Evening star., 1938-08-19
NONE NOW EAGER
TO NAME VICTOR
Ferguson and Foster Put
on Shows to Win for
S. E. c. and Justice.
By ROD THOMAS.

Charles P. Redik. vice president of
the Federal Golfers Association, who
has lot to do with the boom The
Stars tournament for the Federal
match play championship, is enjoy
ing, like many others, the happy SUR
prises that mark struggle among "a
departments and agencies. Some
thought the winner could be picked
with a deal OF certainty before the
free-for-all began. but now, with the
tournament nearly half completed,
only a daring prophet would venture
strong prediction. Teams that
went along for the ride" are among
the sectional leaders. and teams that
had a substantial right to believe they
would breeze at least to sectional
honors, find the sailing Unexpectedly
thick
When the winners of the four sec
tions into which the tournament is
divided, six four-man teams to a
section clash in the championship
orally most interesting scraps in the
history of Washington golf is assured.
A surprising feature of the tourna-
ment, being played for a title never
before at stake, is its brand of golf.
No course records have been broken,
but coveys of birds have sprung up in
nearly all matches-along. to be sure,
with a lot of 6s. Your talented Fed
eral golfer hasn't the opportunity to
bring his game to near consistent par.
but among his kind are surprising
number of blind pigs who find lot
of acorns" in the way of brides.
Ferguson Quick on Trigger.
II was one such. Jack Ferguson Of
the Securities and Exchange Commits
sion. who yesterday made Redik par
ticularly happy. Redik, prime figure
In the organization of the tournament,
Is an S. E. C. man. He counts him.
self as sub on the S. E. c. team,
though he could be a regular.
S. E. C. was an underdog when it
met Federal Housing Administration
yesterday at Indian Spring in section
2. 1t emerged a winner, on the Mas
sau system. counting a point for low
ball on each nine and the Is. 3i2 to
21a, and pulled up in second place be-
hind War Department. which, in one
OF the first matches of the tournament.
shut out a strong Federal Bureau of
Investigation team for six points
The edge of this upset was a bril-
liant start by Ferguson. who pared
the first hole and birdied the next
two to give S. E. c. Sup lead From
there on he and Bill Whitehead kept
ahead Of Don O'Bryan and Jack Sheri-
dan. with Whitehead consistently toss
ing in par or birdie when Ferguson
missed. In the other foursome, Bev-
erly Mason and Charles Barton of the
r. H. A. trimmed Jim Proctor and w.
r. Nowlin. 2la to u, F. H. A. winning
the first nine and halving the second.
Mason's II was the low medal score of
the s. z. CT. H. A. skirmish.
Just as Ferguson led with a winning
wallop for S. E. c., George Foster got
in an early sock to give Justice 3la-
to-21a victory over Commerce in sec
ton /, triumph that tied Justice
with Reconstruction Finance Corp. for
the section leadership Foster shot
even par for the first seven holes at
Beaver Dam and he and Joe Sheppard
moved into lead over Sam Smith and
John Gardner which they never sur
rendered, collecting points.
Commerce Fights Back.
Commerce. however, almost got even
when T. welby Kines and C. r. Lucas
defeated W. J. Sanford and Kenneth
Spencer, "a to n. winning the first
nine and halving the second. Kines'
81 was the best medal count of the
match He was one blow under Foster.
Yesterdays play was confined to
sections l and 2. The standings, in
points won, for these sections:
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