Evening star., 1940-05-26
Mid-ANantic Friction
Stays Alive as 33
Play Tomorrow
Chandler Harper, Storm
Center. Likely to Be
Among 5 QuoIifiers
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALTER McCALLUM.
The top qualifler in the sectional
trials for the National Open tomor-
row at the Manor Country Club will
receive pretty bronze medal from
the United States Golf Association
But that will be only the beginning
He will receive also ticket into the
worlds greatest and toughest golf
competition. The only rub will be
that the ticket will not be free and
that the lads who survive the quail
flying test-tough enough in them
selves-Will be smack in the thick
OF the toughest links competition in
the world.
Five will qualify from the 33
starters tomorrow over the tree
fringed stretches of those immacu-
late Manor Club fairways. AL Treder,
Manor pro, believes that any entrant
who scores 144, or an average of u
for the double circuit, can rack up
his clubs and ready himself for the
trip to Cleveland, where the Open
championship proper will start
June 6.
Mid-Atlantics Still Astew.
The pros used to call the Sec
tional rounds black Mondays" or
their own individual hell" but they
don't do that any more. They've
become philosophical about it, go
out and do as we'll as they can and
let it go at that. But it happens to
be an honor to play in the Open
and the chance for gold and glory
beckons to every entrant, even
though the cold statistics of past
years indicate the local lads have
little chance. Witty Cox made the
best showing of any Washington
entrant in recent years when he
finished in a flfth-place tie in 1886
with 288-an average OF 72-at
Baltusrol.
One OF the more interesting angles
OF the Middle Atlantic sectional
rounds this year is that the hope
fuls from Virginia must take their
places along with the Washington
and Baltimore boys. There is no
separate sectional lound in Virginia.
That brings Chandler Harper here
to attempt to qualify. Chandler
happens to be the dour-faccd gent
who caused a major schism within
the ranks of the Middle Atlantic
p. G. A. when he motivated strike
OF Virginia pros in April and ulti-
mately forced cancellation of the
tourney. But Harper also happens
to be a very good golfer. He should
win one of the five spots.
Resentment Still Present,
But there has been generated late
ly considerable resentment against
the situation that caused cancella-
ticn OF the Middle Atlantic P. G, A.
And Harper is in the middle of it.
Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond,
who followed up with the actual
strike call of Virginia pros, is an
automatic qualifier and won't be at
Manor tomorrow. But the sWirling
undercurrents aroused b. the Mid
Atlantic P. G. A. incident will be
there.
DR.. Robert A. Keilty and Harry
G. Pitt, Washington vice presidents
OF the Maryland State Golf Asso-
citation, will handle the details of the
sectional rounds, acting for the
United States Golf Association.
DR.. Bill Barr, secretary of the Dis
trict and Middle Atlantic Golf As
sociations, yesterday announced two
District association events. They
are the junior championship tourney
at Woodmont June 26, q and %,
and a mixed foursome tourney at
Columbia July 16. The Junior af-
fair Is at match play, with quail
lying round slated June 26. The
Capital club best-ball affair is
scheduled to start June %, and ac-
cording to President Roy Aten of the
Capital club, they may have as
many as $50 entries.
Today at Frederick, Md, AL
Houghton and Charley Malone will
play Bob Grove and Carl Shook in
an exhibition match.
A future match that is being
talked up would bring together at
East Potomac Park the crack teams
OF Roger Peacock and Claude Rippy
OF Indian Spring against Tommy
Doerer, jr.. and Leroy Smith of East
Potomac.
Cliff Spencer claimed most of the
f1eld stopped to duck the rain in a
pro-amateur tourney at Indian
Spring last week.
This week the scholastic lads will
stage the grand finale of their sea-
son, the interscholastic champion
ship at three clubs. The tip is out
that Earle Skinker and Scotty Ross
OF Wilson and Rockville are the lads
to lick. Which probably is true.
But how about Fred Bolton of
Bethesda and George Vass of West
ern?
The schoolboys qualify Friday at
Kenwood, play their first and Sec
ond round matches at Manor Sat-
urday, and will transfer to Con-
gressional Sunday for the semi
final and finals contests.
:. All the clubs will stage holiday
Journeys next Thursday.
The Traffic Club of Washington
will stage a golf tournament at
Congressional Tuesday.
The bowling operators-sports
writers tourney is slated for June
8 at the course to be selected.
Tommy Doerer will start play for
the John B. Colpoys Trophy June 8