Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

Six of the Qualifiers in the fast
field. which set a mark Of 155 as the
absolute top qualifying score. were
under 20 years of age. Few Of the
others were more than 25 and only
a very few were over 80. Public links
golf nowadays is a different matter
from the tourney which was held In
washington in 1923, when many OF
the councillors were men Of mature
years, some of them over 40 years OF
age and considered championship
possibilities.
beginning with Bolstad, we find
Ernest Caldwell of Baltimore, Law
renee Scuette of st. Louis, Stanley
Ford of Detroit and Clarke Morse or
st. Louis all qualifying in the cham
pionship at the age of is or ieSS'
Nicol Thompson. son of the PROBES
sional of the same name. Is but ~
wears old, and Sam Kauffmann OF
Pittsburgh, runner-up to Bolstad, Is
but "a. Willis owens of Jacksonvllie,
Fla, is only %.
ID, C.. Stars Are Young.
Those who did not qualify. among
them Charles. w. Cole, tr., and John
r. Miller Of Washington. are young
sters, while young Edward Kirk of
Detroit, Is years old, shot card of
so-75-157, to miss qualifying by
two shots. The old days when age
dominated public links golf have
gone. probably never TO return, and
the United States Golf Association s
idea of a Junior national amateur
championship" is becoming more ana
more n fact.
In most of the cities from which
the public links stars of the Nation
come every year to play in the ma
tional championship. some aid is eX-
tended to the aspiring lads who would
become famous players. They are
helped by the professionals at the
various country clubs by way of les
sons or tips on instruction; given an
opportunity to play golf over various
courses: helped over the many rough
spots that beset a young players
path. and granted every possible en-
enlargement. Here in Washington.
however. little is done for the young
public links golfer. He has fine
courses over which to play and de-
velOp his game, but outside of that he
receives little announcement. Some
day, and that soon. the young public
links players are going to be taken
in hand by a group of individuals
here who will see that the path is
smoothed for them. a movement
along this line has already been in
itiated and will soon he ready to be
swung into action.
Plans for recGnStructing the fifth
green ut the Indian Spring Golf Club
have been approved. and work will be
started tomorrow toward diSmantlinp
the present hole. Groenkcoper Dick
Watson and John +. Mccormack,
chairman of the green's committee, be-
lieve the new hole will be one of the
most attractive of the entire layout.
At present many members believe the
hole penalties a good second shot be-
cause Of the sloping topography of the
approach, while a trap behind and
right at the back edge of the green
catches many overplayed shots.
The new green will be constructed
with slope down toward the an
proach. rising gradually to the back
of the green. which will be much on
larged. Traps will also be placed diff
ferontly, and the putting green Sown
With the same variety of German bent
as that used on the seventh and
eighth.
Indian Spring Clubs golf team will
meet the golfers of the Beaver Dam
Club in q team match this afternoon
at Indian Spring. Basil NJ Manly is
captain of the Indian Spring team.
A rubber" match to decide the
question of superiority between four
players in mixed fOursomes will be
played soon at indian Spring. Mrs.
Leonard Chapman will play with
Danny Horgan of the Racquet Club
against Mrs. Alma Won Steiner and
Eddie Towns. the Indian Spring pro.
Mrs. Chapman and Horgan were beat