Evening star., 1940-07-22
By WALTER McCAILUM.

Professional golfers of the Middle
Atlantic sector steal the links show
this week. With the Bradley Hills
womens tourney Cancelled there are
two major events scheduled for the
paid boys. First and biggest of
these is the Maryland Open cham
pionship, slated for Columbia to-
morrow Second is the sectional
qualifying round for the P. G.. A.
championship, to be held at the Five
Farms course Of the Baltimore
Country Club Friday.
The tip is out that John ODon-
nell, surprise winner of the Mary
land Open last year. won't be the
champ when night falls tomorrow
John now is working for BOBBY
Cruickshank at Richmond and will
defend his crown. but a lot of the
lads appear to be playing, better
than the champ. AL Houghton, the
Bedford Springs title holder. wants
a fifth win of the Maryland crown
and is playing we'll enough to gain it.
Cliff Spencer, who won the Mid
die Atlantic p G. A. at Columbia
last year. wants his second Mary
land title. Witty Cox Graves a
chunk of that change. And hungry
Buck Worsham. the surprise of the
Bedford Springs tourney, may grab
it all. This Worsham boy is good
enough to win, even with compara-
lively little experience behind him.
The women will idle this week,
except for club tournaments They
had expected a busy week with the
Bradley Hills affair scheduled, but
hot weather put an end to that.
1t may be held in September or
October.
Four Team Matches Played.
Four team matches marked the
weekend calendar. High spot was
the initial victory of the Midgets
over the Giants at Indian Spring
For 10 long years the little men
have been seeking a victory over
the big fellows, whom DR.. Tommy
Utz used to call the "abysmal cave
men, This time they did it, by
the margin of 20l2 to 1872.
At the Army Navy Country Club
the host team, led by Pro Allan
Burton, thumped out 37-to-35 vic
tory over visiting outfit from the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
Anacostia's fast travelling links
team won a 16-to-2 match over
the Naval Officers Club from Dahl
gren, Va, with Bill Seay, the Ana
costa redhead. scoring 81. At
Woodmont. the home club golfers
licked a visiting Baltimore Subur-
ban Club outfit, 2lia to 8l2. In
this one Ralph Beach, Suburban
pro, shot level par SO against a
10 by Gene Larkin, Woodmont pro.
Balestri Sets Record.
At Beaver Dam Joe Balestri. put
ting his game in gear for the Inter-
national Printcrafts' Golf Associa-
ton tourney, scheduled to start
August 4, scored 3under-par SO
to set an amateur record for the
revised course. Joe played the
mines in "a and IS to win the Gros-
ner Trophy. Jim Gipe won the net
award with 7O-2-68. Tied at 10
for second net were J. McGeever,
Jesse Baggett, Dick Melbourne and
F. D. Smith.
G. w. Hammett shot an 81, with
a handicap of Is for net of 66
to win the Witty Cox tourney at
Congressional. DR.. Howard L.
Smith won the gross award with
10. In the Sunday breakfast four
somes Hammett, Eden, MacFar-
land, J. E. Taggart and c. w. Dud-
ley tied at net II. Foursome honors
went to the group composed of
Dudley, Hammett, MacFarland and
o. T. Smith.
Redskin Charley Malone shot a
4-under-par 68 at Congressional
over the week end.
Martin F. Mccarthy and George
F. Miller retained their hold on the
Cummings Cup at Columbia with
3-and-1 win in the challange
round over Don Buckingham and
Page Cornwell.
At Kenwood Jack Keele, medalist
in the Governors Trophy tourney,
dropped a frst-round match to E.
S. NARROW. John o. Bergelin, the
club champ, advanced to the second
round with a 3-and-2 victory over
H. B. Hunt
Manor Mixed FOursomc Tie.
At Manor the mixed foursome
tourney resulted in tie between
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Butler. Oh
24-67, and Mr.. and Mrs. R. N.
Trezise, 86-19-67. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Jones won third place with
net 50. The gross award went to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph P. Gibson with
80. Barbara Simons, holder of The
Star Trophy, won the women's blind
bogey tourney with 42-3-39 with
Mrs. w. J. La Bile next ct a.
l6-Se.