Evening star., 1933-03-12

K COUNTRY CLUB, up-and-
~ coming organization near
Bethesda and sponsor of
the National Capital open cham
pionship the past two years, plans
to open the golf season with a
bang early in April with an exhi-
bition match starring a quartet of
the Nations better known players
The match will be held, according
to plans now maturing, en- a Sunday
In April shortly after the Norfolk open
probably on April 9-and Gene Sara
zen, American and British open title
holder, and Ed Dudley, the suave, hand
some pro at Augusta National Club, are
being considered for the affair.
Against the two importations from
outside of washington will be pitted
AL Houghton, Maryland open champion
and co-holder OF the Mid-South title,
who probably will have Fred Mcleod
Of Columbia as a partner.
Houghton and Mcleod should make
combination strong enough to ho,d
its own with any pair, for Houghton
Is the king-pin CT local professional
golf and Freddie is at his best right
now.
Just who will come here for the
match has not yet been definitely set
tied, but the match is a practical Ger
tainty, even II Sarazen and Dudley are
not obtained.
THE much-muddled tournament sit
i uation around Washington is to
be cleared within the next 36
hours. Tournament dates for the two
fixtures staged annually by the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association were set
last night at the annual meeting of that
organization and tomorrow night solons
OF the District Golf Association will
settle on the dates for its three tour
neys and award dates for the invitation
events to be played around Washington
this year.
At present 1t looks as If there will
be four invitation Journeys during the
coming Spring-those Of Army-Navy
Country Club, Chevy Chase Club, Co
lumbia Country Club and Manor Club
Washington has announced definitely
it will not hold d tourney, Indian Spring
probably will not, and it is virtually
certain that Woodmont will net stage
its annual fixture.
Columbias delegates will attend the
District association meeting and ask
for q date, but it is not certainty
that the club will hold a tournament.
AS the set-up now stands. the tourney
at Columbia-if one is held-will be
staged by group of members rather
than by the club as whole. Many OF
the members are reluctant to abandon
the Columbia tourney and rather than
relinquish it entirely, plan to stage
the event themselves, with the sane
tion Of the club.
MEMBERS of the Middle Atlantic
lVl Professional Golfers Association
are to gather at Kenwood on Tues
day to thresh out certain merchandising
problems which have come up during
the Winter. Bob Barnett, who will sue
ceed Ralph Beach as president OF the
sectional professional body, Is at Miami
and the pros probably will not hold an
election in his absence. The meeting
will be followed by tournament, II
weather conditions permit.
Alex Findlay, one of the better
known pros among the old guard, visit
ed Chevy Chase a few days ago and
filled Bill Hardy full Of so many golf
yarns that Bill still Is in daze trying
to figure them out. :,
During his visit Findlay induced
Hardy IT, part with one or two ancient
and venerable golf clubs which he plans
to present to golf museum. F1ndlay
came to Washington after visit to the
golf museum which has recently been
set up at Newport News.
Among the yarns Fmdlay told was
that for more than two decades ne went
without q hole-in-1, despite his demon
-x-nt.l rolf chill and then while t0llr.
ing New England, he bagged three
aces within the space of two days.
AL Houghton, Kenwood pro, is to start
a series Of classes in golf instruction at
the Y. M. c. A., Eighteenth and G
streets, on April 4. He will teach six
classes each week.
THE proposed larger cup has found at
i least one opponent in Washington
in the person of Leland F. James
OF, 1920 street, who pleads for the re-
turn of the old rabbit ball" and at the
same time decries in letter to The
Star the many legis ctive changes that
are proposed in the game OF golf.
Pointing out that every popular game
must contend with mania for change,
from foot ball through bowling and
wrestling to golf, James asks whether
the u. S. G. A. solons gave us the old
ball back after protests against the
'halloon BALI of 1881 had reached
Nation wide chorus. II yearn for the
good old days of the rabbit BALI" he
says. IF only the moguls Of golf would
give o little consideration to the golfer
who keeps the game going and would
only adhere to the doctrine OF leaving
well enough alone.
question. Whot ie fn he
gained by now changing the size Of the
golf cup? Is there any protest from
the rank and file over the present cup?
II so, haven't heard of it. So far as
I can Judge, this suggestion emanated
from certain professionals. In other
words, can't we curb this fanatfcal de-
sire for always desiring changes?
Give us a restoration to the happy
days of the old ball when drives were
more frequent than they are today and
when a round on the links sent us home
unmindful Of the worlds woes as we
lived over those 25o-yard drives. Where
contentment ruled the fairways Of the
land In the good old days, the air fairly
reverberates now with utterances of
disgust as the ball scars into yawning
trap for prodigious drive OF almost
125 yards.
Il tell you there amt no justice
There just amt any wonder if many
golfers in Washington agree with my
arguments. If so I wish we could
unite to preserve the game from falling
into pitfalls dug by chronic changers !"
WHEATLEY "Y" GIRLS WIN.
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A. basket
ers defeated the Lakeland, Md, High
School girls team, 1914, on the VIM
ners' court. johnson and Cant for the