Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-22
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20 Yards in front of the green and
curling gracefully over the fluctuations
on the putting surface. ran into the cup
Now Pass Is a man of ideas, Three
years ago he broke his favorite mashle
in a match at Columbia. 1t WASH
broken badly, and he wrapped 1t with
tame and continued to use 1t. Time a9c
golf went on and his other clubs were
nicked and damaged. Still he didnt
buy any new irons. And the day ne
made the ace he broke his mashle shaft
Now he insists that because he has mao
the good fortune to make hole In one
he owes IL to himself and his game tc
buy a new set of iron clubs. so Iony
Sylvester, the rotund Bannockburn pro
is about TO become few dollars richer
Speaking OF best ball matches, we
don't believe any pair OF professionals
in the bunkered land could have beaten
the best ball OF Reid w Digges and
Albert r. Mackenzie over the last nine
at Columbia a few days ago. Digges
and Mackenzie scored 30 for the last
nine in this fashion. 3 3 2 2 4 4
80. They started with two brides
and an eagle, and subsequently rang up
two more brides DiggeS drove the sew
enteenth green, but took puts, Three
wears ago Leo Diegel negotiated the
same nine holes In 20 strokes to win a
considerable bet laid down by Guy M.
Standifer.
Golf activity in the Annapolis sec
tor Is moving along to new heights OF
ambition. In addition to the Annapolis
Yacht and Country Club, launched last
Winter by group of Washington men,
several of them members OF the Manor
Club. another 13-hole golf course Is to
be built near the Maryland capital
shortly. under the supervision OF Harry
]. Coils. nationally known course archi-
tect and constructor. Coils has re-
Gently finished putting in an additional
nine holes at the Manor Club, with
which the club is represented as being
highly pleased, and will transfer all his
course construction equipment soon to
historic Greenberry Point. just across
the Severn from Annapolis. The con-
tract for the course construction work
was signed yesterday. According TO
Charles Gilman, one of Coils aSso-
ciates, the Chicago architect INTENDS 10
build a golf course OF championship
caiiber. and a course equal to anything
he ever has done The name OF the
new organization is to be the Green
berry Beach Golf Club.
Coils has been prominent IN con-
struction work on several nationally
famous golf courses, among them those
of the Skokie Country Club. where the
1922 open was played; the Flossmoor
Country Club. where the 1928 amateur
was PLAYED; the Olympia Fields Coun-
try Club, where John Farrell recently
won the open, and many other famous
layouts. chiefly In the West and Miodle
West. For years he was professional al
the old Homewood Country Club OF
Chicago, and still is retained by It's
successor. the Flossmoor club. In an
advisory capacity.
None of the six doubtful entrants
from washington in the amateur cham
pionship has received notification from
the United States Golf Association that
their applications for entry In the anna
teur championship have been accepted
or rejected. Those whose Applications
are before the governing golf body Tor
are Reid w. Digges and
John C. Shorey of Bannockburn, Harry
q. Pitt and A. l.. Houghton OF MnnHr
and Page Hufty of Congressional. Mil
Ter B. STEVENSON and Roland r. Mac
Kenzie Of Columbia are the only local
entrants sure of a place III the list OF
starters, Mackenzie will go TO Brae-
Burn, where the championship will be
PLAYED, direct from Chicago, where he
is to play next week in the Walker
Cup matches. STEVENSON will leave
Washington the evening OF Sep
TENDER s.