The Washington herald., 1913-09-14

uemDer OF "ykaByl, ana ne hAS Occh
handicapped as low as nine in the Metro
politan Golf Association. which shows
that he Is some player. He won the
first prize In the first sixteen IN the Au-
gust tournament of the Columbia Club
last month, and has been around the
course several times under eighty. He
plays a steady, skillful game, putting
with remarkable accuracy, and has the
faculty Of disccncerting his opponent by
shots of unexpected brilliancy. He de-
serves the honor Of being captain Of the
team:
Representative Townsend Of New Jersey
is also golfer of no mean attainments.
He is a member OF the Monclair and Up
per Monclair Clubs. and the moment he
steps upon the tee with his driver In
his hand, anr one can see that he Is
copfident and experienced player. The
odds are In his favor that he will de-
feat any Senator who Is matched against
him. Representative Gillett OF Massa-
chusetts, is another player who Is
difficult proposition TO defeat. He can
always 60 around in the low nineties,
and frequently is down In the eighties.
He has had much practice on the Ayopia
links, which are more than usually diff
ficult and knows all the fine points of
tournament playing.
Connolly Of Iowa Is a discovery, No
body suspected that he knew the differ
ence between a driver and q cleek until
one day he happened to mention that he
had once won the golf championship OF
Kansas. That was seven years ago, and
he had not touched his golf clubs during
the long interval Nothing would do,
however, but that he must Join the
House team and help to defeat the Sem
ators. so he got out his bag and went
out to Columbia to see whether he could
keep his eye on the ball Bang! The
ball went of the first tee like a rife
bullet. straight down the course and al
most to the green. When II is truthfully
related that he went the first nine In
less than fifty, even though he had not
had a golf club in his hands for seven
years and had never seen the course,
Il can be seen why Capt Oglesby Is plac-
ing much reliance on Connolly.
And Whaley, the new member from
South Carolina, also knows how to han
die "A golf club. He is used. of course,
to the sand greens which they hayc
down South, but he is learning how 10
putt on grass greens. and as the rest
OF his game is above the average, there
Is going TO be something doing when he
enters the tournament Representative
in the low nineties. and is especially ef-
fective at match play. He is always go
ing straight toward the hole. and every
one who knows the game knows that
this means everything. He never gives
up a hole until his opponents ball has
dropped IN for less strokes than his
own. and he is never discouraged be-
cause he happens to be down He plays
considerably on his home links at Stock
ka1 l.,
absolutely essential, and this has made
him especially proficient in keeping his
direction.
Representative Victor Murdock OF Kan
sas learned his golf at the Wichita Coun-
try Club. His great speciality is ap-
preaching and putting. Murdoch talks
Ike q house aflre about golf as he does
about everything else, and wakes eloquent
over the buffalo grass turf OF his home
links. 'It is a kinky. curly grass" he
says, which makes a cushion on the
ground and gives you q perfect brassy
lie everywhere through the fair green.
But you ought to see our putting greens.
We plough up the ground and then roll
il Then We saturate- II with crude Pc
troleum and roll il again and then sprin-
kle It with fine sand. Our putting greens
are as true as a billiard table. Your putt
bother me"
Really the reference TO Victor Murdock
ought to end here, but they won't He
rehearsed for the benefit Of the present
historian Of the great Congressional golf
teams a story which he said actually
happend to him. 1t was the story OF a
case which he was reporting. and Judge
Deale was on the bench. II Is important
to put the judges name in, as otherwise
e FT-NaW
small boy was about to be sworn when
the judge asked him il he knew the nature
OF an oath. Il think so, Judge" said
the boy, because have often caddied
for you"
Representative Fitzgerald OF New York,
who occupies the high and mighty posi-
ton of chairman of the House Appro-
priations Committee, has been trans
formed from a pessimistiC Congressman
into an optimistic golfer. He says so
himself. Whatever he might have been.
there Is no question what he is now.
He can work harder trying to perfect his
Drive and patiently practice more putt
ing and walk more frequently around
the links than any OF his Congressional
colleagues. He is n product of the Co.
lumbia Club. and became infected with
the golf germ as soon as he took a club
in his hand. All summer he has been
trying to bring his score down to ninety
five, and he is still living in hope. He
takes lessons from the professional, and
If he beats his Senatorial opponent will
be prouder than if he were elected Presi-
dent OF these United States.
When Representative Prouty of Iowa
was asked where he learned golf, he very
prompuy-and truthfully-replied, "I
never learned at all" He plays the game
by main strength and awkwardness. He
drives with a cleek and sends the ball
a tremendous distance, but his other
shots are not as reliable as they should
be- When he plays he wears a pair of
tortoise shell trimmed spectacles, which
are almost as large as the putting hole,
and as he comes up the course looks like
a chauffeur with automobile goggles. One
wants no better companion on the links,
however, than this same Judge Prouty.
for he has a keen sense of humor and is
always dispensing wisdom as he walks
along.
Kent of California, looking like a SOL
der in his khaki suit and wearing an old
felt hat, is sometimes brilliant and some
times quite the other thing He learned
golf while dabbling in politics in Chicago,
and now plays out in California. When
he is on his game he is a hard player
TO beat, and he promises TO be doing his
best on the day when the House meets
the Senate.
Representative Tuttle of Ney Jersey
is known as the daddy OF the westheld
Club and admits that he holds the record
for having made the highest score on
the Westfield links. II am one OF the
very poorest players" is his own de-
scription OF. his game. And Representa-