Evening star., 1941-08-09
7 Additional 1S.Ho|e
Links Held Minimum
Need for Capital
Proposed Fort Hunt, Vo.,
Plans Gathering Dust
Of Congress- Apathy
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


ernment should be vitality interested
In the physical and mental welfare
OF its citizens, particularly at time
like the present. Golf Is q form OF
outdoor recreation that benefits one
both physically and mentally"
Ken Zoeller, treasurer Of the East
Potomac Golf Club, one of the lead
ers in the move to enlarge the public
golf facilities around Washington
speaks, he says. for thousands OF
municipal golfers. With a wide view
OF all that goes on in public links
golf Zoeller is in a position to know
He has been influential in the af-
fairs Of the East Potomac Club for
several years.
With the population of the Dis
trict OF Columbia ever on the in
crease there is need for at least two
more 18-hole public golf courses"
he adds. There is talk Of building
one on the Mount Vernon boulevard
at Fort Hunt, Va. Let's hope there
Is some action behind this talk In
the near future To add insult to
injury the Government has taken
part Of the F and G courses in East
Potomac Park to make tennis courts
and q playground"
There's Lots Of Talk.
Sorry, Brother Zoeller, but Just at
present you seem to be talking
against a strong wind. Sure there
is talk about building a new
course at Fort Hunt. That talk has
been going on now for more than
TWO years. Sure the plans are on
paper, all ready to 60. But it needs
money to build golf course and
until the voteless taxpavers of
washington storm the proper COM
mittees of Congress and demand
improved golf facilities for the pub
lie links lads nothing is going to be
done about 1t. Letters are all right.
but mass appearances when hear
1ngs are held are better. So are
petitions signed by several thousand
people.
Sure the Fort Dupont course is
being constructed. But We have II
on the best authority that the Fort
Dupont course isn't being pushed to
completion as fast as it should be.
Sure we need more and better public
courses in and near Washington.
But as long as organized action and
organized demands are not in the
wind nothing will be done about it.
Fort Hunt Ideal Location.
Fort Hunt. of course, is the ideal
situation. Here Is a spot which, if
not taken over by the Army, is
capable OF expansion and good golf
construction Here is a spot only 12
miles from Washington. on a broad
highway where model course and
model plan of operation could be
Installed. But nothing is being done
about it. The plans are collecting
dust In the Interior Department.
The only way you and the other
men who want golf course action
can get 1t, Brother Zoeller is to talk
long and loud, and keep on doing it.
Mass action Is needed to put across
any such program of course expan-
sion. And public links golf around
Washington is big enough to put it
over.
Bradley Hills Club officials are
making plans for big entry in the
forthcoming Government links tour
ney. to be held over the Montgomery
County course starting August 18.
Many entrants have requested that
they be allowed to play nine holes
twice during each of the two weeks
Of the tourney, rather than 18
consecutive holes, because of lack
OF time.
The club management will be glad
70 permit this. according to E. G..
Adams, who will run the event.
McCabe Wins Horton Cup.
"Lafe" Franklin, the gent who
took lot of good-natured kidding
about the relative merits of his golf
game and that of his winsome wife.
couldn't quite make it in the final
round Of the Horton Cup tourney
at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club. franklin went to the final,
all right, but there he fell yesterday
before the southpaw slants of James
e. McCabe.
McCabe, giving Franklin two
strokes, licked him and l in the
final.
Three feminine Journeys were held
at as many clubs. At Congressional,
Mrs. Houston Harper and Mrs. Verne
P. Simmons teamed together sue
cessfully to win a Scotch fourSome
event with card of 95-19-76. Mrs.
Harry A. Knox and Mrs. D. H. Hen
derson were next with 93-11-82,
while Mrs. j. w. Godfrey and Mrs
c. E. Slawson were third with 100
16-84. The putting awards went
to Mrs. E. A. Swingle and Mrs. H. j
Weber with 33. A special beginner
prize was won by Julie Harper, with
so for nine holes.
Mrs. Maxwell Army Navy Winner.
Mrs. M. M. Maxwell won an odd
tourney at Army Navy. In this one
each contestant was allowed to re-
play one shot on each hole. Mrs
Maxwell scored 84-7-77, with Mrs
M. J. Torlinski next at 85-6-79
The guest award went to Mrs. J
Franklin Gross of Columbia, with
$3.50.
Washington Golf and Country
Club women held a five-selected-
holes event. in which Mrs. R. E
Hotze and Mrs. Don Lee tied, with
26 strokes each. Mrs. Lee won the
draw. Tied for third were Mrs
1ngman Harr and Mrs. Phelps
Adams, with 81 strokes.
The public as well as club men,
bers is invited to attend the exhi-
hition match at Army Navy tomor-
row afternoon, with Service Club
PRO Allan Burton and District ANA
seur Champ Ralph Bogart opposing
the Quantico pro-amateur pair Of
Pro Danny Burton and AL Zarracina
3annockburn members will play
tomorrow in another one of those
"Moaners VS.. Groaners" matches
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