Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23


climbs out and becomes one OF
rom the White House. Burning
Drinks are not sold over the
new one. Members bring theil
own potionS.
Tiny Flag on Locker
President Eisenhower keep!
his golf clubs and a change o.
clothes in a small room off the
main locker room. His locker
No. IS. has tiny American
flag tapped inside the grill.
Among his 10 companions IL
these quarters are Gen. Twi.
ming; Sherman Adams. assist.
ant to the President; Repre-.
sentative Halleck of Indiana
assistant House Republican
leader. and 1t. Gen. Clarence
S. Irvine of the Air Force.
Mr.. Eisenhower Joined tn,
club while Army chief of stat
shortly after World War II. HI
is Ike" to close friends. Main.
~. however. it's Mr.. Presi.
dent"
Vice President Nixon, Dick
to most, dresses at an incon.
spicuouS place in the mair
locker room. Attorney Genera
Rogers. an old pal, is right next
to him. In the same section are
Senator Symington and such
Truman administration person
alities as former Secretary OF
the Navy Dan Kimball, Leslie
Biffle. former secretary of the
Senate. and Clark Clifford, ex-
White House counsel.
Caricatures Of past and pres
ent members. including Presi-
dent Eisenhower and former
President Truman, decorate
partitions in the middle of the
room. Although not a golfer
Mr.. Truman used to drop in
for an occasional visit.
Two SUNDAY Rites
Toward the front of the club
house is the dining room, where
members lunch before an after
noon round or feast at Sunday
breakfast. Forty or more stall
warts gorge themselves regu-
larry at these Sabbath con-
claves, which precede another
Burning Tree rite-the Sunday
foursomes.
Alt ugh competition is
evened off by the clubs owr
intricate handicapping system
none but the brave COR daffy)
should participate in these Sun.
day skirmishes. They play in
any kind of weather, torrential
rain or driving snow.
For loafing. or the few socia'
events tolerated. the clubhouse
lounge is comfortably but not
extravagantly furnished. Burn.
ing Trees most cherished pos
sessions, golf sticks presented BY
Presidents. hang in a wall rack
Mr. Eisenhower's driver mingle:
there with wood-shafted weap.
ons once brandished by William
Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding and Franklin
D. Roosevelt. FDR's brassie i.
a relic of the days before polio
made him give up golf.
! Inscribed in gold letters or
one ceiling beam is an admoni-
ton credited to former Senator
Willard E. 1ydings of Maryland
courtesy of William Shake.
speare. 1t read
Certain issues strokes mus
arbltrate."
Charts Tell Story
Charts posted outside the
plush pro shop keep all in
formed Of progress in the an.
nual club tournament, an af-
fair that rambles lazily
through spring, summer anc
fall
This season Senator Lausche
Democrat of Ohio, and Repre-.
sentative Arends. Republican Of
Illinois. the House minority
whip. played in the champion
ship fight of l6. Retired Gen
Omar Bradley. former Senator
Scott Lucas, Democrat of ILL
nois, and Senator Symingtor
were in the second fight; Gen
Twining and Judge Whitaker
In the third.
Gen. Bradley is one Of thu
clubs better golfers. He shot {
par ~ the day he quit as chair
man Of the Joint chiefs in 1858
The course is demanding, but
members argue 1t poses no I'M
fair shots. II dips and rolls fol
6,l29 yards off the front tee
t6.704 of the back for pa
36-36-72.
Tightly lined fairways. hem
, med by oak and pine. hav,
caused many an Grant golfeI
!, TO grumble that they didn1
burn enough trees at Burninl
Tree. The trees. however. az
ford the kind OF isolation which
allows Secret Service men whG