Evening star., 1939-08-09
Worshom Is Victim of Weird
Ruling as O'DonneN Wins
MARYLAND Golf Crown

70. Better go fix that" his fellow
pros told him.
So Jamison went to the score.
board, got Johnston, and convinced
officials that Johnston had made q
mistake. So Jamey got into the
prize money, grabbing $2250 ne
wouldn't otherwise have had. Or Is
there something in the rules about
score standing, once it is posted?
Or about both players being dis
qualified for returning an incorrect
score? Yes, all kinds of funny
things happened over there at Bal
timore
The new champ heretofore has
played in few amateur-pro af-
fairs and has done nothing. But he
was on hot putting streak and no
one was good enough to match his
/ scores of 69-73-142. He won Sl2O
Worsham got $50 for finishing sec
ond with 72-71-143 in a tie with
Amateur Spencer Overton, who led
the Simonpures. Spence gets a mer-
chandiSe prize
Two-Foot Putt Cost $3.50.
And Al Treder, Manor pro, who
was second at the end of the first
| round, figured 2-foot putt he
missed on the 36th green cost him
sl9.25 foot. How come? Because
mad he made it he would have won
third money of $50 outright. AS it
was, Al tied at 145 with John Bass
OF Baltimore, Cliff Spencer of Bea-
yer Dam and Al Jamison for third.
splitting third and fourth money,
with each getting $3.50.
Ever won anything before?" I
asked ODonneil as a smile as wide
as his tee shots broke over his
good-looking Irish pan Nope, not
thing" he said He serves as pro
at the Officers Club at Edgewood
Arsenal, few miles north of Balti-
T more, and he has been PLAYING golf
only nine years. He is 25 years old.
A fellow had to be young to take
that heat and those baked fairwavs.
, Here's the way the Washington bows
finished: Lewis Worsham, Burning
Tree. 72-71-143; Al Treder, Manor.
/ 70-75-145; AL Jamison Indian
Spring, 73-72-145; Cliff Spencer,
/ Beaver Dam. 71-74-145: Mel Sho-
rev. East Potomac Park, 73-73-
! l46; Bobby BroWnell Camateur).
Manor. 74-73-147; Al Houghton,
Bethesda. 76-72-148: Bob Barnett.
/ Chevy Chase. 77-71-148: Ralph
Bogart 'amateur), indian Spring.
/ 77-73-150 Eddie Stevens. Manor,
79-72-151; Cliff McKimmia. un-
/ attached, 74-79-153; Jack Harris.
unattached, 78-79-157: Leo WAL
| per, George o. Vass David Ross and
George De Witt Withdrew. Walper
started, but became i'll and had
TO quit
Womens' Journeys Over.
Unless something more comes up
before mid-September, women's tour
naments are at an end for a while.
But they held a good one at the
Capital Club yesterday where the
women of that hospitable club put
on good show for a good crowd
of visitors.
Mrs. Leo Walper. the District
Women's champ. won the gross
award with 88, after tieing at that
figure with Mrs. Betty Meckley.
Net winners were:
Mrs. G. A. Lynch tArmy Navy. al
lh"'3; Mrs. w F Kerr Beaver Dam),
lo3-2s-.. Mrs. H E. Davis CCaoitaN,
l0S-31-1I; Mrs. H A Knox Com
gressionan. al-1"-74: Mrs E l. Nu--
man ARMY Navy 1n6--"7-7a: Jerry
Neiole ARMY Navy. 1o0-2l-7o: Mrs
G c. Ronev tWaShineton). a5-15-Sn:
Mrs. r. L. Hutchinson CWashingtonl.
/ loo--@4-s1; Mrs. G. F Goetzman tCon-
ereSSIonsn. a5-13-S2: Mrs J T
/ Powell Manor. a5--I3-S2 Mrs :
| Swinee Congressional 106-:4-s1:
Mys. Harvey j Cooper Manor n4-l"-
~: Mrs. P Ferguson, II (CanitaO.
1 l1l-2S-s3: Mrs. Wi'da Martin WASH
ington!. a6-13-s3: Mrs H NJ Rudo
! IWashngt0n( 116-33-S3: Mrs l. n
Hedrick tArmy Navy, 9s-15-s3.