Evening star., 1940-03-19

Dates for M. A. Pro Test
At Old Point Comfort
Bring Objections
Initial start on the 1910 campaign
for Government golfers will be made
next Monday night, when delegates
from a score OF departments and
independent establishments gather
at Alban Towers to plan for the
forthcoming big season. Major AZ
fair on the schedule will be the out
lining Of new plan for playing
again the Federal match play tour
nament. Prizes for this affair have
been donated for the last two years
by The Evening Star, and the tour
ney has been sponsored by The Star.
Last year the Government Printing
Office team, captained by Joe Bales
tri, entered the tourney as . dark
horse outfit and won the title In a
stirring finish against Interior and
Federal Housing, the other teams
which reached the playoff stage.
The Star tourney and the indi-
vidual and team medal play cham
pionships for Uncle Sans golfing
lads all will be set at the meeting
Monday night, which is the annual
meeting OF the Federal Golf Associa-
ton. Charles p. (ChucR Redick,
president of the association and
maestro OF The Star tourney for the
last two years, will step down As
president this year, but has prom
ised again to act in furthering the
match play affair. So well has
Redick arranged the details OF the
match play events that without his
careful attention to detail and MS
command Of all the angles OF the
tourney, it would not run 80
smoothly.
Plenty Of Prexy Material.
Redick's successor has not been
named, but there are several gooo
candidates among the departments
who are interested in golf promo
ton and would be willing to take
over the presidency Of the Federal
Golf Association. The meeting VIII
get under way about Z pm.
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. golfers
more or less committed to staging
their 1910 championship tourney at
Old Point Comfort, Va, for purse
of $1,000, aren't too happy ABOUT
the whole thing. In the first place
the dates tentatively chosen. on
week end around the last OF April
or the first part of May, find the
BOYS tied up with their club jobs
and 50 busy with club affairs that
some of them openly profess they
won't be able to get away Tor the
tourney. Cliff Spencer, the long
hitting brunette who won the title
while attached to the Beaver Dam
Club last fall, will defend this year
no matter where the tourney Is
PLAYED. But all the boys aren't in
such happy case.
Now at Potomac Park.
Cliff now is the pro at East Po-
tomac Park, where he succeeded Mel
Shorey, who went to Indian Spring.
Weekend play at Potomac Park Is
heavy enough (they had more than
a thousand out last Sunday. but
the pro isn't required to run tourna-
ments, as at the private clubs. SO
Cliff could get away. But for the
rest of the boys 1t isn't so easy.
II don't see why they don't hold
it in the middle of the week. said
George Diffenbaugh." so those OF us
who have club jobs can play and
take care of our weekend business"
Sidney Banks of Old Point Comfort
has guaranteed the boys thousand
bucks, which isn't cigarette money
these days. They didn't find it easy
to raise much more than that with
the elaborate layout at Columbia
last fall.
The Middle Atlantic pros virtually
decided to accept the Banks offer
at their first meeting of the year at
Manor yesterday. Ralph Beach,
prexy of the pros, will set the date
within a week, and If all goes we'll
you can look for the tourney to be
held April 27 and %. But If the
boys keep on yelling about interfer-
ence with their weekend club jobs
the entry list may be small.
Jamison : Gibson Tie.
They also held their first informal
sweepstakes tourney of the year, and
the scoring was all right, consider
ing that a stit wind blew, the
course was soft and the putting
greens far from true. AL Janison.
who kept his game in gear at Miami
for a while this winter. tied for
first money at II with Andy Gibson
of the Bonnie View Club of Balti-
more. Jamison now is attached to
the new Bradley Hills Club. Mel
Shorey took down third money with
70. AL Houghton, new Beaver Dam
pro- and Tommy Doerer Of East Po-
tomac Park. had 75s.
Cliff Spencer, only Washington
pro who played most Of the big time
winter tournament circuit, had a
lot OF experience, but didn't win
much money. "It was fine playing
in all these tournaments with tho
big shots" said Clif1. But winning
was plenty tough. You have to be
very good and very consistent to
win in that company. And I don't
think I got all the good breaks.
Too many double bogeys. It only
takes one or two Of those to shove
YOU right out of the money"