Evening star., 1932-10-06

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[ lengthy siege Of illness
~ that kept him of the
course during most of the
Winter and early Spring, Arthur
B. Thorn, professional at Wood
mont Country Club, has been Tut-
ting on a hot streak of golf since
his return to the game.
Always fine player who has had
spells OF putter trouble, Thorn has been
scoring during the past two months bet
ter than he ever did prior to his illness.
He has had a half dozen rounds of 70
and better over that tricky Woodmont
layout, where he specializes in bagging
brides, and in friendly matches over
his home course is well nigh invlnclble.
He is not yet able to play So holes
without firing, as his performance in
the Maryland open last week showed,
but over the l8-hole route Thorn is
hitting the ball better than ever
Rounds of -, II and 70 have come
clicking off his clubs with persistent
regularity over the past two months,
on that tough layout built by Donald
Ross in Bethesda a decade ago.
Indeed. the pros Who go over to Wood
mont to play against Thorn on his own
course have tough time with the re-
juvenated Woodmont pro, no matter
what their regulations may be on their
home courses. Thorn is a golfer who
can score with any man when he gets
that putter going, and at the rate he
is going now he will be tough PROPOSE
tton for any Of the lads when he gets
his strength back in sufficient measure
to go 36 holes in good trim.
THE woman's Middle Atlantic cham
i pionship at Rodgers Forge next
week may see considerable opposi-
tion from a sector of the area that has
never produced championship pos
siDility. There is good chance that
Mrs. D. H. Clark OF Virginia Beach,
wife OF a naval officer stationed at
Norfolk, may play in the tourney. Mrs
Clark is the woman who won tn, Vir-
ginia State title few days ago at Iir-
ginia Beach. uncorking a 81 for the
first nine holes of the Princess Anne
Country Club course to defeat decisively
Mrs. Jean Jones OF Richmond in the
final round
If she plays in the Midatlantic next
Week-and she has bsen urged to
play-she may cut wide swath in the
tourney, which heretofore has been
monopolized by Washington and Bal
timore women.
1t looks nov as if Dorothy White
Nicolson. the District title holder. will
not be in the Midatlantic. Mrs. Nicol-
son now is in her club championship
at Washington and probably will not
be able to play next week.
She would be formidable factor at
Baltimore II she enters. The Wash
ington girls fine short game and i'm
perturbable disposition wreak havoc
with any opponent she may meet. She
is certainly one of the strongest golfers
in the East, and her appearance in
rational might permit her to go some
where in big time golf.
THAT Columbia championship, marked
i by rain from the start of the COM
petition on Tuesday. drew the
choicest bunch of wetness for the first
that Washington has seen in many
month. Regardless of whether the rain
lifts during the day. the course is GER
tain to be soggy and soft for the open
ing match play encounters. A night Of
heavy rain such as Washington has not
had since last Spring found the rain
still falling when the first contestants
left the first tee for match play this
morning but defaults were rare.
Everett Eynon. who has won the tour
ney for the last two years and won the
medal yesterday with sparkling 73
drew Comdr. Pickhardt as his first
first Night finds most Of the strength
in the top half Such golfers as Eynon,
Tommy Bones and Miller Stevinson are
up in the top brackets, where they must
meet before the final.
The first and second rounds today are
to be followed by semi-final and final
rounds tomorrow in all six flights.
VIIADING through the Washington
w club championship like true
champion. Mrs. Hugh T. Nichol-
son. District title holder, today met Mrs.
c. B. Stewart in the final round. follow
ing S and victory yesterday over
Mrs William E. Hail. Mrs. Stewart en-
tered the final round by 1-up victory
over Mrs. j. H. Wooton. Other results:
First flight consolation-Mrs. Douglas
Tschiffely defeated Mrs. G. r. Huffman
6 and 5: Mrs. j. L. Fieser defeated Mrs.
G. C. Roney. up 19 holes.
Second flight-MrS. c. H. Merrilat de-
feated Mrs. Fred Nesbit by default; Mrs
r. w. Bradbury defeated Mrs Otto
Thacker. and g. Consolation-Mrs
Stewart Whaley defeated Mrs. j. E. Nc
Cabe by default
Third fiight-Mrs D. c. Gruver de-
feated Mrs. A. H. Moran. 4 and 3; Mrs.
G. F. Began defeated Mrs. Byron Price.
4 and O. Consolation-Mrs. L. D. Bru-
baker defeated Mrs. A. N. Moore, l up
19 holes.
MRS. c. K. OSBORNE and Mrs. w.
1vl r. Hoffman were to meet today
in the final round Of the cham
pionship Of the Army Navy Club. Mrs.
Holtzman defeated Mrs. L. H. Hedrick
on the nineteenth hole. while Mrs. Os-
borne downed Mrs. F. r. Keefer, and
s. Yesterdays results:
First -Consolation-Mrs. E A. Noyes
defeated Mrs. Philip Cole, and 3.
Second hisht-Mrs. R. H. Lee defeated
Miss Betty shipp. | up, q holes
Mrs Cole Vinson. 2 and /.
Third flight lconsolationl-Mrs. A. s.