Evening star., 1942-09-19
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

The pro golfers around town,
lacking the heavy schedule of other
years, come up next week to what
may be their most important Sec
tional affair Of 1942. It's the WASH
ington Open championship, sched-
uled Thursday over the 36-hole
medal-play route at Indian Spring,
and the man who wins is going to
get more than cigarette money.
Middle Atlantic PGA Tournament
Chairman AT Houghton announced
today that more than $3.50 already
is in the pot to be 1dded to the
entry fees and that Sam Byrd, the
ex-Yankee outhelder, now an ace
golfer. probably will be In the
starting lineup. -,~-.- =,
Houghton, expects, an entry list Of
40 or more. with the pros to pay IS
each, while the amateurs. playing
for special prizes, will pay entry fees
Of 50 each. The entry fees should
be fairly good chunk of coin now
adays for -one-day tourney and
should attract all the top pro links
men in this area, including Bobby
Cruickshank. present champ, and
Chandler Harper, the elongated
Virginian. Local favorites will be
WHY Cox, Maryland Open champ;
Lew Worsham. the Burning Tree
youngster; George Dif1enbaueh and
Mel Shorey.
Worsham dropped q chance to win
the Baltimore match play open title
yesterday when he was licked in the
postponed semi-final at Green
Spring Valley by Eddie johnson IN
one Of the years most unusual up
sets. johnson Is the 20-year -old
University Of Baltimore boy who
holds the Mid-Atlantic and Mary
land junior crowns. Surprisingly
he licked Worsham by S and 4 yes
terday. while Andy Gibson, the
Bonnie View Scot. after whipping
Jimmy Duke In a semi final match,
won the title by beating johnson,
3 and 2, in the final.
Jones-Evans Here Today.
Three Of the four open cham
pions who will compete In q war
relief match at Columbia tomorrow
were In town today, where all three
were to play friendly matches as
q tune-up for tomorrow's contest.
expected to pack the hills and dales
Of the Columbia Country Club
course despite the conflicting Red
skins footha1l rane
Chick Evans, 1916 and 1920 open
champ, came into town today from
Chicago and was to play this after
noon with Ray Swearingen, Clyde
Asher and Barge Hartz. Capt. Rob-
ert T. Jones. four times open cham
pion, came In yesterday and was to
play today with Fred Mcleod, 1908
open champ: Dana Belser and r. A.
Gardiner. Bob was the honor guest
at a cocktail party at Columbia yes
terday.
Tomorrow's match, for which con-
siderably more than 1000 tickets al
ready have been sold, will start at
2 pm, with Craig Wood, present
open champ, to play with Evans
against Jones and Mcleod. Wood is
scheduled to arrive in the Capital at
noon tomorrow.
Bob Barnett Of Chevy Chase will
be oficial scorer for the match and
Why Cox Of Congressional, as pre-
viously announced, will introduce
the players and referee, as well as
auction clubs and balls during the
match.
Pro-Woman Tourney Cancelled.
A pro-woman tourney scheduled
Monday Ut Kenwood has been can
celed. The reason7 The gals ap-
parently didn't want it and the
pros were apathetic. Mrs. Carter
Magruder, tournament chairman
for the Women's District Colt Asso.
said only 10 feminine en-
tries had been received and the pros
had not sent in their names. So the
tourney was called OF, although the
WDGA was prepared to add = War
bond to the pro purse.
Only one more big tournament
remains on the feminine sched-
ule following yesterdays National
Broadcasting Co. affair 1T Kenwood,
where new winner sprouted among
the woman golfers.
A few years back Ellen Kincaid
WAS hailed Is . future champion
and star player. Ellen Is married
now. Her name II Mrs. Ellen X.
Harris, and abe plays at Kenwood.
ohe won the NB0 Trophy By