Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14
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other day. After some preliminary
negotiations, Towns decided to play
the best ball Of the Grant-Larlin
combination and to start them 3 up.
The first three holes were halved. and
Grant and Larkin won the next six.
Towns gave them the tenth to take a
10 and s whipping.
A week from today two teams
made up of Junior players from the
Columbia Country Club and the
Washington Coli and Country Club
will meet at Columbia to settle the
question of supremacy. Reds Ban
agan, assistant pro at Columbia, Is
handling the tourney for that club
and has named more than a dozen
youngsters to play in an 1S-hole
medal play contest to decide the
eight members of the team. The age
limit Is Fl years. and the following
boys haze been named among those
who may represent Columbia: X. r.
Kellerman, jr., Robert G. Gormley,
A. s. Gardiner. jr.; John owens,
John Sherrier. 1r.. the two Yeatman
boys, r. J. Holzberg, jr., William
Brawner. Richard and Edward Walsh.
John Merritt. Everett Eynon. Robert,
William and Jack Hanna and Thomas
Bones, jr.
The Washington team will be
headed by Frank X. Roesch, the Dis
trlct junior title holder and champion
of the Washington club. in addition
to Roesch, the two Drain brothers,
Edwin Rice, Gordon Stone, r. d.
Webb and several others are to play.
Roland r. Mackenzie, star player of
the Columbia Club. will be at Mime
apolis to compete for the amateur
championship and will nor play in
the team match.
A new yarn of the irrepressible
caddy who takes it upon himself to
better the lie Of his player was
brought to Washington last week by
Lieut.. F. c. Denebrink of the Office
OF Naval Intelligence, who has just
returned from the Philippine Islands.
Denebrink explained, go unshod, and
when a player shoots into the rough
he does not worry, for he is certain
to have a good lie. BY the time he
progresses to his ball he finds it lying
on the fairway, brought there by the
caddie who has the helpful habit of
carrying the pellet out of the rough
between his toes. This seems to be a
much mere subtle and altogether
more satisfactory way than the habit
of teeing the ball up in the rough.
Members of the Washington Golf
and Country Club may now play the
twelfth hole in comfort, with the as
surance that good drive will not 60
booming into a bunker formerly 10.
Gated about 1870 yards from the tee.
While the best players of the club
bswail the absence of the bunker.
which they could carry, the rank and
file believe removal of the hazard will
make the hole much more a pleasure
to play than formerly.
The scheduled event today at India
Spring is ball sweepstakes event,
With prizes to go to- the winner of low
gross and low net
Chairmen of greens committees of
the local clubs are looking forward to
the coming meeting of the green's sec
ton of the United States Golf Asso-
citation, to be held in Washington
August 20.
Tommy Armour of Congressional,
holder of the American and Canadian
open championships, will come to
Washington tonight after playing a
36-hole exhibition match at the Hillen-
dale Club of Baltimore today. He is
paired with Bob Cruickshank against
two Baltimore professional combina-
tons