Evening star., 1940-08-20
By WALTER McCALLUM.


They do things in a different way
at the Columbia Country Club.
Golf Chairman Paul M. Stewart
today announced the club Junior
title tourney will be played Sep
tember and and the defending
champion will not be Eligible to
defend; not because he has passed
the age limit but because he is the
champ.
Usually when links tournaments
are held the gent who won the
previous year is the target Of all
the lads. That cannot be in
the Columbia junior championship,
where they have a unique rule. AS
explained by Red" Banagan, it's
like this: I'VE don't want any re-
peaters in our junior championship.
Once they win they're out. They
don't have another chance" So
Solon Kemon, the youngster who
won last year. will be on the side
lines when the tournament comes
of early next month. So will Earle
Skinker, the met interscholastic
champ, who would be a standout if
allowed to play. Earle won the
title in 1898.
Favorites to win include George
Rita, Paul M. Stewart, jr.; Jimmy
Stanton, Steve Olds and Joe Barse.
W0odmOnt Not After Congressional.
When the Congressional Country
Club is sold at auction at 4:30 pm.
September 4. the Woodmont Coun-
try Club. as club, will not be among
the bidders. Nor will any group of
Woodmont members be interested in
bidding, so far as President Morris
Simon Of the Woodmont club knows
Rumors around town have had
the Woodmont club or a group Of
members Of that club interested in
bidding for Congressional. But
President Simon would like to know
the origin Of such rumors and dis
claims them emphatically on behalf
Of his organization.
In q letter sent to the Congress
sional club. he says, in part: Il
would like to know the source of
such a rumor So far as the Wood
mont Country Club is concerned, it
would not be interested in purchas-
ing at auction or otherwise the prop
erty occupied by the Congressional
Country Club or any other function
ing country club property. This
same position was taken with regard
to the Indian Spring Country Club
property which was offered to Wood
mont prior to its present sale.
The position of our club always
Is and always has been that it would
have no part in any plan which
would In any way interfere with
the operations Of an existing club.
so far as group of members
of Woodmont Country Club having
in mind the purchase of the Con-
gressional Country Club property,
have not heard a single member
express any interest therein, and I
am sure that I would have if such
is the case. 1t is the desire of our
club to correct any erroneous i'm
preston that may have been created
and to dispel the rumor."
Junior Team Win Predicted.
Capt. Earle Skinker of the Wash
ington junior golf team predicts a
close match but a victorious one for
/ the local juniors when they clash
with a Baltimore team of youngsters
tomorrow at the Argyle Country
Club.
I'VE have a pretty looking
team said Earle. "and one which
should do all right. 1t NAV be close.
but guess we can ma;lge to win
by point or two" Eddie Johnston
of Terra Mariae, heads the Balti-
more Junior group.
The matches were started three
years ago and supplement the usual
intercity amateur match, which
Washington won this year by but
single point. If the juniors do
all right tomorrow the older men
might toss flock of youngsters into
the Baltimore match next year.
Perhaps they'll win by more than a
point if they do that.
At the same time the Maryland
State Golf Association, under whose
auspices the junior match is to be
played. will toss tomorrow another
one of those all-inclusive golf af-
fairs at the Manor Country Club.
You can get all kinds of medal play
competition in that one at Manor,
from an amateur handicap event