Evening star., 1932-08-22


4 Washington Golf and Country
Y Club has his ambitions-in
golf as wen as in politics. In
golf, which he plays nonehantiy and
with the grace and ease of an old
fashioned Southern gentleman, Col.
Jurney's ambition is that some day he
will break 100. In politics it is to be
a member of Congress from his home
State of Texas.
Col. Jurney che would be colonel or
Judge In any town south of the Mason
Dixon Line) is one of the regulars at
Washington. He plays golf regularly
when he Is in town and regularly he
tries to break 100. Regularly he misses.
The good Colonel usually goes for golf
as for q ride. He puts on high boots,
white gloves and a wide Texas hat.
But yesterday, clad with knickers as a
concession to modern golf, he went
forth and asks for his caddie. And he
had a regular caddie. too. None other
than big Boy" Evans a wide faced,
wide bodied colored boy whose cheer
full grin has been seen around Washing
ton for many years.
The Colonel and Big Boy" had them
selves quite time. Jurney is out for
exercise. The colored boy gets it. II
the Colonels ball wonders toward a
ditch, he says to the bag-toter, big
Boy. I think you can play that shot
better than can. Try it." So the
boy goes over and plays the shot. He
gets nearly as many whacks at the golf
ball as does the good Colonel. But be-
tween them they never have broken 100.
YESTERDAY came the red-letter day
i In the life of the pair. They had
struggled around, up hill and down
dale, through good shots and bad shots,
to the ninth hole Of the Washington
course. There they locked across a val
ley to the green 1870 yards away. Dog
gone this hole. anyhow" the colonel
said. "I never do play it we'll" So say
ing he planted his feet on the tee and
took mighty swipe at that pill. To his
amaZement and to the utter consterna-
tion Of big Boy" that pill described a
pretty arch toward the green, hit short
and ran up within feet of the hole.
The colonel was all a-fiutter. Never
before had he secured birdie. Never
! before had big Boy" seen his boss SO
close to a perfect golf shot. The colonel's
heart pumped wildly as he walked up
the hill. once up there he surveyed the
smooth feet of green that lay between
the ball and the cup. To get that birdie
was the surprising ambition Of his life
He took his putter in hand. wavered
and then stepped back. big Boy" he
said, shall I allow for the curve?'
Big Boy" was speechless. The colonel
stepped around. carefully surveyed the
/ terrain with his eye and then stepped
back again. Big Boy" he said. ''per.
haps YOU had better play this shot You
putt better than l do"
But, Colonel, suppose I miss it?'
said Big Boy. We might never get
another"
III tell you what let's do the gooo
Colonel said Let's pick it up and con-
cede it to each other. Then we'll be
sure to have that birdie" Which they
did, forthwith.
CEORGE DIFFENBAUGH srokec
~ himself neat II yesterday to lsac
group OF his fellow golfers at In
dian Spring to a 42l2 to-17la victory
/ over visiting team of Hillendale golf
/ ers from Baltimore. That II by the
diminutive Indian Spring profess!ona
| enabled he and Tom Belshe, the 1ndiar
! Spring club champion. to carve out 6
! <-dIlO-l NlCIOly OFCl Sdl NAC-
Master, pro at Hillendale, and Ernie
| Caldwell, top amateur of the Baltimore
! club and reigning Middle Atlantic
| champion Woman golfers Of 1ndiar
/ Spring also beat the visiting women IL
/ a spscial team contest. The sum
maries:
MEMS MATCHES.
c. T. McMasters and z. L. Caldwe
! CHillendaie), /; George Difenbaugh an
Tom Belsne Indian SorinsD. q; Tom Coll
and {. Wood (Hillendsle),, o: j.. ". Har
vey, IT,, and L. S. Otell INDIAN SprIng
! 3: w johnson and O. Bruning tHillen
dalel 2l2; L. s.. Sasscer and E SPICE
4 T 5. 5Snnina % 5Hlilendaisi; 8; +;
sprins1 3 link rh.n and S1d A A,ss w. ham MG5
4; 4 Ewing and r. Grant tHilsndale
0; G G!st and H. L. Lacy INDIAN Springl
8: W. W. cahill and e. G, Barnes tHiller
dale, 3; Don scgst and Pat Cook tIndha Sa,.
carver ,Iillendals,: Q: n r Beirsdorf an :
! DAVIS and W. B. Waters (Hillendalel,