Evening star., 1928-03-04
MASON IS CHOSEN
ASSOCIATION HEAD
Other Officers Also Named.
No Bid Is Received for ;
Women'S Event.
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALTER McCALLUM.
The mems championship Of the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association will so
to the Congressional Country Club this
year Meeting last night ut the WI
lard Hotel the association voted to hold
the annual championship tournament
there on June IS. Ia. Is and is, dates
which were set aside for this purpose
In tentative tournament list prepared
by the executive committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia Golf Association a
few days ago.
Following its usual custom of elect
ING as president member of the CLUB
where the tournament will be held. the
association named Guy Mason. chair
man of the Congressional golf COM
mittee. its president.
Other officers were elected as follows:
A. p. Strobel. jr.. Baltimore Country
Club. first vice president: Walter r.
Mitchell. Princess Anne Country Club.
second vice president; w. r. McCallum.
Washington Golf and Country Club
executive secretary-treasurer. The 1929
Championship will probably 60 to the
Baltimore Country Club. q development
indicated by the choice of Strobel as
first vice president.
decision regarding the place for
the playing Of the women's champion
ship was deferred to consideration by
the executive committee. since no club
offered its course for the event. The
meeting lasted less than an hour Dele
gates from member clubs in attendance
were the following: Bannockburn Golf
Club, Middleton Beaman and l.. S.
FiautZ: Chevy Chase Club, Aicrven
Thompson; Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club. DR.. James T. McClenahan.
Fred D. Paxton: Congressional Country
Club. Guy Mason. DR.. Bruce L. Taylor:
Columbia Country Club. Donald Wood
ward. Albert r. Mackenzie: Indian
Spring Golf Club. c. Chester Caywood:
War College Golf Club, Col. H. W.
Fleet.
Congressional is to start work on its
new i8-hole golf course within a few
weeks, according to an announcement
last night by Mason. - Plans for the
course have been prepared for several
months, and the course is to be con-
structeo by the present greens force, TN
DER the direction Of Peter jackson, In
charge of the golf course and grounds
The new course viii have q length OF
approximately 6.700 yards. adequately
trapped. and will be as difficult rs the
present layout. Congestion at Congress
SIGNAL on week ends is assigned as one
OF the Immediately imperative reasons
for building the new course.
Iernbers of the Indian Spring Golf
Club will gather at the clubhouse the
evening Of March so to choose officers
Tor the year beginning April l. c.
Chester Caywood has again been chosen
70 head the ticket and If elected, viii
serve his third term as president Cay
wood has been head Of the club since
club from Tom Moore, nearly three
years ego.
Another youngster from the group
OF ca6dies who learned the game over
the course of the Washington Coli and
Country Club q few years ago has
landed himself a professional berth,
making the fifth Of the group to take
up The teaching end OF the game
Richard Cook, a youngsse- with fire
golf s-yi: and with great capability as
payer, has h.en appointed profes-
s.onal at the Manifold Hall Country
Club of Fredericksburg. Va. after hav-
ing served an apprenticeship of four
years at East Potomac Park, the Con-
fessional berth at East Potomac Park.
Valley Country Club Of Bethlehem, Pa.
Ralph Beach, eldest Of the group OF
ex-ceddies at Washington. has been
with the Burning Tree Club for the
past two years and will become profess
Cional at the Suburban Club Of Baiti-
more on April ]. Mel Shorey, another
OF the group. lis holding down the pro-
fesSsonal berth at East Potomac Park,
and Walter Cunningham. at present
aSsstart professional. is TO take over
Beach's berth at Burning Tree on April
]. william Fl. Wood Is assistant to
Dave Thomson az Washington. and a
winner last year Of the assistant pro-
fessional title around Washington.
Cook is bat q years Of age, one of
the youngest professionals In this Sec
fion TO hold down a club berth. II
early training under Orrin Terry and
Tommy Armour will help him. he has
already made good. He served a year
ct Congressional with Armour, and was
with Terry for q time. Cast year he
wak with Dave Thomson's brother at
Bethlehem, Pa.
Members OF the Washington Golf and
Country Club will remember the oc-
casion ebout FIVE years ago when a
cadcie was standing under tree near
thc old sixteenth green. which was
struck BY lightning during a Summer
storm. The caddte was CooE. and the
lad was huTle6 in the air, knocked un-
conscious. He finally picked himself
up. none the worse for an experience.
He succeeds Charles Isaacs, who has
been az Manifold Hail for the past
year and is 70 locate with a Richmond
club. The Manifold Hall Club has a
nine-hole course Of about 5000 yards
IN length, laid out ON high ground over
looking the Rappahanock River.
Arthur u. Thorn, professional nj the
Town and Country Club. was in Fred
efleEEburg few days ago. and advised
With the gold committee on trapping
the course 10 make 1t more difficult
Nine golfers who haye tied In the
ringer score competition al the Miller
Walker Colt Ecflooi. on Pennsylvania
avenue near Seventeenth street, they will
play of the tie this afternoon They all
turned IN perfect scores of 10 for the
Yline-tlole putting course. The nine
sre A. r. Etfohm, Otto ,rhacker, M. u.
Kirseh. l.. v, Freudberg, l.. g. Pfautz,
X. r, Patten. B, q. Eetz, l.. Wint0n and
N q. DE Qyereda. More than 100 en-
tered the tourney. The winner Will re-
cei.e lhs trophy presented by DR..
George A. Baker.
E9otner ringer tourney will start to-
the winner receiving either six lessons
by professional or "A golf club made
TO o3ofF
Installed IN his nsw job ss prefeg-
.n.A AS rE3..