Evening star., 1934-10-29
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BY w. R. Me CALLuM

nament with calmness. Davis won
the October event, beating Bowly and
White in a three e-cornered final round.
Here are the pairings for the No
vember tourney: Bonney VS.. Wright,
Adams VS.. White; Bowley VS.. Dickin-
son, Stoddard vs. McGill.
Meanwhile it begins to look as if
Harry Graham will have to establish
a special flight for the woman golfers
in his coming turkey tournament at
Rock Greek Park. Half dozen fem
mime players have entered, including
Betty Keeler, the municipal champion,
and Mrs. Vida Martin, the runner-up.
Harry might be smart if he put 'em
in q little flight all their own, fer they
won't have much chance to win a
bird in competition with the men.
The qualifying round will be played
on November 5 and 6, and the tourna-
ment Is to end by November %.
Harry G. Pitt, the big Manor
moose" after many years of playing
wooden-shafted golf clubs, has gone
to steel. Equipped with a new set Of
steel-shafted irons, Harry Is knocking
the ball farther and straighter than
ever. 1t looks bad for Bill Harvey in
the final round for the club title if
Harry keeps on as he has been going
with his new implements, for the big
Pitt man has been getting around in
II and II every time he has started.
TIED RUTLEY today holds the first
i leg on the Japanese trophy at
Kenwood. Finishing with a
gross score of 324, with a handicap
OF 9 strokes to the round, Rutley
wound up the 72-hold tourney with a
net OF 288, enough to win by two
strokes from Bernard Dennell, who
had 290. Dennell won the gross award
with 303, with Charles Cole second at
308. Cole, who was in the lead at the
halfway mark, finished with a bad 81.
Congressional Country Club women
wound up their most successful sea-
son last night with dinner, at which
prizes won during the season were
presented. Previously, despite the
high wind of the afternoon, they had
played In mixed foursome for which
Do players turned out. The gross
award went to Mrs. j. j. Mccarthy
and DR.. John Shugrue, who scored
a fine SO. Mrs. Harry A. Knox and
Verne Simmons, with 96-l2h-83h.
won the net award Mrs. Paul Brewer
and Arthur Dowdall won second net
with l07-22-85. Prizes were pre-
sented by Mrs. F. G. Await, chairman
of the committee, who piloted the
women's tournaments this season, and
by William E. Leahy.
Over at Beaver Dam a mixed four
some, in which each player was
limited to two clubs, was won by R.
N. Trezise and Mrs. c. w. Grifin, who
scored 109-23-86. Mrs. r. M.
Brown'and D. F. Mattison won second
net with 113-2+89, with Mrs. r.
C. Mitchell and j. v. Savarese third
at 107-17-90. Mrs. Elsie Fischer
and c. B. Carver tied for the gross
prize with Mrs. w. j. LaBille and
Carl Witcher.
EOR weeks Bill Middleton has had
Il trouble hitting his tee shots at
Washington. They would 20
almost anywhere but down the
straight and narrow path. And how
narrow is that path at Washington.
Some one told Bill that perhaps he
wasn't keeping his head down long
enough. And yesterday he cashed in
on the advice, scoring II, one above
par, for his best score. He played
the course in 35-36-71.
That hole-in-one tourney to be
played at Chevy Chase tomorrow is
not confined solely to a hole-in-one
event. Mrs. Frank R. Keefer, Chevy
Chase women's chairman, invites all
the women who competed on first
teams in the team contests this year
to play an 18-hole round Of the course
following the ace tourney on the tenth
and thirteenth holes. The low-handicap
players, up to and including those
with 10 handicap, will play at the
thirteenth, while the higher handicap
players will strive for aces on the
tenth hole, which measures about 1875
yards. The thirteenth is 163 yards in
length. The tourney will start at
$50 am. and will be followed by the
medal-play event. for which prizes
will be awarded by the club.
Tom Beavers, one Of Manor's steady
golfers, today Is in line for all the
hole -in-one awards. He holed his tee
shot on the 160-yard second hole play
ing with A. L. Alderman, Irwin Dom