Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-02

mail from pro golfers asking Tor
help in lining up assistants is
a sad commentary on the lost
art Of caddying. or perhaps on
the golf profession itself.
The postcards would have
been completely unnecessary a
very few years ago. There
would have been enough boys
in the caddie pen with pro golf
ambitions and an apprentices
knowledge of wrapping clubs.
etc.. to have staged a brawl for
the job.
But no more. Zoo many of
today's caddies merely are bag
toters. and very few youngsters
hang around the shop offering
to lend q hand just for the ex-
perience, or with the hopes of
getting spart-time work as a
caddy master, starter or what
have you.
Woodmonts and Argyle are
looking for assistants, and a
shop boy is needed at Prince
Georges. Elizabeth Manor Club
Of Portsmouth, Va, had to adj
vertise for a pro, and it is un-
derstood that Tom Strange, the
Virginia Open champion, turned
pro and took the job.
There are several other va
cancies coming up. and two or
three jobs open at small clubs
in small towns in the Middle
Atlantic area. It's an embar-
RAISING trend.
y 4 M
A few, months ago anybody
who would have suggested that
Torakichi 'Nakamura and Koi-
chi Ono could beat Sam Snead
and Jimmy Demaret would
have been accused of having a
hole in his head,
But the Japanese pros ac-
complished just that in the
Canadian Cup matches in ia
pan. beating the top pros of 30
nations, with Snead and De-
maret in second place nine
shots back.
Torakichi and Ono have been
invited to the Masters at
Augusta. and it's almost GER
tain they will play several ex-
hibitions against Snead and
Demaret.
The japanese stars may tune
up against some lesser lights,
and may play Snead and De-
maret at Boca Ration in Flori-
da, where Snead is the winter
pro.
In the United States the
Japanese pros must play with
the American ball, rather than
the English pellet they used in
their homeland. and will be
putting on fast bent greens,
instead Of the tough Korei
grass.
The starting triumph Of Max
amura and Ono in Japan was
"a great boost for international
golf, and was widely applauded.
But in their own backyard
you'll have to like Sam and
Jim. The visitors will leave
their homeland March IS and
play in the United States until
around May /. They'll add an
international flavor to the
Masters.
The Women's District Golf
Association has made three
major changes in its system of
team play, according to Mrs.
Paul H. STREET. Of Chevy Chase.
the District team captain.
There will be 81 teams this
year. placed in six classes ac-
cording to total aggregate
handicaps.
This will throw out the chal-
|lenge matches between the first
team in a division against the
last-place team in the next
highest for a place in that di-
vision the following year. In:
stead, the field days will be
substituted.
There will be handicap allow
ances in all team matches ex-
cept the first.
The committee found the old
system made for too many one
sided matches, particularly in
the classes featuring higher
handicapped players. And be-
cause Washington is such a
transient city, each year the
teams will be placed according
to aggregate handicaps. It was
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