Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-23

L HOUGHTON Is to sever his
~ connection today with the In
~ dian Spring Country Club. The
4 n former Kenwood pro has been
executive secretary and manager at
Indian Spring since late last June.
Just what Al will do has not been
made known, but he is negotiating ior
JOB which will carry him outside of
golf, it is understood. Roger Peacock,
former club secretary at Indian
Spring, probably will take over the
post.
Lily Harper. Portsmouth, Va. who
should have won the tournament al
ready, but hasn't yet succeeded in
grabbing the crown, is the first big
time entrant for the Middle Atlantic
ship to be staged at Congressional
starting October 7.
In addition to the tourney sched-
ule of affairs for the contestants mas
been arranged by the Congressional
club. Monday afternoon, October Z,
following the qualifying round, a
driving contest will be held. Tuesday
a luncheon will be held. with a cock
tail party to follow on Wednesday,
and Thursday afternoon a mixed
Scotch foursome will be played. The
tourney will wind up Friday with finals
in all flights.
HENRY PICARD'S game may have
been sour at Hot Springs last
week (the Hershey Hurricane has been
having trouble with his grip, but
there wasn't anything wrong with the
putt he nudged down on the sixteenth
hole at Indian Spring yesterday. That
20-footer gave Picard and Jimmy
Thomson a l-up victory over Al
Houghton and George Diffenbaugh in
an exhibition match with Thomson
turning in the best card of the day,
a ii. The local lads sprang into a
Sup lead, but they dropped it back
to go all square at the thirteenth.
Then came Picard's putt or the bird 4
On the sixteenth and try as they might,
Al and George couldn't get that hole
back
Jimmy, the big blond boy from
Ridgewood, N. j., hit few tee shots
that had the gallery pop-eyed. He
knocked one for more than 800 yards
on the fifth and hit the ball so far
on the 4s5-yard fifteenth he was home
with mashie.
Two club championships rest today
on the heads of two men who haven't
worn them before. At Congressional
big Parker Nolan, the seige gun, holds
the club title. while at Kenwood the
boys and girls will do their kowtowing
for the next year to John C. Shorey,
the earstwhile kid wonder, now a vet
tran. Nolan whipped jim Maloney
by and 4 yesterday to win the Con-
gressional title, scoring the first nine
in "a and being one over par when
the match ended on the fourteenth
green. Shorey licked Bernie Hallock
by 2 and in the Kenwood final,
turning 2 up at the luncheon interval.
Other club championships moved
toward the final rounds, and out at
Washington the boys are getting ready
for the medal round next week end.
Pairings in the Army-Navy Club
championship find Joseph Greenwood,
son Of Representative Walter Green
wood Of Indiana, meeting Ralph b.
CART in the first round match this
week, Greenwood won the medal with
card of rs. Nine flights qualified
for the match play rounds.
Woodmont Country Club, in its
series with the Baltimore Suburban
Club, took licking at Baltimore yes
terday by 81 to II. with the Suburban
women's team winning from the
Washington women, 10 to 0.
Over at Kenwood, winners in the
blind DOGGY contest were M. Mona, A.
Brulls and II. J. Kosner, all with
net TBS.
Semi finals In the Manor Club
championship will find Harry Pitt, de-
Tending champ, opposing Hickman
Green, while Tommy Bones the star
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