Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-15

through part of the club property,
which would play big part in making
the club property untenable for golf
purposes. So far these three clubs APP
pear to be the only ones which ara
affected to the extent that they may
have to view with some foreboding the
chance of giving up their present golf
property at some time in the near fu"
ture.
The other clubs about the Capital are
In better Shape as regards real estate
DEVELOPMENT Bannockburn, Indian
Spring. Burning Tree, Congressional.
Manor and Argyle. at present are not in
immediate danger of land values so
appreciated they will be forced out OF
theft golf facilities.
Depends on Taxes.
At present it appears to be a matter
/ of taxation. If taxes are jumped appre-
cably the burden would become so
| heavy the clubs could not shoulder the
| task of paying them without large
! increase in dues. But it is inevitable
that with the increase in Washington's
population and the advance in real eS-
| tate values which comes each year, and
| is coupled with an advancement in real
! estate in nearby Maryland and Virginia,
one or two and possibly three of the
clubs will have to make a move toward
| a new golf course. No man can tell
when it will come, nor can any one set
| a time within which it will come. That
| the next ten years will see one or two
of the clubs seeking locations elsewhere
| is almost as certain as that washington
real estate will appreciate in value.
Which one will it be? And when one
| starts will the others, seeing the trend
of affairs, follow the lead of the first?
Heavy taxation makes it Impractical
that there be such a thing as a down.
town golf club The property used for
purposes alone, except in the case OF
municipal courses in the city, where the
property is owned by the government
and is non-taxable.
Along that line Dwight F. Boyden OF
the Annapolis Roads Golf Club tells
story of the early golf facilities at the
Brookline Country Club, of Brookline,
Mass. which is known in Boston as
THE Country Cub" Boyden was one
of the charter members of the Brook
line club, and says it was not the inten-
ton to build a golf course when the
club was organized. One of the men,
bers took it upon himself to spend $50
to build course on which to play this
then little known game. That was
three decades and more ago.
Some of the club members started to
knock the ball around this seven hole
layout, and became so enthusiastic that
+ fi1rTe-s slab decided it might be a good
thing to enlarge the course, which was
done at a cost Of $50. and the club then
had a nine hole golf course
The same club has recently completed
new nine hole layout, on which Boy
den says they spent $780, 900. Theil
upkeep for golf is $4,000 a year The
course today ranks as one of the finest
in America, has been the venue of three
National championships and the cluE
in every way is one of the foremost in
this country. The yarn shows the way
| the game has grown in popularity, ano
| the improvement in golf construction
in a period covered by the lifetime OF
one man. Boyden is an enthusiastic
member of the Annapolis Roads Club
and lives at the Maryland Capital, near
the club. He has recently invented a
golf shaft, made of a combination OF
| hickory and bamboo, which those who
have used the shaft claim gives added
| distance.
! Prizes won by the members of the
club during the past golf year were pre-
| sented to the fortunate golfers at a stag
| night and dinner held at the Manor
| Club last night. The affair was attend
ed by more than 200 golfers. who
gathered to honor Herbert L. Lacey.
Harry G. Pitt, Robert C. Hird. George
F. Miller and others in the list of prize
winners.