Evening star., 1933-02-03

~OLUMBlAS famous augusta
Crowd" whose members used
to travel from Washington
each year for a week of Winter
golf in Georgia, has been disbanded,
end there is no longer group who 60
to The South. But their modern coun-
terpart now exists at the Washington
Golf and Country Club, where group
OF golfers have banded themselves to-
gether into an organization which Is rap
idly becoming known as the "Pinehurst
Crowd" For several years this group
has been going to Pinehurst, N. c.,
each February, along about Washing
tons birthday, for three or four days
Of golf
This year they plan to make the
affair more pretentious and to have q
full week of golf. Arrangements have
been made for a group Of nearly 20
to leave Washington on February
81 to play at Pinehurst with the return
to the Capital scheduled for February
27 Those who plan to make the trip
end already have signed up include the
following: Harry D. eastman, Rudolph
r. Harrell, DR.. C. E. Buck, George E.
Dlliott, Kenneth N. Parkinson, P. w.
Calfee. M. E. Horton and three guests;
L. j. Goode, Charles H. German. M. c.
List, Harry Kraus5, Dale Drain and
three guests; and Messrs. Clayton, Pax
ton, Putnam, Lewis and Pitt. The
group will be augmented by sew
eral more and it is likely that rs or
more Washington golfers will make the
fr{y, 70 OF ",
n EPAIRS are under way to the
X club house at Rock Greek Park
following the fire Of few days
ago which did damage estimated by
Manager Graham at about $4,000.
Business is being conducted as usual In
the old farm house which has been con-
verted into a club house, but that part
of the structure which was damaged by
the flames is being repaired, and will
be completed in about three weeks.
Graham intends to throw the entire
first floor of the house into one big
room by tearing out partition, thereby
making more space available.
Meanwhile repairs are going on on
the golf course by way Of new tee con-
struction and general furnishing OF
the layout. Seven new tees have been
tees twice as large as those formerly in
use Larger tees will prove a distinct
aid for in bad weather the restricted
areas Of the small tees proved slippery.
Graham says that in all probability
the course will not be closed for repairs
this year, as the Winter has been so
open and so well suited for golf that
the course Is in good condition and
does not need any extensive over
hauling
MEMBERS of the Kenwood Coli and
1Vl Country Club are to be asked
to vote within the next 10 days
on an Advisory Committee OF Fifteen,
which will act on several proposed
changes in the club house and golf
course. A Nominating Committee Is Is
busy now seeking names OF some 20
members from which the Advisory
Committee will be chosen.
The Nominating Committee Is made
up of the following members: pr. Ed
win EtZ, chairman; Louis Atkinson
Emil r. Albrecht, F. c. Baird, William
E. Carey, ST.; Donald L. Chamber
lin and c Powell Grady! Grady. who
has resigned as club manager, will &c
into business in Washington. His sue
cessor will be appointed within q few
days. A sweeping series OF changes
Involving both club house and gol1
course is under consideration ana tn
new Advisory Committee will be ir
charge of the work. One Of the new
plans calls for q swimming pool.
NEGOTIATIONS are again under
IN way between the Women's Dis
trict Golf Association and thl
women golfers Of Philadelphia for an
other team match between feminine
clubswingers of the two cities. Last
year the Philadelphia women visite<
Washington and defeated the loca
club women in a match at Chevy Chase
The team from the-Quaker City In
cluded two former national women
champions in Mrs. Dorothy Campbell
Hurd and Mrs. Clarence H. Wander
beck. The matches this year ere beinl
neran0ad fnD n Nav data And 00ngih1l