Evening star., 1930-12-13
Straight Off Tee
BY WALTER r. MeCALLuM.

"HE Bannockburn Golf Club Is not
yet out of the woods, although
there is glimmering Of con-
siderable hope appearing that
the club may be perpetuated and on
better scale than ever before. Notices
went out today to the club membership
calling q special members meeting at
the club house on the evening of De-
cember %, at which time the report Of
. committee empowered to deal with the
owners Of the property will be laid be-
fore the club. At the same time the
crease in dues, to which many of their
number agreed at the last special meet
ing early in December.
The situation Is Just this: Bannock-
burn has asked the owners of the prop
erty on which the clubs course and
house are located, for loan Of several
thousand dollars with which improve
ments viii be made on the golf course,
mpolving reconstruction Of every putting
green on the layout and q complete re-
Yamping OF the course. The club house
has been put on q cash basis, no chits
are being signed. and by Use OF discounts
current debts of the club have been re-
duced to q very low figure. The board
feels that II the loan asked of the prop
erty owners can be had, the club will
push along in prosperous manner and
the AK which has been held over the
head OF Bannockburn will be removed
for all time. The plans for the new
course have been made by prominent
course architect and are looked upon as
+ Just about the best that can be had
On the decision to be laid before the
members December % will hinge the
fate Of the Bannockburn club. One
member of the board expressed 1t this
way: IF we get the loan we shall go
on, and rebuild our course and hope
70 have better club than ever before.
II the loan is not forthcoming we shall
simply have to throw up our hands and
20 out OF existence as club. Any
9 attempt to minimize the situation is
foolish and overoptimism viii not help. "
But the undercurrent of thought at
Bannockburn is that the club will not
perish, that way will be found, even
II the loan is not forthcoming, to per-
petuate one Of Washington's Oldest golf
organizations. and that future years
Will find Bannockburn still prospering
in the same old way.
They may say this new golf ball can
mol DC OTlfeu lar DuI We kAlOW IL Can
dffati Is hit right, even into strong
wind j. Monro Hunter, the big hit
ting Indian Spring professional. played
at Washington yesterday with c. A.
Jurney and John I. Power, and he hit
one on the fifth hole that went past
the green, 500 yards away. There
was q slight wind behind him.
At the fifteenth hole. with the wind
o good deal stronger and squarely In hi'
face, Bunter hit q low, raking tee shot
into the teeth Of the breeze that ended
across the fairway, up In the edge oi
the rough 250 yards from the tee. And
on the eighteenth. into a gale Of wind
Hunter drove q low hook that wound
up past the 250-yard mark. II the bis
ball Is hit right 4 will move as fasi
and almost as far as the old ball. Tit
big difference between the two, playing
into q wind, Is that the new ball vii
not bore through as the smaller bal
did
Hunter tells us that Sam Rice and J
Monro, jr.. are playing fine golf a
indian Spring Sam was around ths
Indian Spring layout In 10 the othel
day, the same score that young Monrt
bad. both playing from the back tees.