Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-03
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Interesting Golf Tourney at
the Blue Ridge Club.
LONG LIST OF PRIZES
DISTRICT BOWLING LEAGUE
OPENS ITS SEASON.
Racing at Aqueduct - Gans-Blackburn
Bout--Jockey Fatally
Hurt.
LONG LIST OF PRIZES

The Blue Ridge Rou ana GuH Cluo HuHi-
bers among it's fifty members some we'll
known and expert golf players. and has
among it's numerou- attractions golf
course of nine links adjoining the beauti-
full and commodious club house near Har-
pers Ferry.
These members conceived the idea of
holding a golf tournament on the club
links last Saturday, which proved a marked
success 1t was not an open contest, but
was confined to club members and their
guests but when the entry list was closed
it was found to contain fifteen contestants
and the majOrty.=of these are the best
players in the District, as will be seen by
the following list:
Result of the Playing.
The players were divided off into four
classes as the matches put the different
contestants out of it, but lucky man
could lose three games and yet win prize.
The loser in class A would drop into class
and the defeated one In class B would
go into class d. All the prizes hung up
were handsome, being either silver or cut
glass, and the victors will doubtless cherish
their trophies as marking most memorable
occasion.
In the first round McCammon defeated
Mattingly, I up; Horstmann defeated Nc
Kinley. l up: Gray defeated William Har-
ban, = up; Lee Harlan defeated West
UP and &; Walter Harlan defeated David
son, up: Weaver defeated Reed up and
3; Lard defeated Britton, 5 up and 3. and
Lafferty was a winner by drawing the bye.
In the second round, the results were as
follows in class A:
Horstmann defeated McCammon. 1 up;
Lard defeated Lee Harlan, l up; Weaver
defeated Lafferty. up and 2. and Gray
defeated Walter Harlan, 2 up and /.
In class b the second round resulted as
follows:
Mattingly defeated Reed, up and 5:
Davidson defeated William Harlan. up
and 2; Mckinley defeated Britton, l up
on 20 holes, and West drew the bye.
The results in the Semi-finals and finals
of class We're: Weaver beat Gray, up
and 2; Horstmann beat Lard. up and 2.
In the finals. Weaver defeated HorStmann,
up in IL holes.
The semi-fnals in class B resulted as
follows Davidson beat Mckinley, up and
l. and Mattingly beat West, up and /.
The finals resulted Davidson beat Mat
tingly, l up
In class c the results were: Semi-finals:
Lafferty beat McCammon, l up on 81 holes.
and Walter Harlan beat Lee Harlan. = up
and 1. In the finals of this class Walter
Harlan defeated Lafferty, up and l.
In class ID Britton defeated Reed. 3 up
and 2, and William Harlan drew the bye
in the semi-finals. In the finals William
Harlan defeated Brtton. 8 up and g
Those who had not won prize IN match
play then went into a handicap, which re-
suited as follows: Lee Harlan, "a gross;
net, al. McCammon, 73 gross; net, 10.
Gray, "A gross; handicap =; net. y. Lard,
no card Reed, 81 gross; handicap 10. net.
90 Parks, rs gross; handicap 4; net 66
West, no card. Sixty-six proved the best
and Parks was declared the winner.
1t was a regulation golf tournament with
the exception that the club rules, varying
somewhat from those of the L. S. G. A,
We're in force. Here are some samples:
Ball may be lifted without penalty from
a cow track, but not from a horse track"
There is no such thing a stymie-
knock away anything between your ball
and the tcle. Knock down anybody who
Objects"
There are no hazards-but there is trou-
BILE all the time"
Ball out of bounds is a good joke. The
finder keeps it,
Replace dIvots except in the potato
patch. The potatoes must be dug, any
way"
Shoes must be removed when crossing
the tennis court.
Loud and boiSterouS language will not
be tolerated on the grounds There is
woman sick in Harper's Ferry. Niolators of
this rule vii be referred to the bull dogs
When golf ball is lost, forget it. Take
a high ball.
Balls driven in the Potomac river may
be recovered at Great Falls. Penalty:
Medal play. half stroke; match play. two
holes.
"All disputes must be settled at the buff
fet.
Members can't lose. Guests should com
NIT this rule to memory
There other rules which are kept
secret and made known only when neces-
sary for the protection of members"
The nine holes, 2,9321a yards in length, are
nicknamed after nine well-known golf
players.
The Blue Ridge Club is a unique organ
cation, and has one of the best equipped
club houses in this part of the country. 1t
owns thirty-iive acres of ground with the
nj Il hn. f,r
the pleasure of it's members and their
guests. besides the golf links. up-to-date
bowling alleys in Il separate building a
tennis court, and hunting and fishing are
enjoyed in season.
The grounds about the club house are kept
In admirable condition. and the views in
every direction from the piazza sixteen feet
wide, which nearly surrounds the house
cannot be surpassed. new wing has
been added TO the club house during the
past year. which now contains twenty
| six bed rooms and dining room
| forty feet long and twenty-seven feet wide
A feature of the Blue Ridge Club is that
| the club house can be enjoyed by the fam
| flies of club members and their guests dur
| Ing certain days of the week. The club has
| capable steward. who with his assistants
Is on duty all the year, and as the club
house has furnace heat. the pleasures of
the Blue Ridge can be enjoyed both winter
and summer.