Evening star., 1932-02-28

' Y fication rounds in the
Middle Atlantic section
for both the amateur and open
golf championship.
The qualification round for the
open championship will go either
to Columbia Country Club or Con-
gressional Country Club, and will
be held on June 6.
The qualification round for the
amateur championship will be
played at the Chevy Chase Club
in August, on a date yet to be
named by the United States Golf
Association.
These facts are official and are con-
firmed in a letter received last night
by The Star from the United States
Golf Association:
The qualification rounds for the open
will be run off under the jurisdiction
Of the District Golf Association. while
5he medal play tests to determine the
1uelifiers from this section in the ma
5ional amateur title tilt at Baltimore
n September will be run of under the
oint jurisdiction Of officials Of the Dis
,rict Golf Association and the Mary
and State Golf Association.
There is absolutely no conflict OF
opinion or thought between the Chevy
Chase and Columbia clubs on the mat
er of holding the sectional tests, ac-
cording to spokesmen for both these
4 -, ~ l1AIG hi
ional tests for the open, Chevy Chase
yill be satisfied.
Likewise the award of the amateur
ectional qualification rounds to Chevy
,hase finds Columbia conplacent and
ficials of that club willing to help
heir brother club on Connecticut ave-
rue with the sectional tests in any
'ay possible.
President Asher of Columbia and
chairman Robert Stead, jr, of the
, ,hevy Chase Golf Committee both au-
lorize the statement that there is alb
Dlutely no conflict between the two
.ubs.
president D. L. THOMSON OF
the District Golf Association has
a letter from the United States
Golf Association advising him that
lalifying rounds for the open, and 1t
up to the District Association to
loose the course over which the 90
Ole test will be played on June 6.
If 1t is not played at Columbia, 1t
- Ill be played at Congressional, al
lough Columbia, according to Asher,
wiling to loan its course for the
The fact that Chevy Chase will get
le amateur sectional qualification
urney is contained in letter from
U. S. @. A. official, received last
Rht. which states the following:
"The Championship Committee has
ritten to Mr.. Peppler of the Maryland
off Association, in answer to a query,
tat this event will be awarded to
ashington. In any event Chevy Chase
i'll get the amateur elimination
)usfds."
The Maryland State Golf Associa-
On also has a letter from the United
ates Golf Association stating the
me thing.
10 the National Capital, in place of
} procuring one of the big champion
ships in the Bicentennial year, Will
rocure both of the big sectional noe-
lows, for in this city will gather on
me and in August the best OF the
nateur and professional talent to de-
je who shall represent the Mloole
, lsntic section in the championships.
So many words have been written
,out the matter-some true and others
flair and untrue-that purely In the
.terests of justice it is only 1alr 10
ate the views of both the Columbia
I'd Chevy Chase clubs that there is
1t and will not be any conflict be-
yeen the two clubs in the matter OF
le sectional qualification rounos.
Columbia has not been an active DID
,r for either event. Columbia offered
E course for the amateur champion
,in in July. 1881, for the 1882 sectional
ualifying rounds, but it did not take
ne position of being an active bidder
n the event. This offer followed q
nilar tender Of its course made In
abruary, 1881, for the 1881 amateur
ials. No letter was written by Colum-
to the United States Golf Associa-
on on this matter after the letter OF
ebruary, 1881. ,
So Columbia, which has been repre-
7nted as being actively after the ANA
,ur qualification rounds, simply ten
cred its course to the United States
{ off Association If the latter body saw
to award the trials to Columbia, ana
no time was the club making cam
aign for the tests.
Chevy Chase, on the other hand. went
rongly after the amateur sectional
lst. with the backing of the Maryland
tate Golf Association and through Wig
rous effort, procured the amateur
1als.
THE position of the Columbia Coun-
l. try Club in this matter has been
so misrepresented that 1t is time
%; was Strengthened. There never has
cen and probably never will be any
onf1ict between two such fine golflng
rganizations as the Columbia and
Ghevy Chase clubs.