Evening star., 1922-11-19


Membership of the club is about
900, with indications not wanting
that this membership could be in
creased to a larger number. Inc
course in use is the same as that used
iv the Town and Country Club. which
now is in it's new quarters in bethes-
.ia and is good test OF soll' al
though not trapped according TO moo-
ern standards. The club has only
short lease on the property, as the
land may be used at practically any
time for building The hilly charac-
ter of the land on which the golf
course is laid out. however, is apt to
protect the club from the encroach- 4
ments of building operations ior
some time to come. Part of the ninth
hole has been staked out by the own
er of the land, who is. however, per-
hitting the club to use the property.
Golf Psychology as applied to con-
hdence In a club is an unknown guam
tity and sometimes results in un-
:ooked-for results.
Charlie. G. Duganne was playing in
a four-ball match at the Washington
Golf and Country Club last week and
on the first green discovered ne had
back to the clubhouse. and a search
failed to disclose the putter In the
meantime, on the first green. he had
borrowed a putter from one OF his
opponents and run down fifteen
footer. This looked easy. so he stuck
10 the borrowed club throughout the
round. In the first nine holes he sank
four puts over ten feet and never
missed five-footer. He made one of
the best scores in his experience using
the borrowed club.
The confidence gained by success
Ialr nj pnf fn ,,Cf1
ii degree as in putting, where there
are no physical elements to go wrong,
as in the case of the drive.
All the new holes constructed last
year at the Chevy Chase Club prob
ably will be put in use next spring
and very likely will be available for
use during the spring tournament.
The new third, fifth and sixth are the
holes expected to be placed in play.
The new seventh Is now in use and
has proven better hole than the
old seventh.
1922 has been a bad year for cham
pions, national as well as local. Be-
i. fore the middle Of October Guy NJ.
IF two title-that of champion of the
District of Columbia and Of the Chevy
chase Club. The District title event
at Columbia found Standifer replaced
as District titleholder by c. J: Dun
phy. and Standifer lost his title as
Chevy Chase champion a few days
ago to Samuel Dalzell. Standifer has
lots Of company, however. when he
thinks of Jesse Guilford and Chick
Evans, who fell before the splendid
game of National Champion Jess
Sweetser at Brookline.
size, ON Ear holes sometimes are
hard 10 counteract In a golf score
hut w. r, MoCallum Of the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club found
5 at the Fourteenth hole easy to onset
in a match last Monday afternoon. In
which he played the last nine hoies
I'm 80. Here Is Mccallum's score TOT
tho nine: IS 4 . 3 4-32:
The fourteenth hole. on which the 3
vas taken, is not dinicult. but had the
PLAYER had a par 3 at the hole he
would have had the nine IN ~. as
kEainst the par Of 36. Long puts
aIded the score greatly.
washinxton golfers who journeyed
20 Pinehurst last week to take part IN
the ateur-professional best ball
matches there Jared not so well.
Etandifer and Fred Mcleod. who won
the club event for pairs from the
same dub last year. were far behind
this year. Several columbia players
are planning to 60 to Pinehurst Tor
the other events Of the winter. In
cluding several of those who made
She trip last week.