Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-23
SUMMER CODE OUT
TILL GRASS GROWS
With 800 in Tourney Next
Week Divots Might Take
Heavy Toll.
BY WALTER R. McCALLUM.

Of tournament golf may
come along for the Wash
ington Golf and Country
Club event next week. Because OF
lack of rain and sufficient good
weather to grow a thick stand OF
grass on the fairways, those golf
ers who compete in the tourney
at the big club over in Virginia
may be asked to play Winter
rules on the fairways, which will
be the second time in three years
that Winter rules have been
played in the tourney.
TWO years ago players in the quail
fying round were asked to tee the ball,
but this was abandoned in the match
play rounds. This year. ACCORDING 10
Dave Thcmpson, the club professional,
Winter rules may be used throughout
the tournament because the lies VIII
not be good enough to play summer
rules.
Not that washington is any worse eli
than the other golf courses ABOUT
Washington in the way OF talrWay
grass for it is not The reason simply
is that the weather has not been sui
ficiently god to grow grass ana on an
the courses there are bare spots that
are not considered playable for gooo
golf. OF course Summer rules might
be put into effect at Washington our
ing the tourney, on the Theory that nad
lies come TO all players and they Woulu
be as fair to one player as to anotner.
But on the other hand, there comes IN
the element of saving the golf course.
If there are 800 divot dlggerS out
there and each one gets couple OF
bad lies en- the course and goes a1ter
the ball with an iron club. there Woulo
be something like 500 divots scattered
over the vernal fairways OF the WASH
ington layout.
Big Entry Assured.
The use of wooden tees, which has
been advocated in the fairways OF the
washington course, will not be per-
mitted during the tourney, but, accord
ing to the latest dope, the ball may De
stuck up on the nearest piece OF grass,
which IS the literal meaning OF winter
rules.
With entries for the tourney to close
Saturday night at o'clock, the Gon
Committee has an unusually large num-
Der of entries for the opening event OF
the Spring season. The entry list may
run up more than 800 and the COM
mittee is to try to make the parlngs
Saturday night 50 the players may
know two days in advance OF their
starting time and the men with whom
they will be paired.
THE District Golf Association, for the
l. present at least, will not announce
an interscholastic golf champion
ship of the District, to be held under
its auspices, as recommended. Ihe
Executive Committee Of the association,
meeting last night at the Manor Cup,
decided to again take the matter CT
holding such a tourney up with the
school authorities to see what form the
competition would take, whether II
would be acceptable to the school
athletic regime and approximately how
many entries could be expected.
Two forms CT interscholastic tourna-
ment were before the association for
discussion. One would confine the
tourney only to high and prep schools
within the confines OF the District.
while the other would permit students
at schools near Washington, or within
a l0-mile area, to play.
D. L. Th0rnson, president Of the as
ISOLATION, said he had discussed the
matter with one of the public high
school officials, who profeSsed to have
no knowledge of any individual inter
scholastic championship.
Members of the Executive Committee
were the guests of President Thomson
At luncheon and dinner. In between
they played nine holes Of golf over the
Manor Club course until further travels
around the golf course were ended by
q sudden and fierce downpour Of rain.
Those present were D. L. Thomson,
Clyde B. Asher, Robert Stead, lr.: DR..
William c. Barr, DR.. j. T. McClenahan,
DR.. Bruce L. Taylor and Albert E;
Steinem. Asher, Taylor, Thomson and
w. r. McCallum played in foursome.
out Of which three members Of the
game secured birdie Is on the l45-yard
eighth hole at the Manor Club course.
Asher sunk l5-footer. Taylor canned
25-footer and McCallum holed a
Scooter for the tying deuce.
Steinem told Of a similar occurrence
few days ago at the Woodmont Coun-
try Club, where he secured par 4 on
the first hole and lost the hole to the
other three members CT his match.
Gilbert Hahn, Howard Nordlinger and
Max Weyl all secured birdie IS on the
hole.
A THOUGH the new score cards now
"A being printed for the Manor Club
will carry the present first nine
as the second nine on instructions from
the club Golf Committee, the change
will not be made. until further consid-
Grafton has been given to the matter
according to D. L. Thomson, chairman
Of the Greens Committee.
For sometime there has been agita-
ton at Manor 10 change the two mines
about, making the woods" nine the
last nine instead Of the first, on the
theory that players will have a chance
to iron out the kinks in the swing on