Evening star., 1942-03-27
Two Ti|fs With Hoyas
Headline CoIonia|s'
Links Program
Three Virginia Schools,
Navy Listed; Event at
Bunnockburn Is OFF
By WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALLER McJALLO
George Washington University
linksmen. looking ahead toward a
six-match schedule. will have Ken
wood Pro George Diffenbaugh again
in the coaching spot The diminu-
tive River road mentor, long popu-
lar golf teacher around Washington,
has set stiff practice schedule for
his Colonial pupils, who will vie IN
two of their six matches with Tony
Sylvester's Georgetown boys. George
o. Vass. tall George Washington
sophomore, will head the team this
year.
The Colonials. making bid for
sectional recognition as an lnstltu-
ton with links ambitions, will clash
with Navy at Annapolis April IN
their opening match. Other con-
tests are billed against Washington
and Lee Virginia Military Institute,
GEORGETOWN and the University OF
Richmond. with KenWood to be the
site Of the Colonial home matches.
Home and Home Series Planned.
Diffenbaugh would have George
Washington and Georgetown meet
in a home and home series this
wear. since two matches are sched-
uled. Last year the teams met on
GEORGETOWN home course at Ban
nockburn with Woeful results for the
Colonials, who took a severe trounc-
ing at the hands of the more eX-
perienced Hoyas.
Two husky football players will
be on the George Washington links
squad this year. with Scott Gud-
mundSon and Don PinnoW, more at
home in gridiron togs, due to pick
TN golf clubs for their school. Local
lads on the team will be Vass, for
merly a leader in golf at Western
High Scfool and one of KenWood' S
top players. and Charles Stockwell.
Milton Rein is the other man on
the Colonial squad.
Hopes for a strong outfit had
been held earlier in the school year
when il appeared that District
Champion Ralph Bogart and his
buddy. Earle Sklnker. intended to
enter George Washington. But Bo-
CART enlisted in the Navy and
Skinker did not enter school,
Bannockburn Cancels Tourney.
Bannockburn Coli and Country
Club may substitute one-day
tourney. open to members OF all
local golf clubs on an invitation
basis. for the cancelled three-oay
best-ball tournament. Club officials
announced with regret today that
the best-baIl affair, scheduled for
June -, 13 and IA, has been can
celled after two years of competl-
ton. 1t may be resumed after the
war. but is out for this year at
least.
Golf Chairman E. R. Ferguson,
ir., said he will call meeting OF
his committee next week to con-
slider a substitute one-day tourna-
ment at Bannockburn on a medal
play basis. He has not yet worked
out the details Of the suggested
affair.
Most Of the members OF the
Golf Committee felt that three
day tourney at this time is too
long" said Ferguson. so regret
fully we decided to cancel 1t this
year"
The Bannockburn event, won last
year by Bobby Brownell and Hank
Russell, was highly popular with all
classes of golfers.
Jones' Talents Wasted.
Clarence Washington Jones, once
WaShington's best-knoWn locker
boy, is back shining shoes in a
country club locker room, but Clar-
ence has changed clubs. For 20
years Jones bossed the locker room
at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club, until he got job driving
a car for Chesley w. Jurney at the
Capitol.
A month ago Clarence, tired OF
sitting at the wheel OF an auto
mobile, quit his post and went to
Columbia to take up his old duties
He has been away from golf club
Job for eight years now, but the
older men around town will remem-
ber him. Clarence, by the way
made the best julep prohibition ever
saw. Such a capable man is wasted
shining shoes.
Secretary William C. Barr of the
District Golf Association within a
few days will make public the entire
schoolboy links schedule, which has
been in the hands of association
officials for several days Fourteen
teams of schoolboys will play in
six matches in a series starting
April 7, with the Washington public
high schools competing for the
Dawes Trophy. while others play
for the metropolitan championship