Evening star., 1932-01-27
AMATEUR TOURNEY
BIC TASK FOR CLUB
Committee Heads Already
Selected for National
Championship.
BY WALTER X. MCCALLUM.


1 \ months away, and big time
golf in the northern part
Of the United States is q matter
of Winter rules, bumpy putting
green's and uncertain weather
conditions, those forWard-Iooking
men in charge of golf affairs in
Maryland, and particularly at Bal
timore Country Club, already have
taken the initial steps toward the
work of organizing the thirty
sixth national amateur golf cham
pionship.
The tourney will be played over the
rugged Five Farms course of the club,
| located in the Green Spring Valley
| about miles from the old Roland Park
course of Baltimore's largest golf club,
and will start on September u to run
for full week.
! 1t will be played over the same course
| on which the Professional Golfers As
! sociatiOn championship vas played in
1928 and will be the first national ana
teur championship TO be played in the
| East south Of the Mason and Dixon
| line. The amateur championship never
| has been held before south of Phlla-
| delphia in the Eastern part of the cOun-
! try, although Columbia Country Club
staged the national open back in 1921.
All Clubs to Help.
| Holding that major championship
| is not purely a club affair, but must
| enlist the services Of most of the promI-
] rNn oil in, n1 ,,, >-,.,
| is held, the energetic committee of Bal
! timOre Country Club, which procured
| the championship after two years OF
| negotiation. has called upon all the
| clubs around Baltimore for aid in stag
| ing the tourney. Undoubtedly some Of
| the more prominent men in golf around
| Washington will be asked to serve on
| the various subcommittee which are
| necessary to handle such a large affair
as the amateur championship.
Stuart S. Janney, prominent Bali-
| more sportsman and golfer. has been
named general chairman of the COM
mittee in charge Of the tourney and
| what a job that Is. JannCy Will be
| called on for everything. from getting
| sports writer's into the club house to
! finding shoes and missing clubs for the
! contestants.
! The chairman Of the committee at
| the amateur championship has no bed
OF roses. what with turning down his
| friends who seek passes, handling the
various requests OF the visitors and
! otherwise acting as head nurse for
| SCme $50 golfers and several thousand
| spectators who come TO see the show.
| For the amateur championship has been
| big business ever since Bobby Jones
! began to pull EN- in at the gate.
! Committee Leaders.
Other committee charmen are: Tai
! bot T. Speer former Maryland foot
! ball and prominent golfer, in charge Of
! programs; Robert Mclean, jr., former
| president Maryland State Golf Asso-
! citation, in charge of tickets, Edgar A
/ Peppler, president Maryland State
/ Golf Association in charge OF admis-
/ sion and information; John F. Davies,
! president Rolling Road Golf Club. in
/ charge Of publicity; John Mackall for
/ mer Maryland State road commits
Sioner. in charge of transportation:
! D. Luke Hopkins. vice president Mary
! land Trust Co, in charge of finance;
! William w. Darsie, prominent Balti-
| more COhnUy Club golfer, in charge
Williamson. another prominent Balti-
more Country Club golfer, IN charge
Of Caddies and scoring; NJ D c'Babe'D
Williamson, another prominent Balti-
more golfer, in charge Of grounds; John
/ Ramsay, chairman of Baltimore COun-
try Club House Committee, in charge
of the club house: Joseph A w Igle-
hart, we'll known Baltimore sportsman,
in charge of entertainment: Harry A.
Parr, Sd, present Maryland amateur
champion. ard H. Bradley Davidson,
well known Baltimore golfer, in charge
OF galleries.
Job to Handle Gallery.
The last-named Job is one Of the
most important Of all, for it is no easy
task to handle six or seven thousand
charging galleryites, who consider they
have gained the right to see the whole
show when they pay their admission
fee to the amateur championship.
knowing the capabilities Of these Splen-
did golfers and SpOrtsmeA who worked
so hard to bring he championship to
Baltimore, we are sure the affair will
be an outstanding success.
1t seems likely that the sectional
qualification rounds for the champion
ship in this section will be played in
washington. so the National Capital
will have slice of the championship
pie. too. and it is certain that many
hundreds of Capital golfers will travel
over to Baltimore to watch Francis
Oumet defend the title he won in such
gallant fashion last year at Chicago,
Another score of 10, made by Fred
MCLeoi. professional at Columbia, over
his home layout, failed to win him
golf match yesterday. Paired with Wal
ter P. SlIinker against Albert R. Mac
Kenzie of Columbia and Sandy Armour,
! Congressional pro, the little Columbia
. -rcnt0r sl,ot the Cou"c2 in par. and yet
his team was licked n tn hoe green
when Armour SANK a 1-fOoU pu,e to
retain a l up margin. Armour was
around in II, and he and Mackenzie
teamed just well enough to win the
match by the smallest possible margin.
Armour and Mackenzie had best
ball of 90, while Skinker and Mcleod
halved many holes, proving again that
the team which intersperSeS its VIM
ming holes is the one which generally
is victorious in best ball match. Nc
Iced started again with a 3 at the first
hole. and secured another bird at the
seventh Mackenzie put his side in the
| lead with a bird a at the long fifth