Evening star., 1938-05-11
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TILT FOR CAPITAL
Array to Face Baltimore
Is Best Ever-Hoya Golf
Fate Up to Pitt.
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

The strongest team ever gath
cred under the banner of the Wom-
ems District Golf Association will face
a Baltimore team May Is at Indian
Spring in the first of series of inter-
city matches to be staged this year
by the local linkswomen's organiza-
tion.
Adhering to the principle laid down
last year that the association will be
represented only by one team and
that the best group that can be OBJ
tained. Susan Hacker, captain of the
Washington group, has named the
leading players of the city to the team.
Squad Membership.
Here is the Washington lineup for
the match, with their association
handicaps:
Helen Dettweiler 90, Mrs. ]. F.
Dowdell and Mrs. j. o. Rhyme Of
Congressional 90, Mrs Betty P Meek
ley 80, Mrs. Charlotte S. Stern t5),
Mrs Walter r. Stokes 50. Ellen Kin
caid 80, Marian Brown 90, Mrs. K.
S. Giles CD, all of Indian Spring:
Mrs. Bishop Hill 90 and Mrs. Landra
B. Platt go of Chevy Chase and Mrs.
I. G. Pray, Manor CD.
Highest handicap of the Washington
group is 8 strokes, which means fair
ly good golf, and the team. which
should whip Baltimore, probably will
be the same team which will face
Glenna Collett Ware and her Phila-
delphia girls on June 20 at Chevy
Chase. A return match with Balti-
more will be played at Baltimore Oc-
tober 10.
H0yas' Tie Chance Slim.
Georgetown has chance. but only
mathematical chance, to tie for the
lead in the southern half of the East
ern intercollegiate Golf League over
the coming week end, when the Hoyas
go to the Springdale course at Prince
ton. N j., to play three matches.
The fate of the strongest golf team
Georgetown ever has had hinges para
doXically, on the meeting of two other
teams.
Here is the situation:
Pittsburgh and Princeton are tied
at the moment for the leadership of
the southern loop each with two VIC
tories. They meet Friday afternoon
If Princeton wins it's all over for the
Hoyas. for even If Georgetown wins
all three contests it can only look fol
a second-place tie.
Princeton has two other matches to
play, but it should win them-against
Penn State and Cornell, both classed
as weaker than the Tigers, Pittsburgh
or Georgetown. But if Pitt licks
Princeton it will give Georgetown a
fighting chance, for Maury Nee and
his Hoyas clash Saturday afternoon
with Souchak g. Co. from Smoky
town. Georgetown should lick Penn
State and Cornell. 1t already has
whipped the Big Red team from
Ithaca in a practice match.
Possible Play-off May 20.
The whole thing hinges on the
Pittsburgh Princeton match, with
princeton playing over Its own course.
Frankly. it looks bad for the Hoyas
but funny things happen in golf. If
Georgetown manages to get into a
tie, it'll play off on May 20 at the
Woodway Club of Darien, Conn.
There's a chance for the Hoyas, but
slim one. to get into the league
play-off with the winners of the
Northern half. which now finds Yale
and Harvard deadlocked for the lead
Outstanding feat of the matches last
week end was Harvey Johnson's sc
to set course record at Manor Coun-
try Club. But I still can't understand
why the Hoyas broke up a winning
combination against Princeton, ad-
mittedly their strongest rival.