Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

ont of bounds when the ball in mid
air struck a robin and bird and ball
dropped within feet of the hole Wat.
son holed the putt for par 4.
Trees around the sixteenth green
at the Washington Golf and Country
Club have been cut away, enabling
members on the clubhouse porch 10
see the green from the house.
The first move to take away some OF
the terror of the lengthy first hole az
the Congressional Country club VIII
he made within a few days when the
new first green is put into use ana the
old hill top green abandoned, tempo
rarilv at least. The new hole Will ne
90 wards shorter than the old and VIII
make a par three-shotter OF the
starting hole instead Of the terrifying
stretch of distance that now greets the
player at the Maryland course.
The new green is hedged about by
wire netting to protect it's surface,
but it had a fine stand or bent grass,
and, according to Peter jackson, the
club green keeper, Is now ready Tor
play.
of the green are to be built as soon as
49,
that will not take more than a few
DAVIS. A new second tee is to be con-
structed Immediately back of the
eighth tee and the rough cut across
q corner of the second fairWay, max
ing a sharp dog-leg out Of the hole
When the new first green is put into
play, par for the course will be re-
duced from Is to y, for the present
hole, measuring 610 yards, is a par .
affair.
Homer s. Pope has been named to
revise the handicapS of members OF
the Indian Spring Golf Club and al
ready has embarked on his task. Pope
| finds that the greatest improvement
made by any club member since the
handicaps were originally given was
that of George +. Foley, an employe
Of the Shipping Board. Foley's "a
| handicap was cut to is.
Indian Spring Club members and
guests are competing today in a
Scotch foursome tournament, with
clubs handicap allowance.
At least three Washington players
are on a team representing the Gibson
| Island Club in a match today at Glib
son Island with a team representing
the Baltimore Country Club. A. Nc
| Cook Dunlop, member Of Chevy
Chase, is playing No. 1 on the Gibson
Island team, opposing 3. Warren
Cochran OF the Baltimore Country
Club.
Friends of Charles Nicholson of the
New York World will be glad to learn
that he has recovered from an injury
suffered in getting out of a trap at
Indian Spring several days ago.
The six men who are to represent
| Washington in the national amateur
championship expect to leave for Min
neapolis early next week to practice
over the course in advance of the title
play. Members of the group are Ro'
land r. Mackenzie. Miller B. Stevin.
son, George J. Voigt, Page Hufty and
Charles NJ Mackall. The tourney will
start with the first 1S-hole qualitica
ton round at 1S holes on August %
with the best 80 scores at 36 holes
medal play to constitute the cham
pionship flight, which will start two
is hole match play rounds the morn
ing of August "a. The last three
match play rounds will all be at 81
holes.
The first eight names in a ranking
list to be prepared by the United States
Golf Association will be seeded in the
draw for the match play rounds. Her
bert Fl. Ramsay. who recently con
Quoted an inquiry into the amateur
status of George j. Voigt, Is chairman
of the championship committee which
will handle the tournament lA.r,=--s.-e.