Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13

away at an alarming rate each year, Is
also being piped and filled up with dirt.
The Washington course, as a whole,
is rapidly rounding into shape for the
| forthcoming invitation tournament and
will be in the pink OF condition by the
latter part of the month. Greens have
| been top-dresSed, rolled and cut during
the past week, fairways and rough have
been cleaned up, and apple blossom time
is Just a few days away. The apple trees
in the orchard" at the sixteenth hole
usually bloom during the Washington
event.
Chevy Chase Club golfers will qualify
up to April IS for the match play
rounds for the French High Comnis-
sion Cup for men. Match play starts
April %.
course of the Columbia course this year
would be good on any golf course, it is
a fact, nevertheless that the course is
many yards shorter as 1t has been
played this Spring, than 1t usually Is
during the Summer. Temporary tees
are in use at the first. third, fourth,
seventh and ninth holes, and the front
of the regular tees are in use at the
second, sixth and ninth. A short tee
| is being used at the eleventh, while at
the sixteenth a short tee is being used,
and much of the play to the seven
| tenth IS from tee which shortens the
hole by about 40 yards.
Notwithstanding these short tees,
| however, the cards Of SO and SO turned
in recently by Everett Eynon and Mil
| Ter B. STEVENSON represent considerable
golf. Had the regular tees been in use
during these rounds. these scores prob
ably would not be more than q stroke
or two higher and might have been just
what they were. Columbia is being put
through q course of Spring sprouts by
Course Supervisor Fits, and is coming
along in good condition. No indication
has been given as to when the new first
green will be put in use, but the i'm
preston is that it will be placed in play
as soon as warm weather starts. with
its accompanying possibility Of brown
patch.
George washington University Is In
the thick of q fight for the school golf
championship, with John c. Shorey and
John Owens, members of the Bannock.
burn and Columbia clubs. respectively
and Charles W. Cole Of Indian Spring,
event. John c. ThacEer, also q member
of Bannockburn, also Is q champion
ship possibility. The matches are being
played at East Potomac Park.
Sam Rice, fleet outhelder of the Ma
tionalS. tells q yarn of how he lost a
IS bill because there was no understand
ing as to the bet on aces. Last Feb
ruary, it will be recalled, yarn came
back from Hot Springs. Ark, telling
how Rice. who is a member of the In
dian Spring Club, holed his tee shot
for an ace on a 160-yard hole at the
Arkansas resort Rice was playing with
j. E. Baines of Columbia at the time,
and they had an understanding in their
previous games that a dollar would be
paid for deuces and SIS for aces. Sam
stepped up to his ball on this short
hole with the remark: Dollar twoS,
Pop?" =
"Sure," said Baines.
Sam struck his ball, and It few on
dead line to the pin.
Looks like q deuce, Pop" he said.
alright with me-" Baines replied.
And when they came up they found
that the ball had struck just short Of
the green, trickled across the sand,
leaving track on the sand, and rolled
into the hole. But we had no agree
ment about aces" Sam said, land 80
I didn't collect, although Pop offered
to pay me. He said an ace Is worth
| IS anytime, but didn't want 1t because
| we had not agreed on 1t"