Evening star., 1940-04-29
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Columbia Country Club golfers
are going to wait long time for
their opening day ceremonies and
the qualification rounds for the
Cummings two-man team cham
pionship cup.
Chairman William E. Furey of a
special committee appointed to ar
range the details of the opening
day announced today that the club
will hold its usual ceremonies May
%, several days later than usual.
With Furey on committee that
promises something unusual in the
way of fun attending the opening
day exercises are w. E. Rogers, I'd !;
Luther S. Steward, jr, and Don
Kneesi.
The usual grist of schoolboy
matches will not be played tomorrow
Only three matches are billed this
week, with one tomorrow, between
Georgetown Prep and Bladensburg
at Garrett Park. and two more Fri
day. Currently Wilson is leading in
the chase for the Dawes Cup, and
with Earl Skinker clinging close to
par, the Wilson boys will be hard
to nudge out of the title won last
year by Roosevelt.
Hagen Licks Par.
Walter Hagen, the Old Duke of
golf, winner of all the major pro
titles in the world during his color
full career, was the main attraction
and the best golfer, but Roy Smith
the tall Carolinian who won the
qualifying round in the public links
tourney due to start match play this
week-was the boy hero of an exhi-
oition match which drew some l 500
fans to East Potomac Park yester-
day.
Smith popped one out of trap a:
the eighteenth hole to get par and
with Hagen won the match, up,
licking Cliff Spencer, East Potomac
Park pro, and Bob Morris, former
District junior public links champ
Walter, in front of one of the bigger
galleries of the year, put on a typical
Hagen show. making the easy ones
look tough and the tough ones look
tougher. He also scored sub-par
II, which isn't peanuts in any links
company. Spencer was u and the
amateurs were IS each.
Hagen and Smith needed the half
at the eighteenth to win l up, and
Smith obliged with one that even
Walter at his best couldn't beat.
Among Hagen's stunts was a 30
footer that raped into the cup at
the fifth for a winning birdie after
Spencer had Clipped in for a par.
Weekend golf found all the
courses crowded on one Of the few
good Sundays of the budding spring
season. Mel Shorey put on a get
acquainted tourney at Indian Spring
which found w. L. Rice making a
close acquaintance with an eagle.
He flung Seven-iron shot into the
cup for a deuce at the second hole,
the old eleventh. Golf Chairman Earl
Clary won the gross award with 30.
Other winners included Dave Mast
brook, l.. Watzman, H. Haines, P.
w. Norris, w. H. Robinson, Ray
Davis, Mrs. J. M. Malseed, Mrs.
E. w. Clary, Mrs. Jerry Enright and
Mrs. w. j. Markward
Chevy Chase Tourney Starts.
Chevy Chase golfers start match
play today for the French High
Commission Cup with the follow
ing pairings in the handicap tour
ney:
F. w. Coleman VS.. H. r. Harmon,
Thomas H. Lowe VS.. Robert Stead,
jr.::& D. M. Marthinson VS.. Walter
White, Frank Fisher VS.. John
Brawner, A. Station VS.. j. p. Lannon,
Landra Platt VS.. Ashmead Fuller,
Clarence Dodge, jr., VS.. P. S. Rids-
dale, and Gregory Prince VS.. Dom
aid De Veau.
Frank E. johnson, Charles B.
Quarles and Al Nader deadlocked
at Congressional for the Walter
johnson Trophy with net cards of
10 and will play off the tie this week.
Pat Winkler won the gross prize
with IS, Fred Neuland had the
least puts, %, and L. G. Rodeno
won the chipping contest. Big Bill
Rumple outhit Redskin Charlie Ma
lone to win a driving contest,
walloping the pill ass yards to
Charles mere $50.
Low net scorer in the breakfast
foursomes was G. w. Hammett, with
89-18-71. The winning foursome
was made up of J. A. Sullivan, ]. M.
Strait, Elden Mcfarland and AID.
Waring.
Rea Wins ut Beaver Dam.
Gross honors in the Beaver Dam
sweepstakes tourney went to Bill
Rea, captain OF the Maryland Uni
versity links team. Rea shot q 78,
with Jesse Baggett next ct 81. Low