Evening star., 1937-01-24
M'LE0D, Is YEARS
| HERE, CLANS DEAN
Thomson With Washington
Since '21-Barnett Vet
at Chevy Chase.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

wv ing lot of men. When they
' ' get a job at one of the
clubs around the Capital they stick to
it and Washington doesn't have the
big turnover of golf pros that other
cities have.
Fred Mcleod is the dean of the
professional golf ball whackers around
Washington, both in years Of service
and in age. Freddie is going on 81
years OF age and has been at the
Columbia Country Club for Is years.
He came to Columbia a fresh-faced
pro of 20, only a few years out of
North Berwick, Scotland. He pre-
viously had held jobs in Chicago and
st. Louis, and only few years before
he came to Columbia he had won the
national open championship.
Only Bert Way, out in Cleveland;
Burt Nicoll at Belmont Cricket, near
Boston, and one or two other pros
throughout the land, have held onto
one job as long as the beloved Colum-
bia mentor. He literally has grown
gray in the service of Columbia
Country Club, and today when his
brother pros want to know what's
what in golf they go to Freddie. In
every way he's the dean of the golf
brigade around the Capital.
Thomson Second in Service.
nAvE THOMSON. the little Wash
ington Golf and Country Club
pro, ranks second in length of tenure
among the pros around Washington.
Dave was all set in February of 1921
to hop boat for Scotland on a visit
to his home folks at Montrose. when
Carl Anderson. head of a sports goods
store in New York, told him a job at
Rosslyn, Va, was open. Dave didn't
know where Rosslyn, Va, was but he
wired DR.. ]. T. McClenahan, then and
now chairman of the Greens Com
mittee, that he was interested.
He came to Washington Gt was
under a foot of snow at the time)
looked it over and a few weeks later
was ensconced in the golf shop. He's
been there ever since.
Dave succeeded Orrin Terry as pro
at Washington when Orrin went over
TO Chevy Chase in 1921, but Orrin
didn't stay long at his new post. In
the Spring of 1922 a chunky little
red-headed guy named Bob Barnett,
then attached to the Tredyffrin Club
of Paoli. Pa, in the Philadelphia area,
came to Washington to talk over the
Chevy Chase job with Morven
Thompson. Bob took the job and has
been there a stretch of nearly Is
years. Today Bob has two of the
choice jobs of the land. His Winter
job at Indian Creek Club of Miami
Beach is one of the prize posts in
Florida.
Cunningham on Job Nine Years.
WALTER w. tRED) CUNNING
HAM. former Washington caddy,
has been on the job at Burning Tree
for nine years. ever since Ralph Beach
pulled out for Baltimore Suburban
Club. Al Treder has been at Manor
for eight years, Tony Sylvester has
been at Bannockburn for six years,
Mel Shorey has been at East Potomac
Park for Is years and more, and Tom
Ryan has been at Belle Haven, near
Alexandria, 10 years.
Witty Cox at Kenwood and Gene
Larkin at Woodmont are the babies
of the golf crowd. They've been on
the job only a year and half. Even
Roland Mackenzie, whom most people
remember as a star amateur, is get
ting to be a veteran in his job. Roland
will be entering his fourth season at
Congressional when he comes back
to Washington early in March. He
succeeded Sandy Armour, who had
taken over brother Tommy's post at
the big club near Rockville.
Cliff Spencer is going into his fourth
season at Beaver Dam and the Burton
brothers-Danny and Allan-are get
ting into their third year at Army
Navy.
Yep, the lads hold onto their jobs at
the golf clubs around Washington.
They travel a good deal. but they
don't leave the home roost for long,