Evening star., 1942-07-15
East Potomac Given
Half Of Places in
0ua|ifyingList
Johnston, Old Line State
Champion, Near Slam
OF Junior Honors
By WALTER McCALLUM.

Public links golfers Will play Tor
the city championship in a CITY,
wide tournament to include all the
local municipal layouts during the
first week In August. They will
compete for the new S. G. Leofner
trophy, put up two years ago to
replace the original trophy perma-
nently won by Claude Rippy in
1889. Qualifying rounds will follow
the usual pattern Of the last few
years in the city public links cham
pionship.
Half the match play qualiflers
will come from East Potomac Park,
while one-fourth each will come
from Rock Creek Park and Anacos-
tia Park. All match play rounds
will be staged at East Potomac Park.
The tourney probably will start
August 3, and will run for three or
four days, depending on the size of
the championship flight. whether it
Is composed OF 16 or 80 qualihers.
Jennings Defending Champ.
Dick Jennings, the betting Texas
lad who bowled over all opposition
on the public courses last year and
won the city title to cap cam
paign unsurpassed since Claude
Rippy joined q private club. prob
ably will defend his title, although
Jennings, now working in the Treas
ury Department, has played COM
paratively little golf this year.
His main rivals will be Leroy
Smith, 1910 public links titleholder;
Earle Marcy, who licked Smith in
the final round of the East Potomac
spring tourney few days ago, and
John Atlas, a newcomer from New
Jersey, who can play a lot Of golf.
Atlas is the gent who shot a 68 in
competition at Congressional a few
weeks back. Lately he has been
playing over week ends at East
Potomac. Employed by the Govern
ment it is problematical whether
Atlas can get the time of to COM
pete for the city championship.
The tourney will be run by the
Leoffler organization. Tommy Doe
rer, public links representative here,
no longer is associated with that
organization.
Johnston Junior Titlist.
Eddie Johnston, the smooth swing
Ing Country Club Of Maryland
youngster, needs only victory in
the Maryland junior championship
next week to make grand slam
of all the junior titles for which he
is eligible in this territory. He will
compete in the tourney scheduled
for Argyle July 23.
Eddie scored a level par II over
the tough Roland Park course OF the
Baltimore Country Club yesterday
to win the Old Line State Junior
open title, racking up that crown
alongside the Middle Atlantic junior
title he won a fortnight ago at
Congressional. But he didn't win by
. mile; only by single putt.
Tall Alton Willett, 17-year-old
former Washington schoolboy
champ, finished shot back, with 73.
Had Willett not been careless with
his putting on the 9Th and 17th
greens he might have won the
tourney. But any one who three
puts the 17th green at Roland Park
can be excused. It has the slope Of
q Rocky Mountain peak. Willett
won the 1917 year class with his
10.
Bill Cassidy, reigning Maryland
Junior champ from Argyle, shot IS.
while Buster Mrstik of Kenwood
had 76. Ed Brylawski of Woodmont
scored 70, and Carroll Willett
brother OF Alton, had 81. Alton
Willett plays his golf at Kenwood
where he helps George Diffenbaugh
In the golf shop.
Muncaster Cup Final Today.
Washington Golf and Country
Club feminine golfers were engaged
in a stern chase today after Mrs. r
e. Hotze in the Anal round Of the
36-hole tourney for the Muncaster
Trophy. Mrs. Hotze led in Glass A
yesterday with 88-l2-76, four
strokes in front of the 90-10-8C
recorded by Mrs. Lafayette Franklin
last years victor. Mrs. Douglas
Tschiffely was second with 94-15-
70, while Mrs. Franklin tied at net
80 with Mrs. Charles Lynch, Mrs
George Bailey, jr., and Mrs. w
Marion Falls.
Mrs. r. F. Nicholson led in Glass
B with 99-19-80, with Mrs. T. S
O'Halloran the Glass c leader al
1l3-29-84.
Mrs. Walter r. Stokes, District
and Maryland champion, won the
gross award in a feminine tourney
at Manor with a card of 81 through
the steaming heat. Net winners
were: Mrs. E. A. Puryear, 91-l5-76
and Mrs. j. v. Browneu, 89-l3-76
Mrs. Robert Keebler of Kenwooc
won the guest award with 90-l7-
73, with Mrs. j. w. Cramer winning
the putting prize with 80. Mrs. E
A. Swingle of Congressional hae