The Washington times., 1926-06-19
TRUE II, 70,
IS RE Al
COL FER
By Ross 1. COnklin

In thu head-long rush to acclaim
eISorsa II. Vofgt, Roland Mackenzie
SnH Page Hufty and other star
roifers here, critics. have over
looked one club swinger who Is
realIy remarkable in his accom-
pIlshments. The lnolV Ircl N
question is George !, e. Truett,
50.year.oid retired clergyman ana
SO handicap man over the perrin.
ot.s washington Golf and Country
Many and many an in1pulsive
yoiEth has rushed pell.mell into
battle with Truett only to regret
taking things for granted. Truett
laZof1e OF the real veterans OF the
links. and he can bump the beans
Of most young golfers in this city
on any given occasion.s
Just as one citation OF his
nrOWess, IL can be noted tElat he
won the fifth, flight of the Mid
die Atlantic t0arnanlent over his
home course, defea ting such gOli.
ers as Perry Hoover, Heath
Davidson and Leroy Heron.
His game is sound ali the way.
green that Truett cuts them
down.
He has. rnasaie, worn smooth
through years of use, that is q
deatii.1ehling weapon. With that
maehie in his hand, Truett IS a.
whiriwind from distances OF Is 10
IS yards. He can be relied upon
TO pitch the ball almost dead for
q one putt green, and his accuracy
is such that he, seldom takes
three. puts.
Washington Is course that can
get the golfer in peck Of trou-
bic, unless he is straight off the
tee. Truett can't hit them far
enough to get into trouble, but he
does wallop them down the heart
OF the alley. Another poke and
be- is just short Of the green, and
then comes that nnasilie.
Tomorrow Truett VIII occupy the
pulpit in the West Washington
Baptist Church, an office that he
held for Years The church Isl Cele-
brating its 60th anniversary. and
the veteran linksmau will be one
Of the speakers
Truett's home is close to the
Washington course. and he plays
daily In the winter he HES him.
sell to PuRta Gortla, Fla, where
he has winter home. And every
dap he is on the links unless some,
thing keeps him otherwise engaged.
In these days when impuIsfve
youths are popularity supposed to
be far superior TO their elders ON
Che links, IL. Is refreshing TO
watch TrVett take some Of the
e0ekslreness out of them. One
eHnn0t afford TO make many mis-
takes In 4 match with him. His
usual game is from so to IS, and
when the course Is fast, woe unto
he who strays from the course.
Golf clubs are made OF strong
stuff But those Truett has are
worn smootile. He has used each
CLUB so often and so long he knows
just exactly what he can do With
ID. He has one club that is close
on to 20 years old. OF course, the
shaft has been changed, but the
head is the same.
Last year Truett went out to
Congressional to engage in SOME
ton tournament. He was intro
dJited to some golfers. and they
made up a match. To the surprise
Of the others, Truett beat the ever.
lasting daylights out of the Congress
sional players There Is another
story that has gone the rounds Of
the clubs. Truett was playing in
q tournament and his opponent be-
gan missing his shots. The natural
result was a hot flow of adjectivea,
and it was not until week later
that Truett's opponent found that
he had been practicing his vocabu-
larry in the presence OF a man OF
the. cloth.
BY the time he Is 100. Truett ex-
poets to be pretty fair golfer.