Evening star., 1909-06-13
WANTS
TO BET RED APPLE
Offers Wager at Eighteenth
Hole After Winning in Four
some at Chevy Chase.

President Taft added another notable
golf game to his credit at Chevy Chase
yesterday, when, playing as a partner
in foursome with c. Allan Lard of
the Chevy Chase Club. he Helped to de-
feat Vice President Sherman and Walter
J. Travis. the international champion
by score of Is up and to play.
1t had been intended that the President
Vice President should be paired with
Allan Lard but on the way out to the
links it was decided that as the Pres
ident. self-styled "bumblepuppy, had
a shade the best of the Vice President.
self-announced dub and that as
Travis was rated higher than Lard. il
would be TOO easy for the President
and Travis to play together.
Taft Wins for His Team.
1t was the President who won for
his team, Travis and Lard making equal
scores of IS leaving the result OF the
match to the play of the President and
Vice President Mr.. Sherman was de-
cdediy off his game, and ran up a
total of He strokes for the eighteen-h hole
course. The Presidents score was not
announced, but 1t was we'll under that
foursome the combined scores ofthe part
ners are matched against the combined
scores of their opponents in deciding the
winning of the holes.
The afternoon was ideal for golf. al
though the links We're still a little slow
as the result of the recent rains. The
President appeared in his usual golfing
costume-dark gray outing trousers. graz
flannel shirt-worn without a tie-and
gray cap The links were crowded with
DlaVprS TODAY hllt iS of ati-
uuette a. the Chevy Chase Club that no
gallery shall follow the presidential four
some. The four players and four cad
dies made up the little party, which. start
ing around at 3:45 pm. finished the
eighteenth hole shortly before O'Clock.
Played Excellent Game.
Allan Lard. who played with the Presi-
dent, is rated as one of the best am:,-
teurs in the country. He is a member
of many clubs, and came on from Chi
cago especially to play in the Presidents
game. Mr.. Travis came from New York.
Lard went to the finals with Travis in
the recent open tournament of the Chevy
Chase Club but was badly beaten in the
wind-up. He played a much stronger
game yesterday than he did in the tour
nament. and kept pace with the cham
pion. stroke for stroke. The President
also played an excellent game. His driv-
:
The President plays a careful. method
ical game. He keeps his eye on the ball.
is an excellent judge of direction and
drives with great force. 1t Is in the
short game that his scores begin to climb.
Mr.. Travis declared yesterday that the
President has few faults as golfer, and
that with more practice he will make a
most excellent player. Mr. Travis was
a guest of the President at dinner at the
White House last night
Vice President Starts Badly.
Vice President Sherman started in bad
ly from the first tee. He topped his ball
and drove about twenty feet. Every one
in the foursome wanted him to start over.
but he declined, saying he was too good
a sportsman" for anything like that
Coming to the eighteenth hole-although
the match had been decided five holes
from the f1nsh-the members OF the four
some pla yed perhaps the best golf. There
was a large gallery of club members at
the finish, and they applauded literally
when Allan Lard made the hole in two
against bogey figures of three. Lard
drove onto the green with his first stroke
and made a ten-foot putt into the cup.
Travis made the hole in four and the
President in five. The Vice President
also was credited with a five Mr.. Taft
had excellent chance to make the
hole in four. but on three-foot putt he
trimmed the cup.
I'll bet red apple 1 make 1t this
time" he exclaimed, as he sent the ball
spinning into the cup on. his next at
tempt.