Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Mrs. NebIett's Entry
Heightens Interest
In Starry Event
Louisiana State Champ
Of Uncertain Status;
Mrs. MeekIey lips
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

affair that may prove the most tor
rid event of the year (and we don't
mean the temperature) has crept
up on the feminine golfers of the
town. The District womenS cham
pionship will be played next week
for the most coveted title of them
all, with those woodS-enshrouded
fairways at the Manor Country
Club to be the scene of tourna-
ment that may pale into insignifl-
canoe all the District championships
that have gone before.
For one thing, newcomer and
possible winner has been projected
into the local scene in the person
of Mrs. Thomas F. Neblett, Louisi-
ana State champion, who will enter
the event.
Second, the early season has been
spiced by the sparkling golf of Mrs.
Betty P Meckley, a former winner
of all the titles in this sector, but
a competitor who hasn't boosted a
State or local title for several
years. And third, Mrs Myron Davy,
lowest handicapped local feminine
golfer, will be making her second
competitive start of the year. These
factors, plus the presence of Mrs
Leo Walper, winner of two gross
prizes so far this year and victor
in another handicap tourney; plus
the presence of Mrs. Walter R.
Stokes, the Maryland State cham
pion, playing over her own course;
plus the presence of Mrs. L. G..
Pray, always a consistent performer
in big tournaments, promises a
knock-down, drag-out meeting for
the feminine links title. Entries
were to close today for the tourney
to open Monday morning at Manor.
Mrs. Meckley Has Played Best.
There IS, of course, no secret
about the fact that Mrs. Meckley
has played just about the best golf
of any competitor in the three tour
namentS held SO far, all of them
handicap events. She won the
Keller Cup Tourney at Washington
with 79-4-75. A few days later
she tied for the gross prize at
Chevy Chase with Mrs. Walter R.
Stokes in the Keefer Cup Tourney.
And last week she won the class A
event for The Star Trophies, also
at Washington, with 77-H73. Mrs.
Davy did not play in two of these
events, but over the last few days
she twice has scored that long
Congressional course in 10 whacks.
That happens to be quite a chunk
of golf for any woman.
Elizabeth Houghton, the defending
champion, has not played in the
tournaments so far, but has kept
her hand in by competing for Chevy
Chase in the team matches. She
licked Mrs. Walper in the final of
the 1910 event at Kenwood, after
Mrs. Walper had scored a IA in an
earlier round.
Mrs. Neblett's Game Not Known.
Little is known locally about the
game of Mrs. Neblett, who hasn't
played in previous Journeys because
her handicap was not Cleared" &C
cording to the quaint phraseology
of the gals. 1t means that it hasn't |
been definitely established. But a
woman who holds State title must |
be regarded as a potential threat |
to win any other sectional tourney. |
And Mrs. Neblett, according to Mrs.
Walter L. Weible, president of the
Women'S District Golf Association,
Is the Louisiana State champ.
Later in June the gals again will |
have a big championship coming up, |
with even sterner opposition, when |
the Maryland State Golf Association |
holds its title tourney at the Chevy
Chase Club. But for the present |
the District championship, biggest |
of the year in the eyes of many, is
the immediate job. 1t promises to
be a torrid tourney, in every sense
of the word
Mcleod May Not Go to Open.
Fred Mcleod, Columbia Country
Club pro, and an entrant in the
National Open championship, is suf-
ferlng from "strep" throat, accord
ing to his doctor, and may pass up
the big show at Fort Worth, Tex,
next week. Freddie hasn't definitely
made up his mind, but at present he
does not think he will make the trip.
I'm so weak I cannot hit the ball
any distance" he said. IF this
condition clears up within day or
two I may decide to go, but just now
It's thumbs down"
Two pairs have won their way
Into the semi-final round in the
handicap tourney for the Treas
'urer's Cup at the Chevy Chase Club.
Here are the results to date:
First, round-Henry RaveneI and 3. /.
ns a Reas IN s. hoes Ralph saH aunter
r., and Albert "; Walker beat G. Gould
EnGSHln and Rsei EdwaFd and Hf pT TR
E Efsnn 81 E best T. PoS POW and J. +
and Walter G. Emory beat Landra 3 I',i Plat
Fisher isl P0a and Robert stead ir., beat DR..
W. c. Stirling and Fred Hitz; and !;
EDWARD staOTd and r.. Rdchsrs Ris Whfeley
srawner beat D. N. Marthinson and DR..
J" second &C. Hdnh ro1ndUReeside and Thompson
heat McKnew and Hutchinson, 2 and -
Lewis and Emory beat Fisher and Stead
] up.
Feminine golfers of the Columbia
Country Club again this year will
play for the William Wade HinshaW
trophies in a medal-play tourney
running more than a week. Initial
round of the event will be played
June Is.
Aggies to Play.
Iinksmen of the Department OF
Agriculture will play in their spring
tournament at Beaver Dam next
Wednesday. Gordon w. Livermore
and Wilbur Seay are in charge OF
handicaps Team members for the
Federal Golf Association tourney,
to be held June Is and II, will be
chosen from the low scorers Wednes-
day. Livermore is taking entries at
Room 57l3, south building, and ex-
poets from rs to 100 players In the
tourney.
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