The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-18
Mid-AtIantiC
Represented
By Three
BY CHICK KENNY

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A total Of 1873 professional golf
ers will tee off next Monday In
medal play over the Pittsburgh
Club course, Aspinwall. Pa, in
the goth annual p. G. A. tourna-
ment. The list was released to-
day by George n. JacobuS, preSi-
dent Of the Professional Golfers
Association.
From this territory known as
the Middle Atlantic District, conf
prising Washington, Virginia and
Maryland, three qualified in q
tourney staged at Indian Spring
Country Club, with AL Treder OF
Manor; George Diffenbaugh Of
Indian Springs and Benny Loving
Of Charlottesville, Va, earning
the right to compete in the affair.
May Change
According to the latest infor-
nation, q change may be made
in the personnel Of this trio who
will embark for Pittsburgh this
weekend. Loving, who played in
the qualifying tourney here out
Of Charlottesville, has been ap-
pointed assistant pro to Craig
Wood at Rumson Country Club,
Rumson, N. j., and due to pres
sure Of business, in his new duties,
may not be able to compete.
Should this so happen, the next
in line, in the list Of Middle At
lantic qualifiers is Bob Barnett,
the red.haired Chevy Chase pro-
fesSional. Barnett tied with Diff
fenbaugh for third place in the
tourney. In the playoff the
Indian Spring pro bagged the post.
In the listing below released by
Jacobus, the first Is named were
exempt from qualifying as they
either reached the quarter finals
at Pinehurst last November or
were members Of the Ryder Cup
team.
Denny Shute, defending cham
pion, is automatically qualified
for match play rounds. The other
122 entrants will play SO holes Of
medal play for the remaining So
places.
The entries:
Sam Parks. 3r.. Pittsburgh; Paul Run
rookfisid. Conn; johnny RovoIta.
evanston. ILL.,: Ky Laffoon, Ravinia, III
Walter Hagen, Detroit; DIN Dutrs, Los
Mass: Jimmie Thomson. shawnee-on-
Delaware. Pa: Henry Picard. Hsrshey.
Pa: Craig Wood. Deal, n. j.; Tony
aahis0 oak F'i Parf nj Denny sRuts
West Newton, Mass: Bill Melhorn.
Louisville: Jimmie Hines. Garden City.
Qualified This Year
Floyd Farley. Oklahoma City: Ben
Reichter. st. Louis; Clarke Morse. st.
Louis: Levi Lynch, Dallas; Jimmy De-
H Mart5 Houston Tex sam SchnsdSr
Deminah, ILL.,; Ralph Guldahi, Chicago:
Frank walsh, Chicago; Harry Cooper.
jim FOULS. HinsdaIs. ILL.,: Sam Bern.
ard, Lake Ford, mi Eddie. Williams.
Chicago; Ralph stonehouse, Northmoor.
Dayton 9hiSi JohV w WatsOS South S a.S
Victor Ghezzi, Deal. N. J.; Frank Krin'
field. N. J.; Johnny Farrell. Short Hills.
John kinder, Piainfisld. N. j.; Gene
Savannah, Ga; Frank Stevenson. savan-
c Charles 'E ". Hall. birminEh.1a, Ala:
limerick KoesisI walled Lake. Mich. Al
Watrous, Birmingham, Mich: Joe Bel
sehnsitsr, Ogden. Utah; Lester BOistad,
Minneapolis; Gunnar johnson, Minneapo-
lis; Bruce Collar, Haddonfield. N. j.:
Ardmore, Pa: George Fozio, Norristown'
Pa: Byron Nelson. Reading. Pa; Charles
Schneider, Coneordvilie, Pa.
Leo Diegel, Philadelphia: Walter Wau-
hab, Oakland, Cal; Pat Markovich. san
Francisco; Charles Sheppard. Oakland
r rortGSn' P H Ore; Mem christiaS.
Yakima, Wash: Alvy Hume. Lexington,
KY; Bunny Torpey. Dodson, Mo-; clar-
oSatz Fey f. Y S G M cas
S Sh T. T. Il 5os Sp crsaV Sf lake asSrss,
y; z: Denny champHgn9' Grand RMap EdS
Sam Snead, White Sulphur Springs W.
Perry Del vscchio. Greensbure: Joe
Toledo; Billy Burke. Cleveland; Al Els
pinoSa, Akron; Steve Zappe. springfieb.
qhiO; LyOld Guliick.on, EIyria; Ohio. Ohio;
Bedford, Ohio; Sal DiBuono, Larchmont,
n. z; Mike Turnesa, Elmford, n. z:
George Kerrigan, New Rochelle. N. 2;
Buici. Flushine:- N. T.; Herman Barron.
Plains. n: r; Dan GalEanO, White
hoe. N. T.; August Nordone, Syracuse;
Howard Jones, Norwich, N. Y; Earl
Rowlsy, Lancaster, N. T.; Charles Benz
Willie Hunter. Pacific Palisades, CAL;
Paul Jones, LaHabre, CAL: Lee Madi-
son. Hollywood; Bud Oakley, Hollywood:
AL Treder, Rockville, Nd; Benny Low.
ing. Richmond, Va; George Diffenbaugh,
silver Spring, Nd; Eddie Burke. Manga.
tuck, Conn; Joe Turnesa. Tuckahoe.
N Y: Willie Hunter, WilIimantic Conn;
Henry Kaiser, Racine. Wis; Alvin
"Butch" Kreuger, Beloit, Wis: Phil
Greenwald, Madison, Wis; Charles Burk-
mis-, AndoveT, Mass: Edmund Burke
Newport, r. l.; Harry Nettelbradt, Au-
burn, Mass. Tim Fogerty, South Hamii-
ton, Mass; Guy Paulson, Long Meadow,
wis: Jim Young, South Hadiey Center,
Mass; Joe Stein, Wayland. Mass; Dick
May, Providence. r. ].