs. j. F. Gross chair
| man Of the Woman's COLI Commlttee
of the Indian Spring Club.
The tourney will be run on under
the auspices of the women's District
Golf Association, with six-hole
! qualifying round, to be followed by
| three match-play rounds. All contest
ants must start between $50 and $3.50
m, and those who report later tnan y
/ am will not be allowed to play IN the
miniature tourney.
the District Women's Golf Association
announces that entries for.the tourna-
mint for the Herald trophy Will close
with her at noon on Wednesday. The
tournament is an 1S-hole handicap
medal play event open to all women
| golfers about Washington. There will
| be a handicap limit of Is in the event
which will pe played next Friday al
Chevy Chase.
washington Golf and Country Clut
golfers today are to stage another OF
those family get together parties with
members of the Columbia Country CluE
over the washington course. Last veal
| the Washington players journeyed ovel
| to Columbia, and the Columbia players
went over to Washington to play in ar
J informal team match. This year the
same series of matches are to be played
and the opening iouSt Is scheduled for
today at washington. There will bt
scmething between $50 and 200 golfers
| from Columbia and no one is interested
in the winning score-or cares. Iht
whole outing Is devoted to comradely
rounds Of golf.
| THOMAS d. WEBB, Jr., won the Low
i gross prize in the Wesley Height.
| tournament, played at Congressiona,
| Country Club while the low net went
to Walter H. Kilburne, with net So.
High gross went to George A Bache
J other prize winners were Winfree A
| johnson, DR.. Thomas D. Webb, DR.. Ottc
/ Wendt, DR.. James L. Barmhard anc
Paul e. Shorb. Cecil F. Wilkinson
acted as POSTMASTER at the dinner
which followed the golf tourney.
Entries for the american Legion sol