Evening star., 1941-05-18
Title 10 Be Defended
By Barbara Simons
In 24th Renewal
Meet for Class B Group
Slated May 23; Golfers
Eve Sectional Test
By WALTER McCALLUM.

One of the major golf tourna-
Ynents for the feminine players
around Washington comes up to-
morrow over the tricky course of
Washington Golf and Country Club
when strong field will compete
in the oath annual event for The
Evening Star trophies.
Oldest consecutive tournament Tor
women golfers held around Wash
ington, with the single exception of
the District championship, The Star
tourney this year is split into two
classes, based on Women's District
Golf Association handicaps. Glass A
players, with handicaps of 18 strokes
and below, will compete tomorrow
Glass B players, with handicapS 19
to 36, inclusive, will compete over
the same course on May %. The
Star will give prizes for best gross
and net scores in both classes.
The Star tourney started in 1877,
when the beloved Rudolph Kauff-
mann, then managing editor, pre-
sented to the feminine golfers of
Washington a trophy for which all
women golfers are eligible to play.
The tourney has been played each
year since. except in 1918.
On the Star cup are the names of
nearly all the top linkSwomen since
1917, although, strangely enough,
Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, Helen Dett-
weller, Marion Brown and Mrs. j..
Marvin Haynes, all former District
champions, were not able to win
the tourney.
Barbara SimOns Defends Title.
Present class A champion is win
some Barbara Simons, youthful
Manor Country Club star, who will
defend in the tourney at Washing
ton tomorrow. 1t will be the first
tournament this year for the Simons
youngster. Mrs. H. E. Davies OF
Bannockburn won the class B tour
ney last year over her own course.
Previous winners of The Star
Trophy: 1917, Mrs. Charles L. Frai-
ley; 1919, Louisa Pierce; 1920, Mrs.
j. r. De Farges; 1921, Mrs. j. W..
Rankin; 1922, Mrs. L. o. Cameron;
1923, Carolyn Warner; 1924, Ruth
Tanner: 1925. Mrs. Alma Won Stein
ner; 1925 and 1927, Dorothy White;
1928, Winifred Faunce; 1929, Mrs.
j. N. Hodges; 1890, Mrs. j. o. Rhyme;
1881, Mrs. Alma Won Steinner; 1882,
Virginia Williams; 1888, Mrs. j. E.
P. Davis; 1884, Mrs. L. B. Platt; 1885.
Mrs. L. G. Pray; 1886, Mrs. T. j.
johnson: 1887, Mrs. Walter r.
Stokes; 1888 and 1899, Mrs. Rich
ard D. Kreuzburg; 1910, Barbara
Simons and Mrs. H. E. Davies.
Sectional Test Next Week.
A week from tomorrow a strong
pro field and smattering of anna
teurs who will be along only for
the ride, 60 to the post at Colum-
bia Country Club in the 36-hole
sectional qualification round for the
national open championship. While
peirings and starting times, together
with the number of quaiifiers sec
tionally, have not vyet been an
nounced by the U. S. G.. A, it is
lldl Oly 1IhCly bIIdG iiiOtC biioiA eAiA &C
places will be allotted to this sector.
The championship proper will be
at Fort Worth, Tex, starting June 5.
Fred Mcleod, 1903 national champ,
will be sitting on the sidelines
watching the other lads suffer
through 36 holes of play. For the
first time Freddie automatically is
eligible under a new rule permit
ting all former champs to play
without sectional qualification. Andy
Gibson of Baltimore's Bonnie View
Club also is eligible. Andy finished
goth last year.
Chief of the stars to come to
Washington for the sectional trials
will be Bobby Cruickshank, veteran
Country Club of Virginia pro, who
twice has been runnerup for the
national title. Bobby tied in 1923
and lost in playoff to Bob Jones.
He also tied for second in 1882.
Tomorrow at Baltimores Mount
Pleasant course a good field of pros
and amateurs from the mid Atlantic
sector will compete in an amateur
pro event to be staged by the Middle
Atlantic P. G. A.