Evening star., 1936-02-26
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%S by w. r. Ms cALLuM

TINE first Of the Southern lnisra-
tors to return to Washington
after several months spent in
Florida will be three Congress
sional golfers. Mrs. Roland Macken-
zie, Helen Dettweiler and Roland, the
Congressional pro, will be back in
Washington Saturday or Sunday.
The Dettweiler girl. who today Is
playing in the Ormond Beach tourney,
is to come back with the MacKenEies.
Helen hasn't won anything Of impor-
tance in her jaunts throughout Florida
this Winter but she has picked up a
lot of valuable experience which prob
ably will make her one Of the more
formidable competitors when the
women's District championship comes
off at Congressional next Summer.
Three years ago, then a golfer with
only about 18 months experience, she
won her way to the final of the District
championship. She hasn't done as
we'll since, but she is certain to be q
much improved golfer after her play
in the South with many Of the top
liners in women's golf.
The three will leave Jacksonville
Beach tomorrow or Friday, travelling
in the Mackenzie trailer. Meanwhile
Claggett Stevens is at Jacksonville
Beach, to remain there throughout
March, while Roland takes over the
golf shop at Congressional.
ONLY the making OF the schedule
now remains for the women
golfers Of the city before the opening
of the tournament season late in April.
With Mrs. Joseph F. Dowdall of Con-
gressional at the head of the Tourna-
ment Committee, the women's golf
organization set-up is complete for
1886 and the schedule makers will be
busy during the coming month.
One of the important jobs which
has been accomplished is the reduc-
ton of playing dates for the inter-
club team matches from approx
mately 18 days down to nine. An
other is Standardization of club cham
pionship dates. and still another is
adoption of the budget plan by which
entrants in the big tournaments OF
the Womens District Colt ASsocia-
ton may pay a fee covering all the
Journeys. which will enable the asso-
citation to proceed on a sound budget
this year.
Washington Golf and Country Club
has taken over the Keeler Memorial
tourney, an affair which seemed des-
tined to be abandoned this year The
Washington golfers offered to buy
prizes for the affair and to stage it.
Mrs Dowdall, the new tournament
chairman. Is one OF Compassionate
most prominent women golfers and is
former club champion. She will
handle details of all the tournaments
of the organization except the team
and intercity matches. At least three
clubs will put three teams into the in
terclub matches. Chevy Chase. Colunn-
bia and Army Navy. all Of which have
big memberships. will enter teams In
all classes in the matches which will be
played this year under the Nassau
system of scoring in place Of the
Scotch foursome method as used last
year The next meeting of the asso-
citation will be held March 80, when
the schedule will be indorsed and
made public.
J. Munro Hunter. formerly profes-
sional at Indian Spring and Army
Navy, is working at the Capitol this
Winter as a special guard, the same
post he held last Winter. Hunter has
been with a driving school on Wiscon-
sin avenue during the last three sea-
sons.