Evening star., 1941-08-31
Open and Woman-Pro
Events This Week
Start Fall Play
Boqurt's Poor Showing
In U. S. Title PIoy Is
Tip on STANDARD Here
By WALTER McCALLUM.


The links lads and lassies around
Washington this week move into the
opening phase of their fall roundup
of titles and tournaments. Half a
dozen big Journeys loom ahead for
the title-hungry golfers of both sexes
as they cast off summer restraint
and forge into two months OF events
which will decide several champion
ships, and a flock of club titles.
Not the least of the opening
affairs will be two scheduled for this
week. In order they are, the wom-
professional tourney slated Tues
day at Kenwood. and the luscious
Washington Open championship.
slated for Thursday at Indian
Spring. Scheduled within the next
fortnight are the District amateur
championship at Kenwood, starting
September 9, and the Grosner match
play amateur pro tourney at Manor.
Also included is what probably will
become one of the biggest of the
seasons amateur pro affairs, slated
at Columbia, September 8.
Golf pros around Washington al
ways seem to have some tough guy
getting in their hair. Last month 1t
was Amateur Bobby Brownell, shoot
ing a record score of l36 to snatch
the Maryland open crown from un-
der the noses of lot Of title-hunt-
ing and cash-needy pros.
Harper Potential Poison.
This week the gent in their hair
may come from Virginia. Chandler
Harper, the string-bean from Ports
mouth, and Bobby Cruickshank, the
47-year old from Richmond, may be
the men to whip in the Washington
open. Both have entered the affair.
The BOYS are safe from further in
cursions by Bobby Brownell. Bobby
is learning how to handle popgun
and is out of golf for stretch.
Along the amateur front. in addi-
ton to the District simon pure
tourney, the public links boys will
step out September Is in their own
title tourney to run for three days
at East Potomac Park. Combine
all these affairs with the Middle
Atlantic P G. A. championship at
Richmond September %, brace of
women's Journeys for the Corby Cup
and the Times-Herald cups at
Columbia, Kenwood and Congress
sional and flock of club champion
ships due to start Immediately and
you can see that competitive golf is
ready to swing into its full fall
stride.
Ralph Bogart. naturally. will be
the lad to lick in the District
amateur. He hasn't been whipped
in that tourney for two years, and
Brownell won't play this year. 1t
looms as another romp for Ralph
unless Volnev Burnett has a hot
round against the reigning champ.
The fireman appears the only man
around with enough firepower to
whip Bogart.
Bogart Is Yardstick.
All of which bespeaks no high
rating for amateur golf around the
Capital. Bogart was the lone
oualif1er for the tourney at Omaha.
barely made the qualifying grade at
the championship, and vanished in
the first round before Walter
Burkemo of Chicago. Yet Ralph
has dominated local amateur golf
for two years, and judged by that
yardstick is the cream of the local
crop. Thrice he has played in the
amateur championship, and he has
yet to win match. Tish, tish,
Ralph. That isn't so good. You
are better than that.
Nor will the women's national
championship cup come to Wash
ington this year. Only two local
competitors have entered the tourney
starting September 8 at Brookline,
Mass. They are Mrs. Myron Davy
of Columbia and Mrs. L. G. Pray
of Manor. Neither holds a sec
tional title. and there isn't much
hope they'll go far at Brookline
against the stars who will gather
to try to nudge out Betty Jameson
for the title.
It's gloomy picture where the
local golfers are concerned with
national tournaments. No local
amateur has done anything in the
national championship in three
years, and no feminine competitor
from Washington ever has made
worthwhile showing You'd think,
too. with all the competitive oppor-
tunities the women have around
Washington they would come up
with potential champion. This may
be prejudging the play of Mrs.
Davy and Mrs. Pray at Brookline,
but on their records to date they
cannot be rated around the top.