Evening star., 1934-12-04
Led Sectional Qualifiers.

Z /lNSON set the pace IN the Sec
" tional qualification rounds for
the amateur championship at
Five Farms with a 36-hole score of
lat. and was dropped out in the sec
ond round of the title chase at Brook
line by Rodney Bliss of Omaha, when
the latter shot Il to his 73. All in
all the Vinson lad shSWed himself to
be quite a golfer, and a man who. if
he stuck around Washington next
year. might become another George
Voigt. His passing from the local
scene will let the other competitors
breathe easier. for if there ever was a
big. bad wolf in the competitive game
it was Gene Vinson. a doggoned like
able fellow and one who provoked his
share of laughs
OF course, even with Gene perma-
nently located back in the old home
State, there is possibility he will come
north next Summer, but if he does
not make his home in Washington he
cannot defend his District Champion
ship. The rules of the District Golf
Association provide that competitor
must reside for six months of the
year within an area of 80 miles OF the
city. and Mississippi is little outside
that sector So Gene has gone He
will be missed, for he was at one and
the same time one of the finest golf
ers and the most colOrful athletes ever
to show his wares in the local sport
arena.
Five members of the Board of Gov
ernors of the Manor Club are to be
chosen at the annual election next
Monday. Candidates are Byron S
Beall Thomas N. Beavers, Edward H.
Cashell, John R. Daily, William L..
Jones, Eppa L. Norris. George M
Wuirk and David L. Thomson. The
five board members chosen will serve
for three years.
Louise Claytor is the winner Of the
ringer tourney at Chevy Chase. with
a score of 66. 10 strokes under wom-
ems par for the course. Miss Clayton
played the mines in 1888 for her
victorious &C. Mrs. Harrison Brand
and Mrs. Y. E. Booker tied for sec
ond place. both with totals of 68. In
class B Mrs. Oscar Coolican was the
winner with card of 81.
Training for future matches with
Dorie Gruver, the DiCkey man ".
CalverD shot II yesterday at Wash
ington to the discontinue o. J. D.
Baldwin and Thurston Furr who lost
TO Dickey and Jerry Black for the
first time in several weeks.
n ATTALIONS of soldiers were busy
n reClaiming the Army War College
course today from its War-torn
condition following the sports writer's
tournament for the Cleland Cup yes
terday, i'll which Bernie Harter. the
sports editor of the Herald, blessed
with a healthy swing and a generous
handicap of 80 strokes, took home the
mug.
Bernie Shot a score of 81 which
gave him a net of 81, enough to win
the cup by single stroke from Jack
Espey, who does the press agent stuff
for Tuffey Leemans and George
Washington University. They had
Maury Fitzgerald, the best golfer of
the lot, in the dog house before he
started, for Maury. equipped phyaic-
ally to carry any handicap, went to
the post at scratch and did gallant
50, which earned him lot of admi-
ration, but no cups.
In conjunction with the vaudeville
show on the golf course the sports
writer's were the guests of Gen. George
Simonds, Capt. Kendall J. Fielder and
the officers of the War College at
luncheon.
Results of the tourney:
Out. par. 344 }34 }35-32
Esp5s Eag5sr :.343 3a3 t53 t53 i35--sd5 t1s-45
in. par 10. 344 334 335-3!-G4
Harter 60 565 1-3O-61
Espey .661 4i6 667-52-9S-30-6
Maury Fitzgfrsld Herald. 35-}4-69;
Bob Considine Herald. 4S-42-9o-.30
10; Dutch Bergman Herald. 40-39-
?2-s-1l; Dave Herman POST: 40
43-s3-12-7l Il: Joe Roberts tHeral ldl.
POST. -;i9-Sl-SE Buck oNeil
tTimeSl. 41-40-Sl-S-73; Henry Ro-
der Bulletin, 44-44-sS i? : 76;
Walter Haight ,PoSu. 4G-44-9O-lo-
$50: c. ]. McCauley POST. 43-46
-s9-s-sl; Ben -McAlwee Times. As
- 1S9-6-s3; Dillon Graham, tAsSo-
Ss; Rod Thomas 'star). ia 44-9l-s
SD: Francis Stan STAR, 49-44-a3-
10-S3: Bill Mccormick lPost. picked
uD Jack Kelle STAR left at post;
Frank Cronan tHeraldi, also ran.