Evening star., 1940-06-28
JuIy4 Exhibition Play
Attracts Peacock,
Bogart, Burnett
Simon-pures to Receive
Valuable Medals; Meet
Opens at Capital
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


In all the fuss about the bis
names of national golf who will
appear in the Red Cross pro-ama-
teur exhibition match at Indian
Spring July the amateurs have
been very much neglected. In fact
the simon pures hardly have been
talked about at all.
The conversation has been about
gents like SaraZen, Picard, Thom-
son, Smith, Runyan, Penna, Barnes
and the other national pro figures
The amateurs have been behind the
8-ball in the preliminary publicity
Now the amateurs, even though
they won't draw the crowds as will
the pros, happen to be fairly i'm
portant figures even in such an af-
fair as this. Medals will go to the
winning pair, and they won't be
paltry little bronze things, either
They will, in the words of Chairman
Joe Hayes of the Indian Spring
committee, be "the best that can
be bought" So some amateur
and probably a local amateur-will
come in for nice chunk of medal.
Few Pairings Announced.
So far the entries haven't yet
been tabulated. Nor have the pair
ings of partners and foursomes. But
a few have been announced. Here
they are: Henry Picard, Hershey
Pa. and Roger Peacock (amateur)
Indian Spring; Witty Cox, Congress
sional, and Ralph Bogart lama
teur), Congressional; Paul Runyan
Metropolis, N. Y, and Harold Berg
man (amateur), Metropolis; Jimmy
Thomson, Chicopee, Mass, ano
Charley Malone (amateur), Con-
gressional; AL Houghton, Beaver
Dam, and Volney Burnett lama
teur), Beaver Dam.
Runyan notified the committee
that he is bringing Bergman, cham
pion of Metropolis, for the affair
Undoubtedly some other informal
pairlngs have been made, and more
Will be made, using prominent
amateurs around town. The COM
plete list will be announced within
a few days.
Eddie Oliver, who forfeited a win
ming chance in the recent National
Open by starting play ahead of
schedule, is the latest pro to an
nounce he will play. in the July 4
exhibition.
Secretary Bill Barr of the District
Golf Association will run the tourney
and handle the scoreboard.
The day after the Red Cross affair
Sarazen will pair with Cliff Spencer,
East Potomac pro, against Allan
Burton, Army Navy pro. and Bur-
tons brother Danny at Army Navy.
Women's Matches Due for Change.
A new deal for feminine team
matches In 1941 looms as the result
OF an Executive Committee meeting
of the Women's District Golf Asso-
citation at Columbia.
For some time there has been
growing dissatisfaction with the
team setup, with some of the weaker
clubs claiming they have to sacri-
flee their first teams in order to put
second and third teams in the field
One of the proposals was that all
team matches in the future be
played with handicaps. But a more
equitable solution seems to be the
idea of Mrs. Robert A. Lacey, presi-
dent of the women's association.
Briefly, Mrs. Lacey proposes that
first-tea matches be played at
scratch, but that team members be
limited to players with handicaps
not to exceed II strokes. This would
have the effect, she claims, of elimi-
mating all but the strong teams and
might limit the number of first
teams to four. Other teams-the
second and third teams-would play
with handicaps.
Mrs. Lacey pointed out that these
are only suggestions and have not
been decided upon. But undoubt-
edly next year will see drastic
revision of the team match system
in use by the feminine golfers.