Evening star., 1925-04-05

J Armour, who won the West Coast
championship during his campaign
ing tour in Florida. played yesterday
at Washington with Fred D. Paxton
and Martin r West against Farrell
and w. r. McCallum. The latter pair
won the match largely through the
fine play of Farrell. Armour thus
will be familiar with the course and
the required shots today, and Farrell
remembers the course from the match
of last year in which he and Gene
Sarazen played Mackenzie and Thorn
son. Armour scored a 73 in yester-
days match and Farrell was "A, which
should be Indicative of the way the
famous professional pair will play
The course today.
A large crowd is expected to jour-
ney over into Virginia to see the
three pros and the District amateur
champions perform over the sporty
Washington course. Much of the in
terest centers in the play of Mac
KenZie and Armour. The District
amateur champion is hitting a ball
30 yards longer than last year, while
Armour, who turned pro not so many
months ago, is at the crest of a great
game. hitting a longer ball off the
tee than ever before and putting like
a champion. Farrell is the same
steady performer of old, hitting the
has been playing very well in prac-
tice.
q The golf committee has put up
purse of $50 for the professional who
.sbreaks 10 over the course, a mark
sahat never has been beaten, although
Thomson scored af70 last year. The
Inauguration of Summer rules, with
the golfers playing the bali as 1t lies,
may raise the scores stroke or two.
The club may be reached by auto
mobile by going over the Key Bridge,
turning to the right and going
sthrough Cherrydale, turning to the
sright again three-fourths of mile
beyond Cherrydale on straight road
Tto the club.
How should n hole PA yards in
Elength be played? Should it be
gplayed with a spoon, brassie or
s.mtdiron? The average golfer would
say it depends on the player himself,
rhis ability to place the ball and to
nget distance.
e But that doesn't settle the question,
ssaccording to DR.. w. c. Barr of the
-washington Golf and Country Club.
-who tried out a new set of clubs
few days ago with the desire to es-
LLtablish the distance each club might
sbe expected to hit the ball He Sc
rlected the fourteenth hole at the club.
s.214 yards in length, on which to make
1.-The experiment. First he hit a tee
Shot with brassie, and the ball went
I3on the green. Then he hit 1t with a
Spoon, with the same result, and,
1priding himself on the previous two
shots, cut loose with a midiron; and
That ball went on the green. too.
Bair considers himself an average
golfer, but now he is in quandary
80 know how to play the fourteenth
hole at Washington.
= Congressional Country Clubs golf
and grounds committee held a meet
ing Last week and decided to stage
Che clubs first invitation tournament
in September on dates to be selected
Ia ter, instead of in the Spring, as was
at first contemplated
{ The stunt at Washington last Sun
aay when four players in a practice
match holed birdie 35 on the par
Afth hole was almost duplicated in q
professional match at Burning Tree
an the difficult sixteenth hole the fol-
Iowing day. Jimmie Crabb of Con-
gressional, Bob Barnett of Chevy
Chase, Dave Thomson of Washington,
Arthur Thorn of Town and Country
and Ralph Beach of Burning Tree
were playing in a. match. and four
.ef them obtained IS on this very hard
luar hole. Two of the puts were
well over 20 feet, while Crabb, who
had laid a brassie shot within 4 feet
ef the pin, got only a half with a
birdie with men whose second shots
were well outside his own.