Evening star., 1923-10-21

by the paid players about the Capital
Peter Jackson of Indian Spring is
authority for the statement the tour
nament will be held, and the prob
a ablity- is that the course or the Co
| iumbia Country Club VIII be sought
/ by the pros as the course. Such
| tournament will have at least dozen
entries-pro1ably more, for every
pro about the city will enter the
event.
A remarkable golf course develop
| nent, considering the short length of
time since it was opened, Is the new
nine holes of the Town and Country
Club-a course not entirely familiar
to many local golfers, but one that is
| bound to impress any player favor
! ably when he plays 1t. A little more
than year ago the course was
opened for play. Today, although
I winter rules are In use. the fairways
| as a whole are in excellent condition,
| it being the present object OF the
greens committee to save the turf as
much as possible.
! The putting greens just now are as
good as those of any course about
Washington, and the course offers
= test for every shot in the players
| bag-with the single exception OF
/ long iron. Four of the notes.-the
second, third. fourth and ninth-are
splendid two-shot holes. while the
eighth is a one-shotter that demands
! accuracy and a ball hit with consid-
! erable bite The sixth is good three
| placed second.
The Town and Country Club has
done remarkably well in developing
a splendid nine-hole course out or
virgin country. Plans are being made
for an additional nine holes, although
the initial construction steps have not
yet been taken.
| Town and Country Club members
will hold q smoker at the clubhouse,
the middle of this week, at which
prizes won during the year VIII be
presented to the winners. The club
championship Is being concluded
today. The club will hold tourna-
ment for caddies on October 26, to be
followed by a dinner to the club car
riers.
Finals I'm the club championship of
the Washington Golf and Country
Club will be played within the next
two weeks. G. p. Lynde, ]. Ell. David
son, the present champion; j. II.
Wright and Russell Jewell have won
their way into the semi-final round.
Arthur Id. Thorn, professional at the
Town and Country Club, tells good
yarn of the betting proclivitieS Of
i polftan open champion. Marty and
Jack Hobena were playing the midget
/, pair, Wilfred Reid and the late Louis
| Teller. an exhibition match and came
/ to the last hole all squaNs. The last
,hoie on the course at which the match
was played was a one-shotter, ana
] they all put their balls on the green.
1 Three of them holed out in 3, leaving
lO'Loughlin with an eight-foot putt
i for 2 to win the match.
/ Some member of the gallery said to
i Marty, as he stepped up to make his
putt, 'I'll bet you your shoes against
mine you don't hole 1t, Marty You're
on" the Plainfield pro replied. and
I. proceeded to hole the putt. Then he
walked over to the club member and
said. Take my shoes OF your feet"
which the member did. and walked
into the clubhouse unshod.
The scribe golfers are pointing for
the fall tournament of the Washing
| ton Newspaper Golf Club to be played
{ Club next Wednesday. About 100
! gents who earn their living by writ
| ing will take few hours off three
Idays hence and attempt to coax golf
/ bali into a small hole. Doubtless they
will find it more difficult, for the
/ scores made generally in the news
/ paper clubs competitions hold the
world record for strokes or elbows"
as Fred Mcleod calls them. This
/ proves nothing except that the world
gained when newspaper men took up
writing instead of golf as means of
4 livelihood.
. The Indian Spring Club offers fits
course for practice tomorrow and
Tuesday. Scores should be turned
4 over to Col. =. D. Preston, secretary
1 of the club, in order that proper
handtcapS may be made ~ Is
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