Evening star., 1940-11-04
By WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALTER McCALLUM.
AL Houghton, the new District
open links champion, heartened by
the many successes he has had this
year in the best season any local
pro has had in quite while, plans
to play in at least two Of the South
ern tournaments within the next
month or so. First of Houghton's
ventures abroad will be the Pine
hurst Mid-South affair next week,
in which he will be partnered by
George Diffenbaugh.
Al will play in December in the
Miami $4,000 open championship,
first of the big-money affairs Of
the winter tour. He has played in
this one before, but not for several
years. This time the good. folk at
Beaver Dam have taken up COL
lection and will send Houghton
South, where he will join Leo
Walper and Bob Barnett as the
local pros in that extravaganza of
big-time golf, won last year by
Sammy Snead. Houghton should do
all right in that one, too, although
he isn't a likely winner. II will be
played over the Miami Country Club
course, scene of the four-ball inter-
national matches in March.
Indian Spring linksmen are not
squawking in any sense of the word
over their licking at the hands of
Baltimore Country Club in the final
round of the Maryland State team
championship tourney, but they feel
that inasmuch as the semifinal
rounds in the tourney were played
this year in Baltimore and the final
last year was held at Baltimore. it's
about time the State links solons
gave the local clubs a chance to
play final match on Washington
soil.
PlayOff Indicated.
Indian Spring is not dishonored
in the technical defeat they suffered
yesterday at Rolling Road. Indeed
that SO match, won by Baltimore
Country Club because the Oriole
hnksmen captured more matches in
the final than did the Four Corners
men, should rate a playoff. When
two teams are as closely matched as
that, to split even in the final, no
hair splitting should be done. A
playoff definitely is indicated. How
ever, under a prior ruling by the
State association. the match goes
to Baltimore Country Club. and In
dian Spring understands it.
So the big State association
championship team trophy goes back
to Baltimore for the first time in
a decade. Indian Spring won it last
year. 1t has been around Washing
ton long time. Here is the way
the final ended:
Mel shorey and Roger Peacock Gndian
Rippy and JOCK oimstead SIndian sDrinE !.
3: Edssr Lucas and Harry A. Parr, Sd
Bob Albertus Indian SPRING o: Bill
Eager g. ans sudsI a. and Ba%eFe Edge
Miller Baltimore c. c.. :: Jerry Hart
and Arthur Urban Indian Spring.. III;
Harris Jones and Dick Ness Baltimore
c. c.. Ia: Art Cross and Jim HUNT
sIndian Spring.. 2bz: Bill Tirie and H.
Dunnins baltimore c. c.. a.
Totals--Indian Spring. 9; Baltimore
Country Club, q.
Dick Melvin, Indian Spring cap
tain and team mainstay. was i'll with
cold and could not play. Claude
Rippy scored a 2-under-par So to
lead the scoring on both teams.
Wins Siamese Cup.
DR.. r. c. Ransdell won the final
event of the season at Chevy Chase
the tourney for the Siamese Cup
Ransdeu defeated A. c. Fuller, Z
and 6. in the final.
Woodmont golfers finished three
of the four second-round matches in
their two-man team tourney, with
the following results:
Victor Zeve and Ed Melnicker defeated
William @. Illeh and Leopold Freudberg,
3 and .: Howard Nordlinger and l. W.
Jacobs defeated Dave Legum and DR.. Mil
ton Harris. and ?; Cabot Feldman and
Sam Wheeler defeated Adlsi Mann and
Ed Workman. l UP.
Turkey tournaments are spring.
ing up all over the bunkered land.