Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-04
Best-BaII Golf Test
Al Bannockburn Has
Ace Amateur Field
List Closing Tomorrow
Likely to Contain as
Many as IS Poirs
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

A distinguished group of good
amateur linksmen have entered the
best-ball invitation tournament of
the Bannockburn Golf and Country
Club, to open over the hilly Glen
Echo course Friday morning. En-
tries will close with the Golf Com
mittee at pm. tomorrow, and may
total as high as rs pairs, entered
from all the clubs around Wash
ington, and from a few out-of town
points. Tournament Chairman John
Phelan today said already more
than 40 pairs have entered the
tourney.
More than 80 Bannockburn men,
berS will enter the affair, according
to Club Pro Tony Sylvester. An
entry fee Of S. covers lunch for three
days and dinner Friday night. AL
ready entered are the following top
flight pairs: Martin F.. Mccarthy
and George F. Miller, tWo-man
champions of the Columbia Country
Club; Volney Burnett and Eddie
Bean, a strong duo from Beaver
Dam; Billy Houghton of Bannock-
burn, and George Malloy, unat-
tached; Benno and Pat Jansen Of
Charlottesville, Va: L. J. Manders
ST., and Joe S. Baldwin of Washing
ton; Earle Skinker of Columbia and
Merrill Whittlesey of Manor: Harry
G. Pitt and Earl McAleer of Manor
and District Amateur Champion
Ralph Bogart and Maury Fitzgerald
Expects Peacock and Rippy.
Phelan expects the entry of Roger
Peacock and Claude Rippy, the
crack Indian Spring duo who lost
the Maryland beSt-ball champion
ship last Sunday. If Bannockburn
gets that pair their tournament will
be complete. They also expect sew
eral entries from Congressional, in
Guiding those of Parker Nolan and
Gene Pittman.
An 18-hole qualifying round Fri
day will be followed by four match
play rounds Saturday and Sunday.
Chevy Chase Club never has MANY
entries in its title links tourney, but
the current affair for the Hortsmanr
Trophy, which got under way yeSter-
day, strikes a new low in entries.
Only three men turned in cards over
the opening round in the 72-hole
title affair, won last year by Trolley
Wire" John F.. Brawner. One round
each day is scheduled today, tomor-
row and Friday.
Reeve Lewis, jr., led over the first
round with l0-over-par 10. BraWn-
er was next with 81, and C. Ashmead
Fuller was last with IS.
4S in Congressional Event.
Forty-eight players, segregated In
three flights, will start match play
Saturday in the opening rounds OF
the Presidents Cup tourney at Con-
gresSlonal. Two match rounds are
scheduled over the coming week end
Here are the pairings:
First fight-1 pm. Eden MacFarland
vs.. Charles 2: ouaTles Dr.. Noah Pomeroy
VS.. J. A. Agur; ITO: o. T. Smith VS. Verne
P. Simmons, T. E. Hughes VS. F. Robertson;
I:l5. c. A. Fergus vs.. J. E. Freeman, DR.
R. A. Kelly vs.. Pat j. Winkler.
Second fight-l.20 pm. W. w Bayfield,
vs. G. H. Hill. jr.; J. L. McElfresh VS.. W. z
Trevett; :25, R. S. DOYLE VS. A J. Crista-
doro, j. Mark Trice vs. J. p. Strong; j 30
Arthur E. Dowell VS.. NJ J Mcmillan, John
F. MAcCarron vs. W. 2. osgood; IS. Car
VS. George F Buskie.
Third f1ight-1:40 pm. H. ]. Klossnel
vs.. Frank E. johnson: F E McArdle VS.
Guy Hottell: l:45, John NJ Strait VS.
Temple w. Seay. Roy Rommel VS. q II
Singer: $50. T B Conlyn VS.. Marvin
Johnston, c. F. Smith vs. c. w Hammett:
:55, W. c. Eacho VS.. Ralph Moore, Henry
I. Quinn vs.. c. w. Dudley.