The Washington times., 1902-01-12
WITH THE
LOCAL GOLFERS.
Chat With Chevy Chase and
+ Columbia Club Players.
NEW LIVELY BALL DISCUSSED.
Opinions of Local Experts Favor the
Innovation. While the English
Amateur Champions DC Not Eesi-
tate to Express Their Dislike
for 1t.


for 1t.
1t would seem as if the past weeks
ideal weather was made and intended by
nature to serve the golfers purpose.
Every condition was perfect; the temper
ature was just right; there were no
treacherous winds, and the courses were
dry, and not too hard and not too soft.
On the Columbia Links.
Arthur Smith, the new professional Of
the Columbia Golf Club, has been here
about fortnight, and already las in hand
large class of noyioes and of those
who have had experience but who need
developing in the score making line. Of
the latter there are many who, under
Smiths guidance. will be able TO do the
they had hoped for.
One of the most promising of this class
IS DIR. Walter Harlan, whose driving is
of the strong sort. and whose putting is
decidedly skillful He is able even now 10
do the eighteen-hole course in so and
under. He is brother of DR.. Lee l.. Har-
ban, whose ability and cleverness on the
links are a matter of golf history.
A. S. Mattingly has changed to right
hand swing and is playing better golf
than ever.
Al Leet, Eugene Carusi, Tolbert Lans-
ton, and VIII T. Harlan are all playing
30 and under.
Among those who are counted as regu-
lar visitors to the links and playing good
golf are: Messrs. Wilbur. Hough, Thomp-
son, Dunn, Sullivan. Lyttle, Edison, Der
rick, Delano. and Colonel Mccain.
Fred r. Parks, who was seriously i'll
fore some time, is again in the game and
playing as well as ever. J. William Nc
Kinley and L. W. Weaver are among the
high-class men whose scores show what
can be accomplished by keeping eternal
ly at it,
Chevy Chase Club
The Chevy Chase Club course is by far
the best and longest course in the city,
and the best golf. 1t is about $500 yards,
is holes. Other courses may have spe-
cial weather conditions to make them
playable, but the Chevy Chase course, un-
der all conditions, will hold its own with
any OF the leading courses throughout the
country.
The town of Chevy Chase is named af-
ter the old Bradley homestead, and the
club, when organized in 1892, also took
the name. The present clubhouse is the
original homestead with additions such as
kitchens, locker-rooms, mems room and
ballroom.
The Chevy Chase Club has resident
membership of over 400 and as the pri-
ileges of the course are given to those
who belong to the family of member
about /, 600 are entitled to play over the
links. 1t is the most accessible country
club out OF Washington, as n very good
line of trolley cars runs Immediately past
the door of the clubhouse and therefore
no walking or driving is necessary unless
at ones pleasure.
James Douglass, the new professional,
is a good player and club maker, an ex-
cellent instructor, and an expert when it
comes to the up-keep of the putting
greens. The green committee is making
arrangements for the laying OF water
pipes all over the course so that 1t can
be kept in the very best condition when
there is a scarcity of rain.
The officers of the club are: Thomas
Nelson Page, President; Col. Frank Lee
Denny, Vice President; George Howard,
Secretary; Charles ]. Bell Treasurer.
Green Committee: Col. Frank Lee Denny
Captain; Nat. S. Simpkins, Ormsby Nc
Cannon. Oden F. Horstmann, DR.. Will
liam NJ. Gray.
In addition to the well-known players
mentioned elsewhere, the following are
prominent: Ormsby McCammon, whose
driving and putting having earned him
standing among the crack players of the
country. His Christmas scores were S4
and Sc. Senator Mcmillan and w. ].
Boardman are among the elders who are
showing some of the younger members
the way over the course. Mr.. Charles
]. Bell, President of the American Sc
curity and Trust Company, is one of the
clubs greatest enthusiasts, and is con-
stently improving an already good game.
Others whose golf is noteworthy are:
Messrs. George C. Lafferty. Colonel
Denny, William +. Hit, William Rey-
burn, Marvin Thompson, Rev. DR.. Ster-
rett, and DR.. Gray.
Local Experts Favor "LfycTy;' EaIi.
There is diversity of opinion upon the
matter of the lively" ball introduced
during the past year. There are nearly
as many players who favor the innovation
as there are those who do not hold il in
favor. It's one of those affairs in which
you pays your money and takes your
choice"
That the lively" sphere has much to
recommend it there is no doubt, but even
those who favor it find it deficient in
some points. Not in flying and rolling
qualities after it is well driven, but in
its construction. The ball has an outer
coating OF stamped or pebbled rubber. a
sort of shell which encloses the hard
rubber solid or wound ball. 1t is this
outer covering which gives the average
user most trouble After IL has been used
short while, If it is topped" several
times, IL cracks or splits in one direc-
and ha payt driya splitg n N