The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01

TODAY ushered in something
Il more than June, the month of
brides. To several thousand Indi-
annapolis golfers, it meant the ar
rival of tournament month, and
before the .eve Of July 1, capital
city mashie Weilders, men, women
and boys, will have declared their
1888 champions
Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 5, and :, will find the indianapolis
District Golf Association fifty hole
championship in the process of settle
ment over the courses of Avalon, Indian
the order named.
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June II, Is, IA and Is will find
the school boy golfers of Indianap-
oils and Marion county, both grade
school and high school lads, fighting
for the title in the eight annual. In
dianapolis Times championship at
Pleasant Run.
On Monday morning, June 10, Miss
Elizabeth Dunn and some 100 or more
local feminine golfers who are members
of the Indianapolis Womens Golf AssO-
citation, will assemble at Meridian Hills
course to start through a fve-day match
play city tournament, the purpose of
which will be to learn if Queen Elizabeth
is to continue her reign of the women
golfers. They will open with an 1S-hoIe
medal score round on Monday to determ-
inc sixteen quaIifiers and begin match
play on Tuesday, continuing through Fri
each day.
The Indiana PROFESSIONAL Golfers AS
sociation will have their 1888 state open
championship underway at Speedway at
the same time: It will open with a pro-
amateur on Wednesday afternoon, June
81 and the 70 hole championship will get
under way on Thursday morning and con-
day. Neal Mcintyre is defending cham
pion. having won the title the past two
years.
The Times schoolbOy event will open on
Monday morning, June ~, the next Mon
day after school books have been laid
aside for the summer With minds free,
some 200 lads will take to the links to
decide the 1888 champion. Billy Reed
Jr., 1882 winner, has concluded his school
career and winner will be crowned
Match play for the thirty-siX qualifiers
in the high school division and the six
teen qualifiers in the grade school flight
will open Tuesday morning. June 49,, Two
rounds of matches will be played in each
fight every day until the finals Thursday,
when the final match will be a thirty
six-hole affair
ETT1NG back to the next af-
NJ fair which is che district event
to open next Monday at Avalon
there is important news for the
prospective entrant who has beer
worrying about getting his certified
handicap in before Sunday, June 4
Cliff Wagner. veteran secretary. states
players who hold memberships at courses
where the recent flood waters played
havoc, particularly Coffin. Riverside,
Speedway and Willow Brook. driving these
players elsewhere to play. will find soIace
in the fact that he is r-e-~~od - take
care of these with special handicaps.
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All these players need do is turn in
five scores. and they should be the five
best made this season. 1t does not matter
if they weer made over two or .hree diff
ferent courses. From these Wagner will
compute a fair handicap because he feels
these PLAYERS should not be burdened with
a penalty handicap such as PLAYERS who
DO not turn in five scores and have no
excuse for not doing SO.
OF course there will be no deviation
from the rule passed this spring that all
entrants in the district events must be
members Of some club.
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Orville Nigh paced the flag tournament
competitors at Greenfield Country Club,
with Virgil LANDER second. Mrs. William
Binder showed the way to the women,
and Mrs. Raleigh McKown was second
A large entry took part in the event Fri
day.