Evening star., 1924-03-23

Washington, which like the other
courses. was in first-class shape be
5ore the latest snow fell.
The Chevy Chase Greens committee
was fortunate enough to get the
fairways sprinkled with fertilizer
just before the snow. This should
result in rich stand of grass.
Western High schools golf team,
which lost to Central in the informal
interscholastic golf series held at
Columbia last Spring. shapes up this
year as the strongest OF the local
scholastic combinations. Composed
Of Roland Mackenzie and Karl Kel-
LOTUS Of Chevy Chase, and the
choice . between Henry Nicholson,
Page Hufty and Henry Nordinger
for the other player the team ap-
pears to be the leading contender for
the interscholastic championship.
. 1t seems about time that some or
ganization or individual got back OF
irterscholastic golf about Washtng-I
ton and promoted real inter-
scholastic tourney.
Wnshington's latest additions to
the golting colony in the south didn I
do so well in the tournaments last
week. Both Donald woodward and
Albert r. Mackenzie We're beaten be-
fore the final in the winter cham
pionship at st. Augustine. Neither
of them had much practice during
the winter, and they were Soth
Beaten by seasoned golfers, who have
been in the south for two months or
more To lose to men Of the caliber
Of Fred knight or Harold Weber is
nothing to be ashamed of. Tor ooth
are among the finest golfers in the
country. Knight, in particular, has
made an excellent record this win
ter. Woodward and Mac ckenzie Will
probably stop off at Pinehurst on
Ff,asr- rrfl tn f1lF in n
and south open and the north and
south amateur events.
Descending like n wet blanket on
the hopes of municipal golfers, who
had hoped to open their 1924 season
yesterday, the heavy snow of Thurs
day night and Friday bids fair to
keep the courses about Washington
closed for another week at least.
Members of private clubs are not SO
badly off, but to the public links
players the belated snowfall came
like a bombshcll. The two big pub
Ec courses, which were to have OPEN
ed yesterday, will remain closed un-
til the ground is thoroughly dry. No
chances are to be taken with greens
made soft and muddy by the melting
Snow.
+ All the courses about the citySwill
theneht in the long run by the snow
tall, but TO the golfers it brought
dashed hopes of an early start.
81 Washington Golf and Country
Clubs fifteenth hole has caused q. lot
of discussion as to it's right to be
rlassed as a par T.. 1t is just par 4
Aistance, according to accurate
measurements taken by the greens
committee, and yet on account of
the natural difficulties encountered
and the absolute NECESSITY that both
shots be placed correctly. it is eX-
trelnely doubtful If the whole could
be rated as a par even among
the better players. A dog-leg affair
Of 450 yards, it requires two excel
lently placed shots to reach a banked
up green.
Samuel u. MOsby, one of the vet
Gran golfers or the club, ventured
the opinion the other day that not
five in twenty of the leading profess
SiOnals of the country would regis
Ger par on the hole If they played
IT every day. He thinks it is the
hardest par hole about the city.
certainly it requires real golf.
y But TO put a long hitter on the
ihole it might become easy. We re-
call when the hole was first con-
sstructed watching p. G. Kaufman
of the Chevy Chase Club play it. He
had played the old hole over the hill,
but had never seen the new. green
ground the corner. He hit mighty
ball off the teeH which carried the
froes bordering the branch and rolled
almost 10 the ditch in front of the
green. It must have gone fully 800
yards and left him but a maShie
shot to the green. Surely some of
the really long hitterS in golf could
duplicate this shot, and make Sne
hole an easy 4.
As it stands however, it is a ter
eror TO the short hitter.
Burning Tree Club may hold an
official inspection of its new golf
course some time during the first
week in May. according to Marshall
aShitlateh. assistant treasurer of the