Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

~ as the emu VI Ixoyyu
n golf tournament season s Inn
near. that some steps snoulu
he taken by the CLUBS apout .ssn.
ington or by the Dlstrlct uoit NJ
o;otion to reduce the numper VI
tn',rnaments. The men who compete
-, az the Journeys around Washing.
+nr have lust finished rigid goil
schedule. with nine big tournaments
oIreadv having been played aDou.
W. shington and Baltimore ana at
last three more scheduled Tor the
Fall. ,,her of
events and for other reasons, MANY
of the men who competed ana were
nrooinent factors in the big affalrs'
~ other wears have foregone many OF
the tournaments this year. Such
names as those of Albert X. Mac
Kenzie. Donald Woodward, g. II.
Chasmar, John H. Clapp. MorVen
THOMPSON and several other prom
;nent tourney entrants of other years
have been missing from the lists. In
their places are found many OF tne
Younger players who have not inquired
extensively in other years, put now
are taking place as tournament semi
finalists or finalists.
This year has seen the greatest
change in the entry lists In five years
or more. One OF several remeoies
seems open. Either some OF the
tournaments should be shifted back
to the Fall to relieve the constant
succession of big events in the Spring
the clubs should space their affairs
farther apart, or some should hold
tournaments only once every two
years.
Virtually all the tournament play
ers agree that something should be
done to cut down the number OF big
events.
The rule put into effect by the golf
committee of the Washington COLI
and Country Club of permitting play
ers on the tee to drive to the green
at the second, ninth and fourteenth
holes while the golfers wait on the
green for the tee shots of the match
behind is working out satisfactorily
and speeding up play. This rule was
put into effect several months ago
and is causing no Inconvenience. Inc
holes are one-shot affairs.
WasEingtOn's course, once layout
completely isolated from visible signs
of civilization, is becoming surround.
ed by homes. The latest evidence OF
home building near the course Is the
putting up of a house only a niblick
shot from the tenth green, where
once complete isolation greeted the
player. The Glebe road, running past
the seventh green and the eighth tee,
is virtually completed, and probably
home building will now be in order
near this hitherto isolated part of the
course. A few years ago two homes
were built near the third and fourth
fairways, the first to destroy the al
most complete isolation Washington
enjoyed when the player left the Sec
ond hole.
Chairman Thompson of the golf
committee of the Chevy Chase Club
has in mind a proposal to trap more
severely the green at the ninth mole
Of the club course, believing the mole
is too wide open for one that can be
reached from the tee.
7 Charlie Mackall, husky Chevy Chase
golfer. former captain of the Uni
yersity of Virginia foot ball team. isn't
putting with his old steel-bladed putter
any more. Charlie. who won the Vir-
ginia State championship at Princess
Anne course, has been accused of
"high-hatting" the boys because he
uses a putter with sterling silver
blade and q mahogany shaft. The ex-
pensive putter was the prize for low
qualifying score in the tournament.
which he won at Princess Anne and
Mackall finds it just as deadly as the
more prosaic and less expensive steel
bladed affair.
Several amateurs and professionals
from Washington clubs will journey
over to Baltimore tomorrow to play in
an amateur-pro tourney at Rolling
Road. The tourney Is open only to
Junior members Of clubs and pro-
fessionals.
Woman golfers Of the city are to
compete tomorrow in another NINA
ture tourney to be played over the
Town and Country Club course I'M
der the auspices of the Women's Dis
trict Golf Association.
Members OF the Beaver Dam Club
are competing today in a handicap
against par tournament at Is holes.
The four members of the Washing.