Evening star., 1928-05-22
BY WALTER R. McCALLuM.


NDIAN SPRING GOLF CLUB is
lucky organization. First, in hav'
ing Suclp golf course fit anC
4 ready for play handed to the Inel
who operate the club, and second
IN having such a combination in charge
of the course as John F. MacCorrnaci
and tall, lean fellow. who gets ul
before the brides warhle in the morn
ing and personally takes the wrappingS
on each green TO see that no harm has
come to it during the night. At least
that is the rllnlof going the rounds re-
gRTdlng the activities of Dick Watson
the Flying Scot" who doesn't think
any more Of any one Of the eighteen
green's at indian Spring than he does
OF his right arm.
John MacCormack isn't by any means
Q heavy sleeper either. and they do tell
yarns about how ne and Watson thrash
out many Of their common problems
regarding the golf course-while the sun
is Just breaking over the Eastern rim
OF the world.
Refuse to Let Him Quit.
A couple Of months ago MacCormsck
resigned the job Of green's committee
chairman tand these committee jobs
are usually one-man affairs at any well
organized golf club. Would the mem
bers have it? They would not, and
the board Of governors told John so, and
he felt so kindly toward the old family
homestead that he reluctantly left the
work he had gene back 70. after three
years of wrestling with mowers and
tTactoEs and water Spreaders and such
things. and came back TO the love Of
his life.
Now John is happy again, for he has a
golf course 10 putter over and worry
about, and Is greens for him and Wat
sun 10 mother. And how he and the
Flying Scot" have worked on it for the
invitation tournament which started to-
day. They've cut and clipped, they've
sown and planted. they've figured and
added and worried and funed. The net
result is golf course that is 20 per
cent better than it ever has been be-
fore and TO those who know the In
dian Spring Of past years, that means
. whole lot.
An Insidious Rascal
This fellow MaCCormack is an in
SidioIs rascal, too. Without saying any,
thing to any one. ne and Watson have
ccnsp1red 70 deliberately steal several
score yards of fine putting green surface
II you don't believe 1t, look at what
they've done 10 the fourth and the fif-
teenth green's. which today. are only
about tWo-thirds as big as they we're
last year. They have stolen, nlched or
otherwise removed from the golf course
about one-third Of each of the green's
eT are they the great big affairs Of other
years.
They did IL by the simple process Of
letting the grass grow high on what
used to be putting green surface. John
and Dick are far above such unprofes-
SInna1 methods as trucking away a put
ting green. They are tricky fellows, who
can make q putting green seem Ike
Itself. when it is hut a shadow OF what
4 used 70 BE- WkeneyeT we play with
John We look for him 70 pull hat trick,
and We were not bit surprised the
either day when bunny popped out
Of hts golf bag,
Shot Gets the Money.
Yesterday he pulled one-on the
thirteenth. where he took his wooden
n'askaie, and played . fun shot 10 with
81 inches Of the hole 70 negotiate .
birdie 3 and get our jack. His wooden
Eaaskgse ito these not in the know Is
E4s spoon and he plays u anywhere
down 20 100 yards from the green.
Well the up6hoE Of this yarn is that
John and Dick have conspired 20 put
Indian Spring IN the finest condition
of It's comparatively short life. They've
both learned q Lot about golf courses in
the past u months. Watson vent back
20 his beloved Scotland last Winter and
came hack fun Of ideas.
What's the use Of having men rake
osH bVnkers," Dick said, thinking back
over those rugged courses in Caledonia,
where such graceful things as railroad
ties. and whtng whatever they are1
9nfest the hazards. Well that idea
didn't 70 over very veil But last week
the other half of the combination had
q great notion. Seeing the care with
which MoTven Thompson treated the
immediate area Of the greens at Chevy
Chase, he decided TO do the same
thing at Indian Spring. The result Is
that II bill goes q yard on the green
nov II won't be in that villanious stuff
they dignity by the name Of rough.
one will have 3 chance 70 get back on
the green a. Least without doing a Lon
CLANCY.
Stars In Tournament.
The golf tournament has q flock Of
. ssarx entered In Il, and among them n.
L. Hougi1ton. q late entrant yesterday,
viii Tee Of today. Maurice J. Nc
Carthy presumably ie entered. although
me telephone entry that Homer s
Pope got yesterday was rather am
hleuous Is 70 such minor details 81
nsrse. Pope received message that
ak 0eoYeefown University men would
Ike 10 play around 3 O'Clock tomorrow
Did wilson, who did 30 well al Town
ard Country, ard Mark Flanagan and
several others are In the list. Because
sons of the players wanted 70 start al
eygser than the original assigned times
Ire golf committee late yesterday re-
/, sryarseeH the starting times. The re.
srranRement viii have no effect OF
most of tns entrants, however. although
+ re entry list, by reason Of the addee
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