The Washington times., 1938-09-14

pl Y Ell s eliminated. OTTO
GREINER of Baltimore was an
other, the veteran HICK
EVANS. a third.
YODER feels they gave him
and the others the ak rather
arbitrarily, since it was within
the bounds of reason to expect
that any one of them could have
shot, say, rs on their second
round and qualified. He's
through with national amateur
events
Another bone LEVI has to pick
with tie U. S. G.. A. committee
is the fact that he was not mott
fled OF his elimination.
UnIucky Levi
In the long run, the U. S. G. A.
seems to have the right in the
matter, and LEVI was just un-
lucky. Something has to be done
to clear the way for play-offs
and, as generally happens in
this world, the interest Of the in
dividual has to be sacrificed
for the benefit of the majority.
The need of second-round
qualifying eliminations exists
most definitely in a large field
Of entries.
Moreover, the U. S. G. A. an
nounced in advance of the
tournament that "at the dis
cretion of the championship
committee, the field will be re-
duced after the first qualifying
round. The exact schedule for
Tuesday, September 13, will be
posted at the Oakmont Country
Club on Monday evening, Sep.
tember r." It would have been
difficult for the committee to
notify each and every visiting
golfer thus eliminated, and it
would seem that the committee
went about posting it in the
simplest possible manner.
Hope is kept alive in the
breasts of golfers who hit the
hundreds regularly by just such
little links anecdotes as the fol.
lowing:
MRS. MONTGOMERY BLAIR
OF Chevy Chase, who has skipped
a lot Of golf during the last two
years in favor of child-rearing,
shot a neat SO out at Manor
yesterday in the Post Cup event.
It was the first time that tall,
blond MRS. BLAIR had ever
broken 80 in a tournament or
in a practice round, and the
first time she has broken 100
in two years.
"Possible SO"
MRS. J. T. POWELL, whom
she eliminated from further
competition by a 7 and 6 vic
tory, said that MRS. BLAIR'S
game yesterday was as pretty to
watch as BETTY MECKLEY'S
or MARION BROWNS. MRS.
BLAIR had three puts rim the
cup, which had they dropped,
would have given her a pretty
decent 83, good golf in any
tournament. BETTY NECK
LEY won the Post medal with
an 83, the day before.
According to the seven
eighths handicap allowance in
the Post Cup matches, MRS.
POWELL had to give MRS.
BLAIR one stroke, but, if MRS.
BLAIR'S hot streak continues,
the shoe will be on the other
foot, not only for MRS.
POWELL but for a lot of other
players in local tournaments.
The Post tourney each year
Is the opening gun for the fall
schedule of local women'S golf.
Between now and the end of
October, seven major tourna-
mentS are on the future book.
beginning with the Presidents
Plate tourney at Congressional
on September 27.
Action A-plenty
The Presidents Plate is open
to all past presidents of the
Women's District Golf Associa-
ton, the officers and the mem
bers of the 1887 District COM
mittees. The tournament calls
for 1S holes of medal play.
Two days later, Columbia
Country Club stages the Corby
Cup event, which limits handi-
caps to 18 over the 18-hole
route.
Rodgers Forge, in Baltimore,
holds the Middle Atlantic cham
pionship, october 10 through
is, with Washington's BETTY
MECKLEY defending champion.
The following week the Dis
trict team goes into action, led
by Team Captain MRS. N. ].
WALDRON, of Beaver Dam. On
october l8, they meet the in
vading Philadelphia team at
Chevy Chase, then next junket
to Baltimore to tackle the ORR
ole City squad.
The high handicappers have
their day at Kenwood on Oc'
tober 20. when feminine golf
ere, handicapped from 10 to "a,
battle at 18-hole medal play
for The Times trophy.
Wind-up of the season is the
Field Day for District teams on
october IS. The first and sec
ond teams will compete over
the Congressional layout, while
the third teams 90 into compe
titinn ak Chevy Chase.