The Washington times., 1937-05-17
Stages
Golf Tourney
For Soldiers

Fort BelVo1r VIII stage an en-
listed mems 36-hole handicap golf
tourney at the Virginia encamp-
ment Saturday and Sunday. In
order to establish handicap Of
each player, qualifying rounds Of
81 holes or 6 rounds Of 9 holes
each will be completed Friday. To
arrive at handicap. the total score
for 81 holes will be divided by 6,
resulting in the average score for
9 holes. From this average, "a
strokes (par) will be deducted
and the remainder will be handi.
cap in the tourney for each 9
holes. Sergeant George j. Ryan at
Fort Belvoir Is in charge Of the
event.
Place the name Of J. D. Barn.
hard at the top of the list for
carrying off honors Sunday at In
dian Spring. He finished in q tie
for first place in both Journeys
that were staged. He posted a
score Of 82-8-74 to, tie with r.
Reid with 94-20-74, in the blind
bogey, and then deadlocked with
Volney G. Burnett in match play
against par.
Sam Harvey paced the leaders
in the Ladder qualifications at
Argyle Country Club with two
rounds for a 156 total. In runner.
up spot is Tony Wilmett with l57,
and Don Dudley is third In line
with 158. The Argyle team will
meet the Quantico Marines team
at Quantico next Sunday.
Four divoteers at Manor fin.
ished all even in the blind bogey
tourney staged yesterday. They
are DR.. ]. g. Reilly, w. K. Shives,
w., F. Beaseley and Mark Myers.
All scored net totals Of IS. E. M.
Slack and DR.. Drezinsky finished
in second position with net scores
Of u, and the five who closed for
a tie for third spot were George
McGehee, Harvey Cooper, j. e.
Hughes, H. L. Simcoe and Dr.. E.
D. STEELE for 79s.
In the women'S flag tournament
at Beaver Dam yesterday, Mrs.
w. F. Kerr grabbed the honors.
Other prize winners were Mrs. N.
]. Waldron, Mrs. C. E. Purdy, Mrs.
j. P. Strong, ana Mrs. C. e. Nc.
Gown. Mrs. Kerr planted the flag
after her second shot on the
eighteenth hole.
Selected nine holes tourney
prize went to J A. Edmonds at
Washington Golf and Country
Club. The winner posted q 37-7
80. N. H. Dinen came in second
with 40-8-32. Two finished in a
tie for third place honors. They
were G. A. Bailey with 46-13.-33
and D. C. Gruver with $685..
Capital Country, formerly
known as Bannockburn, staged a
trio Of tournaments yesterday.
Ralph r. Randolph, with Q net
score Of 81 was the winner Of the
A. A. A. annual Russell Singer
Trophy; C. w. Simonson with a
net SO carried off the U. 8. Gus.
tom Bureau event; and Gardiner
Meerse and r. K. Aten split with
78 nets to tie for top honorS in
! the blind hogey affair.
One of the best amateur eXhibi'
ton events to be staged here this
season was held at Kenwood yes
terday when the team Of Billy
Shea and Bobby Borwnell defeated
the Levi Yoder-R Hollebaugh
duo, 3 and 1. Brownell scored a
II to top the scoring for the four,
and his team mate, Shea cruised
the course with a u. Yoder carded
a II and Hollebaugh. 78. Shea.
Brownell took best ball with 66.
In the handicap sweepstakes
tourney at Kenwood, George Vass
posted a card of 78 1886 to cap.
ture first place. L. A. Snead
finished second with 76-9-67, and
Maury Fitzgerald third with r.
6-6S.
Over at Belle Haven, J. r. Cation
was the winner Of the weekend
blind bogey event with score Of
93-16-77. Other winners include
B. Howell, 89-24-65 and George
Cole, high net, 120-3-117.
In the Congressional breakfast
yesterday, T. Porter won the play
off from s. BerquiSt for the top
prize honor. Porter also competed
with the winning foursome lined
up with II. Warning, c. S. Smith
and B. Turner.
East Potomac defeated Mount
Pleasant Of Baltimore In antinter.
city public links team match at
Baltimore, 171a to 14k. Phenix,
\ local lefthanded golfer took top
4 honorS by posting q II and teamed
with Kupka to score best bali of
SO, three under.
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