Evening star., 1950-09-26
Washington Invitation
Will End Saturday
Instead Of Sunday


Instead Of Sunday
The schedule Of play in the
Washington Golf and Country
Club Invitation tournament has
been changed and both semifinalS
and final rounds in all four flights
and consultations will be played
Saturday, instead of semifinals
Saturday and finals Sunday.
The scheduled last day of play
at Washington conflicts with the
third round OF play in the Mary
land State Golf Associations four
ball championship, also scheduled
| at Washington Sunday. Mary
land State ofhcials would not post
pone or transfer the four ball
matches.
With most of this sections top
golfers in the field OF 265 in the
Washington Invitation. it was
likely that somebody in the final
also would be playing in the four
ball tournament. To avoid a con-
flict, Washington moved up its
own tournament dates.
Qualifying started today az
Washington with Comdr. Frank
Heyer, Belle Haven Club cham
pion, and Earl Skinker, finalist IN
the Columbia club championship,
among the first-day contestants
who figured to make the title
flight. Tomorrow's qualifying will
be followed by a dinner and en-
tertainment. with one round Of
match play Thursday and Friday.
The 112 Government golfers
who played yesterday in the Fed
erals Golf Associations annual
medal play tournament found the
East Potomac course too much for
them and the 75s Of Bob March
of Agriculture, Ted King Of Army
and Dan Fultz Of FBI were the
best turned in.
The second half of the field
played today and the low Is have
a second round scheduled tomor-
row to determine the low gross
champion. All other team and
individual competition was at "a
holes.
The Glass 3 leader was Amel j.
KaSek with 80-10-70. a National
Capital Parks golfer, while the
low net score in Class c was Carl
McKinney's 85-17-68, two strokes
lower than the 89-19-70 by Cor
don r. johnson of Washington
District Engineers.
The Federal Golf Association
will hold its annual field day
October 6 at Argyle. A mixed
Scotch foursome, sweepstakes and
driving and putting contests will
be followed by awarding Of prizes
for the season and a dinner dance.
<. M. Skaggs is tournament chair
man.
Charlie Bassler. who has had q
few bad rounds of late, apparently
IS getting back on his game in
time to defend his District Open
title.
8Bassler, who won the District
Open with 66-63 at Indian Spring
last year, captured the pro sweeps
in the Mid-Atlantic PGA pro-
amateur tournament at Suburban
in Baltimore with q SO yesterday.
The next event is the District
tournament next Monday and
Tuesday, with prize money OF
about $3.50. Witty Cox's $500
added pro-member at Congress
sional follows next Wednesday.
Bassler beat the pros, but didn't
have the low score of the day.
That went to Babe Rafferty,. For
est Park greenkeeper. with a So
$3.50 over the par 10 course,
despite an out-of bounds drive on
his first shot Of the day. ~
Lawrence Wisner Of Aberdeen
was second to Bassler with 10
while Buck Worsham Of Congress
sional, who won the assistant pro
title earlier at Suburban, had II.
Keith Kallio was second best
among the amateurs with q u.
Wisner and Criss Smith won the
pro-am with a best ball SO. Raj
ferty and Jim Flaherty had IS to
tie Bassler and e. II. Cue Of Roll
ing Road, Mus O'Linger and w. O.
Pugh Of Winchester and OLinger
and r. c. Grim and Irving Schloss
and Vernon Via of Mount Pleas
ant. Worsham and r. O. Wissin-
ger of Congressional were among
the teams with best ball scores
of 66.
Pre- Sweepstakes.
Charles Bassler, Rolling Road --S5.34-6e