Evening star., 1933-07-08
DINNER AND DANCE
TO AUGMENT SPORT
Midat|antic Event Set for
July 26-U. S. Amateur
DeadIine NearS.
BY W. r.. McCALLUM.
4 MOTHER of those fun-feStS

~ for both golfng sexes
otherwise known as a
mixed two-ball tournament
was announced today by the
Maryland State Golf Association,
which has again chosen the Con-
gressional Country Club for the
scene of the 1888 event. The
tourney will be played on July 26,
and entries will close with the
Tournament Committee at 16
Mcclellan place, Baltimore, on
Monday, July "a.
An entry fec of 50 per person will be
charged, this fee to include golf. dinner
and dancing after dinner, or for golf
alone the fee viii be ST per person.
Each entrant must have Maryland
State Association handicap card.
The mixed foursome tourney OF the
State association. the first of which was
staged at a Washington club last year,
is coming to be known throughout tins
territory as ore of the finest affairs OF
the year Lcst year at Congressional
the entry list sWamped the committee
This year another large entry IS tx-
pected. One of the usual handlcap
tournaments of the Maryland State
orranization will be held next W,dn' S.
dav at the Hillendale Golf Club, near
Baltimore.
II. s. Amateur Deadline Near.
MEANWHILE those Washington
MI male amateur golfers who thirst
AVA for fame in the national field
have only a little more than 10 days
in which to get their entries in Tor the
amateur championships to be played at
Cincinnati in September. Entries Tor
the sectional qualification rounds. to De
played at Columbia on August q, Will
close with the United States Golf AsSo-
citation at pm. July 20. The U. 3.
6. A. does not take post entries: 1here-
fore. those gents VINO dilly-dally with
their entries and hope to get them IN
after the closing hour will be strictly
out of luck.
When the U. S. G. A. says entries
close at a certain hour on certain day
they close at that time. ASK nm
Barnes. if you don't believe 1t. Jim
tried to enter after entries hao cloSed
for the open championship q few years
ago and Notwithstanding his proml-
nence. his entry was rejected. Among
those who are expected to enter Ilcil
Washington are Roger Peacock, Harry
pitt Maurice Nee. Miller B. StsNnson,
Dick Lunn, Martin F. MCCARTHY, Billy
Dettweilcr. Franklin Parks and Jonn r.
BraWner, all of whom, With the eXcep-
tion of Lunn. qualified last year Tor the
tourney at Five Farms. with lne sec
ticral qualification round scheduled loI
thc ever popular Columbia course, the
entry list Will be large. Billy HoWeA.
ChsndIer Harper and a notable group
will ho here from Virg MA, and the pest
nj the MARYLAND contingent. led by
Middle Atlantic Champion Dave Crook,
and B Warren Corkran, Maryland State
tic holder, will be among those 10
enter
v1NDETERRED by separations from
tho service which came on July l,
" the OILY BoidS" Of Rock Greek
Park are continuing their dawn Cracking
golf tournament These gents VINO Work
At the Bureau of Standards. have held
golf events among themselves over thc
Rock Greek Park course for seVerai
wears, arising about sunup to play IN
their monthly events. This /ear 'hey
have PLAYED one tournament alreaoy
and are in the midst OF their July
competition.
Again the short fifth hole at Rock
Greek Park. prolific breeder of aces, has
been placed in the discard as tenn
norarv seventh hole is being played at
><the uptown park The green at the
fifth always has been hard to keep IN
good condition, and while 1t is Delfg
repaired the long eighth has been
snlit into two holes, the seventh De-
coming 260-yarder.