Evening star., 1932-05-15
ANNUAL TOURNEY
STARTS TUESDAY
Women Open District Title
Play Tomorrow at Manor.
KenWood VengefuI.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.
THE competitive golf season
around Washington will
reach a new high mark
this week, with two major
competitions scheduled for men
and women golfers at the Chevy
Chase Club and the Manor Club.
One of the Journeys is the 22nd
annual invitation event of the
Chevy Chase Club-always one Of
the most popular events held in
this section and always produc-
tive of the finest of golf competi-
ton. The other is the District
women'S links championship,
scheduled to start over the Manor
Club course tomorrow-and TO
run through the balance OF the
week, with the final round carded
for Saturday.
Two golf stars Of national magnitude
will play in the Chevy Chase tourney,
which has been practically local event
for several years. Roland X. Mac
KenZie, Columbias young star, q men,
her of three United States Walker cup
teams and one of the finest players
ever turned out by Washington club,
is an entrant and will play in a local
tourney for the first time since 1927,
when Roland left the Capital. He is
back in Washington now 20 remain, and
for the first time in five years Is an
entrant in a local tournament.
THE other star is D. Clarke Corkran,
l. who learned the game over the
course of the Baltimore Country
Club and now lives in Philadelphia.
Corkran, like Mackenzie, Is q former
winner of the qualification round in
national amateur championship and,
also like Mackenzie, has been lead
ing figure in the national simon pure
tourney. Corkran won the qualification
round in 1924 at Merton, with mark
of 142, which still is the record, and
Roland Mackenzie won the qualifying
round in 1925 at Oakmont with card
of las. Both are fine golfers and both
are fully capable of winning the Chevy
Chase tourney.
While Roland has not played great
deal of golf since he returned to Wash
ington early last month, his game is
the Chevy Chase course last week in
70 strokes, 8 above par for the layout,
which is golf good enough to win lot
Of matches In any company.
IN addition to these two outstanding
i stars, the Chevy Chase tourney will
include all the local stars who have
made golf history at Chevy Chase dur
ing past years. Both Corkran and Mac
KenZie have won the tournament, while
in addition to these two former win
ners of the Taft Trophy will be in the
field in the persons of Harry G.. Pitt,
winner in 1928, 1929 and 1890, and
Miller B. Stevinson, winner In 1924
Both Pitt and StevinSon are capable of
burning up any mans golf course at
any time and both are capable Of turn
ing on enough heat to blast out any
other entrant. George S. Lyon. the 73-
year-old Canadian star, will not play.
He has informed Chairman Robert
Stead, jr, Of the CHEVY Chase Golf
Committee that he will be unable to
play. His absence robs the tournament
OF good deal of interest. for Lyon has
been for many years one Of the most
picturesque figures in the annual jousts
at Chevy Chase. Several other Cana
dians are coming to Washington to play
in the tourney.
The District wonen's championship
will start tomorrow over the Manor
Club course with the first section of
an 18-hole qualification round. The
medal round will continue on Tuesday,
with match play carded for the balance
of the week. The final round is sched-
uled for Saturday
TENWOOD GOLF AND COUNTRY
N CLUB golfers will attempt to re-
verse previous decision over
them by the team of the Indian Spring
Golf Club IN a match at Kenwood
today. The Indian Spring team will
be headed by Club Champion Tom Bel
she. while Maury\ Fitzgerald titleholcer
at Kenwood, will head the Kenwcod
clubSwingers. George Diffenbaugh, pro
at Indian Spring, and AL Houghton,
pro at Kenwood, will play in special
professional match.
Women golfers of the Capital, headed
by Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes, Middle At
lantic titleholder. are to continue their
team match with Philadelphia women
today at the National Women's Country
Club. The first engagement of the
1nter-city series was played in four
sones yesterday at Chevy Chase. The
final joust will be played today at the
National Women's Club. A return en-
gagement between fair players from the
two cities will be played later at Phila-
delphia.
~ 3. DES JARDINS, a member Of
~. Congressional made a unique
hole in one last week. He was
playing on the course Of the Rolling
Green Club, near Chicago, and on one
Of the holes he hit long nidiron shot
toward the green, near which two
workmen were busy repairing a trap
He could not find his ball In the trap
or on the green and he asked the
workmen about it. One Of them pulled
a handkerchief from his pocket and the
ball came out with it. The wayward
pill, in that recalcitrsnt habit of most
golf balls. had carried into the pocket
Of the workman and remained there.
Argyle Country Club members are to
compete today in the first round of the
club team qualifications for places on
the club golf team.
A mixed Scotch foursome Is the tour
ney scheduled at the Woodmont Coun-
try Club, and the club golfers also will
play for places on the golf team.
THOSE Washington golfers who like
l. to mix in little travel with their
golf tournaments will be hard put
to 1t next week to decide whether to
play in the invitation tourney Of the
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