Evening star., 1937-07-30
FIELD IS STRONG
IN P. c. A. AFFAIR
Houghton, Home Pro, Also
Is Among Choices at Old
Point Comfort.
BY w. r. McCALLUM,

BY w. II. MCCALLUM.
~ LID POINT COMFORT, Va,
July 30.-Quite an impress
sive group Of our better par
~ busters from Washington are
gathered here to open today the best
Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers
Association championship held in a
decade.
The 72-hole championship, starting
tomorrow, will have the biggest and
best entry list of the lengthy series
of tournaments for the mid-Atlantic
crown held in 10 years. An amateur
pro tourney today was to open the
affair.
Much Of the pre-tournament gossip
centers around Witty Cox, the tall
browed pro from the Kenwood Golf
and Country Club, and around Roland
Mackenzie, the long hitting mentor
from the Congressional Country Club
These two stars from the Capital Sec
tor will be making their initial start
in Middle Atlantic P. G. A. cham
pionship affair
Cox, even though he has been in
Washington for two years, never be-
fore has played in the championship,
and Mackenzie became a member of
the P. G. A. only last year. But this
year, lured by the 1000 purse, these
men, ranked among the leading shot
makers of the East, have tossed their
hats in the ring, and will be among
the men to lick for the championship.
Isaacs Is Highly Rated.
THEY regard Jack Isaacs of nearby
Newport News, as some shakes Of
a golfer in this area, and Virginians
vhove watched the tall blond go
predict he'll make life tough for the
visitors. They also hold that Al
Houghton, former Washington pro,
playing on his home layout, will have
a word or two to say about the win
ming Of the title and the $500 first
money.
Bobby Cruickshank II he comes to
the tourney, won't be any soft snap
for he has a habit Of winning the
Virginia State championship when
ever he starts. For years he's taken
the Virginia opposition over the jumps
Chandler Harper, the reformed
amateur from Portsmouth, Just across
Hampton Roads. is no pushover but
Chan. good as he is. hasn't been able
to get by in the Middle Atlantic P. G.
A. Journeys.
So the main hurdles to a Virginia
victory are the Washington lads and
Ralph Beach, generally acknowledged
TO be the top man in the Baltimore
sector. They're not giving Charlie
Betschler, the champion, much chance
to repeat in the tourney. Thirty-six
holes tomorrow and the same menu
on Sunday, will be the tournament
schedule.
Opening Days Pairinxs.
Pairings for the opening day Of play
tomorrow:
9:30-1 :3o-Johnny Kelly. Norfolk. and
Andy Gibson. Baltimore.
e:35-I 35-Rut Coffey. Winchester and
e:4o-14oWAl fred Tredor srosn and Me, shor.v
s:45-l 45MBm Hsh0". schr.iber. Baltimore,
e;2o-I: 5oMEddie lo Koehier. FSaasii ou.ntico,
and Tom Galloway Richmond
a;oo.l ?5-Charles Betschler. Balti-
more and Nelson Long. winchester
10:O0-2 Oo-Bob Barnett and Leo WAL
per. both OF WASHINGTON
1905 -2:05-Wiffy Cox and Roland Nc
ken7ie. both of Washington
10: lO-2 10-Gene Larkin and Georse
Df1enbaugh. both of WASHINGTON
lo.l -: l5-Jack Isaacs Newport News.
and Ralph Beach. Baltimore
. 1o:@O-2 .oO-Frank Invernezzi of Bal
tlmore and Joe Fuller Newport News
1O'D5-c.o1-.IobOy po1
Roy Briggs Norfolk
l0:30-2 :30-R. L. johnson. Yorktown,
and Tom Ryan. Alexandria