Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
NEW SPHERE WILL OFFER
TEST OF SKILL, SAY PROS
Will Bring Back the True Glory of Game, Declares
Armour-General Run of Golfers Aver Pellet
Will Take Kick From Their Play
the sides of the fairways. and so placed

| the SIDES or the falrWaSS, ana SO placed
as to catch shots of the line,
: But the new ball has gone further
| than this On the fast courses of Mid
summer from the clubs of experts, 1t
/ can be driven astonishing distances.
A course Of 1000 yards looks like one
of $500 In the old days. Champion
/ ships are won with scores well below
! 300.
| But meanwhile millions of buffers
| get tremendous kick out of OCCASION
] ally knocking the rabbit ball 800 yards
or So There is much to be said on
both sides. And the end is far away.
But the intention of the u. S, G. A. is
clear IF legislation Will bring about a
return to the conditions of other days,
the national golf body will put in use
and enforce the use Of shorter golf
ball
Probably the most disappointed group
of club members about Washington to-
day is the membership at Indian
Spring All because the professional
match scheduled for September 8 and
8 between J. Monro Hunter and George
DifTenbaugh of Indian Spring and
Tommy and Sandy Armour of Congress
sional has been indefinitely postponed.
Members Of Indian Spring were look
ing forward 10 that match With the ut
most expectancy and were prepared
so It's rumored-to back up their pro-
fesSionalS with man-sized humps of coin
of the realm. But another challenge
has come the way of Hunter and Diff
fenbaugh, this time from the neighbor-
hood of the Manor Club. It seems that
Harry CT. Pitt. Middle Atlantic Coli
Association amateur champion, and Al
IT., ffNN1n a
would like 10 have a crack at Hunter
and Diffenbaugh. So this match may
be played at an early date, probably be-
fore Pitt goes to Boston to play IN the
national amateur championship Sep
TENDER 10.
Just why John c. Shorey Of Ban
nockburn. Frank X. RoeSch OF WASH
ington and Karl F. Kellerman of CO.
lun1bia were not declared eligible 10
play in the amateur championship.
after submitting their applications and
tournament records, is not wholly clear,
but the assumption is that their RECORDS
did not satisfy the moguls of the united
States Golf Association as to their
eligibility.
OF course the u. S. G. A, has a per
feet right to legislate for the game OF
golf, and certainly is the last resort
where play in the amateur champion
ship is concerned. But we hold that
the eligibility list as it stands today
still contains the names of scores who
have no chance to qualify, yet have
gone on attempting TO do so FOR years.
We've seen many amateur CHAM
pionsilipS, from 1908 down TO the pres
ent, and year after year we read the
same old names, knowing perfectly well.
as does the y. S. G. A., that most OF
the dead timber will never make the
grade. Naturally. that makes lis curl
Gus as to why the U. S. G. A. don't get
rid of the dead wood and step out and
liven up the championship with some
new timber.
But. of course. small voice crying
in the wilderness is seldom understood
bv the entrenched gentlemen of mo-
nopoly. particularly when 1t comes from
a section which hasn't had commit
teeman or spokesman for more than six
years.
Nevertheless, perhaps we should be
thankful that Reid Digges and Harry
Pitt have been graciously permitted the
privilege of playing In the champion
shin and that A. L. Houghton and Page
Hufty have been given another chance.
Digges and Pitt are certainly the equal
in playing ability OF at least third OF
the entrants in the amateur champion
ship las we've seen them played and
even though the coming tournament viii
mark their first essay at big time COM
petition. they certainly won't be far
down on the qualifying list.
George r. Buskie came within half
inch of securing one on the 2l0-yard
fourteenth hole at Washington few
DAYS ago. His ball struck the cup and
came to rest less than half the width
of the pellet back Of the hole.
Bannockburn il slowly being rid OF
the loose stones that have caused end
less damage TO clubs and tempers for
several years. The gang OF workmen
who have been busy prodding the fair
ways searching for loose stones for
several DAYS are now on the second
nine, and it won't be long before Ban
nockburn hasn't loose stone on its
fairways.
Chairman McCieaahan of the WASH
ington club green's committee Is enjoy
ing a golflng vacation, touring by auto
mobile through lower Maryland and
Virginia He will be back In Washing
ton about EeDten1ber /