Evening star., 1941-01-09
Webb S Return Boon
To Team, but Loss
OF Clarke Hurts
Trophies Won in lo40
Will Be Presented at
Dinner This Month
By WALTER McCALLUM.

For three years now the links
team of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation has been before the
matches started a tough number
So far they have fallen shy of their
predicted top ranking, for various
reasons. in the Government match
play tournaments sponsored by The
Star. But the Sleuths think they
are all set this year for a winning
campaign, even though they've lost
one of their top men in Astor
Clarke, who has resigned from the
F. B. I. to take bowling promo
ton job.
Reason for the optimism of the
F. B. I. team members and the
top position Tournament Director
Chuck Redick already has assigned
them (mentally) in the 1941 tour
ney, is the return to Washington
of Tommy Webb, the Columbia
Country Club stalwart and former
cluo champion. Tommy, who used
to play a lot of football center for
the University of Maryland, has
been out of the city for two years,
and now is back to stay for while.
He will be eligible for the match
play tourney this year.
Has Young Team.
A team young in years and plen-
tifully sprinkled with impressive
links talent will represent the
Sleuths this year. They'll have
Webb, Billy Dettweiler, the Con-
gressional youngsters who has been
one of the top amateurs around
town for quite a few years; Carl
BetSch, and Sam Blase.
The first two, of course, are good
enough to win flock of points
against any opposition, even though
The Star tourney has uncovered
some good golfers in the three years
of competition.
Maurice Cooper of Argyle, Wilbur
Seay of AnacoStia and the Agricul-
ture team, Don Miller, John Miller,
Bob OMalley and Jack Palmer of
the championship Accounts and De-
posits outfit: Jerry Hart and Jock
Olmstead of General Accounting
have been ranked as good golfers
for quite while.
But Pat Cook, Pat Winkler, Art
Myers, Gene Fossum, Joy Weisen-
berger and Joe Wilson were revealed
during the Federal matches as bet
ter than average club swingers.
Trophies won in the 1910 matches
will be presented at a dinner to be
held at one of the country clubs
within fortnight. Arrangements
are being made by Bob OMalley
of the championship Accounts and
Deposits team.
War Department has lost three
Of its stars in the transfer from
Washington of Tom Belshe, now a
lieutenant in the Army at Fort
BenningS, Ga, and the assignments,
also at Bennings, of 1t. Col. J. o.
Francis and Maj. Floyd L. Parks
Defense Program May Interfere.
These three have been prominent
members of the War team for
several years. 1t is possible that
neither War or Navy will be
represented in the 1941 matches
because of the accelerated pace of
the national defense program.
Plans for the 1941 matches will
be made at meeting to be held late
in March, when Chuck Redick, for
mer president of the Federal Golf
Association. again will be named
director of The Star tourney Redick
not only has arranged the intricate
schedule in past years, but has
predicted with unfailing accuracy
the winners in the various classes.
Section winners in 1910 were
(Class Al Agriculture, Accounts and
Deposits and General Accounting
Office. (Class b Reconstruction
Finance and Public Buildings.
Thirty teams in five classes COM
peted last year. Much the same
setup will be arranged for 1941,
with the elimination matches to
be played May and June, followed
by a round robin final in September
and October.