Evening star., 1926-06-13


CIpb of Norfolk and the Lakeside G
The latter affair--a two-day event
is an annual tourney, While the W Nash
ington- Baltimore match IS an lnloffiidl
contest arranged by members OF the
WASHINGTON, Maryland and Rolling
Road Clubs.
Chairman Nathan r. Frank OF the
golf committee OF the Town and Coun-
trv Club has not yet selected all the
members of the team to represent the
club in the matches over the Bethesda
course next Saturday and sunday.
Several members will play today Tor
places.
The Washington Club players who
will go to Baltimore include a. W.
Howard, G. r. Howard, DR.. j. T. Me
Clenahan. f. d. Paxton, j. l. Power,
J. II. Wright, j. Logan Hopkins and
w. X. McCallun. They will play at
the MARYLAND Club Saturday afternoon
aud play the next day at Rolling
Road.
One of the most unusual accidents
ever to occur on a golf course hap
pened to II. S. Pope OF Indian Spring
at Columbia yesterday. Putting on the
fourteenth green, Pope struck his pail,
and was surprised to hear a metalhc
click instead of the usual soft sound
that marks the we'll hit putt. When
he holed out his ball he discovered q
piece Of steel embedded deep III the
gutta percha cover. running through
the rubber for more than an lnch,
with an end sticking out an eighth of
an inch beyond the circumference OF
the cover. His theory IS that the BAH
must have struck piece OF wood con
tanning a nail in the rough with SUI
ficient force to drive the nall through
the cover. G. r. Howard claims the
steel was a piece of the mold in which
the ball was cast. broken off in cast
ing, and only making its way through
the cover after the ball had been
struck several times.
Although an overwhelming ma jor
ity of golfers believe the stymie to be
the unfair reward Of a poor shot, VIII
liam L. IIillyer claims it can be trans
formed into the medium for one Of
the most skillful shots in the' game,
the jump shot with a mashie or
nblick
Hillyer asserts Q out of 10 Stymies
are negotiable by sllillful work with
the pitching club or by utilizing nat
ural contours to play around the OPP
ponent's ball. He seems to have start
ed something, for most of the play
erS with whom he has talked about
the matter disagree with him. There
is something, however, to be said in
favor of Hillyer's argument. That Is,
that there is no doubt the jump shot
or the cut putt constitute two of the
most skillful shots in golf. Hillyer
claims the jump shot is neglected and
should be cultivated by every man
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be able to successfully negotiate
stylnie.
1T is almost impossible to lay
stymie which cannot be negotiated, p"
Hillyer says. recalling the consistent
stand taken by the Royal and Ancient
Society of Great Britain in favor of
retention of the stymie, and against
all efforts to have it barred from the
game. Against this theory is the as
sertion of those who claim the Stymie
is the accident result of a poor shot.
You cannot lay an intentional Stym1e.
1t is far easier to put the ball in the
hole than to lay it directly in the line
of your opponent"
The effect of the changes made in
the fourteenth and eighteenth holes
at Columbia. was amply demonstrated
in the qualifying round of the Co
lumbia tournament last week Fights.
sevens and skies were plentifully
scattered through the score cards
turned in by tournament competl-
tors, with the fourteenth taking the
heaviest toll. w. G. Evans, for eX-
emple, had a perfect nine except for
an s at the fourteenth. The second
hole also took it's toll of wrecked
hopes and ruined scores, for several
entrants started well with par As, only
to run into Z or on the tricky
second A small green entirely sur
| rounded by traps, guarded in the
| front by a water ditch, tells the story.
| The fourteenth, another green sur
rounded by traps and guarded at the
| rear by an out-of- bounds area, caused
numberless heart aches. The long
| fifth, for lack of variety, failed to
cause it's usual trouble.
A large delegation from Baltimore
! is coming to Washington to play IN
the Congressional Country Club
| tournament, which starts on June %
F, Several of the Baltimore players went
over the Congressional course last
week Congressional is planning sew
eral supplementary features to en-
liven the tournament.
A sweepstakes tourney is being
played today at the Indian Spring
Club. The tourney is a handicap af-
) fair Indian Spring will hold stag
night celebration at the club next
J Wednesday. The program will in
clude several boxing matches, with
I, DR.. E. r. Tilley and j. r. Zipmer-
man as masters of ceremony.
Indian Spring has a miniature tour.
ney listed tor July 5, with a fireworks
display to wind up the Independence
Day celebration.