Evening star., 1941-08-29
BeW Of tournaments
To Be Staged There
On September II
Hoeon-Demoret Against
Wood -Ghezzi Likely
To Draw Big Cote
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


Busy arranging details of the
forthcoming exhibition match star
ring Ben Hogan and Jimmy
Demaret against Craig Wood and
Vic Ghezzi, the big gent who
handles golf affairs at the Congress
sional Country Club is taking time
out now to arrange one of the big
links days of the year. 1t will be
at Congressional September II, &C
cording to present plans. and WHY
Cox, the club pro, is in the middle
Of the whole thing.
Between Witty and Coli Com
mittee Chairman Henry I. Quinn they
have arranged a program OF INKS
affairs that will transcend any gol1
day at any country club this year.
They'u have a flock of tournaments
of all kinds, including driving con-
tests. pitching and putting events,
blind bogey and medal play handl-
cap affairs, plus whatever added
events the fertile mind of the Cox
man can tnlnk up.
They have named a committee OF
about 80 members OF the club 10
supervise this mammoth field day,
to wind up with a dinner at night.
And if there's anything left undone
In a golf way that day and Cox
hears about it, he'll arrange that
1t be put on. That's the KIND ot
day they are planning at Congress
sional-a golf day to end all golf
days, or perhaps to bring about more
Of the same.
ID. c. Links Body Might Pattern.
It's much the same sort of thing
the District Golf Association might
foster every year, in the form OF a
club relations day at one of the
country clubs around town once a
year. They could, in the interest
of a better spirit for the organiza-
ton and for the game itself, foster
a club relations day every year,
stage a series of Journeys, and wind
up with a dinner at night They
do it in the Chicago area, with
profit to the Chicago District Golf
Association and a better under
standing all around And when we
say profit, we don't mean it in the
money sense.
- That also is the aim of the golf
day at Congressional, to spread the
doctrine of good fellowship and club
spirit. Each member may bring
three guests and make up his own
foursome.
Manders New Junior Champ.
Logan Manders is the new junior
golf champion of the Washington
Golf and Country Club. Logan, the
teen age son of N. j. Manders,
scored an "a to win the title over
a small field. B. Bell and r. Early
tied for second with scores of 90.
Meanwhile at Columbia, IL sur
vivors of the first round in the
junior club championship were play
ing their semiflnal and final round.
today, with Tom o. Brandon, jr.,
the District junior champ, firmly
established as the favorite. Tom
won the medal with a 6 over par
rs yesterday, and won his first round
match handily.
Today's semifinal pairings in the
three flights were: First flight, Tom
Hopper VS.. George Rita, Tom Bran
don VS.. Jimmy Stanton; second
fight, j. C. Walker VS.. Tom Perry
ClaX Walker VS.. Nelson Woodson: ::
third flight, Dana Belser, jr., VS.. j.
Bartlett; Joe Lotus VS.. w. L. Bark
dull.
Cox Arranging Exhibition.
Cox hasn't yet arranged all the
details of the forthcoming exhi-
bition match, but he isn't worried
about it at all. we won't have any
trouble getting those fellows to-
gether," said Witty. After all, it's
q natural, isn't it. And the money
they'll get will be interesting.
Wood and Ghezzi are old friends
Of Cox, and Witty knows the other
boys well.
The place and date haven't vet
been set, but it will be played at a
local club some time after the mid
die of October. A match of that
stature should draw the links faith
full out in f1ocks, and should be the
match to settle a long-term argu-
ment among golf fans as to whether
the links lads and lassies of the
Capital will turn out to see a high
class exhibition of the best men ir
the game.
That Sam Snead. Ralph Guldahl
Witty Cox, Jimmy Thomson match
at Congressional drew less than
$1,000 at buck a head in 1899 II
seemed to prove that Washington
Is not town to pack EN- in at the
gate for a good exhibition match
But conditions have changed. A lot
OF people new to the town have
money to spend A lot of golfers
are among them. 1t is very possible
that the Hogan-Demaret VS.. Wood
Ghezzi match may draw three grand
at the gate 1t should by any yard
stick. It's the pro match of the year