Evening star., 1940-06-10
By WALTER McCALLUM.

people interested in the Middle At
lantic Professional Golfers As3ocia-
ton, even though it did manage to
make mess of its championship
tourney last April. Probably there
are even more interested in the Vir-
ginia side of the picture, as it hasn't
been presented fully up to now.
Bobby Cruickshank, president of
the Virginia Open Golf Association,
an organization founded to promote
professional golf in Virginia, won't
attend the meeting Of the Middle
Atlantic p G.. A. at Belle Haven to-
day. The pros were to gather there
after general meeting scheduled
for Fredericksburg, Va, was cam
celed.
Bobby hasn't any particular ax to
grind. but he thinks the Virginia
pros didn't get exactly a square deal
where the Harper incident of last
April was concerned and aren't get
ting what they should get from the
P. G. A.
1--WE don't want much" said Bobby.
Here are my ideas: 7 would like
to see the sectional qualifying rounds
for the national P. G, A. champion
ship rotate among Washington.
Baltimore and Virginia. Further. I
would like to see held in Virginia
each year a tri-section team match
and eet-toeether. That isn't much
to ask, is it?"
Requests Appear Reasonable.
Not in several years have the
Washington and Baltimore pros
scheduled a Middle Atlantic P. G.. A
tourney in doWnState Virginia Nor
in several years have the sectional
rounds for the P G.. A. been held
there. So after all Bobby has some
thing.
Furthermore, said Bobby. Il am
going to do my best to have Witty
Cox elected president at the annual
meeting in October. I think Witty
would make fine president and
| would help the organization Bobby
said that there were some hastv
words spoken at the time of the
Harper incident. and that probably
all of us were wrong in some ways :"
But he added that out of all the
fuss there will come stronger
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. That
wouldn't be the worst thing either.
The boys haven't looked too good
lately.
Entire will close next Friday for
the Women's District championship.
which will be held at KenWood
June II to 81, inclusive. Entries will
be taken by Mrs A. A. McEntee at
Wisconsin 3683-J.
At Baltimore tomorrow ID WASH
ington feminine golfers will start
in the opening round of the Women S
Eastern Golf Association champion
ship over the Five Farms course of
Baltimore Country Club. The tour
ney will run for three days with
l0 holes scheduled eacr day
The dear gals are going to be
busybodies-in the golf sense-for
three straight weeks. On top of the
Eastern championship this week
and the District title tourney next
week will come the Maryland State
feminine championship at Hillen-
dale, to be played June 25. 26. 81,
% and 90 This one consistently
had been won for several straight
years by Washington women until
Mrs. Jerome Sloman of Baltimore
licked Mrs Leo Walper in the final
at Congressional last June.
Now, with the Baltimore gals
licking the Washington women in
team match a few weeks ago.
may be that the one-time supremacy
of the local clubswingers will be
overcome by their Baltimore rivals.
1t isn't Likely, though Betty Meek
ley, Mrs. Walter Stokes, Mrs. Wal
per and Mrs Myron Davy all seem
good enough to handle any links
arguments against any competition
in this sector.
Pros Look to P. G. A. Meet.
Barely finished with the National
Open championship, the pros of the
Capital have been called upon to
get their 1910 P. G. A. dues paid
up in order that they may be eligible
to compete in the national P. G.. A.
championship. This is scheduled for
August 25-September l at Hershey,
Pa, and the allotment of places in