Evening star., 1941-03-20
Snead, Hogan, ,Gu|dah|
Among Dozen Due
Here April 10
Sponsors Are Preparing
For 5000 at ST Each
At Links Exhibition
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

ABOUT QOZen OF the Top gOl1 pros
of the Nation will bang golf balls
around the carefully manicureo
fairways of the Chevy Chase Club
on April 10 for the cause of British
War Relief. The customers who will
troop out to see what probably will
be WaShington'S biggest links show
of 1941 will pay buck head to see
Snead and Hogan. SaraZen and Gull
dahl. Wood and Burke, Hagen and
Thomson, and whoever else can be
corralled from the ranks of the top
liners to play.
April 10 happens to be less than
three weeks away. A show as big as
this one promises to be should have
had its organization all set up many
days ago. Part of it was set up last
night at a meeting by two of the
committee in charge, consisting OF
Allan Burton, George Fauld and
Russ Hollebaugh, who couldn't be
present because he was at Pinehurst
trying to round up some of the
players.
5000 Tickets Printed.
Five thousand tickets to sell at a
dollar each have been printed
which gives you an idea of what
the sponsors think of the show
Also some more idea can be gained
from the fact that Chevy Chase, a
club ordinarily cool to exhibition
golf matches, will be the scene OF
the show. The entire set-up is good
with one exception. The players
are not known, and probably won't
be known for quite few days.
That, of course, will not spoil the
show. 1t happens to be natural.
Any show for war relief nowadays
cannot miss, and particularly one
for British war relief. We'd like to
see the staid old Chevy Chase Club
so flooded with spectators that San
dy Douglas, the caddie master,
would stop muttering Caledonian
and turn to pure Gaelic; and hear
Pleasant, the locker boy, yell,
Deed, boss, I nevah did see such a
crowd" And they'll probably get
something like that kind of crowd,
too. 1t should be that way.
Players Should Be Known.
But the players should be known
as quickly as possible. Gents such
as Hogan, Little, Snead, Guldahl,
Sarazen, Hagen, Thomson, Horton
Smith, Cooper, Metz. and the other
top notchers are in constant demand
for exhibition matches. They do
not get fancy prices nowadays, but
their services are worth more than
pin money. If approached in the
more than bare expenses.
This show happens to be one that
should and probably will be the
biggest thing in golf during the
early part of the season around
Washington. The important thing
now is to line up the players and
get people talking about it.
There has been talk of 16 players,
but the disposition now is to limit
the show to foursomes or IL of the
topnotchers. If they can get IL of
the top boys it will be big stuff,
and Washington will see some golf
that the duffer only dreams about.
For the men who will come here will
be winding up the hottest winter tour
golf has known. They'll be in top
condition, playing over course
which happens to be one of the very
best. And far from the easiest they
will have seen in a winter of playing
tough golf courses.
Cliff Spencer, Maryland State
open champion, again will be at
East Potomac Park during the COM
ing season as the golf pro. Cliff
did all right at the public course last
year, and looks forward to another
big year.
Feminine links legislators today
are To release their complete season
schedule, at meeting at Kenwood,
the third of the year for the new
Executive Committee. Mrs. Edward
Fox is the new tournament chair
man.