Evening star., 1940-07-07
81 Of 109 Scheduled
For Sectional Test
From District
Little, Oliver CIoshing
In Series; Cox Doomed
For M. A. P. 6. A. Head
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

In the national public links title
tourney to be played at Detroit
July 22-27, inclusive.
Most of the field will turn up with
sore dogs and bad case of disap-
pointment. but three of the WASH
ington qualiflers-if Washington
qualities three men-Will get a free
trip to Detroit from the bulging
pocketbook of Severine c. Leoff1er,
the rotund gent who has monopoly
on public links golf around the
Capital.
Leoffler dons his Santa Claus
costume every year about this time
and digs down in his jeans to help
the public links boys on their way
to the national tourney. All he has
gotten out of it in past years has
been some publicity, some good will
and a chance to swell out his chest
back in 1886 when Claude Rippy of
East Potomac Park went to the final
round in the national tourney staged
at Bethpage State Park, Long Island.
Eighty-One Capital Entrants.
Tommy Doerer, jr., lad who
knows what makes the golf wheels
go round. will run the show. Tommy
is the golf manager at East Potomac
Park and also is the public links
representative for Washington on
the United States Golf Association
Committee.
Eighty-one of the entrants are
from washington and surrounding
territory, while % aspirants will come
over from Baltimore.
Here is the starting schedule:
3 am, Robert Brown, William Davis
Smith, T. Welby Kines. Theodore King;
$40, George Graham, NJ. L, Keosh' zs Wesley
Mazeiton M ittnss Alfred ED Guyette T s' $40, " H
Miller. Henry Tetrault RAYMOND E. Turner;
s:25, Robert Ruane, George Winkler. Julian
turner. iri1eS kenneth zent: s:35, Athol ElllS
tr.: Sam Parks. joseph Turner; S;4u: M n
ETkenbrack Ralph Wight1 & Alfred 81 Birmihg1 1nbI,
Jankowski: $50, Thomas Jones, Graham
Hutchinson, James Reilly: 500, arthur
900 Jack Kieh, Harry Saunders, Arthur
Myers: 9;05, Donald Sullivan; Gerard sam sam
son, Robert, Bowers; -9:10. Thomas SIC, Cook,
Hogarty, Baltimore; Kenneth zoller, Will
liam Lespley: $40. Fred Chamison. Peter
SIN. sPk Ks@ cpf BuEEss1 aS swes9s Ghsrfs asG
Charles Beeler, jr: Newton Grove. Balti-
more; Louis Dop: 9:3o, U7ndeFgood oE:o,1 Bob
$40, Charles jaime and Alber Laur; Balti-
more; Miles Applebury: 9:45. c. G. Hamme
jr., Baltimore; J. l. Andestad, Ray y Andes. N
Gene Fossum. George Brownlew; 9:555
james Duke, Baltimore: Robert Mcdonald
any neSo NeiSon Jelsev Baltimore. James
Patterson, severine L9efher, jr; lo;o5, :5
Lawrence Wisner and. William Cole Baltl-
RiVero .Ula: Baltmore: o Nike oliver, Bob Elan;
1O:15, James E. Lowry and Charles Meyer
Baltimore; Gilbert Willett I0;30, w. w w;
Bolton; 1925. Frank Sperando Baltimore
W w. Seay, Harold Bowers: 1920. james
timore; Charles Alexander: 1925. J. Ken
meth Scales Baltimore: Morris Gershenson,
Cliff ANDREWS; lO:4o, Stewart Foxwell; John a
E j, Brown, jr. and William Parker, Bal
timore; Ralph Grimes: II :00 Renson En-
sor Baltimore: Keith Kallio. Pat Axtell.
11:o5, Frank sparandeo, ir., and Ellis
worth Widerman Baltimore: Ralph Jarbett.
Oliver Is No Sorehead.
Roger Peacock and Henry G..
Picard, the national P. G. A. champ,
will meet Cliff Spencer and Claude
Rippy for the District Open pro-
amateur championship at Indian
Spring at pm. today. The two
duos tied for the title in a Red
Cross benefit affair at Indian
Spring last Thursday in burst
of scoring seldom equaled any
where. Peacock scored an indi-
vidual 66, holing out all his puts,
while Spencer played the first nine
in 30. Had Cliff holed out he
might have been 66 or better, but
when Rippy had the hole in hand
Cliff picked up.
Yesterday at Buffalo Lawson Lit
tie, National Open king, met Ed
Oliver in the first of series of
five matches. This one was played
at Buffalo. Others are scheduled
for Detroit and Chicago. "They
don't mean anything" said Ed. But
we'll pick up some change and have
some fun"
Oliver is no sorehead. He hasn't
uttered a single squawk over his
disqualification in the National
Open, which he might have won.
"I've seen the boys start every
where ahead of time" he said. Its
done ali the time. But I guess at
, doesn't go in the National Open
Little is an admirer of Oliver.
'That boy is all right" says Law
son. "He got bad break, but he
hasn't yelled his head off about it,
and he is getting some fine pub
licity, which is o. K. He'll win some
day"
Ed is % and has around 10 win
ming years ahead of him.
Sarazen Well Socked.
Gene Sarazen sticks to knickers.
He is the only top pro who shuns
long jeans. But Gene has trouble
getting knee-length stockings to go
with the short pants. He bought
180 pairs in Pittsburgh. They
ought to last a WHILE" Gene grin
ned.
That Sarazen guy at 38 years OF
age, remains Americas outStand-
ing older pro. He has heart as
big as his chest and courage to
spare.
Witty Cox is being doomed for
the presidency of the Middle At
lantic P. G. A., and will accept If
the boys get behind him. Witty
would make fine president and
would stop all the squabbling that
goes on. Witty wouldn't let any
scraps go on, for he has habit
of turning any situation into a
laugh.
Bobby Cruickshank's dad, up in
North Scotland, regularly sends over
5 pounds British money to bet on
Henry Picard to win the national
open. Don't you think you ought
to give him a break and win?'
Bobby asked of Picard. I'D like
nothing better" said Pic.
Mixed Tourney Wednesday.
Wednesday at Congressional 9
flock of the gals and boys will
eo+oer IN p1aV in a MARYLAND State