Evening star., 1939-09-12
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Helen DettWeiler, Washington s
gift to professional golf among the
better feminine clubswingers of the
land, is coming back to town to do
a series of exhibition matches and
some more of those clever little
talks such as the former District
champ gave at several local clubs
last spring. Helen. in fact, will be
in town before the week is out,
after a series of exhibition matches
around New York and Pittsburgh,
where she knocked 'em dead with
her sincerity and her knowledge of
the game in which she is one of
the top feminine professionals.
The blond girl, who as an anna
teur was the king pin of women S
golf around town in 1887, winning
the mid-Atlantic and District titles,
and grabbing the Maryland crown
for the second time, will open her
local showing here next Sunday at
East Potomac Park, where she II
play an exhibition match with
Tommy Doerer against Mel Shorey
and a feminine partner to be
named. Then Helen will follow
through with showing at Ken
wood on September %, another at
Congressional cher home club on
September Is and still another (this
one is tentative) at Manor on Sep
tember %.
Helen's plans for the coming win
ter are indefinite, but you can de-
pend on it that the outfit which
employs her (and was smart
enough to sign her for three years.
will send her South to be around
the women's tournaments, even
though she won't be able to play
in some of them.
Shed be a WOW in amateur fem
mime golf nowadays, for Helen is
vastly improved golfer since she
has turned pro. The mere business
of jumping into the pro ranks
seems to do something to any
golfer.
Doerer Plays as Pro.
1t might do something to Tommy
Doerer, the East Potomac Park golf
manager, for Tommy has jumped
into the pro ranks. He played as q
professional yesterday in little
amateur-pro tourney staged at the
Belle Haven Club of Alexandria by
the Middle Atlantic P. G. A. Tommy
scored a 76 and missed a flock of
birdie puts.
But a gent who hadn't played a
round of golf since September 2
grabbed most of the marbles and all
the glory. Witty Cox, back in the
competitive wars after a spell OF
illness, cracked out a 4-under-par
68 to lead the field in the pro
sweepstakes tourney, and with Vol
ney Burnett, the Federal champ
also won the amateur-pro tourney.
Burnett helped 3 strokes, CIV
ing the combination a score of 33-
32-65. Cox also had two other
amateur partners, but they didn't
help him except in the cheering
section. Earl McAleer and Maury
Fitzgerald, who were the other part
ners of Cox, won prizes in the
amateur-pro with 68s, which was
WHY'S score. Lewis Worsham OF
Burning Tree, with 10, won Sec
ond pro money and, with Jerry
Hart as partner, tied with A,
Houghton and Bill Herring of Belle
Haven for some of the pro-ama-
teur dough, both pairs with scores
of SO. Worsham and Eddie Bear
had 10. Houghton, Bob Barnett
and Andy Gibson all scored 73s ir
the pro sweeps.
II don't know how to explain this
game" said Witty. II haven't played
a round Of golf in eight days and
Thought I'd be lousy. But I had that
touch pretty good. That's what
counts in this game. Either you
have it or you haven't"
Pros Ready to Announce p. G. A.
The pros are getting warm on that
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. tourney