Evening star., 1940-04-22
Tourney Conflicts,
Course Crowding
Avoided in LIST
Redick's Work Excellent,
Declare 200 Linksmen
To Play in Meet
By WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALTER McCALLUM.
Everywhere throughout the Gov
ernment service, wherever golfers
gathered today, they hailed with
praise the schedule for the match
play tournament for the Federal
championship, just announced by
Tournament Director Charles P.
Redick. The tourney for the third
year is being sponsored by The
Star.
The golfers who work for Uncle
Sam and play on their own time
won't have long to wait for the
beginning of their tourney. The
first match is scheduled next week,
when several teams in the top Sec
ton will start the scrap which will
run through May and June, ending
early in July.
"Redick did fine job getting
this schedule up," said President D.
Paul Swope of the Federal Golf As
sociation. The task of fitting the
schedule together, arranging the af-
fairs to avoid crowded days at the
country clubs and also to avoid
conflict with other tournaments was
no easy one. But Redick has dem
onstrated his ability for three years
now and is getting into the swing
Of it.
Two Hundred to Play.
Thirty teams Of four men each
will start play In the initial series.
But in all around 200 Government
players will compete, for it Is not
possible to keep the same team in
the field for each match. Substitu-
tions, absence from the city, illness
and other reasons force each team
captain to submit at least eight
names for four-man team. The
section winners at the end of the
regular schedule will play in a
round-robin affair in September for
the championship and the class B
title. Government Printing Office
won the championship last year.
Women's matches, scheduled for
Argyle and Chevy Chase today, were
postponed because of soggy courses.
But Al Houghton expected a big
crowd at Beaver Dam this after
noon for the amateur-pro affair,
sponsored by the Middle Atlantic
P. G. A.
The Executive Committee of the
association was to meet to act on
an application of Chandler Harper
of Portsmouth, Va, for membership.
With the championship tourney of
the association coming up Friday
and Saturday at Old Point Com
fort, Va, they'll have to take speedy
action to enable Harper to play.
President Ralph Beach says it can
not be done, since Harper's apph-
cation must be o. KID by other
sectional P. c. A. bodies.
Two Weekend Affairs Played.
Rain washed out few weekend
affairs, among them the Walter
johnson Cup tourney at Congress
sional and a team match at Ana
costa, but the rugged golfers at
Beaver Dam and Capital went ahead
with scheduled events. Thirty-two
players entered a match play
against par tourney at Beaver Dam,
with Jim Gipe, former public links
star, shooting rs to top the gross
scoring and win the main prize
with card three down to par.
Forrest Thompson and A. M. Wood
side tied for second, both four down
to par.
At Capital S. E. Mulliken, with
83-15-68, won the sweepstakes
tourney, although George Molloy
shot rs.
Walper Scores 68.
Leo Walper, co-favorite to win the
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. tourney,
picked up four brides to score a 6s
over the Washington Golf and
Country Club course, where Henry
Branson and George Bailey had the
last laugh on Ray Norman and D. B.
Tuxhorn.
They'd been trying to get together
to play-these four-ever since late
February. Branson and Bailey
thought they would be licked, so
they prepared. They were licked
and when the payoff came they laid
200 pennies on a table before the
Mortified eyes of Norman and Bailey.
"Whatll we do with emp" yelled
the winners. "Play 'em in the slot
machines" chorused the losers.
At Congressional Charlie Malone
and southpaw Earl McAleer teamed
well together to whip the best ball
of Ralph Bogart, the District champ,
and Parker Nolan. Malone had an
approximate IS to top the scoring.
Craig Wood, long hitting blond
star from the Winged Foot Club Of
Mamaroneck, N. Y, may appear at
East Potomac Park this week in an
exhibition match. Walter Hagen
definitely is billed to play In match
at the downtown course next Sunday
afternoon. At least Hagen says so.
Il will be there" said Walter.