Evening star., 1951-08-05
Senator Cain Wins
.SfeeIman Golf Cup;
Net 10 Rep. Bates
By MerrelI WhittIesey

Senator Harry Cain of Wash
ington, who first played golf under
Long Jim Barnes, and Representa-
tive William H. Bates of Massa-
chusetts, a former football player
at Brown, gave the Republicans
a smashing victory yesterday in
the second annual Senate House
Pro golf tournament at East
Potomac.
Senator Cain enjoyed his tri-
umph particularly because his
prize was donated and presented
by a staunch Democrat, John r.
ISteelman, assistant to the Presi-
dent.
The folks back home won't
believe this" the Senator said at
the presentation. but here's a
Democrat actually giving some
thing to Republican" Steelman,
an occasional golfer at Columbia
Country Club, joined in the
laughter.
A Little of Everything.
There was golf, music and a
buffet supper for the members of
Congress, golf pros and their
guests at East Potomac in one
of the oldest golf tournaments
of them all. A total of several
hundred dollars was realized for
the Children'S Hospital Building
Fund.
The congressman, all of whom
protest that they have time to
play golf only several times a
year, and most of the pros found
the short. 2.668-yard F course at
East Potomac was too much for
them. The only par-breaker was
Al Jamison, the Quantico pro,
who won $100 for his one-under-
par 49,.
Senator Cain and Represent
ative Bates both had 38s but the
former won low gross and the
Steelman trophy in a draw. Other
gross prize winners from Capitol
Hill were Senator John Butler of
Maryland and Representative Earl
Wilson of Indiana with 39s and
Senator Herman Welker of Idaho
and Representatives John Jarman
of Oklahoma and Harman D.
Denny, jr., of Pennsylvania with
Ais.
Bates Has Low Net.
Bates won low net with 38-7-
81 with Cain, 38-6-32, tied for
second with Jarman, 41-9-32.
Welker was next with 41-8-33
and Representative Page Belcher
of Oklahoma, fifth, with 43-9-34.
The pro-partner event found
Bates again at the top of the prize
list with Ralph Beach, pro at the
Suburban Club in Baltimore.
Beach matched par with a "a, and
Bates with his 38-7-31 totaled
IS strokes to win by three.
Beach and four other pros
matched par of "a. The others
were Griesmer of Bethesda,
Jimmy Duke of Bonnie View, WAL
ter Romans of Baltimore Country
Club and Jim Reid of the host
club. Those at 35 were AL Hough-
ton of Prince Georges, Milton
Logan of East Potomac, Clare
Emery of Congressional, Al Treder
of East Potomac, George Diffen-
baugh of Kenwood, Max Elbin of
Burning Tree and Frank Cronin
of the University of Maryland.
Good Excuse for Tardiness.
Cronin was a few minutes late
for his starting time, but ex-
cusably enough. His wife pre-
sented him with a third son at
Garfield Hospital less than an
hour before he teed off.
Seven teams tied for second
with 68 totals, which was the
score of the pro plus the next
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Roger Peacock of Sligo. Park and
Welker: Ward Burgess of Chevy
Chase and Cain; Logan and But
ler; Diffenbaugh and Eddie Gal
laher; Treder and Bill Meehan;
George Pigott of East Potomac
and Jarman. and Jamison and
Representative Tollefson from
Gains home town of Tacoma
Washington.
Senator Cain had a third pleas
ure for the day. His playing part
ner was Fred Mcleod of Columbia
who won the National Open the
same year the Senator was born
1908. He said the similarity be-
tween the styles of Mcleod ano
Barnes. his teacher, was so great
he just had to play good.
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