Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-20
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GAIN that important golf Sec
n ton of the country comprising
IN the District of Columbia, Mary
A land, Virginia, West Virginia
and the Carolinas is to be
without a voice in the 1880 councils OF
the United States Golf Association.
The report of the nominating commit
tee of the U. S. G.. A., just made pub
Tic. indicates that for the sixth con-
secutive year the mid-Atlantic section
of the United States again is to be
without q delegate in the national
governing body of golf.
This condition has existed since 1928,
when Warren G. Harding died in the
Office of President of the United
States. For three years he was mem
Der of the United States Golf AsSocia-
ton executive committee, and he was
the last representative of this section
of the country although in the larger
sense he never represented the mid
Atlantic States.
Not since 1919 has this sector been
really represented in a sectional way
In 1918 and 1919 DR.. Walter S. Harlan,
who directed the destinieS of the Co
lumbia course for many years, was a
vice president of the national golf body
and, as such, was a member OF the
executive committee
The officers of the association Tor
next year will be the following: Presi-
dent, Findlay S. Douglas OF New YORK ;
vice presidents, Herbert H. Ramsay and
Robert M. Cutting, the former from
New York and the latter representing
the Western Golf Association; secretary,
Prescott NJ. Bush of New York; treas
urer, Charles H. Sabin OF New YORK:
counsel, John G.. Jackson of New YORK:
| The executive committee consists OF
70 IF a cnPfinnC
country except the mid-Atlantic sector
and the Southwest, while six sectional,
state, or recognized golf associations
are represented on the ticket Among
the members of the executive commit
tee are Robert Tyre Jones, jr., OF At
lanta, the open champion.
All the gentlemen named for the o.
S. G.. A. for 1880, are undoubtedly
eStimable men and men who will have
and always have had the interest OF
| the game of golf at heart. But 1t must
seem strange to the thousands OF golf
erS in the territory Immediately adj
jacent to the District of Columbia that
this group is without a representative
on the governing body and has been
without O voice for SO long. 1t may
we'll be that if the Congressional Cour-
| try Club is awarded the women's cham
pionship in 1882, a member OF that club
will take q place on the executive com,
mittee of the u. S. G.. A. in 1881. II
would be healthy thing for golf IL
| this section If that came to pass.
Arthur B. Thorn, professional at the
Woodmont Country Club formerly
Town and Country, is the new RECORD
holder for the course of the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps Country Club. Fol
many months the record Of the rugged
course over in Virginia, behind Airing
ton Ridge, stood at TO- a mark set early
| in the season by r! Cliff McKimmle
! the assistant pro of the service club.
But yesterday Thorn, who has been
playing golf of a spectacular brand fol
| the past month, stepped out and reg
| istered 50 to break McKimE1ie's mars
by a stroke and set new record thai
will take considerable golf to beat. Foul
brides fell to the accuracy of Thorn's
golf, while on only two occasions was
he over par. Perfect golf for the layout
of the service club, according to the pal
on the score card, is II strokes, but
Thorn was two strokes better than par
Over the tough last nine, which ha:
upset many men who hoped to shoot
par or better on the course, Thorn shot
| a "a, which is stroke better than par
while he was out in IS, also a stroke
below par. He was playing in four
ball match with S. M. Leidy, a member
of the Woodmont Club, Mai. G. A. Sell
leck and Frank Hartig, professional at
| the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Club
Hartig had the next best score of the
quartet, with rs.
Here is Thorn's card, with par for
the course: