Evening star., 1927-11-13

Another attempt is to be made to
, revive the old District Municipal Links
Golf Association, to foster and pro-
mote municipal golf in the District
of Columbia and to handle all public
links tournaments. Four years aga
a similar organization was formed
TO handle public links golf affairs
here. but it functioned only a short
time and apparently died a natural
death.
Now public links golf has pro.
gressed to the point where. in the
view Of many connected with the
municipal courses. it needs the strong
guiding hand of an organization to
watch It's affairs. The plan for or
ganiZatiop of the District of Colum-
bia Municipal Golf Association is the,
outcome of this want.
Under present plans the new as
sociation will hold three tournaments
a year-the District municipal links
championship. the District women's
public links title event and a District
junior public links tourney 1t is
planned to hold tournaments at East
Potomac and Rock Creek Park simu;
taneously. with the winers of the
Journeys meeting at match play to
decide the city public links title.
w. e. Hargett Is the winner of the
FIRST annual Bureau of Mines golf
tourney. Hargett defeated George S.
Pope, chief Of the Government fue.
yards. III the final match played at
Fast Potomac Park last Friday. Pope
had previously downed Joseph A. Cox.
winner of the qualifying round and
the man looked upon as the probable
winner Of the tourney. Hargett en-.
tered the final by defeating Frederick
7. A. keleher, jr.. won the consola-
ton trophy. defeating +. $. Howell To
get the White consolation trophy
Hargett will receive the Scott Tur.
ner trophy. presented by the director
of the bureau.
Jimmie Thompson, ISyear-old son of
Wilfred Thompson of the Hermitage
Club Of Richmond, formerly with the
Burning Tree Club here, is beng
mentioned as the professional at the
Fountain Head Club of Hagerstown,
where the Maryland open champion
was won by Fred Mcleod in October.
A new out-Of-bounds post has heen
placed along the right side of the fair
way at the sixteenth hole at Wash
ington Golf and Country Club, to keep
seventeenth fairway. 4 tee shot hit
beyond the post, however. is not cut
Of bounds.
Members OF Argye Country Club
ere 10 compete today in A turkey day
tourney for two gobblers put up by
Joshua w. Carr. president of the club,
and Emmert ~Heitmuller, one Of the
members. The players with the first
two low net scores for Is holes will
each win a turkey. Only those mem
hers OF the club with established handi.
caps for the season are eligible To com.
pete. The tourney. which has become
an annual fixture at .A'2yfe. concludes
schedule Of II events held at Ar
gyle during the season
Before TIE turkey tourney starts
DIR. a. &. Norcross, vice president of
the club. will present TO George {.
Gist, winner Of the club cnampionsnlp,
trophy emblematic Of his victory
and gold medal Medals also will be
presented to John j. Lynch. runner.
M TOR the title. and TO Gordon Bailey
nnd George +. Friederich. winner and
runiter-up in the second fight.
Goif has Gloyed out from a rich
MAJ s game. played on highly restrict
er private courses, TO u point where
u has greater number of active par.
ttcipants than any other game PLAYED
In the United States. The Playground
ana recreation Association of Amer
lea, authority for the statement, cred.
Its the rapid increase IN municipal
golf facilities for much of the CROWN.
popularity of the game Approxs late-
ly 200 public golf courses are main.
tanned in $50 cities, the association de.
elares.
A considerable addition to the pres.
ent army of golfers within the next
two decades is seen by the associa.
tion, which estimates at the present
rate of increaEe that from 10000, 300
10 l3,000.000 persons will take up the
game in the next - years Great nS
q necessity for 10000 new clubs and
the purchase of 5000. 900 or more
acres. To support this belief. the as.
sociation points to the fact that in
only two of the parks maintained by
the West Chicago Park Commission.
ers. 161.741 golfers played in 1926
''The popularity Of golf" the as>o.
efAtion said lis due in part to the
1act that all can play it; it is not n
eAie that il easily mustered. hut
= Yet.S AMI old can play il with some