Evening star., 1928-04-04
THE weight for age handicap is on.
Andrew J. tCy) Cummings CT
the golden voice and the au-

TINE weight for age handicap is on.
Andrew J. tCy) Cummings CT
the golden voice and the au-
i thoritative manner. has COM
bined with Hugh H. Saun, a
fellow member OF Columbia. and by no
means a lightweight. In challenge TO
members of the club who can match
their weight and think they can beat
them on the golf course.
II seems hard to believe. but the COM
bined weight of the Cummings -Saum
combination is ass yards tteesidel and
they have lofty leanings toward trourc-
ing any two of their fellow members
who can meet the poundage require :
ments. So far the only pair who have
had the courage to accept the den nave
been Darcy Banagan, assistant proles-
sional at Columbia. and l.. w. Laudick -
two rolfing heavyweights who meet all
the ayoirdupois conditions and should
also fill the bill so far as knocking
golf ball around the course In a few
strokes is concerned. But 1t seems there
is a fly in the ointment where Trey. are
concerned, for Banagal has compialneo
that Cummings post weight Is not al
ways his true weight.
THE husky assistant to Fred Mcleod
claims that Cummings has been known
to gain three pounds between Weighing
In time (l2 o'clock and the time Tor
the match to start. thereby adding 20
wards to his booming tee shots. TO
clinch the match Banagan holds tnat
Cummings should forego lunch on tne
day of the contest and confine himself
to nothing more than three oroers OF
roast beef.
OF course. Saum with his i9l pounds
L. Va
with the gigantic Cummings. VINO
weighs 265 pounds in good condition
and whose abilities at golf and histri-
onics are we'll known.
flanagan manages to struggle around
Columbia IN rs or rs without trouble
while Laudick Is known as one of the
longest hitters at the club. Sucn
game should be well worth watching
II II Is ever arranged.
We believe. however. that Emmons
Smith and Miller B. Stevinson. two OF
the smallest in stature OF the gooo
PLAYERS around the Capital. would make
things interesting for either pair OF
heavyweights.
Banagan, by the way, literally cam :
within an inch of securing a one on the
thirteenth at Columbia last Friday. He
laid a mashie tee shot SO close to the
hole that big wind might have blown
the bali in for an ace. This is the hole
where John p. Gilmore OF Congress
sional played another OF the freak shots
he makes almost every round. His tee
shot was badly pulled. ending IN the
middle of the fourteenth fairway. His
second shot bounced over the edge OF
the banked green and his next was In
the cup. He holed a pitch shot over @
mound some Is yards from the pin.
Sometimes a real golfer looks like a
first-class duffer over stretch OF q
few holes. Allan Lard, twice North
and South amateur champion. and one
of Washington's best players for many
wears tells this one on himself
He started on the hill course nj
Augusta with an and on holes
whose par is and 3. playing In a
four ball match with men he had met
on the first tee. Old man alibi himself
couldn't pull me out, he said, after
that start.
About the fourth hole, his partneI
turned TO him and said. Have you
ever played golf beforeP"
Yes" Lard replied I played yes
terday."
well now you're alright" the part.
ner said encouragingly. Don't get
discouraged. The second time ! played
I didn't do nearly so well as you are
doing now"
Walter Beckett. formerly professional
at the Norfolk Country Club, Is con-