Evening star., 1941-06-22
Treasury, Defending
Crown, Far Behind
Top War Team
Heavy Card This Week
Throws All Sections
Into Big Contests
By WALTER McCALLUM.


Moving into the climax perioo
when championship are won (anc
lost, Government golfers face s
busy week in The Star-Sponsorec
match play championship, with
three matches scheduled in all Sec
tions June 80, when the preliminary
phase of the tourney will be COM
pleted. A round robin among Sec
ton winners will follow in Septem-
Der.
Here are the standings in the six
sections in two classes as of today:
Glass A, Section War De-
partment, II; Treasury Defense,
1917; Social Security Board 9;
Farm Credit, 7l2; Federal Hous-
ing, 512; Treasury, 5l2.
Section 2-Labor, 1912; Recon-
struction Finance, Is; Interior,
111z; Agriculture, 9i2; Executive
Offices, 7l2; Works Progress Ad-
ministration, 8.
Section 3-General Accounting
Office, 1872; Government Print
ing Office, 1712; Commerce. 1872:
F. B. L, 1872; Justice, 4; Soil
Conservation, 8
Glass B. Section Patent Of
ice, "a; Rural Electrification, Is;
Army Band, 1412; Interstate
Commerce, II: War College, Ga.
Section Post Office, 1872;
Mount Alto Hospital, 1872; Agri-
culture, 1212; Securities and Ex-
change, 9i2; F. B. l., 912; Quar-
termaster's Detachment, 6.
Section 3-Treasury, 20; City
Post Office, Is; R. F. c., 1912;
Public Buildings, 10; Maritime
Commission, 8; Federal National
Mortgage, 7l2.
New Champion Looms.
IT virtually is sure now that q
new champion will be crowned to
replace the Accounts and Deposits
team, 1910 winners. The A. and D.
players now play under the banner
OF Treasury and have won 5I2
points this year, with three more
TO come. One of these is
against Treasury Defense, which
has on it such outstanding PLAYERS
AZ Bernie Hallock and Paul Carey.
treasury S other matches are against
Federal Housing and Farm Credit.
automatically, it has a chance TO
win in its section, but it is a remote
one.
Labor, with a team headed bv
Public Links Champ Leroy Smith.
Is well out in front in Section 2.
with one more match to play. In
TINS one 1t meets R. F. c.. now
occupying the runnerup spot. and
a strong stand by R. F. C. NAV
upset the top men.
That's tight situation in Section
D. Vhere G. A. o. and G. P. O. are
only point apart. Government
Printing Office won The Star tour
ney IN 1889. So cleverly were the
pelrings made by Tournament Di-
rector Charles P. Redick that in
THIS section also the winner NAV
not be determined until the final
match, when G. A. o. and G. p O
clash June 80 at Woodmont. Redick
is quite a Handicapped.
Patent Office Winner.
Patent Office, for years a con-
tender in the Journeys but never
before a section winner, is the viz
tor in Section l of Glass B. The
team, headed by C. C. Heath. has
no more matches to play and winds
up with a total of "a points. the
highest point total so far in the
series.
In Section 2, Post Office and
Mount Alto Hospital are deadlocked
with 1917 points each, but Agricul-
ture with l217 and S. E. c. with
s'2 have an extra match to plav
against each other. If Agriculture
takes this one by a wide margin.
the AggieS will go into a long lead.
with one more match scheduled.
Treasury B Glass team seems sure
10 win in Section 3. 1t meets Mari
time Commission, which has been no
ball Of fire, in its final match at
Beaver Dam June 81, but City
Post Office, points behind the
leader, may take all points from
Federal National Mortgage and give
the top men trouble.
The whole thing in five of the
slX sections hinges on matches to
be played during the next eight
days. Which proves one thing, to
Uit, when Redick started arrang-
Ing the schedule he tried to have
the good teams meet at the end. He
has worked that out in almost every
-ase.
Harris Eligible to Play.
The case of Jack Harris. G. A. o.
who is to play off at 12::45
today with Defending Champion
Jim Gipe for the Government med
al play title, has caused plenty Of
comment among your Uncle Sam
uel's linksmen. Harris is a golf
professional and tied for the top
spot with Gipe last Tuesday in the
annual tourney at Bannockburn.
But Charles P. Redick, prexy of
the Federal Golf Association, clears
It up with this statement: Our
tournament is held for all golfers
who work for the Government, re-
gardless of their past sports af-
We do not care whether
q man was a pro or an amateur.
We discussed the case of Harris at
length at our annual meeting and
decided that although he is pro
he is eligible to play in our tour