Evening star., 1932-01-16
EVENT DOUBTFUL
At INDIAN SPRING
CAPITAL Is Assured of Only
Three Major Invitation
Affairs in Spring.
BY w. r.. McCALLUM.

IN ND1NIN EoI ISA4NS 10 WIZ A"VS''S
golf club about the Capital to
make a gesture toward can
collation. of its Spring invita-
ton tournament.
Harry H. Kidwell, chairman of
the club Golf Committee, an
nounced today that, although no
final action had been taken on the
matter, the probability is that In
dian Spring will not hold an in
vitation event this year. The
tourney usually is held during the
third week of May each year.
With Woodmont already on the fence
with the announcement that It's lnVl-
tstion event may be Cancelled this year,
and Manor definitely committed to
carrying out Of its biyearly tourna-
ment schedule, which calls for no
tourney this year and an event in 1888,
there probably will be only three big
invitation events held about the Capt.
tai this Spring, not including the
tournament of the Baltimore Country
Club. which usually attracts a fairly
large field Of Washington golfers. AS
the tournament lineup stands today,
it is like this:
Washington Golf and Country Club
will hold its tournament as usual TO
open the season unless unforeseen
events make a change necessary.
woodmont is on the fence and may
not hold tourney in 1882.
Chevy Chase plans to hold its
tournament for the Taft and Sherman
trophies as usual.
Manor will not hold a tourney in
1882.
indian Spring probably will not hold
q tournament this year.
Congressional is not likely to hold its
invitation event this year.
Columbia undoubtedly will hold its
usual invitation event in June.
60 that If Woodmont, Indian Spring
Oand Congressional cancel their events
in 1882 there will be only three
major invitation affairs during the
coming Spring about Washington. The
likelihood is, however, that Washington
will get the sectional qualification
rounds for both the amateur and open
championships, although the decision
of the United States Golf Association
in these matters will not be made
known until later in the year. So 1t
appears that the overburdened Spring
tournament schedule of other years,
which has run practically without in
terruption from late April to mid-June,
will be curtailed this year by the action
of the clubs themselves. In any event,
with Manor and Indian Spring not
holding their events. the season is GER
tain to be shortened, even If Woodmont
and Congressional do hold tournaments.
ERED MCLEOD, the golf mentor at
l. Columbia, believes that all former
champions. both amateur and pro-
fessional. should qualify automatically
in the two major mems championships
without going through the ordeal Of the
qualification rounds in their sections.
When you figure it OUT says Fred
die" there are not so many eX-chanl-
pionS hanging around who would play
and surely It would not upset the
schedule Of the U. S. G. A. to qualify
automatically all the men who have
won championships in other years. In
the open there would be Alex Ross, my
self, Chick Evans, Jim Barnes, John
Farrell, Walter Hagen, Willie McFar-
lane, Jerry Travers, Bobby Jones, Gene
Sarazen and Francis Ouimet. Proba-
bly, Ross. Travers, Jones and Ouimet
would not play and, even If they did
play, their inclusion in the champion
ship would work no hardship on the
others, for those who have winning
chance would probably qualify anyhow.
I'm the amateur championship I see
the q. S. G. A. has decided that the
defending champion does not have to
qualify this year. Why not extend that
courtesy TO all the former champions
without making them play in their sec
tionsl qualification rounds. There
wouldn't be many in that tourney,
either, for Jones has dominated 1t so
long there are not many ex-amateur
champions left who would care to play.
Going back a few years there are H.
Chandler Egan. Robert A. Gardner,
Chick Evans, Ouimet, Travers, Jesse
Guilford, S. Davidson Heron and Har-
rison r. Johnston. That about covers
the list Of those who would play and
certainly their inclusion without quail
fication would work no hardship on the
others, for again all of those mentioned
who care TO play probably would qualify
in their sections. Won Elm is out and
Jones Is out"
The enire slate of officers submitted
10 the Maryland State Golf Association
annual meeting at Rolling Road Golf
Club went through TO election last night
without hitch. Edgar A. Peppler, who
has served several terms as secretary,
and vice president, was chosen president
to succeed Robert Mclean, who de-
clined to stand for third term. Robert
Stead, jr., Of the Chevy Chase Club,
William P. Hall and Free J. Green, both
Of Baltimore, we're chosen vice presi-
dents and Nathan Kaufman and Will
liam D. WaXter, jr., both of Baltimore,
were chosen treasurer and secretary,
respectively.
Much Of the discussion at the meet
ing centered around the national
amateur championship, which is sched-
uled 10 be played on the Five Farms
course Of the Baltimore Country Club
in September, and selection of the
Chevy Chase Club course as the venue
Of the sectional qualification round was
discussed.
A few minor changes will be made in
the Five Farms course, according to
Talbot T. Speer, to make it a little
harder for the championship contenderS.