Evening star., 1927-04-18
CHAIRMAN Paxton of the golf
committee of the Washington
Golf and Country Club is puZ-
4 zled. A few weeks ago Paxton

III GOiI Gfl0 1OdItbIy &luD 10 pOS-
~ zled. A few weeks ago Paxton
announced a father and son
competition, limited to fathers and
sons who are members of the club.
He expected not more than a dozen
pairs to enter the tourney. a check
up of the list yesterday showed IL
pairs have put their names on the list
for the tourney, which begins next
Saturday.
Unless one pair drops out, all but
one match will have TO draw a bye in
the first round. The second round
is to be played next Sunday.
The method Of competition has not
been definitely settled. Opposition
has developed to making the tourney
straight best bah affair, and sug-
gestion that the two-point a hole sys
tenn be used is receiving considera-
ton Neither of these methods, how
ever, would furnish the interest of the
old style Of foursome play, used in
father and son Journeys around
Chicago and New York, in which each
side plays but one ball, taking turns
at driving from the tee and striking
thA ball alternately through fairway
ana green.
This method, which works out sat
isfactorily in other father and son
events, divides the burden equally
between father and son. Under the
two point system, in the case of Frank
X. Roesch and his father. for example.
young Roesch would win best bali on
the majority of holes.
Many of the leading amateurs and
professionals from about Washington
and a small group of Baltimore play
ers competed today in the first anna
professional event of the year
over the course of the Washington
Golf and Country Club. George J.
Eoigt, winner Of several Southern
Journeys and the outstanding sen@a-
tion of the year in amateur golf, was
scheduled to play with r. Cliff Nc
Kimmie in one match. The competi-
tlon is an 18-hole best bali affair.
DIR. 4. C. NOrcross and j. r. Graf
tied with net scores of 20 in the blind
bogey competition yesterday at the
Argyle Country Club. Norcross won
in the draw. The blind bogey was
fixed by Forrest Thompson, chairman
of the golf committee, between 65
and IS.
f. NJ. ShortalI won third prize after
a quadruple tie at net SO among the
following: ShortaH 99-30-69; Harry
Peacock, 91-20-71; William Keane.
90-21-69, and f. NJ. Mccarthy,
9S-27-71.
j. Il. Horning annexed low net in
the sweepstakes tourney at Indian
Spring yesterday with a card OF
97-25--72. The low gross prize went
to Fred Walen with an SO.
Competition in the two-man team
tourney at Indian Spring yesterday
was not changed by the results of the
matches played on Easter Sunday.
Parry b. Hoover, chairman of the
club golf committee, paired with j. X.
Zimmerman, continued on his winning
way in the first division Pope and
Mulroy also are tied for the lead.
George Foley and III. A. Klucken con-
tinue to maintain their lead in the
second division, and Ray and Can't
well are in the van in the third
section.
Finance and the cares Of banking
were dropped today by the golfers OF
the Washington Bankers Association
who played in an 1S.hole tourney at
the Columbia Country Club. A dinner
at the clubhouse is to wind up the
outing.
Another local golf course is 10 pass
from view within a year and half
The holder of an option on the lan6
on which the course of the Argyle
Country club is laid out has taken
up his option, although the club viii
have the use of the course for about
16 months longer Meanwhile clut
officials are looking about for q piece
Of land on which an 1S-hole course
may be built. The land used by ths