Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03

Chase, be they played by amateurs Oh
professionals, Their opponents were
DR.. T. NJ. Foley and Elwood Poore, one
of the young men whom Bob Barnett
has left in charge of the golf shop while
he is in Florida. Poore is the lad whc
scored an ace on the ninth hole few
days ago.
A N all-time record for heavy play in
"A the month of January has beer
shattered at the Columbia Country
Club. Darcy Banagan, the assistant
pro, keeps a close check on the number
Of players who leave the first tee, using
one OF those little instruments which
record automatically. Late last Thurs
day afternoon 1859 players had start
ed from the first tee at Columbia dur
ing the month OF January, which
eclipsed by almost $50 the record figure
for the same month since the club has
been on Connecticut avenue. The ole
record was 1910, set in January. 1927
Counting those who played Friday and
those who went over the layout yester-
day, January, 1881, has set a record
that probably will last for all time as
far as Columbia is concerned. All the
other clubs reported a heavy volume
of play during the extremely mild
weather of last week. Over at Wash
ington the number nearly reached that
at Columbia. although Columbia was
benefited by the fact that a sweep
stakes tournament was held last Tues
day in which 80 players competed. Play
has not been as heavy at Congressional
Indian Spring and Chevy Chase as al
Columbia and Washington, but all these
clubs report unusually heavy play for
the month Of January. So far the
Winter has been very open. The two
snowfalls of the Winter have melted
away within a few days and, although
putting green's have been frozen most
of the time, the weather generally has
been ideal fer Winter golf.
Roland r. Mackenzie now is in bust
ness in California and likes the Pacific
Coast very well, according to letters he
has written his parents here. Roland
finished first among the amateurs in
the Los Angeles open and for this re-
ceived silver bowl almost as big as q
washtub" he told his father in a recent
letter.
THAT lengthy tenth hole at the
i Congressional Country Club
more than 800 yards in distance,
and probably the most "cussed out
hole around Washington-is to go in
oblivion next Summer, but DR.. j. L.
Bernhard of the Congressional Club
always will have with him the memory
of the Winter day in January, 1881,
when he scored an eagle on this par
6 hole. DR.. Barnard Is not long hit
ter and normally hole of the length
Of the tenth would be satisfactory
par for him, as it is for most of the
other members of the club. But one
day last week he was playing with l..
J. Goode, and finding his third shot
125 yards from the green, proceeded to
secure the eagle 4 BY the simple ex-
pedient of holing his mashie fourth
shot. 1t sounds simple enough to do,
but, try 1t some day and see how it
works.
The golfers who are planning to go
to Pinehurst over the week end on
which George Washington's birthday
falls have been called to attend dinner
at the Washington Golf and Country
Club the evening Of February 10 to
complete arrangements for the trip.
Most of the members of the party, who
number about 49, are members of the
Washington club, although two or three
are associated with other clubs. The
party will leave Washington Friday
night, February 20, arriving back in
Washington the morning of February %,
which gives them three days of golf at
the Carolina resort. Meanwhile r..
Goldsborough Hunt and A. w. Howard,
both prominent Kiwanians, are organi-
zing a party to go to Virginia Beach
for week end of golf at the same
time the other party goes to Pinehurst.
II Mt and Howard are recruiting their
party largely from their fellow members
OF the Washington Kiwanis Club.