Evening star., 1925-03-22

Farrell. always a popular golf favor
lite In Washington, and one of the
younger group of players who are due
10 succeed THE Barnses. Hutchisons and
Hagens of today within a few short
years, is in himself a. host when the
fur starts flying on the golf course. as
he proved here last Fall, when he and
Gene Sarazen overlook Roland r. Mac
kenzie, the District amateur champion,
ana Dave Thomson, overcoming a deficit
or three holes to beat them on the last
Is Of a 36-hole match.
The same pair will oppose the versa
tile Johnny and his professional part
ner, for Roland Mackenzie is all booked
up for the engagement, while Dave
thomson has groomed up his trusty
putter, and says he will be In the same
putting mood he was in last Fall, when
he putted Farrell and Sarazen almost
blue In the face.
That match will be the first of the
big events about the city. antedatine
the hrst amateur event by three weeks,
lot on April 30 the Indian Spring affair
VIII start, inaugurating the tournament
season hereabout
: tomorrow, however, the men who
play their golf at East Potomac
Park, will stage little private feud
OF their own. Mel Shorey. former pro
at the Manor Club, will pair with A.
Il Houghton against Ralph Beach,
and Page Hufty. The two amateurs
are the present stars of the public
links courses, while the two profess
sionais are among the best of the
younger group around the Capital.
The match will start at IL o'clock.
Shorey, by the way, has greatly i'm
proved his game. Last Thursday,
playing with Dave Thomson at the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
he shot a "A, and few days previ-
ously shot 70 over the same course.
Formation Of a golf league among
the luncheon and welfare clubs of
the city, among them Kiwanis, Ro-
tary, Lion, Cosmopolitan, Newcomers,
and others, Is being discussed, and
may become reality this year. Sew
eral of the clubs now hold club days
among their own members, but so far
an interclub league has not been
formed.
Constructions of a new tee for the
tenth hole at the Washington Golf
and Country Club Is being contem-
plated by the greens committee of
the club. The committee has not
been entirely satisfied with the loca-
ton of either Of the two tees now in
use. From the forward tee a very
long drive will reach the bunker
guarding the green, while from the
rear tee very long drive is needed,
particularly against a head wind, to
carry a hill 18e yards out and allow
clear shot at the green. The nep
tee, it is held, will solve both diff
culties and make a more interesting
hole, retaining the architectural
features of the layout.
DIR. James r. McCIenahan. chair
man of the greens committee of the
Virginia club, has BEEN taking
measurements and surveying prepara-
tory to constr uction of dam in
front of the short eleventh hole. If
this project is consummated 1t will
provide the only real water hole
around Washington, Tor in front Of
the green will stretch a lake of
water 80 yards long and 15 yards
wide, almost surrounding the green
on three sides.
Robert D. Ramsey, a former mem
Der of the club, who had never seen
the new course of the Virginia or
ganization, played the course last
week and pronounced II 100 per
cent Improvement over the old layout.
Completely renovated and thor
oughly groomed, the Rock Greek
Park public course opened last FRI
day, making available to municipal
links golfers the same iayouts they
enjoyed last year, with the added
prospect Of additional facilities, both
at East Potomac Park and Rock
Creek Park. East Potomac Park 8
new nine holes will~be opened be-
tween the 18th and 30th,. OF May,
making 81 holes in all available at
the popular lower parkl while Sergt.
Patrick Joyce, in charge of Rock
Creek Park construction and main
tenance, promises to have the new
nine at Rock Creek open the latter
part of August or the first part OF
September.
The clubhouse at Rock Creek is in
charge of Maj. James A. O'Brien, a
retired Army officer, and Danny Hor-
gan, assistant at Chevy Chase last
year, is the instructor.
Bannockburn's new sixteenth green
has been sodded and appears to be
in first-class shape for the opening Of
the season.