Evening star., 1941-01-08
Regulations 10 Cover
All Aspects Of Play,
Says Mrs. Weib|e
Meeting on January IS
Will Consider Druft
Of New Links Code
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Out of the new regulations on
feminine interclub team matches
and the generally tightened rules
for golf tournaments will come in
1941 rules setup that will cover
every situation. So Mrs. Walter L.
Weible, new president of the Wom-
ems District Golf Association, be-
lieves. Regulations covering changes
in the spring team matches now
are before the association and will
come up for final approval Janu-
airy Is.
I'VE have found" Mrs. Weible
said, that you cannot take any
thing for granted among women.
We must have a fixed set of rules
covering every situation. And we
should be governed, as far as pos
sible, by the tried and proven
United States Golf Association reg
ulations." Mrs. Weible is a firm be-
lever in U. S. G. A. rules.
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from Mrs. J. H. HUI, chairman of
the Women's Committee" she said.
Most of it pertains to team
matches. This part has been turned
over to our Team Match Committee.
The rest will be considered at our
later meetings"
Tourney Schedule Heavy.
With II major tournaments COM
ing up this year, in addition to the
team contests, the split-field method
of competition, first used in 1910.
will be retained. One of the jobs of
the Executive Committee at its ini-
tial meeting January IS will be to
draw up tentative schedule for
these affairs.
The tournaments for The Eve
ming Star trophies probably will be
played at Chevy Chase and Colum-
bia. These Journeys were won last
year by Barbara Simons of Manor
and Mrs. H. E. Davies of Bannock-
burn. Congressional is being dis
cussed for the District champion
ship, won in 1910 by Elizabeth
Houghton of Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Weible realizes that new sit
uations come up in golf with nearly
every tournament, but she wants to
cover specifically every possibility
of controversy with a clear-cut reg
ulation. In this she will be carry
ing forward the reorganization
plans of Mrs. Ralph w. Payne, who
five years ago drew up set of rules
covering nearly every situation.
d. c. Aces in Florida Meets.
The new prexy laughs about the
whole matter of regulations, but she
also agrees it has serious side.
Perhaps our rules will lack flex-
ibility," she says, but 7 find you
must cover every situation or some
one will pick holes in them. Worn-
en-, you know, are different"
Meanwhile Mrs Myron Davy, new
captain of the intercity team, is
preparing to leave for Florida, while
Mrs. Walter R. Stokes. assistant
captain, already is in Florida get
ting ready for the round of fem
mime tournaments in that State.
Initial tourney on the feminine
winter circuit is at Punta Gorda,
starting January II. Betty Hicks,
the California youngster who played
at Congressional few days ago
(scoring 79), looms as the gal to
lick around the feminine winter
loop.
Handicap changes since the close
of the season now place Mrs. Davy
as the top linkswoman of the city.
Her handicap, while officially two
strokes, actually is lower than that
because of the fractions involved
from scores turned in to the Handi.
cap Committee. Mrs. Stokes, the
Maryland champion, ranks second
on a handicap basis.
Mrs. Davy's Progress Rapid.
No woman golfer anywhere has
worked harder than Mrs. Davy,
nor has any golfer achieved her re-
suits. Four years ago she was a
duffer, breaking 100 once in while.
Today she heads the handicap list
of the Womens District Golf Asso-
citation.
BY hard work and constant prac-
tice she has improved her game
steadily. So far she hasn't won a
major sectional championship, how
ever. Her outstanding feat has been
win of the initial tourney for the
Mrs. Ralph w. Payne Trophy last
fall.