Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29

ACk IN 1921 jim barnes, VINO
- was quite famous fellow on
golf links, secured an eagle
IL on the second hole at Columbia.
That deuce brought the Barnes
Of that day back into the race for the
national open championship, gave him
new life to fight battle that seemed
slipping away as his rivals sought to
overcome a long lead piled up by the
Cornishman. For Barnes had taken a
on the par first hole and put his
tee shot at the second in a bunker.
From this spot he holed his niblick
pitch for deuce.
About that time there was another
Barnes also an EngliShman, and as
tall as his more famous golfing name
sake. The latter of the Barnes name
was then champion of the Washington
Golf and Country Club and a most
formidable player-among the anna
teurs-becauSe of his uncannily accu-
rate use of a wooden cleek. Time went
on and Barnes game fell back, even as
that of his professional namesake, and in
late years Barnes has not figured ex-
tensively in events at the Washington
club. But yesterday Barnes did stunt
that brought back crowding memories
of the shot that won the other Jim"
a national championship. He holed an
eagle on the 305-yard first hole at
Washington. A moderate drive down
the middle of the fairway gave him an
open shot at the hole, and he played
it so we'll that the ball found the bot
tom Of the cup for one of those rare
things in golf-an eagle 2 on a par
hole.
Then there was another record set
yesterday at Washington. At least DR..
Thomas j. Rice said 1t was some kind
of record for golfers who are not
acknowledged to be among the amateur
leaders. DR.. Rice, DR.. G. E. Kelly,
Charles Cherry and E. j. Swift we're
playing in four-ball match at Wash
ton yesterday All are ordinary players
and the lowest handicap in the quartet
was the IL impoSt claimed by Rice. But
on the second hole, which Is one of
the toughest on the Washington course
and very. fine one-shotter, all four
balls were on the green from the tee,
and Rice secured a birdie 2. And then
on the eleventh, which is another good
one-Shotter with a water hazard in
front of the green, all four balls were
on the putting surface from the tee
again, and this time Swift holed the
putt for the winning birdie. Rice said
he never before had seen four men all
put their tee shots on the green at both
these short holes.
Early yesterday morning James Petit
properly christened the new fifth hole
at Rock Greek by holing his mashie tee
shot for an ace on the 105-yard hole,
which has just been opened up with
new putting green.
Petit was playing In a three-ball
match with J. C. Hill and w. Chadwick.
The new green on the fifth hole was
opened only last week.
British golf authorities, under con-
siderable pressure over the last three
years, have at last yielded to public
opinion and authorized the use of steel
shafted golf clubs in the British cham
pionships and minor tournaments. Word
to this effect came today, after meet
ing of the rules committee of the Royal
and Ancient at ST. Andrews.
To, those who think only IN terms
of the showing made by American
players in British championships, it
means that Horton Smith and others
will not be further handicapped by
abandoning the use of their favorite
Steel-shafter wooden clubs And to the
sport goods dealer, it has a deep
significance. For to him is opened up
an entirely new market-almoSt a Vir-
gin market-for only one or two firms
in Britain have made steel-shafted
clubs and they have been barred in the
sanctioned events to such an extent
that the rank and file of British players
would have nothing to do with them.
1t also means that almost the final
step toward complete reconciliation of
the playing rules of the American and
British championships has been taken
The British bar against the Schenectady
putter still remains, but the center
shafted putter has very little popularity
a major championship uses this style
Of club. The British ban against slotted
or punched iron clubs also still remains,
but that edict also holds good In this