Evening star., 1936-02-04
WORK BEING DONE
WHILE PRO TOURS
Big Change Made on Fifth
HoIe-Wiffy Collects on
Winter Swing.
BY w. II. McCALLUM.

L WA VIII lldA AhoW
a his old precincts at Ken
wv wood when he returns to
' Washington from his VIM
ter tour. The guy who was known
as "the peepul's pro" when he held
down the berth at Dyker Beach,
Brooklyn, will have only himself to
blame for the changes that are due to
come as soon as Winter relaxes its
grip, for Witty set them in motion
before he showed off for Florida last
December.
Before he left, Witty had made ar
rangements with club officials for con-
struction of a new golf shop to be
erected alongside the first tee north
west of the club house. But above that
golf shop construction Witty started
the wheels moving for comprehensive
revamping of the Kenwood course. with
most of the revamping scheduled Tor
the second nine holes.
Work already had started on the new
fifth hole before snow and ice put an
end to construction activities. This
hole will be heightened by about 80
yards to make it real pal affair, the
only par on the first nine, to make
up for the length lost when the tee at
the first hole was showed forward
around rs yards from its old location
at the back door of the club house.
Outlines Kenw0od Changes.
XX1IFFY himself hasn't been doing
w so badly on the Winter tour, but
he hasn't piled up any unusual bank
balance. He won around 5000 at Sac
ranento, his lone victory of the season
so far, but expenses are heavy
Over there on the second nine at
Kenwood the Cox man outlined some
changes that will materially strengthen
that stretch for the Kenwood open OF
1896, If it is held Just before the
p. G. A. tourney at Pinehurst late in
October. For one thing he recon-
mended that the tenth hole be short
ened to about 230 yards, that the pres
ent fifteenth be heightened and that
a new hole. combining the present six
teenth and seventeenth, be con-
structed.
That work will get under way this
year. under present plans, The Ken
wood record is 81. set by Willie Cog
gin, in the National Capital open
championship of 1884. won by Bobby
Cruickshank, with A two-under-par
score of 208. Witty has played the
layout in Sc whacks, under regular
rules.
Collected at Start.
A ND speaking of Witty we wonder
how many people have heard the
warn about how Cox broke into the
professional tournament game. Ralph
frost tells the yarn and vouches for
its accuracy. 1t was all accidental.
With several cronies Witty was
cruising around Long Island in an
automobile looking for spot to play
golf. He spotted a crowd at Cherry
Valley, and Witty walked over to the
scoreboard. whats going on here"
he chirped. They told him it was a
tournament of the Professional Golf
ers' Association. I'm pro" Witty
said. But the gent in charge Of the
board told him if he wasn't a MEM
Der of the P. G. A. he wasn't eligible
to play.
How much is it?" asked Witty.
twenty-five bucks" was the answer.
So Witty put up the s25, called for his
clubs, changed his shoes and started.
He finished we'll up in the tournament,
and won SIS.
How long has this been going on?"
asked Wifi. Where have I been all
these years."
Now Witty is an official of the Long
Island P. G. A. He hasn't transferred
vet to the Middle Atlantic P. G. A,
but that will come this year and you
can expect the comedian that is Cox
to drag down lot of purses in this
sector.
Odds and Ends.
DICK-UPS John F. Daley, other
wise Jack" is swelling the but
tons of his vest these days :. Jack
became the proud pappy of bouncing
boy the other day and Jlans to name
the youngster John Thomas Daley
-. His pals at Manor are getting
laugh out of it for Jack, among other
matters, claims the golf champion
ship and the bridge championship
Of the club and now Jack adds
the claim that he will have a club
champion in 1856.
Another well-known local golfer
also has become proud papa lately
. Luther c. Steward, jr, became
the daddy of girl the other day,
making Pop" Steward a grand-pappy
... Pop" whose broken wrist Is i'm
proving, always claimed he could lick
Jack Daley, but will Jacks new role
as a parent bolster his confidence to
the point where he will break 100
II he does he will lick Pop"
Lefty Harrell's Augusta crowd Is all
filled up ). twenty-eight of the boys
have signed up for Augusta to play
golf over the Washingtons birthday
holiday they leave on February
10 meanwhile at Congressional
Parker Nolan and Howard Smith are
getting q crowd together to go to
Ponte Vedra, where Roland Mac
Kenzie Is spending the Winter.
Tarheel Council
Backs President
S.>~S g.gs~.
BY the Associated Press.
CHAPEL HILL, N. O., February
4SThe Student Council of
the University Of North Carolina
voted, S to 2, early today to indorse
the so-called Graham plan" to
de-emphasize athletics in the
Southern Conference.
After the meeting, Francis Fair
ley on Monroe. president, said:
THE council feels that this plan
makes for the best interest in the