Evening star., 1939-05-01


Lines. while Jim Gipe, one of the
tourney favorites, clashes with JarA
Harris. Fourteen flights in all have
been paired for match play.
Winners in a blind bogey tourney
were B. w. Benton, r. M. Weisberg
S. D. Martin, Ken Spencer, Cap
Lamson and L. L. Stowe.
A selective hole tourney at 1ndiar
Spring went to rangy Lou Harrison
who played the six selected holes ir
two over par, with a total of 2t
strokes for the third, fifth, ninth
twelfth, sixteenth and seventeenth
holes. Jim HUNT was next with q
strokes.
The blind bogey tourney at Beaver
Dam went to A. A. Hopiak with q
card of 83. Other winners included
Eddie Bean, John R. Miller, G. M
Sheridan. c. r. Hall, E. r. Strong
E. R. Kaufman, C. E. Purdy, r. E
Heimer, j. P. Strong, M. H. Dunn, S
A. Markowitz, George Lavender
Charles Jorg and c. B. Hartman.
Tied for first place in the blind
bogey tourney at Congressional were
B. P. Cooper and c. H. McClain, both
with net scores Of II.
Chairman Ralph Fowler of the
Washington Golf and Country Clut
Golf Committee announces thai
starting in mid-May five teams Of
club members will play a series Of
team matches to wind up in October
Teams will be drawn on handicap
basis.
Weekend golf, partially rained
out on another of those dismal Sun
days which have marked the spring
went forward at a few OF the clubs
while the links schedule at others
was washed out and postponed un.
til next Sunday. Opening-day tour.
naments at Columbia, Woodmont
and Manor were postponed because
Of bad weather, and will be played
next Sunday.
But the threatening weather anG
cold failed to stop rampaging Cliff
Spencer, the tall Beaver Dam pro
Cliff shot sub par 68 in an ex.
hibition match at Anacostia, where
he paired with Bob Barnett o1
Chevy Chase to lick Mel Shorey
and Tom Doerer of East Potomac
Park by 4 and 3. Spencer holeo
a niblick shot on the par-4 tenth
hole for an eagle deuce.
At Capital, where today the golt
teams of Georgetown and Duke
clashed in the first big college
match of the year, Pro Tony Syl.
vester held "bingle, bangle, bun.
gle" tourney. Club Champion Billy
Houghton won with a total of 21
points, with John r. Phelan next
amassing 10 points. Tied for Sec
and were N. E. Rodgers and E. J
Grill, with 10 points.
Mrs. C. r. Hersom, who had not
played 18 holes before this year and
was competing in her first tourney
shared top honors in the mixed
foursome at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club. She and Maj. c. w. Dun
ming were the winners with a card
Of 95-22-73. Tied for second were
Ccmdr. and Mrs. w. E. Sullivan
and Jerry Weible and Col. c. p
Barton, both teams scoring net 76s
Golf Champion Bill Popham licked
Club Champion Ralph Bogart in the
spring tourney, winning by and 3
Allan and Danny Burton, the two
club pros, will play an exhibition
match next Sunday against George
Diffenbaugh of Manor and Rut Cof-
fey of Winchester, Va.
Winners in the 3, 4, s, 6 tourney
at Kenwood were J. w. Harvey,
H. H. Hughes, Charles Watson, c.
A. NARROW, j. E. Voll, r. H. Bailey
and w. Haig.
The mixed foursome tourney went
to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Vaile
with a card of 81. Top award in
the blind -bogey affair went to Mr.
and Mrs. E. c. Lupton, with net 70
Mrs. v. E. Myers and A. D. Kane
won the chipping and putting
event.