Evening star., 1938-12-25

WALTER r. WI
from Providence, r. l., won the
crown, licking Frank M. Goodwin of
Congressional in the final. Burke, q
Georgetown University student. also
brought the Hoyas their second ma
tional intercollegiate crown.
Cox Again Heads Paid Clan.
WHY Cox, the sparse haired Con-
gressional pro, dominated the local
paid clan for the second straight
year, grabbing the District open
with q total of 2S6-six over par.
Leo Walper, unattached, again won
the Mid-Atlantic P. G. A. cham
pionship at Old Point Comfort, Va.
The year was marked by q num-
Der of professional shifts, when
Roland Mackenzie resigned at Con-
gressional to be supplanted by Cox :;
AL Jamison went from Kenwood to
Indian Spring; George Diffenbaugh
went from Indian Spring to Ken
wood and Walter Cunningham was
replaced at Burning Tree by his
brother Frank. Cliff Spencer took
over his old post at Beaver Dam.
Feminine golfers of Washington
staged more tournaments, with
larger fields, than ever before. To-
ward the end of the year Mrs. Ralph
w. Payne. president of the Women S
District Golf Association. resigned
the post she had held for three
years and Mrs. r. A. Lacey of Co.
lumbia was chosen to succeed her.
Washington women won in Phila-
delphia and lost at Chevy Chase in
matches with the women from the
Quaker City.
Tournament Results.
Here Is the way the tournaments
were won around Washington in
1888:
Mems amateur Misunderstanding
ton Golf and Country Club invita-
ton: medal (6s), j. r. Gipe: final,
Levi Yoder beat Walter McCallum,
2 and l.
Chevy Chase invitation: medal
CID, Parker Nolan: final, Claude
Rippy beat Frank Allan, up 19
holes.
Middle Atlantic championship:
medal CID, Otto Greiner, Balti-
more; final, Greiner beat Bobby
Brownell. 8 and 2.
Maryland State championship ::
Greiner beat Spencer Overton.
District amateur championship:
medal 75), Billy Dettweiler; final.
John P. Burke beat Frank M. Good
win, 3 and 2.
Qualifying rounds national am
ateur championship: Bobby Brown
ell. 7l-72-143; Ralph Bogart,
Martin F. Mccarthy, Levi Yoder
and Miller B Stevinson also ouali-
fed from Washington. Brownell
qualified 9th in the championship at
Pittsburgh. won his first round
match from Walker Cupper Reyn-
olds Smith, and was beaten by Mel
vim Harbert in the second round.
Buddy Sharkey won the inter-
scholastic crown.
Federal Meet Attractive.
A new tournament for Govern
ment employees. sponsored by The
Star, brought out more than 100
competitors for the team match
play championship. Treasury De-
partment's Accounts and Deposits
outfit. composed of j. William Har-
vey, John R. Miller, Bob OMalley,
Jack Palmer and Everett johnson,
won the title. Jerry Hart of Cen
eral Accounting Office won the in
dividual Government championship
at Kenwood, with total of 142. The
team medal play title went to Gen.
eral Accounting Office.
Andy Oliveri, chubby municipal
golfer, won the public links cham
pionship. Brownell won the Middle
Atlantic junior with a total of 145.
Club championships: Washington,
Mrs. Wilda Martin and P. B. Pat
teson: Chevy Chase, Mrs. Bishop
Hill and Ralph Quinter: Indian
Spring, Marion Brown and Buddy
Sharkey: Kenwood. Mrs, r. p. HUFF
and John o. Bergelin; Congress
sional, Helen Dettweiler and Claude
Rippy; Columbia. Mrs. H. M. Brund-
age and Tommy Webb: Manor, Mari
on Brown and Harry P. Pitt: Army
Navy, Mrs. D. H. Clarke and Ralph
Bogart; Argyle. Mrs. Richard Moth
ershead and Orval Kaul; Wood
mont, Mrs. Henry Goodman and
Milton Harris; Beaver Dam, Mrs
C. E. Purdy and Martin F. Nc
Carthy; Capital, Billy Houghton.
Women's Tourney Winners.
Women's tournaments District
championship, Marion Brown; Mid
die Atlantic championship, Marion
Brown; Maryland championship
Helen Dettweiler; Miller Trophy,
Helen Dettweiler; Herald Trophy,
Mrs. Harry w. Sharpe; Star Trophy,
Mrs. Richard Kreuzberg: Duffer's
Cup, Mrs. M. A. Dent; Times Cup,
Mrs. Arnold McNitt; Post Cup, Mrs.
McNitt: N. B. c. Trophy and Presi-
dents Plate, Mrs. George F. Hussey;
Corby Cup, Mrs. Montgomery Blair.
In team matches Washington beat
Baltimore, II to 6, and won and
lost with Philadelphia.
Pro tournaments-Mid Atlantic
P. G. A., won by Leo Walper (29D :
District championship, won by Witty
Cox (286); national open champion
ship, qualifying, Bob Barnett and
Lewis Worsham qualified and only
Worsham went to Denver. National
P. G. A. championship, Cox and
Walper qualified and both lost in
first round Of tournament ut Shaw