Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
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cording to the letter, is to hold a
| breakfast and devote the entire morn.
| ing OF the meeting to common prob
lens and then to visit the Arlington
experimental Farm and several cources
| around Washington in the afternoon.
They will visit Burning Tree, Column
bia. Indian Spring and possibly Con.
gressional and Washington.
DIR. r. J. w. Brown, who has done
considerable work on golf courses
around the Capital. claims bent grass
used on the putting greens can be
planted at any time of the year with
little effect on its growing qualities.
AS evidence of this contention DR..
Brown points to the seventeenth green
at Bannockburn. planted January g.,
1925; the fifteenth and the sixteenth,
planted on March %. 1925. and June
rs, 1927. All Of them are In fine con.
dition, and the sixteenth will be ready
for play within 10 days. The seven
teenth is planted to Metropolitan bent
and the other two to the Washington
strain of bent.
The Voigt inquiry, which came to a
head last Wednesday when the United
States Golf Association held an inves.
tigation Of the player, has aroused a
1
rise to some unpleasantness as players
and those interested In golf argued
the merits OF the case. Some of the
statements made in the report Of the
District Golf Association eligibility
committee have been declared untrue,
while in others it is said condolences
have been violated. In any event the
storm which has arisen over the bar
ring of Voigt is the biggest piece OF
news" that has broken in golf aroCnd
Washington for some time--barring,
of course-Tommy Armour's splendid
victory in the open championship.
As showing the lack of attention
paid to replacing Of divots by players
on some courses, John +. Mccormack,
chairman OF the green's committee at
Indian Spring tells the following story:
| Mccormack watched a foursome ap-
proach to the fourth green. One OF
the players took generous diyot with
| his pitch shot and neither he nor the
caddie made a move to replace IT. Nc
| Cormack called the caddie over and
upbraided him for not putting the turf
back again. The caddie said he was
a new boy to golf and knew nothing
of the rule. Then Mccormack asked
the member about it. The member
said, "Yes, he hasn't replaced one of
my divots yet" All Of which McCor-
mack claims show the colossal ig-
norance of some players regarding the
golf course over which they play.
Here's an unusual one for the fifth
flight in any golf tournament. Elliott
Spicer Of Argyle qualified in the fifth
flight at the recent Maryland event
with an sc, and had to shoot II, rs,
and pair Of 74s to win. One OF the
men whom he beat was John Il.
Grimes, who was runner-up to Voigt
in the first flight last year.
Forrest Thompson, chairman OF
the Argyle golf committee, issues
on behalf of Col. Frank White OF
Argyle a challenge to any golfer 7C
years of age or more, to a 36-hole
match for the three.score nd-ten golf
championship of Washington. Col
White shot q 40 in match last Sun
day with J. f. Burke, jr., of the
Belle Haven Club.
The much quoted piece Of slang
"golf widow had it's inning a few
days ago when "a player at one Of thu
local clubs appeared at home. worr
, out by his endeavors on the links
Here is the way the conversation
! went:
Husband--Well, / shot couple o.
ASS today.
r Wife-You look as If you had beer
. shot with q couple of A6S.