Evening star., 1932-01-26

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Association championship
tournament, now held by
Mrs. Betty P Meckley of
Indian Spring, will go to the
Manor Club of Norbeck, Md, in
June, according to tentative plans
drawn up by the Tournament
Committee of the women'S aSso-
citation. The 36-hole competition
for The Evening Star Trophy, one
of the major events Of the sea-
son, probably will be held at the
Kenwood Golf and Country Club,
while the other big events OF the
tournament season will be scat
tered among the other clubs which
form the association.
Mrs. Frank r. Keefer, who was re-
elected president of the association two
weeks ago, has held meeting OF the
Tournament Committee and tenta-
lively decided on these clubs as the
venue of two Of the important tourna-
ments of the organization. The places
and dates will be ratified at another
meeting in March. Meanwhile plans
are going forward for a series OF team
matches between picked teams repre-
senting Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Oficials of the women's association
DENY that relations between Washing
ton and Baltimore have been strained
as a result of the complaint MADE foi-
lowing tourney at the National Wom-
ems Country Club last Fall by Baltl-
more woman golfer, but they are Iook-
ing forward to competition between
Philadelphia and Washington this year.
The interclub team matches, which
were a feature Of the women's golf sea-
son hereaboutS last year, will be carried
forward this year and will start as soon
as the season opens up, according 10
Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, captain OF the
Washington women's golf team and
chairman of the Interclub Matches
Committee.
MRS. MECKLEY plans to spend part
1Nl Of the Winter at Miami Beach,
Fla, where she will go next month
TO play golf at the several fine courses
around Miami with Mrs. Harrison
Brand, jr, of Chevy Chase. Mrs.
Keefer plans a visit to San Antonio,
Tex, during the later Winter and Mrs.
Haynes also is planning a Southern
trip. Last Winter Mrs. Haynes played
in several Of the Southern tournaments
and was invited to go to England with
the United States wonen'S team, which
met a picked team of English and Scot
tish woman golfers abroad last Spring.
Womens golf around Washington en-
joyed last year its most successful sea-
son. Fields Of rs and more golfers
were common during the Spring and
Fall and in one or two cases the en-
tries went over the 100 mark On the
whole. the season was the most sue
cessful of any since golf became
factor In women's sports around the
Capital. This year the schedule viii
be more extensive than last year, for
Mrs. Keefer has presented a trophy
which will be played for in the Spring.
In addition, such events as the District
championship, The Star Trophy event,
the Patterson Cup tourney and other
major events will be played.
ONE of the features of the season
~ will be the competition for the
bachelor girls trophy" to be
played at Bannockburn. In this medal
play event married women will be ell
gible TO compete, but the main prize
will go to a single woman.
The team events between the various
clubs this year will be marked by the
entrance of two teams from several of
the clubs. Strict rules, which provide
among other things, that a club de-
faulting three matches shall lose its
place in the matches, have been drawn
Up for the team contests, and they
will start earlier IN the season than last
year
Under the tentative plans drawn up
by the Womens organization the Phyllis
Keeler Miller Memorial tourney will be
played at the Washington Golf and
Country Club on April 90 the Patter-
son Trophy tourney at Woodmont in
the Spring and the Corby Cup event
at Columbia on September %.
Several of Washington'S leading Wom-
an golf stars are expected to play in the
womens Southern championship, to be
played at Hot Springs, Ark, on May 80.
Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes is sure to be an
entrant, while some of the other leading
stars of the Capital may make the trip.
The fourteenth hole at the Chevy
Chase Club has again been made in
two strokes. This para affair, one Of
the hardest drive-and-pitch holes on
the Chevy Chase layout, had been made
in twice before Comdr r. r. M.
Emmett holed No. iron three or four
days ago for another eagle deuce. The
hole is about 375 yards long and is
played to an island green, almost en-
tirely surrounded by traps and bitches.
Emmett was playing with Dwight Dick
inSon.