Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
Three District Golfers
To Be Vice Proxies
0fMaryIand Body
BY WALTER McCALLUM.


BY WALTER McCALLUM.
Three Washington men will be-
come vice presidents OF the Mary
land State Golf Association at the
annual meeting January Is at the
Country Club Of Maryland. near
Baltimore. Harry G. Pitt Of the
Manor Country Club viii step out
as president of the Old Line links
body and will be succeeded by John
D. Hespelhorn of the Country Club
Of Maryland.
Scheduled to become vice presi-
dents of the Maryland organization
are John o. Bergelin of Kenwood,
Percy w. LIE Due of Argyle and
Frank e. Mirth of Indian Spring
A. Herman Stump of Baltimore will
become vice president and treasurer
and will be president in 1947. The
annual meeting will include a din
ner at the Maryland club, sched-
uled at pm. January Is, and will
be attended by representatives of
all the Washington clubs located in
nearby Maryland.
The Old Line association, only
local mems links outfit to function
actively in 1915, plans to resume its
regular schedule of tournaments
this year, including the recessed
amateur championship. 1t held an
open championship in 1915, won by
Lew Worsham, the COB from Burn
ing Tree, and staged several pre-
a--iateur affairs. In addition the Or
ganization sponsored woman's
championship, staged by the Wo-
mems District Golf Association, and
won by Mrs. A. B. Bower Of Indian
Spring. In addition to the vice presf-
dents named, Albert E. Steinem Of
Woodmont, is nominated as general
counsel and the efficient Emmett
Gary is to be retained as secretary
and tournament factotum.
Buck Worsham, after five years in
the Navy, is due to join Bob Bar
nett at Bob's winter berth at Miami
Beach soon after January Is. Buck
served all over the globe on various
Navy vessels, and has been out OF
service little more than a month.
He is brother of Lew Worsham Of
Burning Tree, and is one of the
longest hitters ever developed
around Washington.
Harry Pitt, who will relinquish
his twin posts as president of the
Maryland and Middle Atlantic Golf
Association, is to become prexy of
the District Golf Association at its
annual meeting in February.
Big Season Looms Here.
The expected big golf year around
Washington in 1916 looms as just
that-possibly the biggest since 1910.
The jam on golf club memberships
will be cracked this year, when two
clubs, one Of them closed to civilians
for nearly three years. will throw
open their doors. Reacquisition of
the Congressional Club by the mem
bers will go a long way toward
breaking the deadlock on member
ships which became acute last year.
Opening of the new Argyle Club,
at Layhill, Md, will decrease the
pressure.
No one knows how many there
are, but there are literally hundreds
Of people who want to get into
country clubs and cannot do 30 i'm
mediately because Of bloated mem
bership and lengthy waiting lists.
Congressional IL Optimistic.
With that situation prevailing 1t
Is not surprising that the Con-
gressional people think their club
will I'LL UP within q short time.
Argyle has a nucleus held over from
the old club.
Meanwhile improvements con-
tinue. Columbia people are talking
about some changes involving the
18Th and 18th tees and the 18th
green, but no decision has been
reached to cut down the height of
the 18th.
Over at Washington the golfers
are working themselves up toea pitch
Of excitement as they view the
preparations being made for fair
way watering installation, to be
completed before May 1, they hope.
At Woodmont work on the new
s-hole course Is progressing salts
factorily, with the new layout to
be in use In 1947, and at Indian
Spring the membership hoped the
new swimming pool will be in use,
as predicted, by June 1.