Evening star., 1939-04-10
Years First Tourney,
Miller Memorial,
Slated April 70
Major Title Meet Play
Begins With Maryland
Stote May 1920
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


Complete setup of the lengthy
and busy schedule for feminine golf
ers around Washington this year
was made public today by the Wom-
ems District of Columbia Golf AS
Sociation.
A series of nine inter-club team
matches among first teams, seven
among second teams and three
among third teams will get under
way Wednesday at Beaver Dam and
Washington, with the teams sched-
uled to play as follows:
First teams at Beaver Dam-Co-
lumbia VS.. Indian Spring, Army
Navy VS.. Congressional, Manor VS..
Woodmont, Chevy Chase VS.. Beaver
Dam and Argyle VS.. Washington.
Second teams at Washington
Congressional VS.. Chevy Chase,
Navy VS.. Columbia and Manor
VS.. Indian Spring.
Third teams at Washington
Congressional VS. Manor and Army
Navy VS.. Columbia.
Initial tournament of the year will
be the Miller Memorial affair at
Washington Golf and Country Club,
April TO- This affair, to be handled
by the women of the Washington
Club, annually opens the season.
Entries will close at l pm, April
18, with Mrs r. E. Hotze at Colum-
bia 7744, and golf chairmen at the
several clubs are asked to group
their players in threesomes to facil-
itate the pairings. Next tournament
will be the Keefer Cup tourney at
Chevy Chase, April 26 and 81, the
only two-day affair on the calendar.
Major Championship Dates.
Major championships, in order of
dates, are the Maryland State title
affair at Congressional, May 1920,
inclusive; the District women's
championship, at Columbia. June
1923, inclusive, and the Middle At
lantic championship at Washington,
October 9-13, inclusive.
The women in charge of the as
sociation links affairs this year are:
Mrs. Robert A. Lacey, Columbia,
president; Mrs Gale E. Pugh, Man.
or. first vice president: Mrs. G. G.
Roney, Washington, second vice
president; Mrs. j. H. Bullock, Indian
Spring, secretary: Mrs. Theodore D.
Peyser, Woodmont, treasurer; Mrs.
Ralph w. Payne, Congressional,
honorary member of the executive
board.
The Executive Committee is COM
posed of Mrs. Edward Widmayer,
Mrs. Felix Gygax. Mrs George Luce,
Mrs. L. B. Platt, Mrs. H. M. Brund-
age, jr., Mrs. Verne P. Simmons,
Mrs. J. H. Bullock, Mrs. H. H.
Hughes, Mrs. H. L. Simcoe. Mrs.
G. C. Roney and Mrs. L. E. Harris.
Mrs. Frank H. Kramer heads the
Tournament Committee, with Mrs.
Charles E. MCGOWAN, assistant
chairman. Other members are: Mrs.
A. La Bonte, Mrs. John S. Phillips.
Mrs. R. M. Brown, Mrs. w. j. Du
Bose, Mrs. A. S. Gardiner, Mrs.
C. j. Wilkinson, Mrs. K. S. Giles,
Mrs. Roy C. Miller, Mrs. H. j.
Simons, Mrs R. E. Hotze, Mrs. L. B.
Schloss.
Roster of Team Captains.
Team captains are as follows:
District-Mrs. Oscar Coolican,
with Mrs. j. C. Dale as assistant;
first team-Mrs. w. S. Masten, with
Mrs. George Lynch as assistant;
second team-Mrs. w. B. Jarvis,
with Mrs. Lawrence T. Haugen as
assistant; third team-Mrs. c. w.
Griffin, with Mrs. w. F. Kerr as as
sistant. Mrs. John F. Dowdall heads
the important Intercity Team Com
mittee, with District Champion
Marion Brown as her aide.
The Rules Committee is headed by
Mrs. Sherman Whipple, with COM
mittee members as follows: Mrs.
Bishop P. Hill, Mrs. H. K. Cornwell,
Helen Dettweiler, Mrs. Walter r..
Stokes, Mrs. Charles L. Vaile and
Mrs. L. G. Pray.
In charge of handicaps are Mrs.
v. A. Welte and Mrs. Patrick j.
Winkler. Mrs. John I. Lever and
Mrs. Harry A. Knox form the Prize
Committee, while the publicity will
be handled by Mrs. Montgomery
Blair for tournaments and by Mrs.
Henry Goodman for team matches.
Altogether the women have an
impressive setup this year, with a
program running from April II to
October 27. This program may
stretch out later, for usually two or
three more tournaments outside the
schedule come along at the end of
thu