Evening star., 1939-06-13
Golf Joust a for Nelson After Early One Two Punch Svns Wood
Straight Off the Tee

For years the Middle Atlantic
amateur golf championship, now in
its 35th year, has been one of the
top affairs of the competitive sea-
son around the Capital. 1t hasn't
necessarily been the biggest tourney
in point Of entries, although some
times it has drawn big field, but
in sheer class the mid-Atlantic
pulls all the men va have a chance
to grab the biggest sectional title of
the year.
Such is the case this year, with
the 35th annual tourney for the big
mug coming up at Chevy Chase.
starting tomorrow, over a golf course
groomed to the final inch, with a
field that includes the defending
champ and several former titlehold-
ers and is, by any standard, as hot
a field Of simon-pure linksmen as
you could find in any tournament
in this sector in this or any other
year.
Levi Yoder, the tall pine from
Linville, N. c., and Claude Rippy,
who won the Chevy Chase spring
tourney, are the only notable absen-
tees. The rumor is that Yoder has
turned pro, although the big fellow
with the grooved swing has made no
announcement to that effect. Rippy
hasn't entered, although he may do
so before nightfall. He should. for
no man ever has played the Chevy
Chase course with greater effective
ness that Rippy has shown in win
ming the last two invitation affairs
for the Taft Trophy.
Notable Tourney Coming Up.
1t looks, by any yardstick, to be a
notable Middle Atlantic champion
snip coming up. Here you have all
the elements of links drama in the
local amateur field. Such fine plav-
ers as Peacock and Harry Pitt the
latter former champ. against such
up-and-coming youngsters as Bobby
Brownell, the hot kid who can win.
Billy Shea. the 1887 titleholder:
Buddy Sharkey. hungry for a big
title; Parker Nolan. Charlie Malone
Otto Greiner. the defending cham
plon, who holds also the MARYLAND
State crown, and sober-faced Spen.
Ger Overton, the fellow whose good
nature and unfailing smile belle the
solemn, professional mein with
winch he approaches a golf shot.
AND whose swing doesn't impress
you nearly as much as the par scores
he turns in.
1t looms as one of the better
tournaments Of the year. and Incl
oentally it will be the last chance
for the Washington boys to get into
real competition. There won't be
any big tournaments held around
this town again-for the male golfers
- until September. Tomorrow's
qualifying round at 13 hofes will
usher In four rounds of match play
to be concluded Friday afternoon
when a champ will be crowned.
Seeks Strong Muny Field.
Down at East Potomac Park hard
working Tommy Doerer. disap-
pointed by failure of any of the big
shot professionals to show up for his
amateur-pro tourney yesterday, is
concentrating on getting a big entry
for the public links sectional qualify
ing rounds at Baltimore June 80.
Thirteen public links aspirants have
entered the tourney so far. and prob
ably Is in all will enter before the
deadline June 26. The medal rounds
will be played over the Mount Pleas
ant course in Baltimore. with three
men to qualify for the championship
to be played at Mount Pleasant
starting July "a.
Pros Bust Par.
IT few of them could show the
same Scoring aptitude that some of
the pros showed yesterday in that
amateur-pro affair at the down.
river course they might have
chance in the national public links
title tourney. They wouldn't have to
play as we'll as Cliff Spencer did as
he scored five-under-par 81
either.
Cliff took down the lions share
OF the purse, winning the pro sweep
stakes with his 81, and with Charlie
the Redskin end. scored 66,
grabbing second money in the anna
teur-pro. First place in the anna
teur-pro went to Lewis Worsham.
assistant pro at Chevy Chase, and
Ralph Bogart, young Indian Spring
and Army-Navy amateur and cham