The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
PRESIDENT WINNER
In GOLF CONTEST
Regains Laurels on the Chevy
Chase Links.
VICE PRESIDENT HIS PARTNER
Gen. Clarence Edwards and Capt.
Archibald Butt, the Defeated Play
Executive Order Changing Rules
of the Game-GoId Score Now Tie.

What President Taft and Vice Presl-
dent Sherman did TO Gen. Clarence Ed
wards and Capt. Archibald Butt yester-
day afternoon on the Chevy Chase golf
links was a plenty and also a shame
BY a score Of , up and ! 10 play they
wiped up the grassy sward with them
and avenged the stain that was smeared
upon their regulations for the defeat they
suffered seven days ago.
True If the tale told By the defeated
Is to be credited. the President only won
after he had issued an Executive order
changing completely the system Of score
used on all well regulated links the world
over
But as the President is the President
and his partner was the Vice President.
and their opponents were mere officers in
the regular army and as such are under
TIE orders Of the COmmander-in-chief,
what on earth could the poor military
men do but smile and acquiesce?
II you are a golfer. professional or anna
teur. you have probably always counted
the best ball" That is 10 say. the low
est score or lowest number OF shots made
By either partner on q side 20 negotiate a
I
score Of the side.
President Changes plan.
Cntn the President Of the United States
1 in the person Of William Howard Taft
issued his pronunciamenjo. no one on
earth ever dreamed OF questioning this
plan
What does the President DO but declare
that instead OF counting the best ball. "
the best sum total OF the strokes OF the
/ partners on either side shall be counted.
Thus. II the President negotiated one hole
IN five and his partner, Mr.. Sherman.
made il IN six. their total Of eleven would
win against the total Of twelve made by
the other side. even though the lowest
ball OF the opposition happened 70 be
four and the highest eight
Gen Edwards and Capt. Butt are not
complaining. mind you. about the new
/ Taft rule on golf. They are trying their
/ best 70 act as though they are tickieJ 70
death about IT, but IL was hIhJe1 az
Chevy Chase Club that as soon /as the
game was over the air in the neighbor-
hood of the bungalow where they changai
| their togs smelled strongly Of sulphur as
a result Of the language they used as
soon as the victorious President was out
Of hearing
Capt Butt maintains that he would
have Won out but for the fact that he
ran into two or three streaks OF bad
! luck In the seventeenth hole he got into
the woods, and IL took several shots 20
extricate himself
As the golf score for the season now
stands. each side has a victory 70 its
credit Next Saturday. Il the weather Is
fair. the players viii so out 20 the links
20 play the rubber.
Conference on Tariff.
The President held a long conference
during the afternoon with Speaker Can
non and Chairman Payne. OF the WAYS
and Means Com.nittee. The tariff bnl
was discussed a. considerable length. AS
soon as Mr. Payne returned 70 the
( Capitol he went into the meeting Of his
committee 20 decide on what amend
ments would be approved. and he wanted
20 get the opinion Of the President on
the changes contemplated
A long line Of pesSimistic Republicans
called on the President during the day
/ and discussed the tariff situation.
/ Representative Perkins told the Chief
/ Executive that he was receiving letters
/ from constituents. and that he mus
/ fight for certain changes.
Discuss Petroleum Duty.
/ Representative Vreeland followed Mr.
/ Perkins. and talked about the countervdil-
l ing duty on petroleum. He wants the duty
abolished and an ad valorem duty substi-
/ tuted
/ Senator Dick was another Of the Presi-
dents callers. He took with him George
{ Mooney. speaker Of the lower house of the
I Ohio assembly. and Frank ". Mlholland
La Toledo politician They discussed the
/ appointments Of a surveyor OF customs al
/ Dayton and a collector OF the port at san
l duSky.
! The Oregon judgeshlp was again called
/ 70 the attention OF the President. Repre-
! sentatives Ellis and Hawlsy called at the
! White House snd spoke a word in support
{ Of former Senator Fulton.
! Others who called at the Executive Of
/ fee during the day were Judge Norman
:. Dixie. Of New York. and Albert -
/ Schenck. the millionaire packer Of Wheel
I ing.