Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-06
Star Cup Tie PIayoff
Spring Golf Finale
For D. T.. Women
MeckIey, Stokes Contest
For Low Gross Prize;
Club Events Due

W wv StSSS
Club Events Due
BY WALTER McCALLUM.
Last Of the holdovers from what
has been big season for the femi-
nine golfers around town, the play
of for the gross prize in The Eve
ming Star Cup tournament was on
today at Indian Spring. Two of the
better fair golfers of Indian Spring
Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, former holder
of all the titles in this links territory,
and demure Mrs. Walter r. Stokes
were playing off their tie today.
They deadlocked at 81 last Thurs
day in the regular tourney and, I'M
able to play Immediately, they set
the play-of for today. 1t marks the
close Of the spring season for the
skirted players, but far from the end
OF activity. For whereas there aren t
any more big tournaments around
until the Mason and Dixon affair
comes of at White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, in early September, the gals
have plenty of action in the way of
club affairs.
They have fairly steady round
OF such events every week, and one
OF the nice angles of it all has come
about this year. That is the grow
Ing custom Of one club inviting the
women from two or three other clubs
to be their guests in kind of field
day.
Woodmont had one last week, and
other clubs have held them. Be-
tween them they liven up what
might otherwise be a dull golf sea-
son. But the old statement. still
holds true: There's more activity
among the feminine players with re-
GARD to tournament golf than there
Is among the men.
Dettweiler at Army Navy.
Over at Army Navy the girls are
looking forward to Helen Dett-
weiler's visit tomorrow. The person.
able blond girl, who retains her
membership at Congressional, even
though she is professional, will
make one OF her few local appear
ances tomorrow. She'll play some
golf and give the gals a talk on the
game. Helen has the knack of
putting over her ideas as few women
have. She has made hit wherever
she has gone.
That sports goods outfit in Chicago
did a pretty good piece of business
when they bought Helen Dettweiler
for a Swear contract. And !
wouldn't be surprised to see her be-
come the most successful of the
feminine pros, if not in winning
tournaments, in putting across the
golf idea and the firm she works for
That same firm has most of the
feminine pro talent of the land in
Helen, Opal Hill and Helen Hicks
Harb. And while no one knows but
the sales department how much good
they are going in a business way it
can't be peanuts. They cost money
to send around the country. And
even goodwill job, If it doesn't
bring IN a few dollars, isn't good
forever without some return.
Burton Takes Quantico Post.
Down at Quantico, Va, where
they've had for two or three years
a pretty good little golf course for
the officers and men attached to the
marine post, goes red-headed Danny
Burton. formerly with his brother
Allan at the Army Navy Country
Club. Danny, who grew up in the
golf shop at Chevy Chase and was
the favorite caddie of Harry Pit,
when the Manor moose" was win
ming the Chevy Chase tournament
with monotonous regularity, took
over the berth at Quantico today.
He succeeds Eddie Koehler, who
resigned to take job in the Naval
Powder Factory at Indian Head.
Few people knew two months age
that Danny had severed his con-
nection with Army Navy. But the
tall sorrel-top, who is one of the
longest hitters Of a golf ball in this
area, has been away from the service
club since mid-May. Allan Burton
has been the pro, where there USED
to be the two Burton brothers.
At Quantico Danny will have all
the golf concessions, and will give
lessons. He plans to play in most
OF the tournaments staged by the
Middle Atlantic P. G.. A. And he
won't do badly in them, If he gets
time to practice.
Danny Burton has had a lot OF
promise as golfer since the time
at the age of IL, when he played the
Chevy Chase course in 81 strokes
He has played the Army Navy course
IN par and better several times.
Charles Billiard now is Allan Bur.
tons aide in the golf shop at Army
Navy.