Evening star., 1941-04-25
Urges Handicap Tilt
Against Bogart and
Peacock Sunday
AL Jomison Playing Keen
Golf; SehooIboys Stose
Six Matches Today
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

by WALIEh McChLLUMs
Patty Berg, former national
women's links champion and the
main figure in an exhibition match
scheduled at Kenwood Sunday. Is
scheduled to arrive in town today
for a visit of about week with
Helen Dettweiler. Patty will play
with Helen, Ralph Bogart and Roger
Peacock at O'Clock Sunday after
noon, in a match free to all. The
Minneapolis redhead, most dynamic
figure to come up in feminine golf
in a decade, will play a practice
round at Kenwood today or to-
morrow, under present plans.
Mrs. Walter L. Weible, president
of the Women's District Golf As
sociation, who will handle the match
Sunday, has made no plans for pair
ings of the four players. But George
Diffenbaugh, Kenwood pro, has an
idea which would work into gen.
uine test for both sides.
Would Pair Women Against Men.
Since 1t Is purely an exhibition
contest, with no title or anything
else depending on it," said George,
why wouldn't 1t be good idea to
pair the two girls against two OF
our best men players? I mean pair
Patty Berg and Helen Dettweiler
against Bogart and Peacock, with
a handicap. Something like four
bisoues or six strokes would be about
right.
The men should have best ball
around IS or 66. Either or both Of
them should shoot par or better, and
if they team well they should break
par by four or five strokes. The
girls will shoot between "a and 30,
and should have a best-ball OF II
or u. That, with six strokes, would
be about an even match. And 1t
would give the gallery a real idea
of how the best feminine golfers
play against two of the best of the
male amateurs. And ! mean two OF
the best, for Bogart and Peacock
are around the top in any ranking
of amateurs anywhere"
Diffenbaugh has something there.
We haven't had a test of this nature
around town for quite while. Since
it will be an exhibition match, an
even contest mightnt be too bad
in itself, although the men would
be big favorites to win, with their
greater length from the tee and the
advantage length bestows on any
golfer.
Jamison Shoots 33s
AL Jamison, former Bradley Hills
and Indian Spring pro, just now
looking for a Job for the sum-
mer, Is burning up the track.
AL played a little golf at Indian
Creek during the winter, and he's
red hot nowadays. He played the
first nine at Congressional in SO
strokes against Jock Miller, finish
ing this way: 1872. That happens
to be two brides and an eagle.
Another pro visitor has been Virgil
Ruck) Worsham, the former Chevy
Chase assistant, who now is serving
a hitch in the Navy. Worsham,
sporting a heavy coat of tan, is back
from a trip to Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, where the Atlantic fleet holds
winter maneuvers. But I still get
seasick when those anchor chains
rattle" said Buck, the youngster
who holds the Middle Atlantic as
sistant professional championship.
Feminine team matches which
opened today at three clubs have
put crimp in the regular Friday
Journeys staged for women of sew
eral clubs Army Navy Country
Club women have postponed their
regular Friday Journeys until the
team match schedule is completed,
while congressional women have
scheduled their usual weekly
Journeys on Thursdays instead of
Fridays. They held an event yester-
day, won by Mrs. H. j. Klossner
with 47-9-38 for the nine selected
holes.
Army Navy Club women will play
May in the Peabody cup tourna-
ment, an 1s-hole medal play affair
with full club handicaps. Winner
for the last two years was Mrs. j..
S. Phillips.
Schoolboys Play Today.
Schoolboy golfers pick up their
schedule again today with six
matches slated to be run on at as
many clubs. One Of the scheduled
matches will not be played, how
ever, for the Georgetown Prep lads
are vacationing. Matches today
are: Anacostia VS.. Western at
Beaver Dam, Dewitt VS.. Blair at
Kenwood, Roosevelt VS.. Wilson at
Woodmont, st. Adams VS.. Bethesda
Chevy Chase at Columbia, Central
VS.. Tech at Congressional.
That Roosevelt - Wilson match
might 60 a long way toward settling
the resting place of the Dawes Cup
this year. Wilson won the mug last
year, but Roosevelt, with "a points
won out of a possible So, Is setting
at hot pace this year.
Roger Peacock and Claude Rippy.
victors in the Maryland State Golf
Association four r-ball matches last
spring, again will represent Indian
Spring in the matches due to start
May S at Rolling road. They again
will be the team to lick, for you
could search a long way to find two
better linksrnen than this pair.
Mrs. Harvey j. Cooper, secretary
of the Women's District Golf As
sociation, probably will not be able
to play golf in the association events
this year. Mrs. Cooper has had an
operation which will keep her out OF
golf for some time, according to