Evening star., 1941-04-21
By WALTER McCALLUM.

Competitive golf around Wash
ington swings into real action this
week, with the feminine golfers,
high school and college boys usurp-
ing the spotlight in q series OF
affairs starting today and running
through the week. The women golf
ers had their inaugural tourney OF
the year at Washington today-the
affair for the Phyllis Keeler Miller
Memorial Trophy-held by the
women of the Washington Golf
and Country Club.
Friday they will start their team
matches In q series to run through
June 30, and next Monday they'll
play in the first Of the Women's Dis
trict Golf Association-sponsored
events, the affair for the Keefer Cup
at the Chevy Chase Club. Entries
for this event close Friday with
Mrs. w. J. Flather, jr., at Emerson
o246. The Keefer Cup tourney Is
for class A players, which means
women with handicaps up to ls
strokes.
Tomorrow the high and prep
school lads, who have been going
along on d light schedule 30 far,
have fivs matches scheduled, and
Wednesday two unbeaten local col
lege links teams clash at Bennock-
burn in q match which probably win
settle the unofficial college team
championship Of the city.
Georgetown, topdog OF the Eastern
intercollegiate loop, currently VIC
torious In its 1s41 matches, clashes
with George Washington's unbeaten
team, in . match which will be
watched by the rival coaches, Tony
Sylvester Of Georgetown and George
Diffenbaugh Of George Washington.
So the links schedule really gets
under way. To make 1t better the
high school boys have six more
matches scheduled Friday.
Golf Courses Need Rain.
Washington's sun-parched golf
courses, badly in need Of rain after
II days without precipitation, were
recovering today from the heaviest
week end onslaught Of the golf sea-
son. Every public and private course
was crowded all day, and Rock Greek
Park recorded the biggest crowd in
its history. Manager Harry Graham
said 800 people checked in ut Rock
Greek Park. I'VE couldn't get EN-
all started" he said. East Potomac
and Anacostia also had record
crowds.
The gent who says Washington
doesn't need more public golf facili-
ties is dead wrong. More and better
facilities are badly needed.
Congressional staged Its opening
field day tourney, an 18-hole handi-
cap affair, and several special events.
Pat Winkler won the gross award
in the 1S-hole tourney with . card
OF rs. Net prizes went to Verne p.
Simmons, 81-11-70. and A. ].
Cristadoro, o3-23-70. DR.. II. L.
Smith won the driving contest with
. poke Of $50 yards down the eighth
fairway.
Then the United States Senate
stepped In and took over. Leslie l..
Bifne, secretary Of the Senate ma
jority, won the pitching contest with
q shot 3 feet from the pin, and j.
Mark Trice, assistant to Col. Chesley
w. Jurney, the distinguished Senate
sergeant at arms and wielder OF the
historic mace, won the putting prize
with 28 strokes on the greens.
1t seems that the Senate is going
to have a golf bloc, too. They could
do worse than put Biffie and Trice
on any Senate links team.
Kenwood Holds Team Tourney.
Kenwood opened its season with
a two-n1an team tourney in five
flights. The results:
First i,,. hisht-E stt, 4; Vsayss and Charles
Anderson, ]. W. JaEo and Z. McLAushlin
beat v. O. Myers and J. A. Maloney
Second night-pr. Thurston and r. o.
Bacon beat Joe Wilson And 8; q: friea.