Evening star., 1938-07-24
Federal Golfers Shoot for Team Title Euening Star 7orne
NEW TOURNAMENT
OFF TO BIG START
IS Departments, Agencies
Already Entered, With
Oeadline Thursday.
By ROD THOMAS.

BY ROD THOMAS.
For the FIRST time in history your
Uncle Sans horde of Federal golfers
will scrap 1t out for a match play
team championship
Arrangements were completed last
night by The Star for the holding of
. round robin tournament in which
probably a score or more teams rep
resenting departments and agencies
will play, starting a week from next
Thursday
Fifteen teams already are in line.
due largely to the enterprise OF
Charles P. Redick Of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, vice presi-
dent OF the Federal Golfers Associ-
alton. who was appointed by President
Clarence E. Purdy of G. P. O. to
work with The Star in the manage
ment of the event.
Purdy, Redick and A. L. Duncan
OF Internal Revenue. secretary-treas-
urer, and Astor Clarke OF Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Golf Com
mittee chairman, with members OF
scheme Of the tournament.
Deadline Falls Thursday.
The entries will close next Thurs
day with Redick at his home, 370l
Massachusetts, avenue NV, phone
Emerson 6988. They must be SUBJ
mitted in writing The schedule will
be drawn Immediately and published
In next Sundays Star
Indian Spring, Kenwood and Beaver
Dam graciously permitted the use Of
their courses for the usual green's
fees. The schedule makers will see
To it that none of courses Is used for
more than one match ut 4 time and
none will be listed on week ends or
holidays. A great majority Of them,
1t is expected. will start considerably
behind the early afternoon rush of
club members
The contests will be decided on .
basis Of l point for low ball and
point each for two individual matches.
Due to the large entry and time hmi-
tations-the competition will run
through September-it will be nee
least three sections with the winners
meeting in 4 play-of1 In each sec
ton each team will meet the others
once.
Star Gives All Prizes.
There will be no entry fee and all
prizes will be presented by The Star.
Each section winner will receive . team
frpy nil hA
up Of the play-off. and the champion
team members will be awarded in
dividual mementos.
Captains Of opposing teams will set
tie upon their starting times The
courses will be assigned in the sched-
ule. U. s. G. A. rules will govern
except in the case Of the stymie. That
annoying thing is barred.
The following departments and
agencies already have elected 10 COM
pete: Public Works Administration,
Interior Department., Federal Bureau
OF Investigation Government Printing
Once, Securities and Exchange Com
mission. Procurement Division Patent
once, Internal Revenue, Treasury De-
partment, Interstate Commerce Com
mission. War Department, Works
Progress Administration, Veterans
Administration, Department of Agri-
culture and General Accounting once
Four men will make up a team, but
no entry must negotiate the schedule
with only four players. As many al
fernates as desired may be named
In the beginning, however, each cap
tain is requested to submit the names
OF his four strongest players. These
should be turned in with the entry.
G. A. o. Medal Champion.
The General Accounting Once now
holds the Mellon Cup emblematic OF
the Government medal play team
championship, won in the annual tour
rament Of the Federal Golfers Asso-
citation. Those who shot for 1t were
Sam Harvey, Jock Olmsted, Jerry Hart
and Frank Butler. Hart also is the
individual champion. having carded
70-72-l42 to lead his team TO tri-
umph In 4 tournament at Kenwood
which drew the associa tion'S record
entry OF l84 individuals Many more
would have played. but couldn't be
accommodated. which is mentioned as
On indication Of keen interest in the
coming struggle
The tournament was born of visit
to The Star sports department of As
tor Clarke, more famed As the Ma
tion's No. / ranking duckpin bowler,
but an ardent linksman, and Tom
Webb, Clarke's fellow-employe at the
=. B. l., who were bent upon bally-
hooing the Federal Golfers Associa-
ton.
II the team tournament is success
ful, the associations activities next
year will be greatly extended. SO will
The Stars. SO far as Federal golf is
concerned, for it plans individual tour
naments in 1889 for all agencies and
departments, with the champions
meeting for the governmental match
play crown.
It's large order, but with the
Federal Golfers Association stes ming
along with the pace OF the Purdy re-
Eime, it will be filled.