Evening star., 1931-06-24
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE
.By WALTER R. McCALLUM-

A junior championship tourney open
to all boys in the District of Colufnbis
and nearby towns and cities who have
not attained their seventeenth birthday
before June 30 was announced today by
the american Legion, Department OF
the District OF Columbia. A 36-hole
qualification round will be played al
East Potomac Park on july I'll. with the
first Is players to qualify for the sue
ceeding match play rounds. Entries
accompanied by a certificate Of the date
OF birth, should be filed at American
Legion headquarters in the Shorehan
Building or at the East Potomac Park
field house. A prize to 60 to the winner
Is to be presented by Capt. Watson B
Miller, chairman Of the National Re-
habilitation Committee of the Legion.
The Legion has been spurred on to
this golf effort partially by the success
Of the activity conducted by the or
ganization in boys base ball. Entry
blanks may be obtained at Legion head
quarters or at East Potomac Park.
The Legion also is planning to hold
miniature golf championship, to be
played on the course at Eighteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue on July
~, %, 20, 80 and 81. Low scores foT
SO holes viii determine the winner.
Virginia williams spread-eagled her
field yesterday to win the championship
Of the kenwood Country Club by 10
strokes. She registered 40-45-S5 to
lead Virginia Pope in the title contest.
Miss Pope scored 95. In third place
was Mrs. E. A. Rule who scored 102.
~ ASHMEAD FULLER, defending
NJ his Chevy Chase Club title, must
pick up IL strokes on Frederick
Hitz over the third and fourth rounds
If he is to retain the title he has won
for the past two years. Hitz yesterday
added 78 to his 76 of the opening
round of the 72-hole title chase. while
Fuller scored 70. Hitz' total for the
FIRST 36 holes Of the tourney is 154,
while that Of Fuller Is 1874.
Richard P. Davidson turned in a fine
score Of "a to add to his "a of the open
ing round and crept into second place
at i5S. Emmons 8. Smith is only 1
stroke behind Fuller, with cards of
82-83-165. Then comes Reeve Lewis.
jr., with 85-81-166. John Britton
has cards Of 8l-83-l64, and @. Brown
Miller, jr., has S8-s4-f72. Andrieus
A. Jones, jr., and Richard Lunn picked
up.
The third round was scheduled today
with the fnal tomorrow.
W. SOhAAA0AAACnbo 41C1o yCSUSIQaY AT
Il Columbia resulted in victories for
Clyde B. Asher, playing in the
Rotary Club event, and for j. r. M
Bowie, playing in the tourney Of the
Gridiron Club.
Asher shot fine IS on the out nine.
but took 46 for the return Journey for
score OF 81, to win low gross in the
Rotary event. Second gross went to
a. A. Paldot with card of So. L. ].
Goods won first low net with
Bowie won the Jay ]. @. Hayden
Trophy, presented by the president OF
the Gridiron Club, with o card Of 86-
l5-7l thereby annexing first net prize
in class A. George r. Holmes shot the
low gross IN class A with a 90. First
low gross in. class B went to Charles
MichaelSon with a card of 90, while
low net went to Thomas w. Brahany
with 95-22-73.
In class G the low gross winner was
James L. Wright, who scored 1OS. Low
net went to Walker s. Buell., with lO3-
24-79. Warren wheaton turned in
the low net card for the entire field
with 86-1S-68. The kickers' handicap
was won by Tudor Morsell, who hit the
lucky number on the head with 7S.
President Hayden won the high gross
prize with 129.
z A. MERKLE and Ray Esher. who
LIZ tied for first place in the low net
competition at Manor last week
and again tied in playof on Sunday,
played again, with Merkle winning by
three strokes.
Mrs. j. william Harvey, jr., won the
18-hole handicap for women of the
Indian Spring Golf Club, with q card
OF !OO-14-S6, thereby winning the
trophy presented by Mrs. A. c. Heap.
Mrs. j. F. Gross was second, with
102-12-90 and Mrs. Heap was third
with 106-10-96.
Parishioners of All Saints Church
played in blind bogey tourney at
KenwoOd yesterday, in which q tie re-
suited at net 88-the lucky figure
between G. p. Warner and D. c. Walser.