Evening star., 1940-08-13
Anocostio> on Trail of D. C..
Public Golf Championship,
Challenges Rock Creek

off matches with us. but now we're
after them and we'll keep after them
until they refuse to play, or set a
date and play us.
Have Won 10 Matches.
That Anacostia bunch may have
something there after all They've
played IL matches this year and won
10 of them. which adds up to some
thing more than mediocrity. Cur
rently, they are away out in front
in the city public links team cham
pionship series. having piled up 1912
points, against 83l2 for East Poto-
mac. Rock Creek Park pulls up at
the end of the procession with %
points.
Top players for the Anacostia
linksmen are Wilbur Seay, the BROTH
ers Bragg, Jump Hazleton, Bill Davis
and Buck Freeman. But the entire
outfit is well balanced. They've
had to be to win that many points.
Next Sunday at Anacostia they'll
put on a mixed foursome tourney
with the feature a special mixed
exhibition match. AS at present
arranged it will find Betty Meckley
and Anacostia Pro Bill Carson play
ing Mrs. Leo Walper and East Po-
tomac Park Pro Cliff Spencer.
Middle Atlantic P. G.. A. profess
sionals are considering. in connec-
ton with their championship tour
ney, scheduled for Richmond, a
benefit match between pros from
Washington, Baltimore and Rich
mond to help out one of their men,
bers who is in trouble. Tommy
Galloway, pro at the Hermitage
Country Club of Richmond, has lost
his sight. according to P. G. A. Prexy
Ralph Beach, and needs assistance
So the pros. who always rally to the
aid of their associates, are talking
about staging a challenge match,
choosing the best 10 pros from the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. area against
the 10 best in Virginia
The match would be played In
Richmond, and should draw good
chunk of change at the gate fer
Tommy Galloway, who happens to
be a good guy and fellow who
should get any possible aid The
same thing was done two years ago
for Warner Mather, a Baltimore
pro, who benefited by several hun
dred dollars from a match at Indian
Spring.
Two Tie at 68.
When a golfing gent plays the
first nine holes in 80 strokes-fve
under par-you'd naturally expect
him to keep along somewhere near
that pace over the next nine. If
Hugh Mcclellan of Edgewood Ar
senal had done that at Rolling Road
yesterday he'd have grabbed most
of the cash in the pro sweepstakes
held by the Mid-Atlantic P. G. A.
But as it was he played the last nine
in 38 for a 68 and wound up in
tie for first money with Charlie
Betschler of Hillendale. The Wash
ington pros didn't do so well, for
Ralph Beach was third with 50.
Mel Shorey of Indian Spring and
Cliff Spencer of East Potomac Park
had 70s.
Shorey and Bob OMalley of In
dian Spring shot best ball OF "a
to tie with two other pairs for the
top spot in the amateur-pro affair
over the tricky layout at Catonsville,
Md. They tied with Frank Inver-
nizzi and Charles Bauer and Ralph
Beach and Nathan Kaufman, all
of Baltimore, and all at 64. Scores
in the COS were dime a dozen as the
pros and amateurs-the latter play
ing with half their handicaps-tore
the Rolling Road course apart. For
example, there were no fewer than
five 65s and a half dozen 66s.
Mcclellan, who should have won
first place outright, finished with
three bogeys in row for the SO on
the last nine Betschler. played the
mines in 80 and 36 for his So.
Columbia Country Club women
staged a field day tourney, with
large turnout of members and guests.
Mrs. B. c. Hartig, former club cham
pion at Columbia, won the first
member prize with a net &c. Second
was Mrs. Robert A. Lacey, president
of the Women's District Golf Asso-
citation, with net IS, and third and
fourth positions were taken by Mrs.
j. F.. Gross and Mrs. H. Porter
with net 88 and 90. Mrs. Lacey won
the member putting prize with 81
strokes on the green's
Mrs. Karl S. Giles of Indian
Spring, the best southpaw feminine
golfer around town, scored 85-7-78
to win the top guest award. Other
guest winners were Mrs. c. S. Teal,
Congressional. net 80; Mrs. Frank
r. Keefer. Chevy Chase. net 86, and
Mrs. H. w. Sharpe, Kenwood, net
SO. Mrs. Keefer won the guest put