The Washington times., 1938-07-30
BY Lillian RTXEY

u11ll1IlS hpOuI uuAA1S G1lC COuI0C
of the day, some of whom have
literally been waiting with their
bags in the revolving rack since
the crack Of dawn. Few have
matched clubs and most Of them
tote their own scantily filled bags.
COLORFUL GROUP
Most colorful figure at Rock
Greek is octogenarian doc" w. P.
White, leader Of the "Oily Boids." T"
It Is this short, goateed gentle
man, with a fringe Of gray hair
surrounding his bald pate, who
stages the daybreak tournaments,
under rules known only to him.
self and a few initiates, held every
month for those hardy souls who
beat the crowd to No. tee.
Rule No. / for competing
"Oily Boids:" Any contestant who
shows up after $50 q. m. (when
most Of us are pounding away on
our second lap of beauty Sleep) is
automatically disqualified.
doc" White is seldom seen
around the clubhouse after 10 a.
m. He is gentleman Of fertile and
inventive imagination. On his head
he wears an oversize visor Of tin
strapped to his brow with rubber
Ibis own invention.
OLDEST GOLFER
He has played with the same tee
for more years than habitueS can
remember, by the simple eXpedient
Of tying a string around it and
hitching a piece of rubber from an
inner tube to the other end of the
string. He steps on the rubber
his own invention. DOC" White
carries a tin measuring cup around
with him, tied to his bag, presun-
ably to avoid drinking out of the
drinking fountains frequented by
hoi-polloi.
doc" is probably the Oldest
golfer in the District and GER
tainly the most inveterate. He
shoots in the COS and is particu-
larly good on the short game,
possibly because he uses a home
made putter with a timing guage
on the head-also his own inven-
ton.
Harry Graham, who manages
Rock Greek for S. G. Leoffler, be-
means the fact that there is no
way Of identifying the celebrities
who play his course. They come
so fast and furious, sometimes
800 on Sundays, that a registry
system would be impossible. But
two Of Rock Creeks most sea-
soned devoteeS are Mr.. and Mrs.
Nick Altrock. Nick shoots in the
70's and the Mrs. cards a decent
"a now and again.
FAMOUS ALUMNI
The floating population of link
sterS at Rock Greek is also in
creased from time to time by the
vaudeville players who take time
out for recreation from their
weekly turns at the Capitol and
the Earle.
Now and again you will see on
the links players who have the
privilege of golfing on private
courses but like the Rock Greek
setup. Mrs. Florence Godfrey of
Beaver Dam is one of them. And
in . sense, Rock Greek has been a
prep school for some of Washing
tons best players. Marion Brown,
present women's District cham
pion; Ellen Kincaid of Beaver
Dam; Mrs. w. R. Stokes of In
dian Spring-all started swatting
them out on the Joyce Road pub
lie course.
To prove what caliber Of golfer
Rock Creek can turn out, AL
Price, the pro, and Manager Gra-
ham point with pride to the fact
that three of this years qualifiers
for the National Public Links
Championship at Cleveland are
Creeksters-Andy Oliveri, B OBJ
Morse and Ted Burroughs.
Claude Rippy, fourtime District
public links champion, now a
member of Swank Congressional
Club, got his start in the Park.
SOME PROSPECTS
Corners at Rock Greek, whom
Manager Graham expects to see
step into city.wide limelight some
day, are 1S-year-old Bill Leapley
and young Milford Stein, who
both shoot consistent 75's. Among
the ladies, Betty Keeler is tops,
with Hilda Barnes, now laid up
with a broken wrist, close Sec
ond.
Another young woman, only
part tally identified as Miss
Sample, has been reported by non
pluSsed male golfers to be clean
ing up at a dime a hole. Her
first nine score sticks around 36,
which Is only two over mems par,
And in spite Of her deceptively
languishing appearance, and mere
1OS pounds, she hits them out
with a perfect swing over 200
yards.
Rock Greek is one course which
has to have sneak" tournaments
to keep from being mobbed. They
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