Evening star., 1941-07-22
Federal Linkswomen
To Stage Tourney
For First Time
Contest Port Of August
Program; Mrs. Butler
= Is Post Cup Star
Hy WALTER McCALLUM.

Uncle Samuel's golf1ng lads ant
iassies have another big tourna.
ment coming up next month.
Their individual championship
and team title Journeys virtually
over for the year, the men ano
women who work in the Govern
ment departments had little or
ganized golf scheduled for the bal
snce of the year until the Bradley
Hills Country Club today announced
q two-week tourney to run August
14-29 inclusive. One round each
week will be played, with handi-
caps. and in addition blind bogey
tourney.
One of the better features of the
event, and one which hasn't beer
arranged in past Government tour
news is a special event for feminine
PLAYERS It will be the first such
affair for Iinkswomen in the Gov
eminent service.
Eddie Adams. manager of the
Bradley Hills Club, says the tourney
will be open to all golfers who work
for the United States or District
governments. A handicap system
has been worked out which will, he
thinks, rate all the entrants on their
known ability.
Capture Post Trophies.
Another golfer who has worked
hard on her game. and has achieved
such success that within a short
time she has dropped her handicap
low enough to get into class A, has
reached the winners circle.
The woman is Mrs. r. S. Butler
of the Kenwood Golf and Country
Club an athletic competitor who
plays golf nearly every day. She
only took up golf three or four years
around town as one of the better
competitors, following her victory
in class A of the Washington Post
tourney at Manor.
Victorious in class B. for PLAYERS
with handicaps above 18, was Mrs,
Henry H. Goodman of the Wash
tngton Golf and Country Club, an
other who has not in past years
figured in the winning of the larger
tournaments.
Mrs. Meokley SparkIes.
Until few hours before the tour
hey started Mrs. Butler didn't know
her handicap had been sufficiently
n in ri
class A golfers competed at Manor,
while those in class B played at
Congressional But she scored a "a
over that tough Manor course, and
with her handicap of 19 strokes,
turned in a net score OF rs. 1t was
good enough to win by single
stroke, although Mrs. Betty P. Meek
ley. the consistent Maryland cham
plon. with net of II, was awarded
the gross prize for her card of 80,
taking her out of the net competi-
ton. Five tied for second net award.
with Mrs. Harry w Sharpe winning
after the cards had been matched.
Here are the winners in the Post
tourney:
2 Meckley lKenwood), so Net Mrs
r S Butler fKenwoodl s4-1s-16 Mrs.
Harry, W. Sharpe tKenwood). a0--1"-7s;
NJ Lafaysstte Frankin sr lWash,ns ton, ,
S5A-7s Mrs kur!5 Hanson 5S %eFe' 'chevy ;;
GfRess fWoodmoa ataSs aeisMsr Ms MIS- H eG2dTsn as
Gndian SPRING. $3.50
John S Connolly Washington, I0i: Mrs. s.
Henry H. Goodman Washington. Ill
999oo7533 Mrs Betty Nuttman ARMY Navy
iumbiai' 1ii-ssMsS: 'NIsn MIS- r s'IDer b Yo9ns I0
CWashingtonl. las: MRS. J. J.
J B, Foy Army Navy5, iiO-s6Es4
Ea1eline Bast Manor, 1Os-24-S4; Mrs,
Davies (BannockburnD. 1I1-26-s5
Next feminine tourney is the
affair for the National Broadcasting
Co. Cup at Columbia August 4.
Entries will close August |, with
Mrs, j. H. Jouett at Emerson 1888.
Following that one will come the
affair for British war relief at
Army Navy, scheduled for Au-
gust Is.
Brownell to Head Golf Team.
Bobby Brownell. the Middle At
iantic champion, will captain an all
star team of amateurs from the
Capital which will play team from
Annapolis over the new Naval Acad-
eny golf course August 9. Brownell
now is arranging a team of II of
the better simon pures from Wash
ington, and hopes to get all the top
stars of the city. The BOYS will be
entertained by the linksmen from
the Naval Academy at dinner after
the match.
Brovnell, Just now in the middle
of a hot winning streak, Is working
on a new putting stroke which he
thinks will cut down on those missed
puts which he. as every good golfer,
has. Bobby played with Witty Cox
q few days ago and was interested
In a stiff -wristed method of putting
which Cox uses.
Witty explained to him that all
the top stars use the stiff7yristed
method as against the loose-wrist
method, figuring it makes putting
more a mechanical matter than the
system by which the wrist bends
with the stroke Brownell has tried
It out and finds it works, while Cox
claims 1t is sure fire in the pinches
when fellow is apt to tighten up.
Always Checking on Game.
Bobby's stunt of playing Manor
In 81 strokes the other day would
indicate the youngster Is at the
crest of his game and doesn't need
any new kinks. But like all good
players, Bobby always is on the qui
vive for some improvement. That s
what makes good golfers better.
Brownell was one of the crack en-
trants in the Maryland open cham
pionship at Elkridge today and could
win the title.
Freddie Bolton, the lanky Be-
thesda boy who turned pro a short
time ago, is sure to become one Of
the real stars of the game, accord
Ing to his boss, Al Jamison of
Bradley Hills. Freddie is hitting the
ball a country mile, according to
Jamison, and with time to play and
practice. Is cinch to develop into a
real star. The youngster stands 6