Evening star., 1933-03-17
TITLE TOURNAMENT
GOES TO KENWOOD
Three Intercity Events and
Club Team Series Also
Are on Schedule.
BY w. 4. McCALLUM.

THREE important intercity
contests, continuation of
L the interclub series among
hrst and second club
teams and the usual schedule of
tournaments involving champion
ships and featured competitions,
are included on the 1898 schedule
OF the Women's District Golf As
sociation. which will be finally
ratified at a meeting of the newly
elected Executive Committee on
March n.
Tne women's association, which
sponsors more tournaments than any
other golf organization In this area.
ma arranged complete schedule start
Ing ON April 3 and running through
late October. but withheld final ap-
nrovai OF the entire slate of events un-
I'll the men had completed their COM
petltlve schedule. The mems schedule
now is complete.
The District championship for the
ti:le now held by Mrs. Dorothy White
N'colson VIII be played at Kenweod on
cate IN June. as previously an
to go to Congressional. The initial
lnter-club match is to be held on April
), and . change has been made in the
method OF play this year. Instead of
teams OF six, flrst and second team
Irom each club, the teams viii consist
OF nve members this year. They will
play IN pairs instead Of in four-ball
matches as they did last year. The
handicap limit for members of second
teams has been lowered from ls To Il
handicap, which will permit several
cluns to put stronger teams in the feld
Columbia VOL, the contest for first
teams last year and Army Navy won
the competition for second teams.
THE inter-city contests involving
j matches with Philadelphia anS
Richmond will come within a veet
OF each other The Philadelphia team
which will number several of the
Nations leading players on its roster.
VIII visit Washington on May IS, with
the initial match scheduled for Con-
gressional on the morning of that day.
On the following day, Sunday, May IA.
the Washington Philadeiphia teams
will will play another match at the Manor
The Washington team Will visit Rich
mona on May II and 18 to play a
series OF matches with the fair golfers
OF the virginia city, probably over the
James River course of the Country
Club OF Virginia, where the women S
championship tourney Of the Middle
Atlantic Golf Association Is scheduled
during October. All in all. with events
scheduled for the Keeler trophy. The
star cup. the Herald and Times
trophies and the Corby cup, 1t looks
like another big season for the fair
golfers who play at the clubs about
Washington.
: Albert r. Mackenzie father n,
Roland r. Mackenzie and one of the
pest known members of the Columbia
Country Club. is recovering from an i'll
ness which kept him Confined to his
home for more than seven weeks
Mackenzie, . former Middle Atlantic
title holder, hopes to be able to play
golf again shortly.
yNoMEN golfers Of the washington
w Golf and Country Club have
mapped out their season schedule
which opens on March 28 with a golf
ers' tea. The usual tournaments for
club members will be played each Tues
day throughout the season, while the
guest day will b the first Friday OF
each month.
Among the events planned are q
putting tourney on May 80, for prizes
donated by the Wemens Golf Com
mittee; Scotch foursome, a tombstone
event and Journeys for the club cham.
pionship, the Tschiffely and Muncaster
Trophies. A ringer tournament will be
run on starting on May is and ending
September so. The date for the Keeler
Memorial tourney will soon be set.
One of the most improved golfers at
Washington is j. s. Baldwin, a former
star foot ball player with Carnesie
Tech, who has taken to golf like . duck
to water. Through constant practice
he has improved his iron game so that
he rates as one Of the best iron PLAYERS
at the club. Baldwin also Il q hne
putter.
Last year he used to feel good when
he got down below 80. Nowadays he
usually strokes the ball around the
Warrington ooufse in 81 or better. A
few days ago he was around in 70 with
on the par 4 sixth hole on his score.
So much for practice and perseverance.
v. c. Dickey, the big hit-and-run
man from Washington, used to give
him ) and I up, but now they play
even and Baldwin wins as often as
Dickey.