Evening star., 1942-07-07
Project Is Advanced
As Hogan, Nelson
Play Worsham
Burning Tree Pro Bests
Stors; Juniors Seeking
Mid-AtIuntic Title
By WALTER McCALLUM.

nF WAL N1CNALLOVus
It all seems to be a deep, darl
secret which should be brought out
in the open, but there's something
doing between the Professional Golf.
ers' Association and the Treasury
Department to use the top pros Of
the land in plan to speed the sale
of War bonds and stamps. Freddie
Corcoran, the Mr.. Big of professional
golf promotion. has been in town
and two of the brightest stars OF the
present professional crop have
played at Burning Tree in a match
that was about as secret as an arrest
at the corner of Fourteenth and F
streets.
The word got around that betting
Ben Hogan, the unofficial United
States open champ, and Byron Mel
son, former official open and PGA
king, were in town. but 1t was
hushed up, and the newspapers were
told simply the visit of these two, to-
Rether with Joe Kirkwood, the old
trick shot artist, wasn't to be talked
about. Meanwhile, Freddie Cor
coran oame to town. conferred with
eome bigwigs and said there was no
news"
So the details of any arrangements
between the pro golf association and
the Treasury by which golf could be
used to build up sale of War bonds
isn't known yet. And the newspa-
pers, which could help in such
plan, are not informed. They will
be, of course, but they haven't yet
been told about it.
Pros Could Help Bond Sale.
Yet the pros could do big job in
sale of War bonds and stamps. I'M
agine an exhibition match at good
club featuring Hogan and Nelson
against Picard and Runyan, or If the
Navy and Army would let them of, +,
against Snead and Oliver, with each
spectator to buy dollars worth OF
War stamps. 1t would panic any
course on which it was held, and If
such q match was held at the East
Potomac public course here, the
crowd would be so big they'd be
hanging onto Hams Point by their
toenails.
The PGA can do a job in this War
bond sale promotion, and undoubt-
edly it will do just that. But why
all the mystery? Particularly when
Freddie Corcoran, who happens to
be an astute front page man him
self, is mixed up in the affair. And
when the newspapers want to help
and haven't been given the green
light. Hogan and Nelson, by the
way. took back seat to Lew Wor-
sham, the Burning Tree pro, in their
match at Burning Tree. Lew only
scored a six-under-par 66. Hogan
was 81 and Nelson was SO.
Worsham in Quandary.
Lew Is In . quandary.a He wants
TO play in the Maryland Open cham
pionship July 81 at Prince Georges.
But he also wants to play in the ALL
American tourney at Chicago, quail
fying day for which Is set for July
~. Now he is wondering whether
he can play at Prince Georges. hop
. rattler and get to Chicago in time
to play the Tam O. Shanter course
without practice and still qualify
for the tourney.
The young man is good enough to
do all right in that big Chicago
affair. where the prize cash adds up
to quite luscious amount, but he
doesn't quite know what to do. He
feels he should play in the Mary
land Open, but also he wants to play
at Chicago 1t seems that golf date
conflicts occur even in wartime.
Our Chicago correspondent-Pace
Reyburg-who used to caddie at
Congressional, dropped in to inform
us that Clyde Martin, one of Con-
gressional's colored caddies, will play
in the All-American tournament,
and will be the only representative
of his race in that affair. Martin
has been private golf pro for Joe
Louis, and Of course, isn't working
at it now. But Clyde, according to
Reyburg. has chance to do well IN
the Chicago tournament. IF he
has a 70 he has a bad round" said
Pace.
Reyburg also said the colored ma
tional championship, scheduled to
be played at Anacostia In August.
has been Cancelled because of travel
restrictions.
Alexander Smith in Final.
r. F. Alexander and T. Turner
Smith have reached the final round
in the tourney for the Elmer Jenkins
Trophy at the Washington Golf and
Country Club. The trophy was put
Up by jenkins for the men beaten
in the first round of the recent club
championship. Alexander beat j.
w. Sawyer, l up, in one semi final
while Smith beat DR.. w. r. McLister,
2 and in the other.
A score of the top junior golfers
around town were playing today at
Congressional in the 36-hole tour
ney for the Middle Atlantic junior
championship. Joe Barse of Colum-
bia. holder of the District Junior
title, is one of the favorites.
Tomorrow at Chevy Chase big
field will play in the first of two
MARYLAND State mixed foursome
Journeys. Another will be held at
Baltimore later in the year,
Mrs. Annabelle Andrews, wife OF
WPB official, won hole-ln-one
tourney at Rock Creek Park, hitting
five balls on the green and placing
the other on the fringe. Her win
ming ball landed within the inner
circle.
Sanford Heads SPORTS