Evening star., 1932-12-27
TOURNEY CALENDAR
MAY Be CROWDED.
Boom Days Will Be ExceIIed
if Plans of All Clubs
Carry.
THE Spring Of 1888 Is going to
/ be an extremely busy sea-
i son in competitive golf If all
the tournaments which

i son IN competitive golf II all
the tournaments which
were Cancelled this year, and an
nounced for next year, are sched-
uled when the annual meeting of
the District Golf Association rolls
around next March.
Six local invitation Journeys, usually
held during the year, were Cancelled or
postponed for various reasons in 1882,
and if all are held in 1888 there will
be so many tournaments the golf bugs
who like competitive play will have
plenty of opportunity to demonstrate
their sklll-or lack of it.
This year saw only two club invita-
ton Journeys, where usually some six
or seven clubs hold such affairs. The
only invitation events held were staged
by the ArnlyNavy Country Club and
the Chevy Chase Club. But the Middle
Atlantic Golf Association tourney vas
held at Columbia, the District cham
pionship was held at Chevy Chase and
local amateurs played in another tour
ney which had the status of big
event-the sectional qualification rounds
for the national championship played
at Chevy Chase on August 16.
THESE were the only big events
i played at local clubs during 1892
but cast an eye, you tournament lovers,
over the list for 1888, if all the clubs
which Cancelled them this year hold
their Journeys in 1888. Here is the
list and the status Of the events:
Washington Golf and Country Club,
announced for a biennial basis, not
held in 1882 and to be played in 1888.
loI m ha
played in 1888.
Army-Navy, an annual tourney, to
be held again next year.
Chevy Chase, tournament OF an
cient tradition, never Cancelled.
Manor, announced in 1881 on BIZ
ennial basis, to be played in 1888.
Indian Spring, announced last year
as on a biennial basis, to be played
next year.
Columbia. tournament Cancelled this
year because of Middle Atlantic; prob
ably to be played in 1898.
Congressional, only played at inter-
walls, with no consistent regularity, may
be played in 1888.
These tournaments if played, together
with the Middle Atlantic Association
championship, the sectional rounds for
the amateur championship, and the
District and Maryland State Association
events, will De plenty to keep the golf
bugs busy in 1888 if all Of them are
held.
THREE clubs announced this year
i they will hold tournaments in 1893,
after canceling them for 1882, and un-
less economic conditions grow worse
they will be held. So 1888 looks like
a big tournament year around wash
ington by any yardstick. The Middle
Atlantic will go to the Rolling Road
Golf Club at Catonsville, Md, and is
always attended by a large group OF
Washington players. The District title
event probably will go to Congressional.
Washington, if it follows past prece-
oent, will open the season with Its m
vitctiop affair, followed in order BY
Columbia and Manor. Congressional
bid for a Fall cate this year and the
tournament later was Cancelled.
DUT there isn't any doubt that most
ID of the golf clubs about Washing
ton haze been nicked By designations.
Tho boom DAYS of 1923 and 1929 are
far removed from the golf picture OF
1888 and if conditions do not improve
some of the events herein mentloneo
may not be played at all next year. i
all of the clubs go through WiIn, tnelI
announced Dldllo, 1lONStSA' Aooo
see q renewal of tournament play that
viii outshine even those prosperous
years before the crash of 1929. And IN
addition Beaver Dam, equipped with a
new club house and a bang-up golf
course. may put in bid for tourna-
ment in 1888 There's no doubt that
the golf bugs, if conditions are even
fair. will have their fill OF competltlon
In the year to come.
THOsE heavy SHOWS Of the past fort
i night have put the local goif
courses right in the wav Of real I'M
provement. Since the drought OF l95o
there have been bare spots where there
should be plenty Of grass. There's moth
ing better for heavy stand OF grass
in the Spring than a lot Of snow s,n IN ,talf the
courses around Washington should be
better affairs next year than they have
been, for even if no more snow 1ails
this Winter there has been enough to
soften the soil and provide deep-seated
moisture below the grass roots.