Evening star., 1932-06-05
36.HoIe Test Slated at East
Potomac Park June 20.
Big Week Ahead.
BY w. X. McCALLUM.

More players may go from WASH
ington, but if they do they will
go on their own and pay their own
expenses.
Entries for the national public links
title chase will close on Sunday, June
-. with Al Farr, manager at East
Potomac Park, who has been delegated
to handle the job of running off a
qualification round by James D. Pres
ton. public links committeeman repre-
senting Washington on the United
States Golf Association Public Links
Committee. A 36-hole tournament will
be played a. East Potomac Park on
June % to settle on the lone individual
who will represent Washington in the
national public links title tourney. Ex-
penSes Of this lone Capital player will
be raised by disposlng of a set of
clubs, which will be donated by S. G
Loetf1er, concesSionnaire for the local
public courses. The trip to Louisville
for one player is estimated to cost
about $1lU.
7 Asst year four golfers represented
IL Washington in the national tourna-
ment at ST Paul and in Ne team
competition for the Harding Cup
These players were Bradley H. Bur
rows. Washington municipal lin k
UOIlIl SoIilIOIAN, I1ul ldll w LIZ
and Robert Burton. This year Wash
iugton will not have a team in the
Harding Cup event, unless three other
players pay their own way to Louisville.
The rules of the competition as laid
down by the U. S. G. A. permit each
city to enter up to six players in the
tournament.
The trip to Louisville is quite ex-
pensive,' Loeffler said last night. And
TO send four players would cost $440.
In the past most OF the money has
been contributed by the management
of the public courses. But our players
have net done very much in the
national tournament and with condi-
tionS as they are we do not feel juStl-
fed in spending so much money this
year"
COLF will break out in rash of
" competition locally this week. with
one major sectional championship
scheduled for decision: the qualification
round for a national event listed, big
womcn's tournament on the slate and
the annual competition OF the Inter-
Department League on the schedule.
Altogether it constitutes the biggest
competitive week scheduled for local
golf this year.
Tomorrow morning more than 60
amateut and professional stars from
Washington. Maryland. Virginia and
the Carolinas will swing into action
over the rugged course of the Congress
sional Country Club playing SO noles
to determine the eight men who will
represent this section in the national
open championship to be played at
Fresh Meadow, Flushing N. Y, on June
%, "a and 25. All the local pros hope
to qualify, but some of them are GER
tain to be disappointed, for quite a
formidable group of divot diggers VIII
be at Congressional from Baltimore
Richmond Norfolk and points in the
Carolinas prepared to dig their spikes
in and work their way toward the
national open itself.
Two of the big shots in amateur golf
around Washington-Harry G. Pitt OF
Manor and Roland R. Mackenzie OF
Columbia-have entered in the sec
tional tourney for the open champion
ship, but do not intend to turn in
cares. They will concentrate all their
golfing skill and energy on the cham
pionship tourney of the Middle Allan
tic Golf Association. which is to start
at Columbia on Tuesday and run
through Friday.
THE professional golfers around
i Washington has turned out en-
masse for the open and every one
of them, having in mind the sensa-
tional feats of Sarazen and Burke in
coming up from virtually unknown
position in golf to win the big cham
pionship, is anxious to qualify for a
Shot at the title With only eight to
qualify this means that only one
eighth of the starters will represent this
area in the open. Right off the bat
YOU can throw out most of the amateur
entrants, for most Of them only entered
to swell the lists and get more places
for the pros And if Harry Pitt and
Roland Mackenzie play tomorrow, it
is not likely they will turn in their
cards.
The Middle Atlantic tourney is the
biggest sectional event of the year for
amateurs in this neck of the golfing
woods. Played at Virginia Beach, last
wear and at Richmond in 1880 the
Middle Atlantic comes to Columbia Tor
the first time since 1919 and in WASH
ington for the first time since 1928. the
year Harry Pitt holed 60-foot putt
across the green at the first hole at
Congressional to beat John C. Shorey
and win the title! With Billy Howell,
title winner for the past two years, out
of the tourney, Pitt again will be one
of the favorites to win the Midatlantic
this year for he has recently been play
ing golf of the same brand that won
him four major events last year and
established him at the top of the local
heap. But Roland Mackenzie has
shown himself to be back in the form
which gained him place on three
Walker Cup teams. and II he plays
anywhere near as well as he played to
win the Chevy Chase tournament, he
will be q formidable hurdle for any
rAar to overcome. Practically all the
heading golfers from the entire Middle
Atlantic area have entered in the
tournament.
ToMoRRow also some 80 golfers
i representing all the Government
departments and bureaus will start
the two-day competition for the Inter-
Departmental League championship
over the course of the KenWood Golf
and Country Club A similar number
will play on Tuesday. This is 36-hole
tourney open to golfers who work for
Uncle Sam, and notwithstanding talk
of pay cuts, furloughs and other dole
full predictions from Capitol Hill. there
will be quite group of Federally-em-
ployed divot diggers out there at Ken
wood tomorrow and Tuesday. Entries
In this tournament are published else
where in The Star.
More than half a hundred entries
already have been received by the
Women's District Golf Association for
the Herald Cup tournament. the out
standing event of the week for the
feminine golfers of the Capital, to be
played on Wednesday over the fine
course of the Woodmont Country Club,
near Bethesda This will be an 18-hole
medal play tournament, open to all
woman golfers in the city, regardless of
club affiliations. with a maximum
handicap allowance of 16 strokes. An
entry fee of 81 will be charged and
entries are being received by Mrs. F.
r. Keefer at 1907 Porter street. The
woman golfers Of the several clubs will
continue their team match series to-
morrow in contests to be held at the