Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-08
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

might thus have stood this way: Ale
though Voigt would have been barred
from playing in the local champion
ship, another club or clubs might have
invited him to play in the tournament,
thereby Haunting the ruling of the local
body.
knowing that under the present con-
stitution It's rulings are not enforceable
on the member clubs without specific
reference to such action in the con-
stitution, the organization has under
taken to put teeth in the constitution
and will move far along the road in
that direction tonight Albert E.
Steinem of the Town and Country Club
is chairman of the committee, whose
other members are: Norman B. Frost
Spring, @. Fl. Chasmar of Columbia,
c. B. Garrett of washington, Robert
Stead, jr., of Chevy Chase, Guy Mason
of Congressional, David L. Thomson of
Manor, DR.. T. J. w. Brown of Ban
nockburn and Col. H. W. Fleet of the
Army War College Golf Club.
Having practically completed the new
second green at Bannockburn, with its
nearly 5000 square feet of putting sur
face, DR.. Thomas ]. w. Brown, who
has passion for doing big things In
big way among the hills and wales
of the Glen Echo country, has moved
his tractors and pusfers over to the
valley between the twelfth and four
teenth fairways and there Is engaged
in changing the course of stream,
with the intention of making the
twelfth hole at Bannockburn one OF
the outstanding ones of the course. He
already has made new bed for part
of the stream and now is directing the
work of cutting down the hill on the
right edge of the fourteenth fairway In
order that the twelfth fairway may be
widened by moving the stream bee
about 80 yards to the right.
The gigantic task of clearing the
eastern edge of the twelfth fairway has
been completed, and the detonations
which sent their stump, blasting bursts
through the hills of Bannockburn have
ceased Where formerly there grew a
wild tangle of heavy underground
a smooth area of hillside, planted tc
grass and binder growth. In other
days it was almost impossible to play
; a ball out of this heavy stuff. In TACT
the man who hit his ball to the left
Of the twelfth fairway did well tt
find it. Now he needs to go far OF the
line to get in serious trouble. 1t Is al
smooth expanse of what will be
! grassy fairway next Spring.
Far down in the bottom land below
/ the eighteenth green, DIR. Brown has
been nursing along for years a patcf
/ of velvet bent, with which he plans tx
plant the new second and tenth green's
: II haven't enough to plant them al
the way across" he says, but be-
lieve too much grass ruins green II
It's early stages"
! And the best part of the Bannock'
burn construction work. so far as i
has gone, is that present play is no
disturbed. The new second green Il
! 30 yards from the line of play to thu
present green, which Is still IN use ant
will be in use until next Spring Thu
machinery on the hillside at the four
tenth does not disturb play to tina
hole, nor does it hinder play to tn
twelfth.
Lieut.. G. b. Sherwood. who de
veloped a fine game of golf IN tn
Philippines, is playing e. o. wagon
horst this afternoon for. the Slames
trophy In the final round OF the com
petition at the Chevy Chase Clun
Sherwood is conceding Wagenhorst
strokes during the round