Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21


creek which crosses the second fairy
being sodded over and leveled. The
wav from the hill to the north IS ben
relieve this fairway of much OF the
hole unpleasant to play in wet wealth
The second hole will he reduced in
| length from 455 to 440 yards, making
| it a drive and medium iron hole
under normal conditions, for the fair
way slopes down from the tee. ! ne
fifteenth which now can be reached
| in two shots under favorable condl-
| tons, will become a legitimate three
shotter with its increased length from
| 462 Yards to 492, and will be a semi
dogleg hole.
The seventh and eighth tees have
been entirely reconstructed. while
| additional tees have been laid out at
the second, seventh, tenth and fiji
/ teenth.
The board of governors Of the club
| has recently adopted rule that pro
! hibits taking in of new members until
| openings occur by reason of cancel
| lation of the present membership.
! Next season the club will operate
| on a lease system, under a club man
| ager. The annual meeting of the
| organization viii be held February IL.
! Little activity is noticed at the golf
/ CLUBS ABOUT w dS1lHS lOll ltlc~t III Ism
! DAYS of early Winter. Even though
| a few of the regulars play golf nearly
every day. the game itself is not the
| same as 1t is when green fairways
| replace the drab brown and gray eN-
! panses of the present season. Tee
| shots are shorter, approaches more
difficult, and putting Is transformed
from a scientific art to something
! which more nearly approaches luck.
hnxIpyar iG the
more invigorating than during the
heat of Summer months, and some
times a really warm day comes along
TO bring back recollections OF the
shrt-sleeve days Of four months ago.
The bunker paraIIeling the right
side Of the fairway at the twelfth
hole at Washington, IT'S yards from
the tee. which already has been
the subject of much comment for and
| against its retention, has been sub
jected to new attacks within the last
week. Several members of the club,
happening to hit screamers off the tee
have found the ball at rest in the sand
of the bunker when they expected
clear second shot to the green. The
really long hitter will carry the
bunker without much trouble. but the
medium driver who carries about $50
yards is apt to get in trouble. Pro
tests against it retention come from
the latter class. with the claim that
the man who literally tops his drive
from the elevated tee rolls along to
the edge of the fairway and is not
penalized, while the man who hits
fairly long ball on the line finds the
trap.
The green's committee claims the
bunker should catch a ball up the
hill on which the bunker is placed.
a nd hat ha no ch
parallel the woods. Good arguments
are offered on both sides. In the
mea ntime the little strip of rough be
tween the old edge Of the fairway
next to the woods and out of bounds
line has been cleared and will be
made all fairway right UP to the out
of-bounds stakes. widening the fair
way about l. yards
James L. Crabb. professional at Con
gressional Country Club. who will
leave the club at the end of this year.
will be in New York this week seeking
post in the metropolitan district
Crabb's performances have been per
; fectly satisfactory, according to a let
ter written him few days ago. but
the club wished to save money and SO
. dispensed with the professional
On his first visit home since mid
Middle Atlantic champion and leading
! golfer OF this section, arrived yester-
day from Brown University at Provi-
dence, X. /. He will be here we'll into
the first week in January and will
| have much time to play golf during
J the holidays.
Development of Winter golf in
Florida this year will be interesting to
watch. particularly on the professional
side. where another attempt will be
, made to revive the Winter Golf
League. The league was not an out
, standing financial success last Winter,
as apparently the amateurs wanted
to play golf themselves rather than
watch professionals in action.
Purses aggregating fantastic
amount have been hung up for the
appearance of the pros in the big
F1or1da championships and it promises
to be happy hunting season for the
| skillful group of the paid brigade.
Drew III. Beatty and Arthur B. Ben
nett finally annexed the final Of the
Bannockburn Clubs two-man cham
plonship yesterday. defeating E. c. AL
word and Glenn McHugh by and 8.
> The quartet had finished all square in
a previous match for the title. The
losers conceded Beatty and Bennett
five holes during the round
A new cinder path and steps have
been completed between the thirteent h
green and the fourteenth tee at the
Washington, making the climb down
the hill to the fourteenth tee much bet.
ter in bad weather
: DIR. j. T. McClenahan, chairman of
the greens committee at Washington.
; won turkey donated by John I.
Power for nine selected holes in an
; 18-hole round. The holes selected were
the second, third, fourth. seventh,
twelfth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seven
teenth and eighteenth. McClenahan
finished with a card Of Al for the nine.
winning the Christmas bird by three
shots.
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