Evening star., 1940-05-29
Would Invite LEADING
Paid Performers Of
Eastern Seaboard
II.
= Makes Decision Today:
>. Chevy Chase Women
Snare Two Titles
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

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the tournament field. Along came
an announcement asking sports
writer's and radio people to gather
today at Indian Spring to talk over
q pro-amateur best ball tourney with
prize money to total $500, which
would make it the biggest such af-
fair of the year. 1t was to be de-
cided today, and probably will be
held in the fall
1--WE intend to invite all the lead
ing professionals of the Eastern
seaboard," said Earl w. Clary
president of the Indian Spring Club.
'And we want to make it an out
standing affair" The date? That
was to be decided today.
Chevy Chase Women Win.
Queens of team play in two of the
three divisions in Women's team golf
around Washington, feminine golf
ers of the Chevy Chase Club today
contemplated with considerable sat-
isfaction the championship cups in
two of the three divisions. They
wound up the season schedule yes
terday in the first division at Ken
wood, with Chevy Chase, led by Mrs
=. Dickinson Let's, again victorious
among first teams, but not by any
great margin.
Chevy Chase was defending the
title they won last year, and only
went into the lead in the matches
week ago in stern chase after a
front-running Manor team.
They met Manor yesterday in the
final matches of the season at Ken
wood and took a 712 to Az licking.
But they had previously amassed
enough points to wind up the season
victorious, point and a half in
front of the hard-pressing Manor
team.
Chevy Chase ended the season
with point total of II. Manor,
winning yesterdays match, won 1872
points. Congressional. licking Army
Navy 9l2 to 2l2, wound up the
season with 72 points, nosing out
Kenwood by one point for third
place as Kenwood drew last-round
bye. Army Navy was fifth with 4712
points, and Washington-victo
over Argyle IL to 0 in the final
match-Was sixth with 36 points.
Columbia and Woodmont split to 6
IN the final match, but Columbia
finished the season with 271a points,
while Woodmont won 2112 points.
The Chevy Chase second team pre-
viously had won in that series.
Argyle Women Plucky.
Down at the tail end was Argyle
with only 81 points won. But a
special place should be reserved in
the hall of fame for those plucky
Argyle women. Unable to get out
full team for all their matches,
nevertheless they continued to play
in the matches and kept on, know
ing well they hadn't a chance.
Marion Brown, former Mid-Atlan-
tic and District champion, played
for the Manor team in the final
match yesterday, and with Mrs.
Walter R. Stokes, won ? points from
the top Chevy Chase combination of
Mrs. Bishop Hill and Louise Claytor.
Other results:
=, Mrs. L. G: Pray and Mrs. J. F. Dowdall,
Manor; won points from Mrs Y E. Booker
and Mrs. L, B. Platt, Chevy Chase; Eliza
beth Houghton and Mrs. James W. Beller
Chevy Chase: 2a points; Mrs. H. J. simons
ana MIS-. j. r. Daily, Manor, u point
Mrs. F. Dickinson Let's and Mrs L. O.
Cameron. Chevy Chase. l point; Mrs. j. q
Nell and Mrs. Gale E. Pugh, Manor. 2
Chevy Chase women started play
IN the French High Commission Cup
tourney. Elizabeth Houghton won
the medal with 80. The pairings:
Miss Houghton VS.. Mrs. F.. Dickin-
son Let's, Mrs. Hugh Rowan VS.. Mrs.
G. Rowland Chase, Mrs. j. w. Beller
VS.. Mrs. F. r. Keefer, Baroness de
Gruben VS.. Mrs Ralph HaIlett, Mrs.
Y. E. Booker VS.. Mrs. L. o. Cameron,
Louise Claytor vs. Mrs. Selden
Chaplin, Susan Hacker VS.. Mrs. A. Y.
P. Garnett, jr.; Mrs. w. j. Flather,
jr., VS.. Mrs. R. B. Wigglesworth.
Dan Norman, well-known rail-
road man, who is in the habit of COL
lecting golf cups, collected another
with victory in the Washington
Traffic Club tourney at Congress
sional. Moorman shot an 80 to win
the main award.
Beavers Wins Rotary Tourney.
At Washington Rotary Club men,
bers staged one of their monthly
Journeys. T. N. Beavers won the
gross award with 70, while Tom Butt
won the net prize with 92-25-67
Tied for second net were Dan Hol-
land and E. c. Gott, jr, with 81
18-69, and 81-12-69. Putting
prizes went to Karl Eiker, Ward
Stringham and Roy Tuerke. Harry
P. Somerville won the prize for the
most strokes from traps and water
hazards. Harry used six strokes in
trouble. Bob Swope won the most
IS prize-with 6.
Roosevelt High School linksmen-
Dawes Cup champions of 1939-won
q 5-to-4 high school match from
Western at Woodmont It didn't
mean anything for the lads, for Will
son has won the Dawes Cup this
year.
Four crack amateurs and four top
pros of the town will play in a spe-
cial match at the annual golf outing
OF the District Bar Association at
Congressional June IL. Amateurs
are Roger Peacock, Middle Atlantic
champion; Ralph -Bogart, District
champion; Volney Burnett and
Claude Rippy. The pros are Witty
Cox, Cliff Spencer, Lewis Worsham
and Leo Walper.
In addition to this match the COM
lnittee will stage contest between
the 10 best golfers of the District
Bar Association and the 10 best
from the Federal Bar Association.
Pepco Takes Another
Scoring four runs in the fifth inn