Evening star., 1929-07-03
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Co., and q well known Washington
banker. Col. Christopher B. Garnett
has been elected vice president Of the
club, succeeding Doing in that office.
The new president Of the Washington
club has an intimate knowledge of the
club affairs through his long associa-
ton with the Virginia golf organiza-
for the good of the club and is q club
executive whose afflliations are not
merely those of ONCE. Doing Is an in
defatigable golfer and is one Of the
leading players of the Washington club.
For several years Doing served as
treasurer of the club, and he Is at
present treasurer of the Homeopathic
Hospital and the Archaeological Society
Of Washington. He Is a native OF Wash
ington. Col. Garnett was born in
Virginia.
Karl F. Kellerman, one Of the best of
the Columbia Country Club golfers, has
arrived in Washington from Cornell,
and is doing his stuff in the approved
Kellerman fashion at Columbia. The
young man does not believe in going
past par, or over par, as he proved
the other day by negotiating the
Columbia course In II blows. In the
Fall he will take job with the New
York Telephone Co.
p. s. Ridsdall, who is editor Of the
Nature Magazine, and Gen. d. c.
Shanks, United States Army, retired,
are the fianalists in the competition for
the Morven Thompson Memorial
Trophy, among the members of the
Seniors Golf Association Of the Chevy
Chase Club.
Ridsdale entered the final round by
up victory In "a holes over e. M.
,t&t1 S~i.% L. H.
OF the handicap committee of the
Seniors, defeated Rear Admiral w. H.
Standley, and /.
The Seniors tomorrow win play In q
tombstone tournament.
Women golfers are preparing for a
miniature tournament to be staged by
over the course Of the Town and Coun-
try Club next Tuesday.
Two or three of the local profess
sionals plan to 60 to Pine Valley next
Monday to compete in a medal play
tournament to be staged by one of the
big golf equipment manufacturing
Whiffy Cox, pro at the Marine and Field
Club of Brooklyn, N. Y, was disguised
with the multitude of traps and troubles
at Winged Foot. So when Whiffy came
to the twelfth hole, after what he
thought was perfect shot to the green,
and found his ball lying in one of the
wastes Of sand they call bunkers. he re-
marked in stage whisper: "My God.
another bunker. whyinell don't they
turn the water on and cali 'em lakes"
Several amateur golfers from WASH
mgton were playing today In two
ball competition over the course of the
Loudon County Golf and Country Club
at Purcellyille, Va.
Gossip around New York has it that
Hagen and Horton Smith. who are now
allied as one Of the leading exhibition
| pairs Of the country, we're tired out
from playing in a series of exhibition
matches which ended two days before
| the start of the open, and that their
poor showing in the open can be traced
to their intensive exhibition match
schedule. They played in IL matches
in Is days.
Jones' victory in the open, however,
makes Hagen's British open champion
ship worth much more to Hagen than
1t would have been had Espinosa won.
Leo Diegel was fighting an attack of
lumbago at Winged Foot. We saw him
as he passed the ninth hole on the last
round. How are YOU going, Leo?" we
asked the Flying Dutchman.
"Going?" Leo said. I'm gone.
was out in AZ and might have gone out
in so with little worse luck I pushed
drive on the sixth and then changed
my grip and hooked one on the ninth
and changed my stance"
Lee Is the great experimenter Of the
game. If one shot goes wrong, he
changes his grip or his stance or his
swing until he gets the shots going
again. He seldom hits two shots in the
same manner.