Evening star., 1928-11-19
Evans Has Y Round, But Loses
To Indian Spring Pro Golfers

the seventh. from the back tee, with
the same combination. He is using
steel shafts all the way down to the
putter nowadays, and, curiously
enough. all his clubs have square grips.
He claims it enables him to face the
club to the ball better.
Chick used to be called short
driver But if he is short we know a
lot of men who would like to be fully
as short Chick Evans today is fully
as long as 85 per cent of the leading
golfers of the world, and yesterday he
demonstrated that he is putting better
than the man who once had the repu-
tation Of being the worlds worst putter.
Likes Indian Spring Course.
Most of his time between shots yes
terday was spent in autographlng goit
balls for the fair golfers who watched
much pleasure in doing it as his ad-
mirers had in having it done.
After the match Chick. who has seen
as many golf courses as any living man,
praised the Indian Spring course high
ly, comparing it with Burning Tree for
difficulty and fine condition. He said
he was very much impressed with the
spirit of the club members.
Several of the Washington profess
sionals are arranging to go to Baitl-
more Wednesday to engage in 36-hole
medal-play tourney sponsored by the
Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers
Association at the WOodholme course
near the Monumental City The tour
ney probably will be called the Wood
holme oDen championship. A dinner
and meeting CT the P. G.. A. will follow
the tourney
The new Harper Country Club, ac-
cording to A. l.. Houghton, the club
professional, now has some 600 men,
bers and is developing to the point
where it is assured the golf course will
be in good playing condition next year.
Houghton says clubhouse is to be
constructed at cost of about quar-
ter of million dollars, and that the
proposition in every way is assured
of success.
And speaking of believe it or not
tales, who remembers the day, four or
five years ago, that Fred Mcleod holed
his second shot at the twelfth hole at
Columbia, which measures 502 yards
from the back tee.
Mrs James w. BeIler is the winner
of the ringer contest for women at
Columbia, which closed few days ago.
Mrs. Beller won the tournament with
selected score which many men
might envy for a season of play. turn
ing in a best ball card of 70 for the
tourney which started last Spring She
was closely pressed by Mrs. Stephen
F.. Colladay, who registered card of II.
The second flight of the tourney re-
suited in a tie for first place between
Mrs. w. A. Marr and Mrs. Herman
Stabler, both with cards of 83 for the
Is hole competition.
Getting "cff the hook" seems to be
a favorite pastime of several of the
golfers at the Washington Golf and
Country Club. That is what they call
1t when they are apparently beaten and
by some miraculous shot or by let
down on the part of their opponents
manage to halve the match. John /,
Power, the genial chairman of the
Washington clubhouse committee. is
the latest to ''get off the hook" In the
presence of a gallery gathered in front
of the grillroom entrance late YES
terday Power holed 20-foot side hill
putt to square the match, after he
and his partner had come to the last
hole dormie / down.
Front tees are in use at all the holes
at Indian Spring because of fertiliza-
ton process which involves all the tees.
1t makes the course considerably short
er, /but not great deal easier to score
on.