Evening star., 1939-02-09
Indian Springs Team
Aqain Is Favorite
For Top Honors
Meeting Is Being Held
By Committee Today
To Go Over Plans
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Women golfers of the town mean
business in their team match sched-
ule this year. Mrs. Robert A. Lacey,
president of the Women's District
Golf Association, today announced
that II clubs have signified their
intention to enter first teams in the
1899 matches, starting late in April.
Two teams entered the first team
matches last year. Under the team
setup this year any club wishing
to enter second and third teams
must also enter first team.
But the entry of first teams from
all the clubs probably won't hinder
the overpowering Indian Spring
team from a march to an easy VIC
tory. On paper and before the team
matches start Indian Spring, which
won last year from Chevy Chase,
looms as by far the strongest outfit
in the struggle for the feminine
club team championship.
Presents Powerful Team.
Playing for Indian Spring this
year will be Marion Brown, the
long-legged youngster who won the
Mid-Atlantic and District crowns in
1888; dependable and steady Betty
P. Meckley, former holder of all the
links titles in this territory; Mrs.
Walter r. Stokes, Mrs. Charlotte S.
Stern, Mrs. K. S. Giles, Mrs. Myron
Davy and Mrs. Harry w. Sharpe.
winner of one of the major women's
Journeys last year.
That team, on paper at least.
seems far too strong for any other
of the II outfits to compete with for
the big silver mug.
The Executive Committee of the
women's association is meeting to-
day at Columbia to go over the team
match situation. Before them was
a letter from the chairman of the
Women's Committee of the United
States Golf Association warning all
Womens golf organizations that
this year, based on the revised par
and yardage requirements of the
U. S. G. A.
All Courses Are Affected.
Every course around Washington
will be affected by the new yardage
provisions for women's par. Fred
Mcleod, Columbia Country Club pro,
advised Mrs. Lacey a few days ago
that womens par for the Columbia
course will be dropped from II to 76
under the revised yardage figures.
Roughly, the distance Of par holes
will be raised 10 yards. and the dis
tance of par 4. and holes will be
raised % yards.
1t will have the effect of raising all
Women's handicaps in the local asso-
clation from one to five strokes.
While the entire setup of Wom-
ems tournaments around Washing
ton this year has not yet been ar
ranged, several of the major tour
neys have been assigned.
Title Event at Columbia.
The District women's champion
ship, for example, will 60 to Co.
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fers" tourney is slated to go to
Manor, and other major affairs will
be spread around among the vari-
Gus clubs, starting with the competi-
ton for the Phyllis Keeler Miller
Memorial Trophy at Washington
around April 20. Following that
opening affair of the feminine sea-
son will come the Keefer Cup tour
ney at Chevy Chase, which has been
in the past tWo-day, 36-hole af-
fair.
But the disposition now among
the women is to cut down the time
required for the tournaments. The
Evening Star Cup affair, oldest tour
ney for women golfers around the
Capital, will be one-day event this
year. For more than 20 years it
was run over two days. at SO holes.
The Post Cup tourney, which hereto
| fore has been match play event
extending over a week, will be re-
duced this year to one-day affair,
with handicaps.