Evening star., 1932-06-16
WEEK END GO[F|NG
PROGRAM IS LISTED
Events for Both Men and
Women Carded for Sat-
urday and Sunday.

0x W. M NXCOhAAO OIWs
~ EAvER DAM is going to put
X on quite a golf show next
l. Saturday and Sunday in
connection with the formal
opening Of the new club house,
which has just been finished to
replace the one destroyed by fire
last January.
President E. S. Brashears of the
club today announced the golf
program for the week end which
will mark the formal taking over
OF the new club house. The cere-
monies will be attended by many
prominent figures in the business
and Official life of Washington.
On Saturday two nine-hole blind
bogey tournaments will be played, one
for the woman members and their
guests. starting at noon on No. tee,
and one for the man members and
their guests, starting at the tenth tee.
Following these two events there will
be special approaching and putting
Journeys for women and their guests,
and approaching, putting and driving
contests for men and their guests.
Prizes will be given to the winners
and runners-up in each event, while for
the mems blind-bogey tourney a special
prize will be awarded to the contestant
with the lowest gross score
The new club house will be open for
inspection and service throughout the
day, and at night the opening will be
celebrated with dinner dance.
ON Sunday the club will stage four
~ ball professional exhibition match,
In which three of Washingtons
prominent professional golfers will play.
The match probably will find Gin
Spencer, the new pro at Beaver Dam,
paired with his brother Glenn, from the
Maryland Country Club, against Bob
Barnett Of Chevy Chase and AL Hough-
ton Of Kenwood. All golfers in Wash
inston are invited to witness this ex-
hibition. Participation of Glenn Spen-
Ger in the match is not yet certain,
but his brother Cliff is hopeful Glenn
can be obtained for the contest. In
case Glenn cannot play another WASH
ington professional will take his place
The new Beaver Dam club house,
erected on site several hundred yards
north Of the old house, has been rushed
to completion in record time 1t was
started in March and will be ready for
occupancy within three days. In con-
nection with the construction Of the
new house two new holes are being
built to so rearrange the course that
both mines Of the regular course will
finish at the new club house.
MOST of the five Washington pro-
1v1 fessionals who plan to play In
the national open championship
Apf NIL tSA klA i<h EN-ne .,
Meadow next Monday brushing up their
shots in preparation for the contest.
Gene Larkin left Washington last
night for his home in Philadelphia,
where he plans to spend the remainder
Of the week and go to Fresh Meadow
on Monday.
Al Houghton of Kenwood. Archie
Clark of Congressional, Bob Bar
nett of Chevy Chase and Mel Shorey
of East Potomac Park plan to leave
the Capital Sunday night to arrive
in New York Monday for practice over
the course. The tourney starts next
Thursday.
a TEAM of Washington women
"A golfers, headed by Mrs. ]. Marvin
Haynes. captain Of the team Of the
Women's District Golf Association. were
back In Washington today after 9-to-6
victory yesterday over q womans team
from Richmond on the James River
course of the Country Club Of Virginia.
AIRS. BETTY p. MECKLEY, the lone
Ivl Washington player left in the
Gibson Island woman's golf tour
ney. today met Anne Cochran Of Balti-
more in the second round. Mrs. Meek
lev won her first round match yester-
day from Mrs. r. g. Dempwolf of York,
Pa. by and l.
Mrs. J. Franklin Gross Of Indian
Spring lost in the first round to Mrs.
W. B. Hurst Of Elkridge and played
today in the consolation, where she
met Mrs. Jerome Sloman OF the Balti-
more Suburban Club.
AT least one Of Clark Grifith's pre-
"A dfctions has come true. but this
one pertains to golf Some months
back, when there was much converSa-
ton about formation of q senior golf
association at Columbia, "Grif" wrote
to Darcy Banagan. the assistant pro
at the club, informing him that he
wanted to be one Of the charter mem
bers Of the senior organization and
that the seniors would better watch out
for he (Griffith) intended to take them
all into camp.
Yesterday Grif made good In big
way, for in the tourney held to start
the senior golf activities at Columbia
Griffith tied for both first low net and
first low gross. In both cases he tied
with his pal Jimmie Baines. Both Grif-
fifth and Baines had gross cards of 81
and both played with handicaps Of 10
for net cards of y. Col. d. T. Merrill
also tied for the net award with q score
Of 8+12-72. Ralph p. Barnard was
next with 92-ls-74 Sixteen members
Of the club played in the initial
tourney.
1t was planned to hold an organiza-
ton meeting and dinner after the golf
tourney but this was postponed be-
cause of the electrical storm which
broke about 6 o'clock.
THE National Woman's Country Club
i announces a handicap tourney for
men and women golfers to be
played at the club on Saturday. En-
trants have been asked to choose their
own partners, and an entry fee Of 81
will be charged. A cup has been pre-
sented by Mrs. Charles M. Remey and
Mrs William S. Corby.
Entries should be phoned to National
1882 or to the club. The tourney will
be an all-day event, with the con-
testants to start either in the forenoon
or afternoon.
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