Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

nges on the course until Donald
come to Washington some time
r to look over the layout and Sug-
light be made to advantage.
head and did not like being evicted
from their warm, cosy nest.
Considerable progress Is being made
on the new fifteenth fairway at Ban
nockburn, cut through the woods, which
will transform this hole into pic
turesque affair, with the tee shot being
played between rows of oaks to a green
ITO yards from the tee.
A party of eight Washington golfers
we're playing today at the Annapolis
Roads Club, which Is reported to be in
splendid condition this year. In the
Chase, j. B. Murphy. John Mc1nerney
and L. w. Heron of Columbia, and
D. 9. Gruver, G. T. Lynes, j. Logan
Hopkins and w. r. Mccallum Of Wash
ington.
Bill Hardie, club maker in Bob Bar
Nets shop, has q putting grip which
is unique and Is claimed by him to have
some advantages over the usual grip.
First he overlaps in the customary
manner, with the right thumb down
the shaft and then he places the thumb
Of the left hand over the first three
fingers of the right hand, on the out
side Of the shaft and fingers. With
this grip Bob Barnett claims Hardie 10
as good q putter as he has seen.
Members Of the Washington Golf
and Country Club are to vote on May
10 on a proposed increase in annual
dues Of $40 a year, which Is needed,
according to the report of O committee
recently appointed to investigate the
clubs financial status, to enhance the
cash resources of the club and improve
the general financial situation Of the
Virginia organization.
The committee, consisting Of G. B.
Garnet, chairman: John !. Power,
DR.. j. T. McClenahan, D. G. Qruve4
A. w. Howard, Fred D. Paxton, Ernest
J. Swift and A. G. Rice, recommended
that annual dues be increased from $50
to 500.
At present the annual dues at Wash
ington are among the lowest OF the
golf clubs about the Capital, and the
committee estimated that approxi-
mately $4,000 will be added to the clubs
revenue by the proposed increase, "a
sufficient sum to carry current ex-
penses and to progressively retire out
OD1lSHGlOIlS.
The effective date Of the increase,
If the club votes to make it effective.
would be July I, 1890, with the initiation
fees to remain as at present-&5O for
associate members and 800 for active
members.
The clubs annual meeting will be
held the evening Of May IS, when the
proposed increase will be voted on.
Page Hufty of Congressional is taking
q lot Of good-natured kidding these
days about the various systems" he
uses to strike golf ball. Page has
it all figured out that If he changes
his swing in a certain way the ball
will 60 In q certain direction; II he
changes his stance in another way the
ball win 60 in another direction, and
the same thing holds good for his grip.
He pounded out Q crashing tee shot
on the fourth hole against Parker Nolan
and Clarence .. Murphy the other day.
and remarked that he had used "sys-
tenn D" on that one. Then on the
eighth he got a long hook into the
rough at the left and let 1t be known
he had got system D" confused with
system A."
Nolan and Murphy now hold that II
Hufty ever forgets the secret formulas
that form the basis Of his various sys-
TENS he viii become too tough an op-
ponent for them to Srapple VILE.