Evening star., 1943-01-07
Ridinq
Curb Handicap
To Golf Clubs
Maryland Seems Only
College Hurt; Arenas
Unlikely to Suffer

Banning Of pleasure driving for
motorists will affect outlying golf
clubs, but will not disturb the gen.
eral pattern of the District sports
scene, a check of the situation re-
vealed today.
While transportation facilities will
be heavily taxed, causing fans some
inconvenience getting to and from
the scene of sporting events, every
arena, playing field and gymnasium
in the city is close enough to street.
car or bus lines to assure continued
patronage.
Griffith Stadium, scene Of the
most important outdoor events, is
easily accessible by streetcar. Turn
ers Arena, Uline Arena and River
side Stadium, focal points of boxing,
wrestling, ice hockey and roller
skating, are all on or near trans
portation lines.
Most Are Accessible.
Bus and streetcars serve Catholic
and American Universities, while
Tee hand Eastern High School gyms,
scenes of Georgetown and George
Washington home games, also are
on car line. OF the colleges, the
University of Maryland undoubted-
ly will be hardest hit, although any
fan with the time and patience can
reach Ritchie Coliseum at College
Park.
There are four ways by which
fans may reach Ritchie Coliseum
Two run by the Coliseum, the Grey
hound bus and the Capital Trac-
ton Co.'S Greenbelt bus, but it is
necessary to take the streetcar to
Mount Rainier and transfer to the
latter. There also is Capital
Traction bus from Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. to
College Park that goes within two
blocks from the arena and a spot in
lower College Park about half a
mile from the Coliseum may be
reached by carline alone. A few of
the cars run all the way through,
but it is necessary in most cases to
transfer at Mount Rainier to cars
that leave on the half hour and
hour.
Maryland, incidentally, is staging
double bill Saturday night in
which the basket ball team will play
Virginia with a boxing match with
the United States Coast Guard
Academy to follow.
Tough for Race Tracks.
Sportsmen believe 1t will be i'm
possible for either Bowie or Havre
de Grace race tracks to operate, To-
Gated as they are of transportation
routes.
All local promoters. college ano
high school authorities plan to con-
tinue with their schedules, it was re-
ported today. Public high schoo.
basket ball series games are played
at Tech, but games among the in
dividual schools might have to be
revised to some extent, although nc
coach expected riding streetcari
would dim his charges enthusiasm
for interschool competition.
May Finish Distant Clubs.
DR.. r. A. Keilty, president -to-be Of
the Maryland State Golf Association
and secretary of the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association, said the order, il
carried out to the ultimate degree
means the death-knell of golf club!
located far out in the country. Such
clubs are Congressional and Manor
while other affected clubs will bt
Indian Spring, Prince Georges
Washington, Army Navy, Argyle
Burning Tree, Bannockburn anc
Kenwood. Some of these may bt
reached by bus or streetcar.
DR.. Keilty indicated that the or.
ganizations may take some action a.
their annual meetings next weel
intended to seek relaxation of the
absolute ban on gasoline use fol
recreational driving.
Does this mean" he asked, "that
the Government forbids us to reach
the places where we get our exer.
cise?" He explained that clubs such
as Congressional and Manor have M
public transportation lines serving
them and can be reached only by
private automobiles.
The Mid-Atlantic and Maryland
meetings will be held in Washington
Friday, January 15
The order, if continued, cancels al
plans for continuance of competitive
golf, DR.. Keilty added.