Evening star., 1941-10-24
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Bob Barnett, the red-headed golf
professional ut the Chevy Chase
Club, whom the boys affectionately
call "Pinkie," happens to be one of
the smart mentors around town.
Located at club where many of
the members are elderly men, Bar
nett specializes in big tournaments
for his members.
Today Bob was staging touIna-
nent for the Course Stormers" of
Chevy Chase. with the pro golfers
of the Middle Atlantic sector the
partners of the amateurs. The
Course Stormers" Of Chevy Chase
Is unique group. They play golf
nearly every Sunday morning among
themselves, but their main play
time is in winter
When snow blankets the course
and the wind whistles around the
corners of the snug golf shop the
Course StormerS" have their in
nings. They meet for breakfast at
the clubhouse. no matter what the
weather. for their Sunday morning
game. and the man who doesn't
show up, or have an adequate eX-
cuse, pays a small fine.
Course StOrmers" Have Fun.
In May Of each year they toss
a party which happens to be tops
in fun and hilarity. Barnett has
been guest for several years. The
boss of the Course Stormers" is
called the Poo Bah" who has the
privilege of doing very little and
getting the old Bronz bazzoo for
his work.
That's the crowd for which Bar
nett arranged the party at Chevy
Chase today. But a few days ago
Bob had another big party, with
the pros again appearing This was
the SeniOr-pro affair.
There are several angles to these
two parties. One is that the pros
individually and collectively, have
the greatest admiration and respect
for Bob Barnett. They'd do any,
thing for "Pinkie." So would the
members of Chevy Chase. Another
IS that all the pros have the ut
most respect for that great golf
course and they love to play it. Also
they don't diSreSpect the luscious
purse put up in both these affairs.
So Bob provides these two par
ties year for his members The
members love 'em and turn out in
numbers for them The pros like
'em and every one is happy. Is he
smart gent or is he just smart?
Cox Out for Bigger Game.
That great Nimrod, otherwise Will
fred Hiram Cox, is considering shift
Ing his talents to wider fields now
that skunk killing at Congressional
has become more or less a routine
job with the Congressional pro. If
you listened to Jock Miller. Wiffy's
boy pal at Congressional you would
get the idea that Wilfred is plain
poison to any animal or bird that
comes within range. Maybe he is.
and maybe with gun, but Warner
Gray has been the main sharp
shooter. Warner is WHY'S assistant. .
and nightly Warner patrols the
fairways with an auto and a shot +.
gun. Sometimes Witty goes along
and sometimes it's just Warner and T,
Jocko.
THAT Cox is a wizard with
rife" says Miller. He can knock
the eye out of skunk at 200 yards /
even in poor light" Last year the
story went around that Witty had
killed 30 skunks with his trusty
blunder-bus Part of it was true.
But Witty has become a shot. He
can hit a skunk now and then, and /
he is stalking a personal claim on
the next bunch of mallards which .
drops In at the little pond at Con- .
gresSional to spend the night. He
has been training under Joe Pies. |
the Congressional ground keeper. |
who trained under the Kaiser in .
the last big war.
Witty has a reputation to uphold.
He fought the World War from the
bowels of one of Uncle Samuel's
battle wagons, and even though he
was seasick for an eight-day stretch,
he kept those fires rolling.
Argyle Continues Prosperous.
Carrying forward its record of
continuous prosperity the Argyle
Country Club has a waiting list now
and full membership, which isn't
so usual in golf clubs at this time
Of year. Argyle consistently has had
sound business guidance, and today
Is prosperous and healthy
All officers were reelected at the
annual meeting of the Argyle club
last night. Officers are: President.
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