Evening star., 1937-06-03

And he can hold his own in any but
the top links company.
At the age of 60-odd Gen. Craig
plays a comfortable low 80s game,
brand of golf that would enable him
to step along with any man his age
anywhere.
He has dipped into the high
10'S on occasions. but his usual
score is in the neighborhood Of
SO or 80.
And does Banagan know this? You
won't find him sending the general
out with any set-up matches. Red
isn't that kind Of guy He handicaps
'em as he sees EN-, from generals down
to priyates. They're all p1vates to
him.
Two Hibernians Win.
WELL. that little argument in
volving "Set" Collins and Billy
Shannon against Harvey johnson and
Tommy webb has been settled at
Columbia The four lads got together
late yesterday and put on match
to settle all the conversation that
has been buzzing around in recen.
weeks about their skill. The boys
who'd taken sides laid in the bets and
at the end Collins and Shannon won
by something thinner than a gnat's
eyelash. They grabbed the match by
single hole, to be accurate, and
that only because 30-foot putt that
would have tied had it dropped, spun
f~Oy, ba ~ o<t
young johnson had stroked the ball
perfectly.
RETWEEN 'em the boys had nine
~ brides. but the winning best ball
was only SO, which isn't SO hot in
the big leagues. Two up with 2 to
go, COLLINS and Shannon-two good
Hibernian names-dropped the seven
teenth to Johnson's bird 3 and Harvey
almost pulled it out of the fire at
the eighteenth. johnson canned 25-
footer for bird at the fifteenth, only
to have it halved by Collins, and
Shannon knocked in 25-footer at the
sixteenth to go 2 up
That match had half the
Sduuy pNh ~OLhCN up.
The lads had gallery of some 40
Senegambians and smattering of
club members, and Red" Banagan
It's the first time in long time
that the portly Red has walked
around after golf match. ut must
have been that two bucks, four bits
he had on Collins and Shannon, y
laughed Martin McInerney.
| WASHINGTON women look forward
to no kindly treatment at the
hands of Richmond women in their
! return team match scheduled in the
Virginia State capital next Fall They
didn't treat their guests very kindly
at Congressional yesterday, winning
from the visiting Richmond girls by
a score of 20 to ~. Mrs. R. c.
Welton of Richmond led in the scoring
with an 87 Miss Ellen Kincaid OF
| Congressional was next with 88 and
Mrs. Y. E. Booker Of Chevy Chase
| had 80.
Tomorrow at Chevy Chase Mrs
Bishop Hill, captain of the winning
Chevy Chase team, will receive from
Mrs. Lillian Payne, president Of the
Women's District Golf Association, the
trophy emblematic OF the first team
championship. -Four other teams viii
clash tomorrow at Chevy Chase, but
the host club and winner of the
matches drew bye in the final day
Of play.
Because of the hot weather some
Of the women on the second and thire
teams, which have not completed theil
contests, favor starting earlier in the
day, around $50 instead of 9:15.
MRS. L. B. SCHLOSS, medalist II
the club handicap tourney fol
women at Woodmont today, met Mis-!
D. Rosenthal in the opening match
round. Mrs Schloss won the media
with 80. Other pairings-Mrs. Gil
bert Hahn drew bye, Mrs. M. Baum
VS.. Mrs. H. Sauber, Mrs. Theodore
Peyser drew bye Miss Bertha Israe
VS.. Mrs. Doris Jaffe, Mrs. L. E. Harri
drew a bye, Mrs. A. E. Steinem drew
bye, Mrs. Milton Harris vs.. Mrs. I
Goldenberg.
ENTRIES for the Maryland STATE
championship for women will clos
Saturday with Mrs. T. E. Schluder'
berg, chairman of the Golf Commit
tee of the Baltimore Country Club
The entry fee is ST. The tourney will
be played over the lengthy Five Farm!
course. near Lutherville, 10 miles from
downtown Baltimore, June to IL
INCLUSIVE.