Evening star., 1940-04-02
Sectional P. 6. A. Tilt
April 26-27 Heads
Crowded Card
New Pro-Amoteur Event
Listed at Manor Club:
Spencer Mops Up
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


Middle Atlantic section golf pro-
fessionals today had before them
a tasty dish Of golf tournaments,
running from April % through No.
vember 18, with the headline affair
the P. G. A. championship at Old
Point Comfort, Va, April Is and
II, and with new tourney on their
schedule.
The new affair is the Middle At
lantic pro-amateur championship,
an outgrowth Of the Grosner pro-
amateur match play affair OF last
fall. It is scheduled this year at
Manor Country Club September 30
October 2, inclusive, where Lewis
Worsham and Ralph Bogart. the
kid pair who won last year, will de-
fend their crown.
Big Day for Spencer.
The pros put together their ex-
tensive schedule yesterday at Roll
ing Road. where they gathered in
one of their usual secret sessions
and came forth to play in an infor-
NAL golf tourney in which Cliff
Spencer, long-hitting East Potomac
Park pro, proved once again why he
holds the Middle Atlantic P. G. A.
championship by winning both in
the pro sweepstakes and the pro-
pro best-ball affair. Spencer shot
a II to win the sweepstakes, and
with Mel Shorey of Indian Spring
tied for first in the pro-pro affair
at 70 with Alex Taylor and Leo
Fraser, the crack pair from Rolling
Road,
Here is the complete schedule of
the Mid Atlantic pros this year:
April %, Beaver Dam. pro and three
smaIen5 Midds dpsrtne5s lscTsch April 90 and
ship, Old Point Comfort. Va. - holes
Redal Ref,,n,d1a Play; May 49, Bonnie View club,
amateur hsif handicap: jaly se HT Hiilenda'e Hie
.ias.n ,2pen, July g: Maryisnd open cham
~. Rolling Road: pro-amateur, half handi-
cap: August 26 Burning Tree pro-mer,ber.
nanaieap septhember . Suburban Club.
% Bradley Hills Country Club. eaDs. proeams-
! teur; half handicap; September 30-october
!, we IN nro amateur championships Oc-
October q: KenSood 'eup pro.s ,.eraafe1i mateur
sSosasch): SC asnn November 4, Clifton Park pro
spring pro-amateur scratch.
Doerer Invited to Play.
The pros invited Tommy Doerer,
East Potomac Park golf promoter,
to play in their tournaments pend
ing action on his application for ad-
to the P. G. A. Under the
rules an applicant must have been
flve years in the golf business.
Spencer, playing machinelike golf
IN the teeth of spring wind, PLAYED
the Rolling Road course in a one
over-par II to be the big gun of
the parade. Tied at 73 for third
place were the teams of George Diff
fenbaugir and John Fqattery; Al
Houghton and Frank Invernizzi,
ana Andy Gibson and Charley Bets
chler. Houghton and Al Treder,
with 74s, tied for second in the
sweepstakes tourney.
Levi Yoder. former Mid-Atlantic
amateur champion, is married. Levi
was married on March IL at Lees
burg, Va, to Jete, Barbara Daniels,
and will be at home at 1457 Park
road.
Maryland Starts Matches.
AL Houghton's Maryland Uni
versity golf team plays its first
match of the season today, meeting
the visiting Cornell University lads.
Cornell will clash Thursday at Capi-
tai with the Georgetown team,
which today will have its final trials
for team positions.
The Terrapins are headed by
George De Witt, the lengthy basket
ball star, and Julian Murphy, run
nerup for the District municipal
title last year. Maryland has
flock of matches scheduled this year,
as follows: April 9-Loyola of Balti-
more at Rolling Road; 12-Catholic
University at Beaver Dam: 18-Uni-
versity Of North Carolina at Beaver
Dam: 25-Western Maryland at
Beaver Dam; May Johns Hop
kins at Beaver Dam; 2 Western
Maryland at Westminster; 3-Wil-
liam and Mary at Deaver Dam: Ii
Western Maryland intramural cham
Baltimore Suburban Club.
Schoolboy matches got under way
today among 10 separate high
school teams over five courses as