Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
OBERT T. BARNETT, the popu-
lar Chevy Chase professional
golfer, may realize his ambition
=. - $1,000 AAs.

to hook onto big kingfish this
Winter. Last Winter he angled before
and after work at the Indian Creek
Club of Miami Beach, assiduously and
regularly for kingfish. He caught few
Of the kingfsh clan, but his ambition
was not gratified for the big fellows,
even when he climbed on board deep
sea skiff and went out in the Gulf
Stream five miles out from Miami
Beach.
But Bob will leave Washington late
this month for the Indian Greek Club
again, and this Winter he hopes to hook
q big FISH Bob is not like most golf pro-
fessionals When he has a day on he
does not play golf. He likes fishing, and
Just of the corner of the long twelfth
hole at Indian Greek there is q bend IN
Biscayne Bay where the current sweeps
around from the ocean into the bay
where Bob insists the big kinghsh ought
to hang out. He has caught few baby
sharks and other little fellows out
there, but he still wants that big one.
He will remain at indian Greek until
late in March.
with him will go Elwood Poore. who
used to be one of his aides at Chevy
Chase and lately has been the pro ct
the Rolling Green Club In Pennsyl-
vania. and Jimmy Mitchell, the young
tennis professional who held down the
tennis coaching berth this year at the
Country Club of Virginia after year
at Columbia. The course OF the Indian
Greek Club IL one Of the finest we have
seen and, in our judgment, takes rank
with any In the East. They say Boca
Ration Is better, though.
Have you ever heard Of best bali
Of SO by group Of four golfers on q
par 70 golf course? That Is just what
happened two days ago at Congress
sional, where q group Of four OF the
clubs star golfers played the course
with q better ball Of just 10 strokes
under par. The four were Archie Clark:
j. Raymond McCarl The best ball OF
the group was 80 out and 81 in. Penna
alone shot q rs, while Clark was IS.
Tierney and McCarl knocked several
strokes on the best ball Of the two
professionals.
DoBBY McwAT'T, the little profess
ID sional who used to hold down the
Job at Columbia and who has been
IN sick bed for years, now is playing
again, and NAV be able next wear to
resume his work Of teaching golf. Nc
Watt has written one of the local pros
that the doctors have assured him he
can again play golf and teach golf and
he Is again playing the game Of which
he was deprived four years ago by an
automobile accident. Last year Bobby
Jones, Macdonald Smith, Roland Mac
Kenzie and Fred Mcleod played in an
exhibition match at Columbia which
raised nearly $4,000 for McWat:'s
benefit.
Those women golfers who cannot find
time to play on Monday and wish to
contribute to the unemployment fund
being raised by the District Women's
Coli Association may do so by sending
their checks to Mrs. Frank r. Keefer,
president OF the association A bene-
1T tourney is to be held Monday at
Chevy chase at Is holes medal play,
with handicaps, with the entire pro-
ceeds to be turned over to the unem-
ployed. Prizes for the tourney have
been donated by the chairmen Of the
various women's golf committees st the
local clubs A similar tourney p-cb-
ably will be held later in the month by
the male golfers, under the direction Of
the District Golf Association.
John Britton Of Chevy Chsse went
over to Indian Spring the other day
anu ot1O6 CHc Vi pcsJ bdIIiCS Vi ktlS
season, scoring a 70 fer the Indian
Spring course which is one over par.
On the same afternoon Danny Burton,
he Of the big hands and feet scored
70 at Chevy Chase.
JOSEPH z. DAVIES, formerly high
oficial Of the Government, now en-
gagged in private business in Wash
tngton, is the winner OF the Holly Slower
Trophy in the ringer golf tournament
at the Burning Tree Club, playground
of oficia1dom.
Davies, playing consistently through
out the season, scored a better ball OF
ST over the difficult Burning Tree lay
out, Is strokes better than par and fivc
strokes in front of the score Of his
nearest competitor.
In second place is none other than
the distinguished golfing Senatorial
Harrison of Mississippi-whoi is probably
the finest golfer among the solons from,
Capitol HI w.io play the game Har-