Evening star., 1933-08-11
1 CT1V1TY among women golfers
\ of the Capital, which has cooled
down from the white heat of

July to friendly matches, with no COM
petition in sight for some time to
come, centers mainly these days around
discussion of the forthcoming women's
national, to be played at the Exmoor
Club, near Chicago, during the week Of
August %. So far only one entrant
from Washington has mailed in her
entry. and with entries to close tomor-
row there probably will be only a single
player from Washington in the tourney
for the title now held by Virginia Van
Wie( winsome Chicago miss
Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes of Columbia.
king-pin of local golf, holder of the
District and Middle Atlantic titles, is the
only entrant from the National Cap
ital so far, and it appears Mrs. Haynes
will be the sole representative of Wash
ington in the feminine chase.
Mrs. Betty Parker Meckley Of
Indian Spring. who qualified for
match play last year and had the
misfortune to run into Miss Van
Vie as she started her match to
the title, is out of golf for this year
and is not an entrant. Mrs.
Meckley says she has been ad-
vised by her physician not to
touch club until next year.
She has played hardly at all this year
and not at all in competition. Helen
Dettweiler of Manor and Virginia Pope
of Kenwood, the two most prominent
juvenile players among the fair golf
ers of the Capital, are not entered in
the national. Nor is Mrs. David H.
Clark, newest golfing sensation among
women golfers of Washington, player
who has not yet entered in competi-
ton on local golf courses but one who
IS certain to cut wide swath when she
unlimbers her clubs In big tourney.
Mrs Haynes plans to leave Washington
shortly for a sojourn in New England
and will go to Chicago late in August,
prepared to make bid for the title.
II you beliepe Danny Burton,
sOrrel-thdtched and Hkedble young
pro at the Army-NaDy Club, Mrs.
Clark is due to surprise lot OF
folks heredbouts Dhen she decides
to play in some OF the 1Uomen's
epents around Washington "That
round of so she had the other day
Uas Just another round of golf.
She. can play far better than
that" Danny says. I'm fact
think she can play this course in
rs or better and this Arny-NaUy
course is no set-up. for Uomen.
"It's long" continued Danny. "and
some of the carries are too much for
even the better women golfers. She
takes a tremendous cut at the ball,
and I wouldn't be surprised to see her
hit one on the first green some day.
(The first green is some 285 yards from
the back tee.) She appears to be a
champion to me-" Danny concluded
Mrs. Clark's score of 80 was made from
the back tees.
INTERSECTIONAL rivalry among
golfers in this sector has been
whipped into white heat by the
advent of young Chandler Harper of
Virginia Beach here this week. A
match is in the making between Al
Houghton. Kenwood pro, and Roger
Peacock, District amateur champion,
on the one side, and Harper and prob
ably Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond
on the other, the match to be played at
Virginia Beach. Harper and Morton
Mccarthy, his boy friend from Nor
folk, were seeking a match against Pea
cock and Fred Mcleod at Columbia.
but Freddie, who doesn't care for these
grim challenge matches, went out in a
contest with w. c. Evans. Walter p.
Skinker, Bill Jones and Lynch Younger.