Evening star., 1941-10-16
D. {. Pros Seeking Mid-At|antic Crown
Cruickshank Of Host
Club al Richmond
Held One 10 Beat
Meet Ends Yeur's Major
Sectional P. 6. A. Ploy;
Warner Leeds Seniors

Washington was deserted by all
its top golf professionals today as
the paid boys played in one of the
last major Journeys of the Middle
Atlantic P. G. A. for 1941. The af-
fair is the championship of the sec
tional pro association, over the So
hole route at the James River course
of the Country Club of Virginia,
ranked among golfers as one of the
better layouts in the East.
In the defending champions role
Is stocky Rut Coffey of Hagerstown,
Nd, the husky little fellow who has
a bright future in pro golf, and who
hits that ball very long distance.
Rut won't give up the title without
a genuine struggle and could Win
again, but the real favorites hailed
from Richmond and Washington.
Cruickshank Is Menace.
There's an old links adage that a
good golfer on his home course is a
10-minute egg. In other words give
a good player the advantage OF
knowledge of the rolls and breaks
and he is pretty likely to win. That's
the way matters stood today at
Richmond, where Bobby Cruick-
shank, the 47-year-old Scotsman, is
the home pro at the Country Club of
Virginia, and the man to whip in
the tourney.
An added feature of the affair was
a playoff over the first round for
the Washington Open championship.
Cruickshank, Al Houghton and Leo
Walper tied for the Washington
Open crown a month and half ago.
In addition 20 Cruicky the ia
vorites today were Witty Cox, who
never has won the Middle Atlantic
P. G. A. title; Al Houghton of
Beaver Dam; Leo Walper, twice a
champion, and Cliff Spencer, the
big boy from East Potomac Park.
Warner Wins Senior Title.
Senior golfers of the Chevy Chase
Club hail a new champion today.
The new titleholder is Dr.. John
Warner. who won the net award
with scores OF 81 and Sc for a gross
total of 173. With his handicap de-
Quoted Dr. Warner had net OF
141, good enough to win the crown
by single stroke.
Walter R. Tuckerman was the low
gross scorer with rounds of II and
rs for 152. DR.. Warner played in
Glass A. ages between 55 and 90.
Next to him was John Lewis Smith,
sr., playing in the 6l-65 class, with
a net of 142
Winners in the various classes
were;
clsss l55 70 99'PE & aslisPt! Jqhn aMa Wa5aer
4s--143: W. G. 6rantley. 9l-79-@4-
a4-a2-44-142; Gen. F. W Coleman;
Class Class & 666 SIC to 7ol-Leroy Eakin, So
sai45 sIf5 E e0l l. EaTsId VsTsia Sds6LSo GGh2Ta 90
80: P. S. Ridsdale, S2-S0-12-l50.
Keefer. 2E90~36-146; E NJ Taioott
e3-94-36-151.
Siamese Cup Event Starts.
Chevy Chase golfers, in the middle
OF their tourney for the Liberty Cup,
will start match play for the Siamese
trophy, with the following pairings:
]. F. Brawner (3) VS.. L. L, Nicholson
I5l: Kurtz Hanson Q2) VS.; Fred Hitz l5l;
J B. Patterson CS) VS.. Col. Edward Gilt
ford GS): henry Rayenel U0) VS.. H. r.
Fowler, OIL; E. NJ; Thompson m2l vs.:
G2) VS.. oscar Cooliean 15); Reeve Lewis
(3) VS.. DR.. T. NJ. Foley 90: DR.. R. c.
Ransdell Q7) VS.. W. G. Brantley Q0.
The trophy presented to the Mary
land State Golf Association by Mrs.
Myron Davy last year in honor OF
Mrs. Ralph w. Payne now is known
as the Maryland State Golf Associa-
ton Medal Play Cup. Mrs. Davy,
who has won the cup twice in row,
said the name has been changed.
Next years tourney will be staged
at a Washington club under the
rotation scheme explained at the
time of the gift.
Next year, if a proposed plan is
adopted, intercity feminine team
matches between Washington and
Baltimore aggregations in three
classes may be played. The plan
has been laid before the Women's
District Golf Association and will
be discussed at forthcoming COM
nittee meetings.