Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10


ternational four-ban matches starting at
Miami tomorrow, has arranged match
to be played in England with he and
Bob Cruickshank paired against Henry
Cotton and E. S. Whitcomb, British
professionals of note. The match will
be played prior to the British open
championship in which a number of
American pros will play.
Tommy is not member of the Ryder
Cup team, under the regulations which
at present limit membership on that
team to American-born pros. But sew
eral professionals not on the team are
to travel abroad in quest of the British
open title, now held by Hagen. Bill
Mehlhorn may be one of the men who
go abroad, even though the much press
agented Bill will not be on the Ryder
Cup team.
Tommy Armour, according to the
latest authentic advices, has not yet
landed a professional berth for 1929.
He may become a free lance profess
Sional travelling over the country to
play in exhibitions and tournaments.
1t is now almost certain that he will not
become associated with Tam-O'- Shanter
Club Of Detroit, with which organiza-
ton he was. in negotiation during the
early part Of the Winter.
He will stop off in Washington for
few days Immediately after the North
and South open championship at Pine
hurst to wind up his affairs at Congress
Sional. before sailing for England His
brother Alex, and his one-time assistant
Tony Penna-both intend to play
in the North and South.
Although there has been only one
change in the lineup of professional
golfers around Washington during the
oh hoN
taken place in our neighboring metrop-
oils of Baltimore.
Charles p. BetSchler, past president
of the Middle Atlantic Professional
Golfers Association. former Maryland
open champion and one of the best
players in this section. has left Mary
land Country Club and gone to Rodgers
Forge Golf Club. Betschler was re-
garded as fixture at Maryland, where |
he had reigned in the golf shop for |
much more than decade.
Glenn S. Spencer. the long hitter /
from Green Spring Valley, who engaged
last season in two or three contests for
lAngthy walloping with Monroe Hunter |
Sf Indian Spring, has taken over the |
Maryland Country Club job, and will |
handle golf affairs both at the Park |
Heights avenue course and the old |
Hillendale course, which is now the |
Rroperty of the enlarged Maryland |
Club
Jimmie Donnachie, who was at Foun- |
tain Head Club of Hagerstown, Md. |
has left there and has been replaced |
by Alex Taylcr. formerly of Baltimore. |
The only change in the lineup OF |
professional golfers about Washington |
during the Winter was the replacement /
Of Tommy Armour as pro at Con-
nessional by his brother, Alex.
The first meeting of the Middle At
lantic Professional Golfers Association
is scheduled for Monday, March ID, at
Rodgers Forge Golf Club. A. B. Thorn,
pyo at the Town and Country Club here.
will take the post of president. and
Warner Mather will become first vice
president.
Guy Mason, golf committee chairman |
at Congressional, has plan for elm
mating the troublesome sixteenth hole |
which will lengthen the last nine holes |
and provide putting green free from
the air pockets which cause brown |
patch. This scheme is to build a new
hole between the present eleventh ana
twelfth. to be the twelfth hole OF the |
new layout. 1t will be one-shot par |
8 hole. according to present plans, and /.
will retain the present balance OF three |
one-shot holes on the last nine. AT the |
same time Mason hopes to abridge the |
length and charge the green OF the
tenth hole. The old sixteenth would |
be entirely eliminated under the plan, |
and one of Washingtons most pic |
turesoue short holes would thereby be |
lost. The sixteenth green has always |
given trouble in the heart OF Summer,
for 1t lies in a pocket formed by WOODS |
and cornfelds and has been one OF |
the first of the green's to show brown
patch formations.
Joe Cook, star of play at Polls |
Theater last week. visited Bannockourn |
course and played round with Tony |
Sylvester. the club pro. Cook got around |
the soggy course in about 50. sylvester |
said. and declared he enjoyed the |
round even though Bannockburn. as !
well es many of the other courses ABOUT |
Washington, was soft and soggy from
recent rains.
Several of the local courses were |
closed last week because OF wet 1alr-
WAYS and soggy putting green's, but only |
a couple of days of wind ana sun are
needed to dry them out.
Disciples of the public links are look
ing forward to next Friday. when Man |
ager Loeff1er plans TO reopen the courses |
in East Potomac Park and ROCK Greek |
Park in anticipation of big playing |
season.
Some &c has said civilization fol- |
lows the flag The FiliDinos claimed II
followed the Krag. But no matter
which form takes precedence, II Is pam |
that good roads follow golf.
NNf iQilTnPVe0
rressional and tried the new continual
ton of the old River road, only recently
paved past the entrance to Burning
Tree. What a fine road 1t is now |
Freshly resurfaced, and built in modern
style with concrete shoulders. 1t short
ems the distance to Congressional by
about two miles and shortens the run
ming time by several minutes Tor the
road is almost straightaway and lacks
Ira turns and curves OF either the
Bradley Hills road or the Conduit road.
favored routes to Congressional In past
years.
washington, also, is now far easier
IF access than few months back. With
the opening Of the resurfaced and Wlo-
ened road through Cherrydale the time
consumed in getting to the Virginia
club has been reduced by several
minutes.
Plans for extensive Improvements 10
the clubhouse of Indian Spring Coli
Club will be laid before the annual
meeting OF the club on April l. Two
tentative proposals have been made
one to remodel the present locker room
into a more commodious structure and
bring it into line structurally with the
stone clubhouse, and the other 10 con-
struct on each end of the stone house
wings. which will furnish locker facili-
ties for 500 persons. provide two card
rooms and give more space for dining
room facilities Under the latter pro-
posal the old locker room would be
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