Evening star., 1932-02-02
WASHINGTON CLUB
JOINS DOUBTFULS.
Low Exchequer Causes Inde-
oision Over Annual Invl-
tation Event.
BY w. n. McCALLUM.

Country Club, one Of the
4 Capitals oldest and best
known golf centers, which
has a record of invitation tourna-
ment continuity stretching back
over two decades, is the latest Or
eanization around the Capital
which Is on the fence in so far as
holding an invitation tourney IN
1882 is concerned. The same
chap who has caused a disruption
In other sports-"old man depreS-
sion"-is at the bottom OF the in
decision of the Washington club
authorities regarding the club in
yitation event.
o. L. veerhof1, chairman OF the
Washington clubs Golf Committee,
said today that the membership OF the
Virginia organization will be canVasseo
during March or April on the adVsa-
bility Of continuing the Club 1nVltatlon
Tournament this year. Washington, like
Ynnst of the other clubs around WASH
tnrton. annually invites Its members 70
contrtbute to golf fund, out OF which
prizes are purchased for the invitation
Tournament and the intra-cluo events
held during the year.
yTEERHOFF seriously questions
v whether the amount which mlgnV
be raised this year will be enough
to hold an invitation toruney in 1882
and at the same time carry on enough
golf activities within the club during
the year, although he has had In mlno
the ievying Of a small entry fee Tor the
intFa club events to make them SELL
supporting But there are other plans
on foot which may, and probably will,
result m continuance of the Washing
kon club policy Of big invitation event
each year.
with Indian Spring and Manor out
OF the tournament picture this year
and Woodmont, Washington and Con-
Rressional on the fence, 1t appears eco
nomic necessity may force curtailment
of the overcrowded tournament schedule
next Spring. conclusion that the
schedule makers have unsuccessfully
tried to bring about for several years.
For more than 10 years steady parade
OF tournaments has been held each
Spring around washington, beginning
early in May and continuing through
most of June. Today, with revenues
dropping at many OF the clubs through
resignation Of members and q general
slump in income, many Of the tourna-
nents which have been held in other
gears may be dropped this year.
HEANOR VIII continue its policy,
III adopted two years ago, Of a tour
nament every two years instead
of every year. Indian Spring has an
nolinced that In all probability tour
nsy will not be held, and Congressional,
II II follows the precedent of the last
two years, will not hold its tourney for
the Presidents Cup. The Congressional
board, however, has not appointed the
committees for 1882, and a rearrange-
n1ent of the schedule Hlay9be made. At
present it seems likely that Chevy Chase
and Columbia alone may remain as the
two clubs which have definitely decided
30 hold their invitation events.
h is no secret that many members
have been lost at many Of the golf clubs
about washington during the depres-
skou, asshough, by and large, member
RSzps have held UP fairly well. Each
Winter finds q few members Eeeigntng
OF most Of the clubs.
TrRED MCLEOD and Walter P. Skink-
Il er are convinced now that Albert
r. Mackenzie and Sandy Armour
are their superiorS at golf. Last week
the Mackenzie Armour combination
whipped them l up at Columbia and
yesterday they did the job all over again
in the same way, winning the match by
one hole. The golf yesterday was not
as good as it was in the first engage
n1ent.
Columbia has gone contract bridge.
The Columbia Club tomorrow night
wf1l hold a duplicate contract bridge
tourney similar to that held OF the
washington Colt and Country Club on
Sanuary II.
Professional golfers Of the Middle
Atlantic section late last night came out
of a protracted annual meeting Of the
Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers
Association held behind closed doors at
the Manor Club with a new president
and rumors that steps will be taken in
the future to severely discipline mem
bers who seek to ouSt other golf pro-
fesaonals from their Jobs. Reporters
were barred from the annual meeting
for the first time in the history of the
professional aSSociation-and it was in
dieated heated discussion went on at
the session over the right OF golt pro-
feseional to seek the Job held by
brother pro- Two cases in Baltimore
and Washington came up for discussion,
and the association is seeking to make
fts constitution like that of the national
body, which provides baniShment to a
golf professional convicted on this prac-
tice.
Ralph Beach of the Baltimore Subur-
ban Club automatically became presi-
dent Of the organization succeeding j.
Monro Hunter of Indian Spring, who
was president last year. Robert 7.
Barnett of Chevy Chase became first
vice president and Glenn Spencer OF
the Maryland Country Club became
second vice president. Warner 7,
Mather and Carroll T. McMaster, both
Of Baltimore, were reelected secretary
and treasurer respectively. Five OF
washington's golf professionals did not
attend the meeting.
Glenn S. Spencer Of Baltimore won
HH sweepstakes tourney Of the associa-
fion with card of 73, two strokes In
nont OF the rs shot by Monro Hunter.
The next meeting of the association
win be held at a Baltimore club on
March II at which time the schedule
of the association for 1882 will be
drawn up Attempts are to be made
to secure a golf ball to be stamped
with the name of the sectional pro-
fessional association, to be sold in golf