Evening star., 1941-07-18
Players Will Qualify
Al Three Courses,
Doerer States
Postponements Bonned;
Bogort Aronees Hard
Schedule for Self
By WALTER McCALLUM.


ton will play in their city champion
ship September Is, is and II, at all
the courses, with match rounds at
East Potomac Park.
Announcement of the city mu-
nicipal links title tourney was made
today by Tommy Doerer. East Po-
tomac Park manager and spark plug
of golf promotion on the pay-as-
you-play layouts. To the winner
will go replica of the S. G. Leoffler
trophy, who also will have his name
engraved on the big trophy put up
by the public course concessionnaire
Leroy Smith, Labor Department
employe. North Carolina lad who
has been in Washington only three
or four years. is the reigning champ
and will be tough hombre to lick.
Smith is not the best golfer around
town, but he knows the East Poto-
mac Park course as a Well-thumbed
book and has habit of recovering
from bad shots in a manner that
isn't helpful to the peace of mind
OF his opponents. He has been called
a "Scrambler," which is an inelegant
golf term describing a gent who hits
the ball all over the lot and comes
up with par. But the description
doesn't exactly fit Smith, who hap
pens TO be good golfer, and 4
scrapper from way back.
Sixteen to Qualify.
Eight qualifiers from East Poto-
mac Park playing 36 holes of medal
play September Is. will form the
backbone of the Is qualifiers on
September Is. Four each will quail
ify from Rock Greek and Anacostia
Park, rounding out the flight of Is,
who will start at match play at
East Potomac the following morn
ing.
DOerer will run the tourney in his
capacity as public links representa-
tive here. and will handle it in the
right way That means, according
to Tommy, that any man who quail
lies and turns in his name for
match play must be ready to start
at the assigned time No more of
this postponement stuff because a
fellow cannot get off from work"
said Tommy. Well run this tourney
through in three days, no matter
what happens. 1t will be just as any
other tournament" A medal will 20
to the low qualifier at each course.
Bosart Has Full Schedule.
Ralph Bogart, the tall District
champion. has quite a schedule
mapped out for himself over the
next few weeks, winding up with
the District amateur championship
at Kenwood, starting September 8.
Ralph, who plays golf every day,
will compete in the Maryland open
championship at Elkridge next
Tuesday and will leave right after
the Maryland affair for a tourney
at Newport, r. l., where he will
have a Navy commander as his
partner in q low-handicap-hieh
handicap affair. Then Ralph will
skip over to New York where he
will play with Roger Peacock as his
partner in the John G. Anderson
memorial tourney at Winged Foot
early in August. He will be back
in this area August IA for the sec
tional qualification rounds for the
amateur championship to be held
at the Country Club of Maryland.
and then, 'he hopes will 60 to
Omaha to play in the champion
ship itself, late in August.
After that Ralph will not have
much to do before he tries again
to win the District title. If he
succeeds in making it three In a
row he'll eclipse the record of
George j. Voigt, who won two in
row years ago.
Pros Meet Tonight.
Middle Atlantic p. G. A. members
are to gather tonight at the Balti-
more Suburban Club for one of
their quarterly business meetings.
The gathering will not be preceded
by a golf tournament. Witty Cox.
P. G. A. prexy, does not know of
any important business to come be-
fore the body
Meanwhile, Al Houghton, tourns =
ment chairman for the Washington
area OF the P. G.. A., is looking
around for a site for the Washing
ton open championship, scheduled
for August 4. Tentatively the tour
ney has been listed either for Army
Navy or Belle Haven, but the site
has not been chosen. Neither of
those clubs has been assigned /.
tourney so far this year by the Mid
Atlantic P. G.. A.
Many of the pros are planning an
early trip TO Bedford Springs. Pa.
Where an amateur-pro and open
tourney will be held July 27 and
~, With a purse which will total
more than $500. Houghton, who
thrice has won the Bedford Springs
title, will defend. He plans to leave
Washington next FRIDAY to famil-