Evening star., 1941-07-01
BaIestri Is Spearhead
In Woodmont Match
AsG. A. 0. Is Beaten
All But One of 6 Teams
For Round Robin Title
PIuy Now Are Decided
BY WALTER McCALLUM,

Back in the winning picture again
today, with a good chance to repeat
their 1899 victory in The Star tour
ney for Federal employees, is the
Government Printing Office links
team. viCtOrS in section 3 of class
A. The printers today joined four
other section winners who will COM
pete in round robin Journeys for
the big championship in September.
Closing with rush, after being
submerged throughout most of the
early season, the Government Print
ing Office outfit, with Joe BaleStri
as the Spearhead again, won their
section title yesterday, licking a
hard fighting General Accounting
Office team in the final match of
the elimination series at Woodmont,
5 to l. Government Printing Office
wound up the section play with PAP
points. General Accounting Office
and Commerce each finished in that
section with 1912 points.
PostpOnementS to Slow Play.
The printers will enter the round
ton Finance Corps fine outfit, vic
tors in section 2, as one of their
opponents Postponements caused
by rush of defense work have slowed
Up play in class A. section l, which
Will not be completed for more than
week. But all other sections have
been finished.
ViCtors are: Glass A, section 2,
Reconstruction Finance, 81 points;
section 3, Government Printing Of
fee, 24l 2 points.
Class B, section |, Patent Office,
"a points; section 2, Agriculture, 19
points; section 3, Treasury, 2412
points.
With much the same team as
that which won the Government
championship in 1899. the printers
left no doubt as to their superiority
over the Accounting Office boys in
their final match at Woodmont
yesterday. Balesri shot an inGi-
vidual SO. and with Southpaw Dale,
won 2l2 points from Jack Harris and
Ted Rutley. Big Bill Lawrence, star
of the 1889 G. P. o. victory paired
with dependable Al Schneider to
win 2i2 points more for the men
from Uncle Sans big print shop
over Don Dudley and Joe Wilson
of G. A. o.
In Section l a match between
Treasury and Treasury Defense,
the latter the section leader.
remains to be played So does a
match between War and Social Sc /
Curity. That section, with matches
DELAYED by necessary work, will be
completed 10 days hence.
Aggies Come Through.
In Section 2 Class B. the Agri- I
culture team, although losing their
final match by to margin,
won by a point and a half. This /.
section was particularly hard /
fought The Aggie team was COM
posed of F w. Hallagan, Charles
Meyer, Lyall Peterson. R. F. Nc
Donald and w. E. Watkins. Meri-
torlous was the determined stand
of a group of doctors from Mount
Alto Hospital, who fought their
way into third place in this section
with a team composed of Drs. W.
D. Lanier, J. w. Nesbit, F. S. Bacon
ard J, A. Thurston.
The Treasury B team, victors in
their class. included H. N. Ban
mister, Settle Headley, Russell Ross
and Joe K. Zoeller.
And now the men can rest awhile |
from those tough golf matches. |
They've been at it since April %. |
That is all can rest except those |
in Glass A, Section /. The way the
matches have worked out, with all .
sections hard fought right down to .
the final again stamps Director
Chuck Redick as an ace handicap |
per.