Evening star., 1932-04-26

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r. golf shots by the clock in the
future. The little mentor Of the
Columbia Country Club, one of
the oldest professionals in point of
service in the United States, a master
of the art of stroking golf ball, looks
back today on the events of his 5oth
birthday yesterday and contemplates
the surprise party given him at Col
umbia last night by some 25 of his
close friends among the members.
Furthermore, Freddie had a real field
day on his reaching the half-century
mark. First he shot a 68 on the golf
course, and then he proceeded to shoot
the banquet course in half dozen
strokes better than par as he replied to
the eulogieS Of Andrew j. (Cy) Cum
mings and the others.
No one knew that Freddie was such
an after dinner speaker But he didn't
miss chip shot as the little Scot, over
Whelmed with the sincerity Of the
greeting rendered him by the men who
have been his pals for many, many
years, expressed his gratitude for the
ovation he received and the handsome
wrist watch given him by the group
The party was entirely impromptu
and few at Columbia knew it was
Freddies 50th birthday. But Walter
P. Skinker and Lynch Younger knew of
it and all day yesterday they were
quietly circulating through the club
gathering candidates from among Fred
dies old friends to pay the little Scot
the honor he deserves. Twenty-Five of
thpYo eyot OF ho haV fahIn nd
there were nearly IS speeches. Some
of them were short, to be sure. but if
Freddie Mcleod could gather them all
together in a scrap book they would
sum up in small way the depth of
the feeling which the members of Co
lumbia have for him.
Freddie has been with Columbia for
just about 20 years. He came to Co
lumbia from ST. Louis, and in those
days, back in 1912, Mcleod was just
about as hot a piece of golf1ng machin-
cry as you could find in many a days
travel. He still is, but Freddie does
not take the interest in national COM
petition he once took.
WHEN golfer shoots par 20 course
wv in 68 on his 50th birthday ami
versary, as Freddie did yesterday,
and then tops it off by playing the
after-dinner course in better than par,
he is quite fellow, isn't he? That's
what Freddie, the young old Columbia
pro, did. Here are the men who gath
cred at Columbia to do Freddie honor:
Andrew j. Cummings, Walter P
Skinker. William w Jones, Albert r.
Mackenzie, G. H. Chasmar Earl Mack
intosh, Frank Fouche, Carl Quentell,
Set" Collins. Billy Malloy, Red"
d
Johnston, w. Carlton Evans, John J.
McInerney, Everett Eynon, Ben Skinker,
Robert B. Cummings, Hugh MacKen-
zie, Miller B. STEVENSON, J. B. Murphy
Frank S. Appleman, Lynch Younger,
H. King, Cornwell, James W. Beller, A
S. Golden and W. R. McCallum.
To top it all off, Mrs. Walter Skinker
had baked Freddie birthday cake.
And what cake Festooned with a
flock of candles and colored a delicate
pink and white to match Freddie's
sun-bronzed complexion, that cake stood
high in the center of the banquet ta-
bic. Freddie was the first to bite
into it.
Andrew Cummings was the toast
master, and you haven't seen bit of
toastmastering until you've seen 'Cy"
doing his stuff. He almost brought
tears to dozens of dry eyes as he told
how the little lad from North Berwick
had made good in the big city.
Preceding the banquet an informal
handicap tournament was run off In
this event Albert r. Mackenzie and
James w. Beller shot a pair of fine
scores. Mackenzie had a 72 and Bel
Ter registered 10. They tied for first
low net with net scores of 76 John j.
McInerney won the blind bogey COM
petition, his first prize in a dozen years,
with a score of 87-14-73. Low gross
went to Miller B. STEVENSON with II.
But one of the big features of the day
was the SO registered by Red" Bana-
gan, the popular Columbia assistant
pro. Red" took three puts on the
eighteenth green when he had two
puts for a 81, and some of the boys