Evening star., 1933-10-28

- OLF has met ana con-
quered the military forces
of the United States In
scattered posts all over
the United States, wherever the
flag flies over military unit of
the armed forces of Uncle Sam,
there you will find either we'll
groomed golf course or a make
shift layout built on the parade
ground, over which officers and
enlisted men Whack golf balls
toward tin cups.
The grand old game Of golf has
found the hearts of the men IN your
Uncle Sans military services, whether
they wear the Navy blue or the o. D.
of the Army or the Marine Corps
Washington is the Sallying point for
the golfers of the military services and
the spot where is concentrated much
of the goltng activities of the gents
who wear the blue or the o. D. Nat
urally, most Of the links activities OF
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Of
'ficers detailed in Washington center
around the big Army-Navy Country
Club, located In Arlington County, Va,
not far from the wireless towers
whence go messages through the ether
to ships of the Navy halfway around
the globe.
DUT the Army-Navy Club is not
Is alone as a center of golf activities
near Washington. The little course at
the Army War College gets lot of
play So does the tricky layout up in
the secluded hills of the Soldiers Home
reservation. Out at Fort George G.
Meade in nearby Maryland a golf
course has been constructed. And
down at Quantico, where the Marines
hold forth, a new course has just been
completed, on which tournament now
Is in progress.
The peace-time conversation of the
military services runs to talk of mashieS
and tee shots, stymieS and brides and
away from bombs and tanks. It's all
by way of keeping fit, and golf has
big part in the athletic curriculum of
the officers of the services in and near
Washington.
Gen. Summeralls dream of five years
back-a united service country club for
officers of all services stationed in
Washington-is reality today and
testimonial to those forWard-l looking
men who stood with the Army Navy
Country Club in the days when the
going was tough and the future outlook
dark. Today the ArmyNavy Club is
one of Washington's most prosperous
and most active golf organizations.
And the men of the services play the
game after they have retired. Chevy
Chase has far more than handful OF
officers who commanded battleShipS
and armies in the days when they were
on active duty. Indeed, many of the
members of the Senior Golf ASSoci-
alton of the Chevy Chase Club are men
who have worn the Army brown or the
Navy blue.
COLF is something new to Quantico,
~ in so far as having course right
on the post is concerned. But
the Marine Corps officers stationed
there. determined to have a golf course.
dug deep down in their depleted pockets
and built themselves what is described
as tough" layout, at a cost of about
$4,000 They are playing now in a
tourney for the Maj. Joe Fegan Trophy,
and II officers remain out Of the orlg1-
nal field of AZ contestants who started.
Maj Clarence E. Nutting, chairman of
the Tournament Committee, is planning
10 Hldke lie tEGHG dll dllllUdl OIlt. Lie
course record is 81. against par of 36,
made recently by Capt. Gregory c.
Maurice.
And don't let the idea run away with
you that the military services do not
have good golfers in their ranks. Such
men as Maj. Richard K. Sutherland
Capt. Kendall j. Fielder. Maj. E. A.
Noyes and Capt B. r. Luscomb of the
Army can play a lot of golf. So can
Capt H. c. Train and Lieut.. Comdr.
Gordon Sherwood Of the Navy.