Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-01

ems national golf tournament was played
at Chevy Chase in October. The list OF
entries in the national event was not 90
large as expected but the standard OF
play was high and satisfactory.
The Columbia Golf Club started the ball
rolling with a spring tournament in April
and May. and as usual. DR.. Lee Harlan
walked of with the principal prize. while
Hoover Bankard OF the same club was
the runner up.
Then came the spring tourney OF the
Chevy Chase club, May n to 80. and an
other success was registered. as the f1eid
| of entries was large and the playing
| good. F. o. Horstmann won the prin-
cipal event. with H. Charters as the
tured the handicap medal play event.
June ~. the Columbia golfers tackled
| the Wilmington team and went down to
defeat by the score of to .. ]. w. Nc
Kinley and ]. j. Morrow were the only
Washington players to score.
| team match for the middle Atlantic
golf trophy between the Chevy Chase and
! Columbia clubs was played July 1s. and
| the latter made a clean sweep, winning
| by the score of to q.
| A week later the Wilmington clubs
team came here and met the Columbia
team at the homo of the latter for the
same trophy. and Columbia scored
clean-cut victory. winning in the five
match. to .. and in the foursomes. 5
to 0. making the total Is to on the
| days play.
Then followed the Baltimore Country
Club team. being after the same trophy.
but another defeat was handed out the
visitors being beaten by the score of
to L.
! The coveted Siamese cup was played
Club. October 4, 5, 6 and I, and this
time II. Wylie was the victor. Up to
date Messrs. Marlatt, W. r. Tuckerman
f. NJ Talcott and II. Wylie are the
three times to become the permanent
property of the victorious golfer.
| October g. 8 and 10 the fall tourna-
ment of the Columbia Golf Club was
held, and although the weather was
bad the playing was frst-class. E. r:
Eynon, jr.. captured the principal
event, Z. P. Brooke being the runner
| up.
The won1ens National Golf tourna-
ment was a hardfought affair from
start to finish and attracted attention
| all over the country, participants be-
| ing present from all parts of the coun-
| try. The championship went to Miss
Katherine c. Harley of the Fall River
| Golf Club. the runner up being Mrs.
r. III. Polhemus of the Richmond Coun-
try Club, Staten Island. Miss Marion
Oliver of the Chevy Chase Club and
Mrs. Caleb Fox Of Philadelphia were
ner. best qualifying score. was Miss
Harriet S. Curtis Essex Country Club.
Manchester, Mass. The winner of the
| consolation event was Miss Elizabeth
Porter, Brookline, Mass. In the driving
| contest Miss Fanny Osgood of Brook
line was the best. At approaching and
putting Miss Mary Mccain OF the Chevy
Chase Club proved the winner. In the
Potts of New York was victorious. In
the best ball foursomes Misses NJ. and
II. S. Curtis were the winners
The season was practically closed
| with the annual fall tournament or the
Chevy Chase Club October 20. 30 and
81. The winner of the chief event
turned up in Dr. Lee Harlan Of the CO.
lumbia Golf Club, Allan Lard OF Chevy
Chase being the runner up DR.. Lee
Harlan also captured the prize for max
ing lowest gross score in the handicap.
BOWLING.
Bowling In the District OF Columbia has
kept on the onward move during the past
year, and from the indications this winss
ter the improvement will be still greater
the coming year. Leagues embracing
from six to twelve teams have sprung up
on all sides and as a result Washington
boasts of as many good BOWERS as any
city of its size in the country.
The District League, the parent organI-
cation, Of course, attracted the chief In
terest and the Fat Men once more carried
of the honors by good margin. waters;
Brosnan, Krauss, Allison. Field and
Rodrick making up the team In individ'
ual work Bontz of the Saengers was the
best, his average on the season being 1873.
which was certainly going some
In the Departmental League ten teams
took part, and the Interiors wa ked away
with the first place prize. Field Of the
Agricultural team proved the best IN
dividual.
7 eV,n
and Sixth won out by a close margin over
the Fifth boys. Miller of the sixth was
the best individual bowler Of the organi-
cation.
Eight teams comprised the Sunday
School League and the kids had a fine
season. great interest being manifested
In the outcome Of their matches. The
Union team proved the best. while Bishop
of Ninth Street was the leading indi-
vidual.
FOOT BALL.
Although the Georgetown and George
Washington teams failed to get together
In 1908 the season was q remarkably
successful one, each Of the three teams,
Galiaudet being the third, doing good
work on the gridiron The showing Of
George Washington entities that team
to the palm for the District and many
place it in the lead for the south. The
boys OF that organization scoced 325
points while their opponents were making
but %. and II Of these were made by the
Annapolis MiddIes. GEORGETOWN scored
IS points, and this was the exact number
Of points achieved by their opponents, a
somewhat remarkable showing in the
scoring line. The Gallaudet boys hung
up "a points while their opponents made
but SO, Georgetown and Richmond Col
lege dividing 81 Of these points between
them.
The big game between Georgetown and
Virginia was marred by heavy down
pour of rain, which turned to snow, and
as a result the attendance was kept down
to small numbers, the visitors winning
by the score Of 6 to o.
George Washington's best day was on
Thanksgiving, when the team faced Buck
nell, and after a hard struggle the whistle
blew with the score standing to 5.
ATHLETICS.
Many interesting local athletic meets
took place the past year and aroused
even moro infnroHt in iD6oO1- fro orfi 81