Evening star., 1939-07-05
BY WALTER McCAILUM.

Cliff Spencer of Beaver Dam and
Mel Shorey Of East Potomac Park,
two of Washington's top pro golfers,
today were on their way to New
York to prepare for the Professional
Golfers Association championship,
which opens at the Pomonok Club of
Flushing, Long Island. next Sunday
Spencer and Shorey, who qualified
for the championship late in June,
left by automobile early today, and
will have three days of practice over
the short Pomonok course. The
qualifying round will be held Sunday
and Monday, with 63 players and
Paul Runyan-present champion
to start match play next Tuesday.
Spencer is paired with Charlie
Penna and Eddie Miller. while
Shorey plays in the medal round
with Herman Barron and Paul
Mangrum
Back to the Office grind today were
hundreds of golfers, after a three
day holiday which found special
events on at all the country clubs.
Rain yesterday afternoon somewhat {
spoiled the program, but most of the
scheduled events were run of.
Daniel K. Mason won the Hun
garian Cup at the Chevy Chase Club,
scoring a two-over-par II, with a
handicap of strokes for a net of
66. Gen. F. w. Coleman was second
with 82-14-68, while DR.. Mont
gomery' Blair, jr., and J. F. Willett
tied for second with net 70s.
H. L. Anderson won sweepstakes
tourney at Congressional with 78-
1913, after a tie with H. L. Riten-
our, who had 93-25-68. Fred Ber-
quist had 80-10-70, and w. D. Os-
good had 90-19-71 to win other
prizes.
Sailors Win Service Match.
At Army Navy the representatives
of Uncle Sans sea services won the
annual inter-service match with the
Army, trouncing the soldiers in team
play by score of 211a to 17k.
Comdr. w. S, Popham, captain of
the winning outfit, paired with Dis
trict Junior Champ Jimmy Stevens
for better ball of 81, to whip Pro-
fessional Allan Burton and Col. Ken
meth Buchanan. Popham also won
the gross prize with 70.
Helen Dettweiler played her in
itial exhibition match as pro
around Washington, with AL Treder
as her partner. at Manor, and the
pair of pros split even with Marion
Brown and Harry G. Pitt. The anna
teurs led most of the way, but Treder
won the sixteenth to square the
match.
The match play against par tour
ney at Manor went to Mai. c, w.
McLaren, who finished up on par.
Harvey Cooper finished second,
square with par. Mrs. R. D. Pittman
won the women's flag tourney, fin
ishing yards from the cup on the
tenth hole Mrs. J. B. BroWnell was
second. The putting contest went to
Mrs. Harvey j. Cooper with 36 puts.
Mrs. B. G. Gamble was second.
Coils. Robertson and Kimball won
the best-ball, two-ball tourney at
Columbia with a card of 73-15-59,
Lawrence Hurley and Dolph R. FL
more had 77-15-62 to tie for sec
ond with E. B. Olds and Frank Per-
ley.
At Washington the flag tourney
went to H. L. Mcleod, who PLAYED
his final shot a foot from the cup.
R. P. Collins finished second.
The flag tourney at Kenwood went
to w. j. Snow, who played his final
shot to a spot 3 feet from the cup at
the eighteenth hole. R. H. Weight
man was second, 8 feet from the pin.
A pitching contest went to M. p.
Candy, with John Sherry second.
The putting prize went to Southpaw
S. T. Price. Mrs. Stephen T. De La
Mater and F.. Schrider won the
mixed foursome tourney, with a net