Evening star., 1940-04-07
CheWChase Is Rated
One 10 Beat Amonu
First Squads
Miller Tourney to Draw
Big Field; Mid-AtIuntic
P. 6. A. Lures WoIper
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALTER McCALLUM.
On the eve Of their biggest COM
petitive season, feminine golfers
around Washington face their earli-
est start in many years in the inter-
club team matches, deemed by exec
utives of the Women's District Golf
Association the most important
segment of their lengthy schedule
First and second teams from nine
clubs will swing into action next
Friday in the first of a series of
contests to run through the re-
mainder of April and through May,
with the final match coming up
May %.
Here is the lineup for the opening
series:
First teams at Argyle Chevy
Chase VS.. Congressional, Army
Navy VS.. Columbia, Woodmont VS..
Washington, Manor VS.. Kenwood;
Argyle draws bye.
Second teams at Chevy Chase
Congressional VS.. Army Navy,
Manor VS.. Columbia, Washington VS..
Kenwood: Chevy Chase draws a bye.
Third teams will not start their
schedule until April 16.
In the light of its showing over
the last two years-it was runner
up in 1888 and won in 193o-the
Chevy Chase team looms as the
strongest outfit among the first
teams.
Congressional, Manor Liked.
Congressional and Manor appear
the standout teams in the second
division, while the third team con-
tests cannot be figured. The per-
sonnel of the third teams changes
from year to year.
More than 10 days away is the
initial big tourney OF the year-the
competition for the Phyllis Keeler
Miller Memorial Trophy at Wash
ington Golf and Country Club on
April Is. This tourney, held by
the women Of the Washington club
to honor a fellow member who
served as first secretary of the
Women's District Golf Association,
always draws a big field and for
many years has started the tourna-
ment parade. It will draw the usual
big field this year.
Shifting around of members from
Indian Spring to other clubs has
placed Kenwood in the spotlight
as contender for the first-team
championship this year. Any team
led by Betty Meckley is sure to be
good. Mrs. Meckley will play from
Kenwood this year.
Hagen to Visit East Potomac.
Tommy Doerer has definite word
from Walter Hagen that the Old
Duke will play friendly match and
hit some exhibition shots at East
Potomac Park around April II.
Doerer also expects Craig Wood and
Benny Hogan to appear at East
Potomac this month.
Lefty" Harrells golf party.
honoring the members of the recent
Augusta trip, will be held at WASH
ington Golf and Country Club next
Sunday.
Jack Redmond, one of the better
trick shot boys who frequently has
shown around Washington, breezed
through town couple of days ago.
Leo Walper, perennial P. G.. A.
champion. is back in town, bronzed
and thinner, ready for what he
hopes will be winning season on
the local courses. Leo will enter the
p. G. A. championship at Old
Point Comfort, Va, April 26 and q,
q favorite to win. He grabbed the
heavy sugar in both championships
held at the Chamberlin course in
1887 and 1898.
Golf Record in Reverse.
Over at Washington DR.. Marion
Falls claims a new kind of record,
In reverse. Falls put his second
shot on the green at the 18th,
putted off the green down a slope
so yards from the cup and holed
out in eight strokes. Il was closer
to a 3 than T." laughed Falls.
Those funny things happen at
Washington, where few years back
Phillip C. Kaufman put his tee
shot on the green at the short 11th
hole, putted into the ditch, flubbed
q few and holed out in II strokes.
Witty Cox said he wasn't told
about the P. G. A. meeting last
Monday, which is the reason he
didn't attend. Wifi won't be in the
championship this year. "Too busy
during April" he says. Further
more, I have spring fever"
Ralph Bogart's application for
membership at Congressional Is in,
which makes that Congressional
outfit a strong aggregation in team
matches coming up this year. Ralph
belongs to Army Navy, but wanted
to play in the Maryland events and
thus is joining a Maryland club.
The District amateur champ is
chunking the ball farther than ever
this year and again looks winner.
Brownell Out of Luck.
Bobby Brownell, on crutches, came
back home few days ago, figura-
lively cussing the hard luck which
caused broken leg and forced
Bobby out of the spring matches
for Duke University, and probably
most Of the spring tournaments
around town later.
That Georgetown golf team, in
Tony Sylvester's opinion, looks as
the strongest Hoya outfit yet put to-
gether. I'VE ought to win that
Eastern intercollegiate title this
year." exults the veteran Hoya golf
coach.