Evening star., 1939-04-15
29th Taft-Sherman
Invitation Event
Heads Program
Mid-AtIuntic Amateur
On List; Two Meets
Slated for Women
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALTER McCALLUM.
A list of seven big tournaments
two of them major affairs-will
mark the golf schedule for Chevy
Chase Club members, according to
the list of events announced today
by the club Golf Committee, headed
by Robert Stead. jr. Other commits
tee members are Frank P. Reside,
jr., c. Ashmead Fuller and Franklin
L. Fisher.
Topping the tournament slate for
Washington's largest country club
is the spring invitation tourney
29th of the series for the Taft and
Sherman trophies-with the Middle
Atlantic amateur championship
coming next on the list of major
affairs. The invitation tourney, to
be played May IT, 18 and 10, open
to members of the club and of men,
ber clubs affiliated with the United
States Golf Association with handi-
caps of IA or less. again will be an
entry fee affair for non-members
of Chevy Chase. The fee will be
S. as has been customary for sew
eral years past.
Mid-Atlantic at Chevy Chase.
The mid-Atlantic championship
comes to Chevy Chase this year for
the first time since 1923, the year
Albert r. Mackenzie and his bril-
liant golfing son Roland met in the
final. No more spectacular final
round ever has been played in
tournament anywhere than that
one. Roland holed big putt across
the 18th green to square the match
and Pappy Mackenzie knocked in
a 25-footer at the 10Th to win the
title and lick his son. This tourna-
ment will be played on June l3, IA,
Is and 16 and marks the 35th an
nual association championship. The
title now is held by Otto Greiner OF
Baltimore. Entries for the club in
vitation tournament will close on
May IL at the club, while entries
for the mid-Atlantic close with Sec
retary w. r. McCallum at Chevy
Chase at 6 pm. Saturday, June 10.
The entry fee for the mid-Atlantle
tourney will be the usual So,
Other tournaments listed are the
affair for the French High Com
mission Cup, with medal rounds to
be run off from April II to 20, and
match rounds to end on May l3;
the tourney for the Treasurer's Cup,
which is the two-ball handicap
championship of the club; the Vic
tor Kaufman Memorial Day Tro-
ply tourney on May 80; the Horst
mann Memorial Cup affair, which is
the club championship, listed for 70
holes OF medal play on June l3. IA,
Is and 16. and the Hungarian Cup
tourney on July 4.
Women's tournaments listed on
the schedule include the Mrs. Frank
R. Keefer Trophy tourney, scheduled
for April &c and ~. and the French
High Commission Cup, slated for
May 8, 10, II, Is and IS.
Hagen-Sn to Appear.
Walter Hagen and Sammy Snead
will appear in an exhibition match
at East Potomac Park on May IA.
1t will be open to the public with a
50-cent admission charge. The Old
Duke of golf. one-time holder of
countless championships, made
known today that he will be back
next month to spend a few days
around Washington. Sammy Snead
and myself will play at East
Potomac Park on May A." Walter
said. Il dunno who we will play
against But the opponents prob
ably will be Witty Cox and Leo
Walper, although the entire slate
hasn't yet been announced.
Between shots at Columbia yes
terday Walter made it plain he
hopes to play in the open cham
pionship at Philadelphia in June.
And Walter is out with a new sand
wedge. He doesn't think much of
the club himself, but he plays it.
He gave one to Fred Mcleod yes
terday and Fred played it regularly
for the first time in his life. He
surprised himself and the others
IN the f1vesome with some smart
golf shots with this weapon which
the Mcleod abhors as an improper
golf club.
Scores 73.
Kidding and laughing his way
around the course, Walter got around
in 73 whacks. But William Wade
Hinshaw, his towering partner and
Fred McLeod's favorite pupil and
boon golf companion, was the big
shot of the match. Hinshaw holed
big putt for birdie deuce on the
short fourth and then, with the
entire match hanging in the bal
ance, canned 40-footer from the
back end of the home green for the
half they needed to lick Albert r.
Mackenzie. DR.. Paul M. Stewart and
Fred Mcleod. Hinshaw had a rs,
which is good brand of country
golf in such fast company.
But Walter isn't greatly interested
in playing golf. His game showed
1t, even though he is the same old
Hagen-always H at his best in the
pinches. When better pinch golfers
are made, Hagen still will be the
tops. There's only one Hagen. The
younger generation of pros may be
better shotmakers, but they haven't
as much on the ball as the Old Duke
of the game. And 4 don't mean in
sheer shotmaking. I mean as man
and good egg, and good mixer.
He'll be around for a couple
more days.
Mrs. George F. Hussey, holder of
the N. B. c. golf trophy, added an
other cup to her collection at Army
Navy, winning the weekly tourney
with a card of 93-8-85. Mrs. w.