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

ton public links team will leave the
CAPITAL July 80 for Cleveland, where
the national public links champion
ship will start August 2. Elaborate
arrangements have been made by
committees of the Forest City for the
entertainment of the visiting players
from all over the country. The Wash
incton players-B. II. Burrows and
]. r. Miller of Rock Creek Park and
Robert Burton and Charles w. Cole.
ir., Of East Potomac Park-will so to
Cleveland as the guests of the public
course management, headed by >. u.
Loeffier, president of the Park Amuse-
ment Co. All their expenses to and
from Cleveland and while in that city
will be paid by the company. this
course having received the sanction
| of the United States Golf Association
several years ago.
With the acquisition of a contract
| by the Park Amusement Co. for oper'
| ating of the entire plant of the Bea-
yer %lm Golf Club and complete SUI
pervision of the golf layout, together
with a plan to construct new H.
hole course Immediately, and another
nine.hole in the future. Beaver Dam
will take it's place within year as
the largest golf plant around Wash
ington.
Work already has begun on the new
1S-hole layout, arranged by William
j. Flynn of Ardmore, Pa, who laid
out the new course of the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club, and has
aided in the construction of several
other Washington courses. Loeff1er
has moved much of his course con-
struction machinery from Rock Greek
and Potomac Park out to Beaver Dam.
and is we'll under way with the con
struction work. The new 1S-hole lay
cut, according to Loeffler. will be
completed by May /, 1928. and work
on another nine will be started in the
| Fall.
indian Spring Club golfers are COM
peting today in a ball sweepstakes
event, part of the extensive schedule
arranged by Chairman Perry b.
Hoover and his golf committee.
The next tourney of interest to
Capital golfers, after the closing of
the Sherwood Forest event this after
noon, is the annual Summer affair of
the new Maryland Country Club, to
| be played over the reconstructed Park
Heights Avenue course July 20. II, ~
and %. George j. Eoigt won the
tournament last year after downing
Roland r. Mackenzie in the semi
| final round.
| John G.. Let's led field of senior
golfers Of the Chevy Chase Club in a
recent tournament. Let's scored 81
| 80 to lead d. c. Shanks by four
shots. Shanks had 94-10-S4. Other
scores turned in were as follows: Il.
NJ. Talcott, 91-5-86; w. G.. Brantley,
96-10-S6; II. w. Baker, 92-5-S7;
DR.. G.. Brown Miller, 91-4-S7; Wal
| ter G. Peter, S5-plus 3-SS.
The four players who will form the
team to represent the Capital in the
national public links championship
early next month will play Sc holes
tomorrow over the Rock Creek and
East Potomac Park courses to decide
the city municipal links champion
ship. The first 1S holes will be
played at Rock Creek Park. with the
four playing at Potomac Park in the
afternoon for the title now held by
, Charles w. Cole. jr.
Cole won a place on the team yes
terday in the play-off of a tie with
c. NJ. Merrill. scoring II against an
| 81. after the pair had tied at 159 on
| Thursday.
Other members of the team are
Robert Burton, Bradley II. Burrows
and John r. Miller.
The victor I'm the city championship
event Monday will captain the Wash
ington team when it travels to CleVe-
land as guests of the management of
| the public courses here.