Evening star., 1938-04-06

for the No. spot, but he won't be
there long.
Ask any of the Hoyas about
Burke and they are likely TO tell
you he is tops.
Johnny is quite golf player Well
never forget the 35-foot putt he rolled
in to win the medal in the Chevy
Chase invitation tourney last year.
Among other things he has qualified
for the amateur championship three
years, has won his State amateur
crown three times and the open once.
and didn't drop match in three years
Of competition between picked teams
from Rhode Island, Connecticut and
Massachusetts,. And that is hot golf
territory. where they grow em tough
Burke and Pettijohn have traipsed
around lot Of golf tournaments to-
gether. They won the Anderson Me-
mortal at Winged Foot in 1896, but
slim Charlie can do some golf on his
own. He has won some invitation
tournaments, but he also has won jun
ior titles in Westchester County and
is the present New York junior champ.
Figure 1t out from any angle, that
Hoya bunch is the college golf team
of the year.
Helen Dettweiler Back.
BronZed and sun-tanned from more
than four months in the South. Helen
Dettweiler, District and Maryland
uro,,,a ,aps, nbo ~ p;on }e hooL IL, <ouro
today, ready to start her local cam
paign on the Washington courses.
With Helen is pulchritudinous
Jean Bauer, the statuesque and
easy-to-look at blond from Prov
idence, r. l.. who happens to
be one Of the better feminine
club swingers.
They were to play today at Con-
gressional Helen beat Jean in the
final Of the recent Augusta tourney.
A new professional for the Congress
sional Country Club may be announced
today. A committee headed by Pres
ident Theodore S. Grape met at noon
today to 90 over Z lengthy list Of
applicants, and out Of their delibera-
tions may come the name Of the new
pro. They want to settle on the sue
cessor to Roland Mackenzie as soon
as possible.
Roosevelt and Gonsaga. with clean
sweep victories over their opposition,
topped the schoolboy team golf parade
today, following six contests played
yesterday. Roosevelt licked a weak
Anacostia team, 9 to 0, at Army Navy,
while Gonzaga whipped Dewitt at In
dian Spring, 6 to o. Other contests
found Georgetown Prep eking out
5-to-4 victory over Central at Garrett
Park: Western licking Tech at Wash.
ington, 6 to 8; Wilson pounding out
6to-3 win over Montgomery Blair at
Kenwood. and Bethesda Chevy Chase
beating st. Johns at Congressional
1 to2.
Government League Planned.
Golfers from the Government de-
partments, In addition to their annual
individual and team championship,
are going to branch out this year into
a new field, II suggestion made last
night at the annual meeting Of the
Federal Golf Association finds favor.
Four-man teams from the various de-
partments will play in regularly
scheduled team contests sponsored by
the league, something that hasn't been
done before. The team and individual
championship tourney will be played
June 13 and IA, on q course to be
chosen later. c. E. Purdy Of Govern
ment Printing ONCE heads the asso-
citation, with c. P. Redick of Securities
and Exchange as vice president, and
A. L. Duncan Of Internal Revenue as
secretary. The Golf Committee, under
whom the new plan Of play will be
staged, Is composed Of Astor Clarke,
duckpin bowling champion; w. H.
Lines and H. A. Strong. The Handi-
cap Committee is made up of Paul
Carey, F. P. Kelly and z. J. Kendrick.
Paul swope heads the Awards Com
mittee, with A. o. Anderson and Frank
q. 0utler - associates.