Evening star., 1940-02-04
Links TussIe Likely
To Be Held Late
In September
Meets Will Be Awarded
By D. G. Association
Tomorrow Night
Nv WALTER McCALLUM.

which the top amateur golfers Of
Washington will battle for the Dis
trict championship in September
this year.
The District Golf Association to.
morrow night at its annual meeting
will accept the offer of Chevy Chase
for the District simon pure tourney
In 1910, probably during the las'
week in September. The title tourney
was played at the Burning Tree Clut
In 1899, with the crown going to tai
Ralph Bogart, the Wilson High
School youngster. Bogart entered
from Indian Spring, but he also Il
the champion of the Army Navy
Club.
Thus Chevy Chase twice in one
year will entertain the leading anna
teurs of the town. The same clut
will hold its usual invitation tourney
for the Taft and Sherman trophies
May IS. 16 and IT.
Keilty to Be President.
Award of the two Journeys will
be the major business to come be.
fore the local fathers of golf when
they gather at the University Club
at 8 pm. tomorrow. DR.. Robert A
Keilty of Congressional will succeed
to the presidency in the usual rota-
tion order. D. D. l.. McGrew Of
Chevy Chase served in 1899.
That great golf course of Chevy
Chase Club, where the Curtis Cur
matches of 1884 were decided with
victory for the American gals, has
seen many District championships
over the years. But the 1910 affair
probably will be one of the best.
Just now, around town, there are
flock of Youngsters who know what
to do with a golf ball. Bobby
Brownell, Ralph Bogart, Billy Shea
and Billy DettWeiler among the
younger group and Claude Rippy
Volney Burnett, Earl McAleer and
Page Hufty among the older men
know their way around any golf
course. Bogart, particularly, plays
Chevy Chase very we'll.
Chip Shots.
Turf Culture, a valuable publica-
ton put out by the United States
Golf Association green's section, de-
votes large sector of the latest issue
to a discussion of experiments al
Capital Golf and Country Club.
Ir an article by DR.. John Monteith
director of the green's section, grass
response to fertilization and various
acid compounds at Capital is ex-
planned. Capital long has been a
guinea-pig for experimental work
by the greens section.
Witty Cox, Congressional pro, and
acting manager of that big club
plans to leave Washington February
IL for month around Miami. Witty
probably won't play much golf. Be-
tween the snow and his new job, he
hasn't touched club for almost two
months.
Congressional has just published
history of the club since its founda-
tion in December, 1921.
Women golfers of Washington
having decided to split the fields ir
several tournaments this year. will
map out their complete schedule be-
fore March l. The District cham
pionship will go to Kenwood for the
first time since 1882. That was the
year Helen Dettweiler, then cub
golfer, went to the final round
where she was licked by Mrs. Elsie
HAYNES.
The blond gal from Congressional
has gone places since. Today she is
one of the top feminine golf pros Of
the land and reigning Western wom'
ems champ.
Indian Spring Loses Meets.
The women are puzzled over the
situation at Indian Spring. Fol
years it has been one of their favo-
rite courses, with two starting tees
But now, with only nine hole avail
able in 1940 will they use it so much:
They don't yet know.
In any event, Indian Spring is out
as scene of major affairs, which
usually are neld on an 10-hole
course.
Congratulations to Mrs. Frank
Kramer on her reappointment az
tournament chairman. She did ar
outstanding job last year.
At Chevy Chase, Bill Hardy is
having his busiest season making
clubs for Bob Barnett's customers at
Miami Beach. But Bill has yet to
hear from his boss by mail. BOZ
wires and long distances, but he sell
dom writes. Maybe he has writer's
cramp.
But the greens are clear at Chevy
Chase, and if there we're any rugged
golfers to play they could putt or
grass instead of snow and ice
Greenskeeper Dick Watson clears
those greens as soon as snow stops
falling.
But at most other courses the
skiiers can 60 right across the snow
covered green's. At Washington las'
Sunday a skier was seriously injured
In a crackup in the ditch at the 9tf
hole. Lots of golfers have cracked
up on that hole, too.
Joke on Mackenzie.
Redvers Mackenzie, the Eagles
hockey coach, who is a pro golfer II
the summer, wants to find the fellow
who told him he wouldn't need ar
overcoat in Washington during the
winter. The same chap told him tt
bring his golf clubs to the Capital
"Ive hardly seen the ground since
December" grins Red.
And as for that overcoat? If
didn't have 1t I'd be in the hospita
now"
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