Evening star., 1939-05-26
By WALTER McCALLIJM.

ASdul GllC COulIlcy 1Ol Glle SulIl-
'mings Cup, played semi-annually at
Columbia in honor of that grand
old sportsman-Cy Cummings-who
passed on to greener and fairer golf
courses couple of years ago
comes up for decision within a
week. And if you peeked carefully
through the veil of the future you
could, granted you had eyes that
could see into the beyond, see dear
old Cy sitting on cloud. his size
lis dangling over the edge watch
ing with keen interest the maneu-
vers that center around the tourney
for the cup that sits IN the grill
room at Columbia bearing the name
of the man who was a landmark
for years around that club.
It's been going or for nine years
now-that Cummings Cup tourney
ever since the time Cy said he
was tired of all the locker room
banter about how Il shoulda won
this hole, if my partner had helped
me" and how I'VE are the best pair
in the club" and said in his best
booming voice: III stop all this
conversation. I'll put up cup FOR
the best combination in this club
and you fellows fight it out every
year" And I think can see dear
old Cy listening to the talk now,
and kidding the boys as he used
to kid them, and saying in an aside
to Hugh Saum: IF we only had
our health, Hughie, we could lick
all these boasters."
Qualify Tuesday.
But next Tuesday the better best
ball combinations of the Columbia
club will gather to qualify for the
Cummings mug, which will be play
ed this year, for the first time in
history, without a defending pair
Of titleholders. Maury Nee and
Robert L. Finkenstaedt, who won
last year, won't defend this year
because Bob is in California, and
unless he makes a special trip to
Washington for the tourney, Maury
must get another partner. Just
now it looks as if two teams will
be nominated to play for the mug,
with the challenge round scheduled
Tor June 4.
For years Miller Stevinson and
Donald Woodward won it. Then
came along Albert Mackenzie and
Luther Steward, and then Dana
Belser and Craig Mckee. 1t hap
pens to be one of the big ioshing
occasions of the year. And it was
the apple of Cy's eye, for the Squire
OF Cummings Lane liked nothing
better than a good old-fashioned
razzing match. He could give it
and take it, too.
18Hole d. c. Final.
Women golfers of Washington,
committed to an 18-hole final round
In the District feminine champion
ship at Columbia on June %, will
stage a special day to honor Helen
Dettweiler on that day, if Helen
can arrange to be in town at that
time. Mrs. Robert A. Lacey, presi-
dent Of the District Womens Golf
Association, announced today that
plans are In the making for a sHelen
Dettweiler day" on June %, when
Helen will be presented with a gift
from the women of the clubs around
town.
The feminine golfers vetoed the
plan to hold the District CHAMPION
ship flnal at 36 holes, scheme that
first came up last fall. And at the
same time they took into their
membership, at an executive COM
mittee meeting, the Capital Golf
and Country Club. And that, in
case you didn't realize it, is the rea-
son Mrs. Leo Walper, a member of
Capital, didn't play on the District
women's team which soundly
whipped Baltimore couple of days
ago.
Mrs. Walper was not eligible then
because her club did not belong to
the association. She will be eligible
Tor future contests. And she may
WIN the District title. Any woman
who plays as well as she played in
the Maryland State title tourney
can go long way in golf.
Burnett in Baltimore Tourney.
Volney Burnett, the golfing fire
laddie from No. 8 engine, was one
OF the ranking favorites to win the
Baltimore Country Club tourney at
Five Farms today as he played in
the first flight in the affair, where
he tied at 70 yesterday with me-
thodical Spencer Overton. Volney
has won the tournament before and
always has played Five Farms well.
He can and may win.
He topped the local entrants yes
terday in the medal round by
country mile. Bart Yount of Colum-
bia was next to him with 81, which
landed him in the second flight.
But that Baltimore tourney isn't
quite the same. No longer is War;
rem Corkran around to groove the
way with that immaculate swing and
that smooth putting stroke. Warren
didn't play at Five Farms.
Maybe it's the end of the tourna-
ment trail for the beloved Warren.
I doubt If there has been a more