Evening star., 1936-06-29

IFl about everything a woman
4 L can do In athletics to be the
bright star of the 1882 Olympics, and
who has become a golf professional,
was to arrive in Washington today for
a week Of golf, to wind up with an ex-
hibition match at the Congressional
Country Club next Sunday.
The long-hitting Babe" now en-
ployed by Western manufacturer of
golf and sporting goods equipment,
will arrive at the Congressional Coun-
try Club late this afternoon with her
manager. Yep, the Texas girl has ar
rived at the stature of having a man
ager. who is booking matches for her.
She will come to Washington from the
Ridgewood Country Club of New Jer-
sey, where she has been playing a few
matches.
Miss Didriksen. generally ranked as
the longest hitter in woman's golf,
spent a few days at Ponte Vedra last
February. where she took lessons from
Roland Mackenzie. So pleased was
she with her progress from these les
sons that she promised to come back
to Washington after more. She will
be here nearly week under the eye
Of Mackenzie, who has arranged q
series Of informal matches with the
best Of the club golfers for her.
Her Slugging Not Exaggerated.
THE exhibition match next Sunday
afternoon in which the Babe will
appear at Congressional. will find Miss
Didriksen and Roland Mackenzie
playing against witty Cox and Fred
Mcleod. This is the first time the
Didriksen girl has played golf around
Washington. She has been playing
the game only three years. but al
ready is ranked one Of the finest
feminine players In the world. So
many extravagant things have been
said about her game, among them a
forecast that she will win the ma
tional open championship, that some
folk think she Is superwoman. She
Is, in a way, but fundamentally the
Babe Is youngster with considerable
athletic ability. somewhat abashed and
awed by all the publicity that has
been thrust upon her; and a darned
good student of the game Of golf.
Tales of her hitting prowess are not
exaggerated. She wallops the ball as
far as the big hitters among the men
and many an amateur is going to find
himself outhit from the tee by the
Didriksen girl this week.
Entries for the District municipal
championship will be received today
at East Potomac Park and Rock
Creek Park for the tourney to start
at East Potomac Park Wednesday
morning. 1t will be a 72-hole affair,
with the local title and the makeup
of the four qualifiers for the national
hinging on the scoring Claude Rippy,
the title holder, showed he Is in shape
for the defense of his title by scoring
q 80 yesterday on course D.
Gene Larkin Cracks Par.
GENE LARKIN, red-thatched Wood
mont pro. put on q hot round
yesterday to score subpar 6s and
whip Ralph Beach, the Baltimore
Suburban Club pro. and ace of the
invading team from the Baltimore
club. leading the Woodmont outfit
to victory in a match played at the
Bethesda course. Gene shot the
mines in IS and 80. The men golfers
of Woodmont won by 1872 to 14h.
while the women dropped a 10-to-2
verdict against the Suburban Club
women. Summaries:
woodmont us14) vs.. Suburban I4Is).
Gene Larkin and Morris Simons. 3:
Ralph Beach and Henry Straus. o; Mel
Kraft and Howard Nordlinser, 3. Bob
Lou Harris and Charlie Shulman. Ia.
ia: Willard Goidheim and Bobby Baum
Morris Goldstein. and Eddie Dreyfus. o:
Hahn ,nn and Il stsinem, sss. sam MS silv.rstein
TtoL snG LeGs BIZ ssDs. so. :nd :nd
Morton Rothchild.. 1 Bill Illch and Morris
Eiseman 0. Dave Schwartz and Louis
- Arthur Brode and Ralph Goldsmith a.
Exon ttsr REFS and md pT p- cuis sn.Sancr JssSSs A
Burt Catzen and Reuben openheimer. o.
Suburban G0l VS.. Woodmont (2).
Mrs Jerome Sloman and Mrs. Lester
Levy 3. Mrs. Ralph Goldsmith and Mrs;
Jack shulman; Q; Miss Janet MeZsIs sand and
Peyser and Mrs. Gil Hahn ?: Mrs Walter
Cohn and Miss Margaret Straus. 3. Miss
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