Evening star., 1939-10-03
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Baked to date BY bad weather
and inability to find representative
course over which to play their final
match, two teams Of Federal golf
stars will meet Friday afternoon in
a postponed contest which probably
will settle the Government match
play links title.
Interior Department and Govern
ment Printing Once were all set
yesterday to wind up the round
robin series in the final match of
the season in the tourney sponsored
by The Star, but most of the courses
used in the tourney since last April
were closed because of a rainstorm,
and, after some palaver, the boys
agreed to meet Friday. The going
will be better at that time, too.
Federal Housing Administration
has played both Interior and G. p. o.
and has won 6 points. The series
Is to be decided on total points won.
G. P. o. licked Federal Housing.
to 2, but r. H. A. turned around and
licked Interior by the same score.
So the decision will come Friday in
the 1nterior-G. P. o. match, al
though a tie is possible, with all
teams winding up deadlocked at
points each.
Sure OF a slow course because of
the heavy rains two of the men be-
hind the guns in promotion of the
Middle Atlantic PIG. A.. tourna-
ment are out today with pre-tourna-
ment statements that the man who
breaks Jim Barnes old National
Open mark of 289 for the Columbia
course will win the tournament,
which opens Thursday.
IL Average Will Win.
Bob Barnett, tournament chair
man, and AL Houghton, tournament
promoter, scanned the entry list of
"a names today and predicted that
an average of 70 will win the 72-hole
test. II don't think with this heavy
course any one will break 288," said
Bob.
If the course played faster one
OF the boys might get in putting
streak and do 285," said Houghton.
But not now, since we've had all
that rain. Why, some of those par
Is will take two big wooden shots
to get home"
With all the returns in and entries
definitely closed, Bobby Cruickshank
OF Richmond is the only big-name
pro missing in the affair. An am
ateur-pro tourney will be played to-
morrow as a curtain raiser, and to-
morrow night Witty Cox will preside
at an informal Calcutta pool sale of
the favored players. Tomorrow
night also Mid-Atlantic pros will
hold their annual meeting for elec-
ton of officers and choosing of dele
gates to the annual P. G. A. meeting
In Chicago next month.
Cornishman Jim Barnes, chewing
on piece of grass, ambled around
Columbia IN $50 to win the 1921 Ma
tional Open tourney and Barnett
and Houghton cannot see any one in
the starting field in the coming
tourney who can bust Jim's mark by
more than q stroke. Since the Ma
tional 1S years ago Columbia's s fair
ways have been watered, and they're
sure to be heavy. The course really
will play long. Here are the pairings
and starting times of the "a en-
trants:
Sam. and 70 noon-Al y5ou~htor ,na+
tached: Tom Ryan. Belle Haven. and Wi vii.
p.si s;oe and .I:.;os i2;oe7john Bass. Clifton
snS III E.cse s.csss'n:sn SS
Eng John WI z sehEsSso Rsnwooa Moan snd
s;24 and 12:24-Tom Powers A). Ken
XeIy.ins as. Ken kenveod. Srn0'A' anu w. n
$50 and l2:30-M Treder, Manor: Gil.
lie xouns aAl: Confessional and Ralph
s:ss sns is:ss-y; E % Hutchinson; j.
holmss ana Louis Macksli Chevy Chase. :
sns 'sh %er Fa5tesy H ccumS RSs'er'
s:4s and 12:4s-dene Larkin.. Wood.
mont: T. NJ. Hunter. unattached A), and
ast 'iass ana EsssRol! sfss r.
more, and Maury Fitzgerald A), Ken.
800 and 1:o0-Errie Ball charlottes.
VILE Va: Joe Kammerer ..(A3, Washing.
ton. and Roy Briggs, Norfolk
9os :n .nd sdros AIm1 NiXg Eoss, .na von.,
s:is and 1:is-Jocko Miller, Nationa
women's; Ealph Rosart 1SAl, 1ndial