Evening star., 1941-08-07
Aging Dallas McGrew, StickIer
For Wooden Shafts, Lugs Own
Bag on 36-HoIe Sessions

InaC may De the reason ne SUCKS
to wooden shafts. He is the only
man we know around town with
complete set of woods and irons.
without the vulgar touch of steel.
Dallas, of course, is an old friend
of Allan Lard, the inventor of the
steel shaft. But friendship more
or less ceases when golf clubs be-
come the subject of conversation.
Allan thinks steel is the thing, nat
urally. Dallas thinks the other way,
in terms of wood. And he sticks to
wood, the only man we have seen
lately with a complete set of the
older weapons
But we doubt if there is a man
around town who can duplicate
Dallas McGrew's iron man stunts.
Carrying a heavy golf bag for half
a dozen holes on hot DAY is beyond
the thought-and capability-of
most men. Dallas carries his own
clubs plenty of Sundays for the
full Sc holes, according 10 the boys
in tie golf shop at Chevy Chase.
That's no mean stunt, in case you
haven't tried it.
Course Should Have Major Tourney.
Chevy Chase, of course, will not
be the scene of the Ryder Cup
matches this year. For a time it
seemed probable, this shunting of
the unofficial Ryder Cup match to
the classic course of the Chevy
Chase Club, course which should
by all means see national cham
plonShip within the next few years.
But it's all over for this year.
The unofficial matches will be
played at Detroit late this month,
between teams chosen by Walter
Hagen and Bobby Jones. They may
raise lot of money for the U. S. O..
at Detroit, but they'd do all right at
Chevy Chase.
There is one club which treas
ures and cherishes all the ancient
traditions and WITNESSES, if you will,
which have made golf the biggest
participant sport in this country.
Perhaps in future year the
matches may come to Chevy Chase,
which happens to be in recep-
tive mood for such big national
affair.
Indeed, Chevy Chase, if ap-
preached in the right way, might
stage national. In some 30-odd
years of watching national cham
pionships we have seen few courses
which are fairer and better tests
of major championship caGber than
this one. 1t should and can have
a national title tourney.
Amateur Tourney Entries Due.
Secretary Emmett Gary of the
Maryland State Golf Association ex-
poets to receive within a day or
two the pairings for the sectional
qualifying rounds for the national
amateur championship. Sectional
rounds will be played next meek
at the Country Club of Maryland.
The 36-hole tourney will be ham
died by the State golf organization,
with pairings to be made by the
United States Golf Association.
The new best ball mark OF 50,
IL under par, for the Journeys of
the Maryland State association,
stands today to the credit of play
ing Pro Jim Flattery of the Balti-
more Country Club and E. R. Jones.
The latter, playing with handicap
of Is strokes, knocked 10 shots off
the individual score of 50 recorded
by Flattery in a Maryland associa-
ton handicap affair at Hillendale
yesterday.
Flattery won the pro sweepstakes
affair. AL Houghton. lone Wash
ington pro entered, was out Of the
money award with rs, but with Doug
Mattison, scored SO.
Methodical Spencer Overton, the
Rolling Road amateur, scored a
subpar SO to win the amateur sweep
stakes event.