Evening star., 1939-04-25

Beaver Dam Pro Shows
In Mid-AtIontic He's
Set for Big Year
| He should have won flock of
tournaments in past years. He should
be a champion many times, and
maybe he will be this year. For
Cliff Spencer, the long, lean, ram
bling caballero of the fairways, who
does his links magic as the pro at
the Beaver Dam Country Club, has
everything it takes to be a great
golfer and champion. But so far
only one sectional title-the Mary
land championship of 1937-has
come the way of the dark-bearded
caballero, the fellow who is about as
long hitter of golf ball as you'll
find in many a days travel around
Washington.
Perhaps Cliff is on his way this
year. Maybe the lanky gent who
hits the ball so far and with such
a fine style will come into the prom
Use that has been his for years, ever
since he transferred from Baltimore
to Beaver Dam about half a decade
back. Any man who can hit the
| ball SO straight and so far cannot
long be held down, even by the good
shot makers in this hot professional
golf sector.
IT early season promise is worth
anything Cliff will win a flock of
tournaments this year. He wanted
| to make the pro winter circuit last
winter, but money was scarce and
no one was around with a bank roll
to stake him. But if Cliff keeps on
as he has started he won't need any
angel to finance his golf junkets
until ne gets in the winning groove.
Spencer Breaks Record.
Playing before a home town gal
lery the rambling caballero OF the
links shot 5-under-par 81 over the
splendid Mount Pleasant course in
Baltimore yesterday to spread
eagle a good field of Middle Atlantic
P. G. A. pros, grab the pro sweep
stakes tourney and first money away
OIL by himself, and with CLAUDE
Rlppy, the Indian Spring amateur
ace, cop first money in the pro-
amateur tourney. Such a perform
ance speaks for itself The rangy
caballero is ready to go to town. He's
been too long behind the 8-ball in
the pro events in this sector.
That subpar 81 shattered the
| course record at Mount Pleasant by
three shots, which will give you some
idea OF the hot golf Spencer hap
pens to be playing at the moment.
Spencer and Rippy had a better
ball of 33-33-66, which won by
three shots. Two Baltimore pairs
Johnny Bass and Spencer Overton,
and Bass and Erford Barnes-were
next with COS.
Women May Restrict Lists.
1t may not be so long now before
the Women's District Golf Associ-
alton has TO adopt some method OF
restricting tournament entries in its
major cup affairs, if you can judge
by the increasing interest shown ir
the tournaments of the feminine
links organization. One hundred
and elghty-flve women entered the
Keefer Cup tourney-a record fielC
for the affair. which starts tomor-
rowland if the field continues tc
grow, they'll surely have to do some
thing to restrict them. All of which
isn't what they want at all.
They want more and bigger entry
lists, but then will come the question
of starting all the competitors in a
single day of play. They haven't
had that trouble yet. but it surely is
coming. 1t may not fall to Mrs
Frank Kramer. new Tournament
Committee chairman. to devise some
way of reducing the field, but it may
fall to her successor next year. AS
it is now, women's golf and golf
tournaments around Washington
are the biggest things in the local
game. They show vastly more in
terest than the men.
Brown-Davy Star.
| Marion Brown and Mrs. Myron
Davy were the low scorers in a little
tournament staged by Manor Coun-
try Club women. Marion, the Dis
trict and Mid-AtlantiC champ
scored "a with 4 handicap to win
the members prize, while Mrs. Davy
won the guest gross award with 49,
and was second net with 83-4-79
Next to Marion in the members
class were Mrs. L. G. Pray, with So
7-81, and Mrs. John R. Daily, with
93-11-82. The chief guest award
went to Mrs, M. J. Torlinski of
Army Navy, with 91-16-75. Mrs
j. G. Taylor won on the inside
nine with 57-l4-4O.
Over at the Capital Golf and
Country Club. the 18th hole at last
has been made in l stroke. New
ton O. Wood scored the first ace
on this 185-yard hole. playing the
shot with a spoon in a foursome
with j. c. O'Connell, Frank J.
O'Connell and j. A. Walker.