Evening star., 1933-04-15
TRIP TO PORTLAND
DECLARED TOO FAR
Washington Entrants Also
Have Failed to Shine in
Recent Events.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.
w WASHINGTON is hardly
w likely to be represented
Y in the national public
links championship of
1888. The championship is sched-
uled to be played during the first
week in August at the Eastmore-
land municipal course at Port
land, Greg. a distance of some
thing in the neighborhood of
5000 miles from the National
Capital and about as far West as
any national title tourney ever
has been staged.
Last year the public links manage
ment here paid the expenses of only
one man to the National Tourney,
claiming that the expense hardly justi-
fed sending a team to the champion
ship. George Malley, the red-headed lad
who caddies at Columbia occasionally,
was the man chosen to 60 as the guest
of the public links management, after
he had won the city municipal title.
This year, unless there is marked i'm
provement in conditions 1t Is more than
likely that Washington will not have a
competitor.
Three thousand miles is a lot of miles
to go to championship in which there
Is little more than a meager chance to
get anywhere. And the Washington
entrants have not proved over the past
six or seven years that they can go any,
where in national golf 1t costs quite
a piece OF money to travel across the
continent and to remain at Portland for
six days, notwithstanding the induce
ments held out by the enthusiastic gents
out in oregon, who make the usual
bigger and better" claim for the COM
ing tournament.
In previous years the public links
tourney has been held at points within
overnight distance from Washington.
But this year the tourney takes the
big lump, to the Pacific Coast. Lack
ing any outstanding star capable Of win
ming the tournament, it is hardly likely
that the men who have sponsored public
links teams in other years will find the
money this year to send any one to the
National. although Jim Preston, public
links committeeman for washington, Is
q resourceful chap and he may find
way out of the dilemma. either by raf-
fling sets of clubs or by some other
means.
IT'S only little more than four weeks
i to the opening Of the ig-tine tour
nan ent season around washington
and already the signs that the young
sters are going to have good deal TO
say about the winning of the coming
events are becoming evident. Over at
Burning Tree the long hitting Dick
Lunn is sharpening up his strong game,
having played his home course in 73 the
other day.
At Manor such kid golfers as Billy
Dettweiler and Maurice Nee have been
crashing the ball around in 70 and "a,
and at Columbia young Billy Shannon
is playing daily practice rounds, groov-
ing his swing to carry on wnere ne leit
of last year The youngsters usually
start at faster pace than the old
timers. It takes hot weather for the
older men to get into the swing OF the
game, while the kids start of at dizzy
pace right away.
The opening tourney of the season is
the invitation event scheduled by the
Manor Club May g. 10, IL and IL: THIS
tournament, won in 1881 by Bradley II:
Burrows of Rock Greek Park, will fnd
all the competition hungry golf addlcS
of the city entered.
NOTWITHSTANDING the uncer-
IN tainty that hovers over the Gov
ernment departments in Washing
ton. Uncle Sans faithful workers, who
play occasional rounds Of golf when
they find time from their duties, will
compete again this year in the annual
1nterdepartmental League champion
ships.
The tourney will be held again this
wear, it was decided at the annual meet
ing of the league last night, and the
teams will play for the Mellon Trophy
rs the bureaus and departments are at
present constituted, regardless OF the
changes made under plans for reorganl-
zation. The place and date for the
tournament will be settled later by the
Executive Committee.
Ralph A. Shepard of the Treasury
Department, after serving for six years
as the wheelhorse of the organization
in the post of secretary, was chosen
president. Frank G. Butler of War was
elected vice president, and c. P. Medley
of Veterans Administration was chosen
secretary-treasurer. D. Paul Swope OF
Interior was chosen chairman OF the
important Handicap Committee. Dele
gates from the several departments eX-
pressed the hope that there will be as
many teams in the chase for the Mel
lon Trophy as there were last year.
LARRY G. PITT, Manor Club star
Ii and Walter R. McCallum of the
Washington Golf and Country
Club, are looking for more matches
with local amateurs today following
their and 2 victory yesterday over
Roger Peacock. District titleholder, and
Bill Di Este, Argyle star. in an exhl-
hilton match marking Governors day
at the Argyle Country Club. The
match. marked by the steadiness oil
Pitt. went to the first named pair on
the sixteenth green, where McCallum
holed a 30-yard chip shot for birdie s.
Peacock was off form on the putting
greens. Thrice he missed 3-foot
puts. Pitt and McCallum were up
at the turn, and had best Dali OF oS
against 73 for the losing combination.
Pitt led in the scoring with a. WIN
McCallum next at rs. Peacock had ~
and Di Este, whose tee shots were OH,
scored g. 49,
Peacock socked out 264-yard drive
to win the driving contest Whlch Iol-
lowed the exhibition match. Pitt was
second with a wallop of 258 yaros.
Maureen Orcutt. the New Jersey golf
star. arrived in Washington last night
and was to play two matches today,
the first at Columbia and the next at
Kenwood. She will probably play at
Congressional tomorrow ana at CheVy
Chase on Monday.