Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
I V YHEN Bob Barnett goes about
M doing thing, he does 1t in
v v a thorough manner. The

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Chevy Chase professional,
who is located for the Winter at
the Indian Greek Golf Club of Miami
Beach, Fla, took a motion picture
camera with him to Florida, and already
has sent back several reels of film,
which Elwood Poore, enc OF his as
sistants in the Chevy Chase golf shop,
has run of on a protector. The pic-
lures show Barnett and his aiGc5-
George Diffen5augh and Ralph Beach
as they are under the Florida SUM-
shine, and also number Of exposures
of Tommy Armour, former Congress
sional pro, who has gone down from
Boca Ration to visit Barnett at Indian
Creek. Bob told me when I played with
him at Miami two weeks ago that
Tommy Armour Is playing the best golf
Of his career right now; that Tommy s
putting has improved, and that, all In
all. Tommy Armour locks like the finest
golfer in the country. Some Of his iron
shots are miraculous" Barnett said.
He splits the pin from tie to green,
and although he is human enough to
miss one every once in while, 1t comes
so infreQuently as TO be something to
marvel at Tommy is playing better
golf than 1 ever have seen him play. If
he could putt like Jones he would win
all the championships there are to win"
The pictures Barnett sent back show
Indian Creek to be q very fine course,
but it viii be finer when the tree-plant-
ing program is completed. Something
like 1900 more palm trees are to go in
this year.
THIRTEEN members of the Washing
i ton Golf and Country Club and
three members of ether cubs near
the Capital are at Pinehurst, N. c.,
for a three-day golf holiday, which
will end today r. T. Harrell, gen.
eral chairman of the trip, has arranged
three golf tournaments, the first of
which was played yesterday, with one
to be played today and another to-
morrow.
In addition to Harrell, the following
members Of the Washington club made
the trip: Gay Harren, ]. Edwin Rice,
Paul v. Keyser, E. M. Willis, Ralph S.
Fowler, r. j. Norman, Russell v. King,
Mai E. w. Cushing, w. w. Griffith,
Maurice Horton. Kenneth Parkinson
and P. w. Calfee. In addition G. E.
Elliott Of Chevy Chase and Robert
Rothwell and Charles Nash Of An
napolis Roads are with the party.
Two golf tournaments will be held
late in April at Virginia Hot Springs.
A womans tourney Is to be played
the week of April 20 at the Homestead
course, and on April 81 will start the
Old Dominion mems championship
Both Journeys are open to amateur golf
ers who are members OF recognized
clubs.
QUITE a group OF golfers who use
u
are wondering what is to be done
during the coming season about get
ting down to the scene of their divot
digging activities. Many Of them do
not have automobiles and, lacking cars,
they find trouble getting to the field
house, where all the golf courses start
and finish.
The Capital Traction Co line aban-
doned the regular bus service which it
stand south of the Treasury Building.
s. @. Loeffler, the concessionnaire,
plans to do nothing about operating
the BUS to the course Players may be
taken around Hams Point to the
course, which is quite distance out
of the way. One golfer pointed out
that if the Hams Point bus will stop
on the west driveway, opposite TIE field
house, conditions will not be so bad,
Tor J0e golfers may Walk ILlI6e 1OuI
hundred yards across the course to the
club house.
The Capital Traction bus will oper-
ate on Saturdays, Sundays and holi-
days.
Members of the Washington Golf and
Country Club have joined Bobby Jones
in condemning saw-toothed ridges In
sand traps. Bobby spoke feelingly and
at length against the sand-trap ridges
at Oakmont, and members of the local
club have protested against such raking
Of the traps with the result that new
method has been ordered.
A. B. Thorn, professional at the
Woodmont Country Club, is recovering
from an attack of grip, which put him
in bed for several days, and has aban-
doned for a short time the golf games
he usually plays with Mel Shorey, AL
Houghton and Walter Cunningham.
Albert E. Steinem, former president
of the District Golf Association, has
been named chairman of the Tourna-
ment Committee at Woodmont.
Hes getting very, very good" Sandy
Armcu" CxolainNd as he watched Jacl-
McCarron pound out long hook from
the tenth tee. He has improved his
game by several strokes since last Sum