Evening star., 1939-06-20
WaIper and Spencer
Now Are Choices
To Qualify
Cruickshonk Is in Path
Of Barnett, Jomison
For Third Place
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

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BY WALTER McCALLUM.
Four of Washington's top pro-
fessional golfers are going to pass
up the Professional Golfers Associa-
ton championship this year, even
though the tournament will be
played on Long Island, within q
stones throw of the spires of Man
haitian.
Witty Cox, District open cham
pion; AL Houghton, former Mary
land king; Lewis Worsham of Chevy
Chase, one of the best of the young
Sters around town, and George Dif-
fenbaugh of Kenwood, all will fore
go the sectional qualifying rounds
at Indian Spring Thursday. 1t
leaves Leo Walper, the top local
pro in the recent national open
championship, and Cliff Spencer,
the long hitting Beaver Dam rep
resentative, as the cream of the To-
cal crop, with more than possibili-
ty that smooth-swinging Bob Bar
nett of Chevy Chase, or AL Jami-
son, the Indian Spring pro, may win
one of the three places open in the
Mid-Atlantic sector. The field,
which is sure to be small, will play
So holes at Indian Spring Thursday.
Cruickshank viii Play.
But-and this may be big "but"
Bobby Cruickshank, the mighty
midget from the Country Club Of
Virginia at Richmond, will be q
starter in the local field. Cruicky
doesn't necessarily have to win q
place, but he probably will. He is
at the age of 46-one Of the best
golfers in this or any other Sec
tor. And you can't figure Andy
Gibson out of any golf tournament
in this town. Andy happens to hold
the Maryland State championship
and he wants to play in the P. G.. A.
Despite the absence of Cox, Diffen-
baugh, Worsham and Houghton, the
tournament should have its aspects.
Helen DettWeiler the new West
ern women's open" champion, is
back in town, prepared to carry
forward the educational golf cam
paign planned as part of her job
with sports goods concern. Helen
will be around this neighborhood
for 10 days or two weeks. will
probably play few exhibition
matches, and will give some lectures
before women's groups before leav-
ing for other territory. Her field
covers the Atlantic seaboard from
Philadelphia to Jacksonville.
Helen Was Lucky"
Congratulated on winning the
Western, a tournament which ranks
second to the women's national in
importance. Helen said she was
lucky. But you had to be more
than lucky" ! said.
"Oh, guess my game has i'm
proved" she replied. Il have had
some time for practice and to keep
my hand in at the game. But
player has to be lucky to get
through such a tough tournament
as that one" And the women
around town take this view of it:
They think Helen's victory raises
the estimate of Washington golf
IN the eyes Of feminine golfers the
country over. All of which is true.
Women's Title Tourney On.
AT first blush you'd think the
draw in the District women's cham
pionship, whose match play rounds
got under way at Columbia, was q
little top-heavy, with most of the
better players concentrated in the
top half. But it isn't necessarily
so, as the old song has it. Where
Marion Brown, the medalist and
defending champion, is up there in
the top half, along with Betty P.
Meckley, a former champion, down
in the bottom half is the statuesque
Mrs. Charlotte Stern, second in the
medal round; Mrs. Leo Walper,
runner-up in the Maryland State
championship, and six other good
golfers, all Of whom can do some
upsetting.
But Marion is the girl to lick. All
during the early spring Marion
hadn't shown her true game. She
hadn't won the usual crop of gross
awards and she hadn't been scor-
ing low. But with the District
championship coming up she started
to practice in earnest. That prac-
tice showed results in the medal
round, where she carved out
score of 80, composed of 80 and AZ,
to win the medal by two shots, with
Mrs. Stern next at 80.
How They Faced Today.
Marion today played Mrs. K. s.
Giles of Indian Spring, only SOUTH
paw woman golfer playing a re-
spectacle game around Washington.
Other first flight pairings were:
Mrs. L. G. Pray (Manor) VS.. Mrs.
H. j. Cooper CManor); Mrs. Betty
P. Meckley Undian SPRING. VS.. Mrs.
H. M. Brundage (Columbia); Mrs.
Walter r. Stokes, Qndian Spring.
VS.. Mrs. Myron Davy (Congression-
all; Mrs. Charlotte s. Stern Qn-
dian Spring. VS.. Mrs. Ora Emge
Undian Spring.; Mrs. Hume Pea
body (Army Navy VS.. Miss Louise
Claytor Chevy Chase; Mrs. Leo
Walper (CapitaD VS.. Mrs. George
Goetzman (CongressionaD; Mrs.
Bishop P. Hill Chevy Chase vs..
Mrs. H. j. Simons (Manor).
The dear gals will play one round
each day, starting today, through
Friday, when the final round at
18 holes will come up. But I Won
der what would happen If the pres
ent Western womens open cham
pion could be in there.
Mrs. w. B. Jarvis is the new
golf chairman at Columbia. Mrs.