Evening star., 1933-05-07
HOUCKT0N, THORN
PLAY GREAT PAIR
Exhibition at KenWood Will
Usher in First Week of
Seasonal Golf.
RY w. R McCAILuM.

BY w. r. McCALLUM.
OLF comes out of its Win
ter gloom this week. With
a boost from the weather
man expected Che hasn't
been so good during the last
month or two) the first shot in
q links war that will wage along
the local front for the better part
of two months will be fired this
afternoon when Gene Sarazen,
the scrappy little American and
British Open title holder will pair
with Joe Kirkwood, transplanted
Australian, against AL Houghton
OF Kenwood, big shot Of the local
professionals, and Arthur B.
Thorn, late of WOodmont.
Most of the golf bugs Of the city
who can spare a dollar to see golf
match will move on the Kenwood Club,
where the match is scheduled to start
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. pro-
vided the weather man lifts the pail
of wet that has been hanging around
the National Capital for the past few
days. The four pres will do their bit FOR
charity. less the guarantee which Sara
Is being promoted by the Community
Chest, which will take the net pro-
ceeds and dispense the money among
the unemployed Of Washington.
But the match at Kenwood is only
the beginning of a week crammed with
competition for golfers Of both sexes.
Feminine players of the Capital will
compete tomorrow and Tuesday over the
Congressional course in renewal OF
the competition for the historic Even
ing Star golf trophy, Oldest OF the
about Washington.
And on Tuesday most of the better
male golfers will start play in the third
annual Manor Club invitation tourney
for the j. Webster Manning trophy, put
I'D by webb Manning back In the
good old days when there was stock
market.
The Manor Club event will run
through Friday, with Tuesday and Wed
nesday given over to the Quallhcatlon
rounds and Thursday and Friday de-
voted to match play.
CARAzEN and Kirkwood are the
y favorites to win the match at Ken
wood this afternoon, despite Hough-
tons admitted skill over his own
course and the steadiness Of Thorn, his
PARTNER in the first big exhibition con-
test of the year The boys who lay
their dollars on the line are betting
to l that the visitors will put it over
on the home boys. These appear gooo
odds for a short-end better, for Hougn-
ton and Thorn are no hams at the
game, particularly over a course tney
inow so we'll Both Of them can take
II and give it, and both want 10 WIN
This match. Tickets are on sale at Ken
wood ~.
The closing hour for entries In the
Manor Club tourney last night founo
approximately 300 hopeful amateurs en-
tered in the tourney at the NorpecK
Cub with Harry G. Pitt who has won
everything around washington except
his own club event. the outstanding Ia
yorite to annex the Manning tIopny.
such golfers as Miller 3. etevinSon'
Maurice Nee, Tom Belshe. Dermott ne Mes.
Luther Steward. jr., and q lew otnel
.tars % will attempt to halt the progress
of the Manor Club moose" but our
guess is that this Is Harry's year You
San,t hold a guy like Pitt down forever.
He has too much on the ball
poner Peacock of Indian Spring,
p;strict title holder, will not be among
+hosa nresent when the festivities open
st Manor. Roger is busy finishing up
his schooling at Duke unlVerslty.
looks as If his opening tournaHIeaMs
of the 1893 season will be the MlooS
Atlantic, scheduled for the second week
IN June.
AND to round out week OF COM
n petition the best Of the women
players of the city are billed 10
con,nete next Saturday and SUNDAY
eoainst a team chosen from the pest
of the club wielders from PnllaoeipIlta.
An 18-hole match will be played next
, Saturday at Congressional, WIN an
other to follow on Sunday at MANOR
n,here the course also will be all clut-
tered un with visiting professionals
whippine their game into shape Tor the
SECTIONAL qualification rounds Tor the
one, championship a week from to-
MORROW. There may have been
dearth Of competition 50 Tar TINS year
among the golfers Of this fair town, out
there isn't any doubt the season Is
open now. .,, .,,,ov
Major golf tournaments VIII 1oliow
one on the other in orderly pfocession
from now on until late IN june, VIII
only one open Weeh' nii1 eSo ,,ho
a holiday intervenes. For those VINO
Do not recall the tournament dates, as
arranged two months ago, here tney
are: IN
II and II. ,s.u ~
i baltimore al nor country Club invitation,
Nav 25, 26 and q. ,....,.,
Columbia Country Club mVlta'ioa''
June 6, 7, 8 and 8. ..,.+,or
Middle ATLANTIC Goh AssocieS,T, sSs cI,,h
championship. Rolling Hoao coi 0'"0'
June IA, IS. 16 and IT,. ~ .,,..
Congressional Country Club invita-
tion, June 20. 81. % and e. ...,,,
Indian Spring Golf Club invitat'on'
June 27, %, 20 and 80. -
Memorial day comes on Tuesday, MAy
so or perhaps the schedule makers
would have used that week also lor q
Golf tournament.