Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-15
- CONGRESSIONAL Country Club
will not hold an invitation golf
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will not hold an invitation goli
~ tournament this year. Decision
not to hold the annual tourney
for the Presidents Cup was announced
by Chairman Guy Mason Of the golt
committee following a meeting Of the
board of governors, at which the pro.
posal was discussed pro and con and
with the opinion of the membership
overwhelmingly against holding the
event the board decided to abandon
the tourney for this year.
The action of the board does moi
prejudice the club against resumine
the tournament next year, but is simply
the Judgment Of the members, Mason
said, against holding the event this
season.
A vote taken among the club men,
bership showed that the tournament
is not popular among the members
tournament takes the use of the course
from them for nearly a week and that
inasmuch as they pay dues and main
tain the golf course, they should be
entitled to the use of It at all times
Congressional Is the second club
about Washington to abandon its Spring
tourney this year. A few days age
Indian Spring announced it would not
hold its Spring event.
The club also authorized employ
ment Of Donald Ross, prominent course
architect, to 60 over the Congressional
layout and make such changes as he
deems necessary to bring the course
up to championship standard.
There Is just a chance that Bobby
Jones may show his superf1ne golflne
wares at a club near Washington g
short time before he sails on April 30
for England to lead the American
Walker Cup team into action against
the British team. Negotiations are
under way between Jones and c. C.
Carlin of Alexandria, president Of the
Belle Haven Country Club and q men,
Der Of the board of governors Of the
Washington Golf and Country Club
which, If successful, will bring the
Atlanta lawyer-golf champion to one
of the two clubs for an abbreviated
exhibition match.
1t is not likely that Jones will have
more than enough time between trains
to play l8 holes, and 1t is not settled
that he will be able to stop in Wash
ington at all. But Carlin Is making
earnest attempts to induce the open
champion to give the golfing popula-
ton of Washington a chance to see
the golf emperor in action. Carlin also
hopes to have Glenna Collett, the ma
tional women's title holder, appear in
game with Jones.
The open champion and captain OF
the Walker Cup team plans to gather
his team members together on Long
Island about April % for few prac-
tice rounds over the National Coli
links at Southampton prior to the sail
ing of the team on April 80 from New
York Miss Collett, who will head a
women's team which will meet team
of British women in an informal match
in England, also plans to gather her
team members together at the Knoll
|, for q few practice sessions. If Jones
and Miss Collett appear here they may
play either at Washington or at Belle
Haven. Jones appeared at Washington
in April Of 1925.
Maurice j. Mccarthy. the Metropoli
tan titleholder who goes to Georgetown
University. is hitting the ball this Spring
better than ever before, in the opinion
of r. T. Harrell, a member Of the Wash
ington Club, who played golf over thu
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Richmond with Mccarthy, George e.
lott and James Morris. On Mccarthy
first round of the coure, whose par u
~, Mccarthy shot a 70, Harrell says
His second round was ~ and his las
round was 70. He played the last nint
par 36-in 80 strokes, and also playeC
the first nine in another round in 3;
strokes
His driving was longer than any
ever have SEEN" HarreI declared. "Ol
the second hole-342 yards-he drov
just off the green. On the third-26l
yards-he drove the green. The fifth /
dog-leg par 5, about 465 yards. H
used driver and a maShie niblick ant