Evening star., 1939-04-24

a 7-iron, the 18th to the regular
green with a drive and a 5-iron,
and hitting a tee shot over the
green at the 17th-a mere matter of
200 yards. That ball nearly holed
for an ace, as it rolled past the cup.
Thomson is going to give lot of
people some thrills in that May
21 match. in which he will pair with
Witty Cox against Ralph Guldahl
and Snead.
The Advertising Club Of WASH
ington will stage it's spring golf tour
ney at Kenwood on May 26. Frank
Gatewood heads the committee in
charge.
Bill Jones Is Winner.
Bill Jones, the spry former sand
lot baseball player, who now plays
golf at Congressional, holds a leg
on the Walter johnson Trophy to-
day. Jones scored II with an g.
stroke handicap for a net of SO to
win the trophy put up by baseball's
Big Train at Congressional. Parker
Nolan and Pat Winkler tied for
the gross award with cards of 78.
President Henry I. Quinn of the
Congressional Club won the pitch
ing tourney, hitting a shot 3 feet
from the cup at the 1872 hole. Louis
Fuchs won the driving contest, and
Chairman o. U. Singer of the Golf
Committee and Charles B. Quarles
tied for the putting prize.
Georgetown University's golf team
took a surprise licking from the
Catoctin Country Club of Frederick
Mo, dropping an 8l2-to-6iz match.
The Hoyas play Navy at Sherwood
Forest next Saturday.
East Potomac Park golfers scored
a 20-to-4 victory over the Laurel
club of Richmond at East Potomac.
as public links golfers continued
qualifying for the spring tourney.
Dutch Rittenhouse, winner last year.
scored IS to tie for the lead with
Melvin Skaggs.
Capital Golf and Country Clubs
"Alibiers' whipped the "Moaners"
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%, with Billy Houghton and George
Malloy scoring 72s.
At Beaver Dam Mrs. J. P. Strong
won the Women's Golf Committee
Cup. with 108-27-8l. Other win
ners included Mrs. c. E. Purdy, Mrs
w. F.. Kerr. Mrs. C. T. Frownfelter
and Mrs. F. j. Godfrey Victors In
the modified blind bogey tourney
for men included Forrest Thomp-
son, R. Mills, r. Thompson, j. A
Woodside. w. T. Henderson, J. Nc
Keever, S. Markowitz, j. H. Remy
w. Winewriter, F. T. Dale, C. H.
Grossman. E. H. Scott. S. C. Car
roll. R. A. Byers and F. M. De
Waters.
Club Champion Ralph Bogart
was among the victors in the Army
Navy spring tourney. as Maj. Dill
Ion, last years winner, lost in the
first round.
Three Tie at Kenwood.
Three tied for first place in the
blind bogey tourney at Kenwood
+. M. McCrary, Carey Winston and
I. A. Dale all had net 75s.
At Indian Spring Harry Sharpe
and Arthur Urban had four IS each
to tie in the 3-4-5 tourney. Jack
Chipps had ten Is. and Harry E.
Radcliffe and H. S. Rhodes had
twelve IS.
Libby Whitney won the blind
bogey at Rock Greek Park with
lot. Low gross went to R. L. Scar
borough with 76.
Alton and Ruddy Pratt won
the annual Pratt family match
at Manor. licking Brothers
Dan and o. A. Pratt, 3 and
Entries closed today for the Keefer
Cup tournament at Chevy Chase.
The affair. which probably will draw
125 feminine golfers, will be played
Wednesday and Thursday.
Over at Baltimore today a few
District pros and amateur partners
were playing in the initial Middle
Atlantic P. G. A. event of the year
a pro-amateur tourney at the Mount
Pleasant course.