Evening star., 1933-04-04

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1 Y / as saying that she fears
only Bobby Jones among
the male golfers, is due to show
her symmetrical golf swing and
her somewhat unorthodoX put
ting style on Washington golf
courses within a few days. Of
course, Maureen's statement was
misunderstood, for right here
around Washington there are
half-dozen male amateurs who
could take" the long-hitting miss
from White Beeches.
But, nevertheless, the stocky Maureen
Is no bargain on golf course, as she
has shown in at least a brace of in
formal matches around Washington over
the past three years. Last year, it will
be recalled, she played at Columbia with
Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, Albert r. Mac
Kenzie and Fred Mcleod, the club pro.
On that day, from the short tees,
Maureen' stroked the ball around Co.
lumbia in "a wallops, which is consider
able golf, whether played from the short
tees or any set Of tees.
THE uncroWned queen Of female golf
i ers, who has won everything in the
game in this country, barring the
national crown. Is due to stop off in
Washington as the guest of Mrs. Haynes
for few days, and probably will play
several of the local courses with her
hostess. Mrs. Haynes, by the way, is
hitting the ball as we'll as ever she did
and playing her usual bold style of game
The wCrd comes from AL Houghton, tn.
Kenwood pro, who has just returned
from the tournaments at Pinehurst and
Virginia Beach, where he found the 60
ing rough, finishing with 302 at both
places. Al has been playing Winter
rules all Winter, teeing the ball up in
the fairway. When he went away and
had to play the ball where it stopped
he found himself up against different
type of game. Nevertheless, his play
with the wooden clubs from the tee was
nothing short of magnificent. In 144
holes of golf at Pinehurst and Virginia
Beach the Kenwood pro said he was of
the fairway only four times. Only once
did he fail to hit those narrow fair
ways at the Cavalier course at Virginia
Beach, where the penalty for leaving the
line is severe.
Houghton tells us that the proposed
exhibition match for Kenwood on April
has been deferred until Walter Ha-
gen, the "Old Duke" can catch up with
Uncle Sans internal revenue gents and
have a gabfest with them regarding
certain details Of his income tax pay
ments. AS the matter of the match
now stands it Is more than likely that
Hagen and Joe Kirkwood will show their
wares at Kenwood On date around
April 81. Hagen must be IN Detroit on
April 10, which bars his appearance
here on the preceding day. a..
CHAIRMAN o. L. vEERHoFF Of the
~ Washington Golf and Country Club
Golf Committee Is arranging
schedule Of golf events for the club,
which will consist mostly OF informal
Saturday afternoon tournaments. The
usual holiday events will be played on
Memorial day, July and Labor day,
with the Memorial day tourney sched-
uled to be q miniature event played
without a qualifying round, under the
system installed by Veerhof three years
ago. The Washington Club, which will
not hold an invitation tourney this year.
probably will start the informal week
end events shortly.
TOLUMBIA COUNTRY CLUBS
~ women's golf team champions Of
the interclub league last year, won
its opening match in the initial tilt
of the 1888 interclub series yesterday,
downing the team from the Manor
Club in matches at Kenwood by
score of 10 to S.
Other results were: Congressional
defeated Beaver Dam, 10 to 5; Kenwood
defeated Indian Spring, 8I2 to 612: |
arY,1U-NavU defeated Wa chir1utnn IN
to S; Chevy Chase defeated Woodmont,
12Ea to 212.
Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes, ace of the
Columbia team, was not present to aid
her team to victory yesterday, nor was
Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, star player of
Indian Spring, present to prevent the
defeat Of her clubmates at the hands
of Kenwood. Mrs. Haynes Is in the
South, while Mrs. Meckley is i'll. The
best score, SO, was turned in by Mrs
Otis F. Glenn, wife of the former
Senator from Illinois.
The Columbia Country Club set
record for heavy play over the past
weei; end with ITO players using the
course on Saturday, and 275 divot
diggers leaving the first tee on Sunday
Norman B. Frost put on show that
had Fred Mcleod dizzy with amaze
holes of the final nine in 80 strokes
without on his card. He scored five
3s and three SIS to finish the eight holes
one stroke under par. picking up three
brides and twice going above perfect
figures. He started on the eleventh
hole, and here is the way he burned up
the last eight holes:
Par ......... 4 5 3 4 3 4 431
Frost ........ 3 5 3 5 3 3 3 $50
On the fourteenth green, after trap
ping his second shot, he missed s.
footer for his par 4.
DOB BARNETT, sun-tanned and
- heavier by several pounds than he
was when he left Washington back
in December for Miami Beach, says he
is going to play lot Of golf this year.
Barnett is rapidly getting back into the
swing of the game at Chevy Chase.
Since his return TO Washington Satur-
day he has thrice played the course.
The new scheme of the Women's
District Golf Association for playing the
team matches in twosomes instead of
the foursome plan of last year was re-
ce1ved with mixed feelings at the in
itial matches yesterday. Some of the
players protested that introduction of
the stymie raised an unfair point in the
matches and that in twoSomeS the COM
panionship Of a four-ball match was
lost. Others claimed that the two-ban
, game was the better test and oftener
will give victory TO the better player.
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