Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

chlorine gas into their burrows" Pat
terson said, "but they had the laugh on
us, for as soon as the gas got to them
they popped up on the other side of
the course, mile away, and vanished
to new holes"
Bob Barnett came to bat with a yarn
of how Clarence Hackney, famed New
Jersey pro, found his ball in a gopher
hole at Olympia Fields and decided to
play it out, instead of lifting with a
penalty. HE blasted and blasted until
thought he would go down to China"
said Bob But he finally got the ball
out. That was the record divot; Clar-
ence had to go down inches"
Harper Country Club has tentatively
set May 80 for its formal opening. On
lected pros from Washington clubs will
play for a purse aggregating $500, $500
to go to the winning pair in the best
ball play.
Indian Spring golfers are to compete
today In an 18-hole medal play handi-
cap tourney, while Congressional and
Chevy Chase members are scheduled to
play in sweepstakes events. Town and
Country Club members also are to play
in a one-day handicap tourney, while
the day Is open for the golfers at Ar
gyle.
Chairman McCarter Of the Indian
Spring golf committee announced last
night that although pairings for the
tourney are to be made today the entry
list will be kept open all day today in
order to take care Of those who over
looked entering the tournament. The
list so far is not a large one. For that
reason post entries will be accepted, al
though the time for filing them closed
last night at 6 O'Clock.
Harry G. Pitt has in Danny Burton,
sorrel topped, smiling little Chevy Chase
lad, caddie who is almost as good as
a professional when 1t comes to telling
him what club to play. Danny Bur-
ton. just turned 16 years, Is q student
at st. Paul's School, and he worships
the ground Pitt treads. If Pitt didn't
let Danny caddie for him in an i'm
portant tournament the lads heart
would be broken.
We watched Danny closely as he OPP
Grated with Pitt during the Chevy Chase
tournament. The lads judgment of
clubs and shots, of roll and speed Of
green's and Of the wind was remarkable
Not once did he tell Harry the wrong
club to take, and more remarkable still,
not once did Pitt question his judgment.
1t isn't often that a topnotch golfer
will take another mans word as to what
club he shall play for a given shot.
But even when Pitt had poor lie in
the rough at the eighth and Danny
whispered. Take brassie." Pitt did not
question his judgment. Harry took the
braSsie and topped the shot. But he
won the hole anyway.
Young Danny Burton Is quite a golfer
himself. He plays in a pair Of Bob
Barnetts black and white shoes, many
sizes too big for him, with some of Bar
netts clubs, and knocks the ball around
IN better than 80 any time. Barnett.
you know, has a liking for auburn
matched lads around him. His own
hair tends toward the Titan tint, and
he found boy with similar colored
locks in Gene Lafking to aid him In
the shop.
Robert Stead, jr., of Chevy Chase,
nad an odd experience in the first
match play round in the Chevy Chase
tourney last week. On the fourteenth
hole he was / down to James O'Hare
whose ball, sliced to the rough on that
hole and was found buried in a craWfish
hoIe-a very unusual thing. Lacking
knowledge OF just what to do, both
OHare and Stead agreed that the ball
must be dropped with the usual two
stroke penalty for an unplayable ball.
O'Hare lost the hole and was plainly up
set by the incident, for it appeared he
would have won the hole ahd he been
able TO play the ball from the rough.
Stead won the match by a close margin
and learned, after going to the clubhouse
that Chevy Chase has a special ground
rule permitting the ball to be lifted
from a crawfish hole without penalty.
The rule is an obscure and unusual one
and few people know it exists
Naturally Stead was disturbed by
the incident and insisted that O'Hare
take the match, since it is possible
| he might have won had the proper
rule been observed. The upshot of the
matter was that OHare was declared
the winner-a gracious act on the part
Of Stead, who might have insisted that
the holes after the fourteenth be played
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