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

en- two weeks ago by the Won Steiner
Towns combination but turned the
tables in IL return engagement last
Wednesday. They will meet one day
this week ito settle the supremacy.
The wooden clubs with which Bobby
Jones won the United States amateur
golf championship last September and
tied for the open championship ear
lier in the year are on exhibition at
the Congressional Country Club
Jones, who won the British open in
June and the American open in July.
gave the wooden clubs tp his friend.
Tommy Armour, the Congressional
pro, when lie was in Washington in
April. Large sums have been Of
fered for the clubs, but they are not
for sale. Jones. in winning the two
open championships earlier in the year
used wooden clubs made by Tony
sylvester. the Congressional club
! maker. Many others who played ir
the two big title clashes used clubs
made by Sylvester.
While the heat Of last week kent
many amateurs from the golf courses
of the Capital, it did not deter Eddie
Towns of Indian Spring. Ralph Beach
of Burning Tree and Sylvester from
playing golf at Congressional Al
though the thermometer must have
registered nearly 100 degrees. this
trio played Is holes Thursday after
noon and all scored we'll below 80.
A caddie tournament for the ba@
toters at Rock Creek Park Is planned
for some time during the next few
weeks. The tourney details are he
ing arranged by James d. Preston
who has taken great interest in the
game of the youngsters and who aC-
| cOmpanied the Washington public
links contingent to Buffalo.
". p. Raidy of the Veterans Blu
rPau had Il one on the sixth hole ut
West Potomac Park a few days ago.
holing his mashie shot. a distance of
l43 yards.
Only two big Journeys are left for
the rank and file of Washington golf
erS this year. BannOCkburn last Weel
held meeting of It's tournament com
mittee and discussed details of the
annual Fall event to be held Septem-
Der 22-25. inclusive. TIL" Burning
Tree Club will stage the District anna
teur championship in October. Ro-
land r. Mackenzie probably WILL not
he able to play In either tourney, as
he will be away At school. He viii
defend his District Junior champion
ship earlier in September.
Plans are being completed by the
golf committee of the Washington
| Golf and Country Club for the play
| ing of the club championship. which
! is now held by Martin Il. West.
| Other club tournaments are to he
| scheduled by the golf committee. IN
Guiding the women's championship.
Washington Golf and Country Club
| golfers have seen some weird shots
on their course. which. by reason Of
| it's topography. lends itself readily 10
| freak happenings on some holes
| Samuel l.. MoSby. one of the veteran
members of the club, recalled shot
by Charles II. Doing, ir.. some years
ago on the twelfth hole. now the four
teenth. where Doing put a ball to the
side of n lone cedar tree on the lott
side of the fairWay. struck in the
ditch and holed out Il .. DR. !. A.
| Talbot recalled Il 4 secured by G.. G.
DuEanne on tn" sixteenth. where Du
game topped his tee shot into the
ditch i'll front Of the tee. played or
and sank q putt for the par to win
the hole. But the conversation came
to an abrupt close when mention was
made of q secured on the tenth
hole by A. w. Howard. we'll known
one-armed player Of Washington. who
hit a mediocre tee shot and holed u
full mashe TO win the hole with tW"
strokes to spare.
Some of the weird occurrences a,
Washington center around the short
eleventh hole, q maShie nibliCk shot
of 1870 yards. where many members
have struck rocks in the ditch. bound
ell out on the green and have SOM"
times secured IS to beat men who
had put their tee shots on tho green
without artificial aid