Evening star., 1941-12-14
National Groups 'sCurb
Would Not Affect
D. {. Links Play
Pros Rich Winter Meets
Scheduled for Coast
Nav Be Abandoned
Nv WALTER McCALLUM.

1t seems pretty we'll established
that competitive golf OF the blgtlme
brand will 60 into tail spin for the
duration of the war, although local
tournaments and possibly the sec
tional championships in this terri
tory probably will be held as usual,
but without some of the crack young
performers Of past years. The
United States Golf Association
hasn't formally said so, but un-
doubtedly the fathers of the ma
tional game, at their January 10,
le42. meeting, will give the national
open and amateur tournaments the
brush-off for 1912. They may re-
tain the women's championship
although it is probable they'll go the
whole way to call them all OIL.
The Professional Golfers Assocl-
alton, facing its biggest and best
winter campaign, is in a hot spot.
The boys are winding up today at
Miami the first big affair OF the
winter tour. They are scheduled
to move into Texas for two $4,000
affairs around Christmas and then
lump to California for four events
there.
California Now Is Hot Spot.
California. however, happens 10
be in considerable of a dither about
the war. japanese planes have
been seen reconnoitering over san
Francisco. It wouldn't be healthy
for a big crowd to be following a
couple of links stars when enemy
planes are overhead, whether 1t be
at Los Angeles or San FRANCISCO.
Machine gunners and bombers nave
a fondness for targets OF that ma
ture.
So far, the P. G. A. is going ahead
with plans for the Pacific Coast
tournaments, but they aren't TOO
happy about the whole thing. Ana
the entire tour, or the Pacific Coast
portion of it, may be called on at
any time.
Around Washington, the seethlng,
orderly Capital of nation at war.
individual golf will go on. Most OF
the clubs have full memberships
there's little likelihood OF enemy
bombers ducking out Of the CLOUDS
overhead and lot OF people want
to play golf and will have time Tor
recreation and exercise, just as es-
sential in wartime as at any other
time.
Presidents of the District and
Maryland golf associations nave
declared they see no reason to call
of their 1912 schedules, but admit
that later events may necesSltate
some changes. So. barring the ma
tional championships which prob
ably will be Cancelled. golf Will 60
on. And after all, while golfers are
interested in the national adalrs'
they also are interested in their
own brand of game and scoring.
Golf Apt to Boom Here.
Probably golf will boom around
Washington next year. the lndl-
yidual brand. that is. There is Ger
tain to be an even bigger expansion
In the government service and many
of the newcomers will be golfers.
They may or may not have competl-
tive ROll, DuJ Gllcy IL uC ociS y" F-N>'
their personal. individual games
and the clubs around town can well
enter a new period of prosperity.
The women are going ahead with
nlans for their 1912 campaign. al
though many are studying for Red
Cross duties or are engaged in other
wartime activity. The whole pic
ture as we see it now is that normal
golf locally will go on as before
with probably increased tempo, but
that the national tournaments Will
be off
And right now, how about Gene
Sarazen's scheme of holding a major
professional match here for the u
S. o. or another organized war ser
vice? Detroit stole that one from
under Washington's nose this year
because Washington wasn't sum-
GENTLY interested after the gooo
folks at Chevy Chase had of1ereo
their course for the match.