Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
INTERESTING NOTES FROM ALL
THE LOCAL GOLF CLUBS

! Sunday went to Mr.. Dodge by l up.
These players are evenly matched, and
both nave vastly improved their short
game since the first part of the season.
There were several 9s on w. A. Paurs
card in his match with w. r. Gherardi
Friday at Chevy Chase, and this no
doubt accounts for Mr.. Gherardis VIC
tory by . up and TO play.
By up and l to play A. D. Merritt
won from +. S. Henry on the links OF
Columbia last Sunday, the game being
! in doubt up to the last iron circle.
foursome of more than ordinary in
terest was played Tuesday last at Co
lunlbia NJ. E. Danforth and G. H. Chas-
mer playing as partners against DR.. Paris
K. Brengle and l.. c. Brooks. The score
was ) up in favor of the former two
players when the last hole was nego-
tiated
J. X. Martin won a three-ball match
from p. Fitzsimmons by up, and from
G. f. Stokes by / up at Chevy Chase
Tuesday.
On the same links and on the same
day E. S. Land put 1t all over w. S.
Grosbeck by 3 up and 2.
+. d. Vowel, the genial clerk at CO.
lumbia. who attends to many details of
the matches and tournaments of the club.
is back at his post after having been
confined to his home for three weeks
Mr.. Vowel met with serious accident
while riding to town on his motor cycle,
and it is hardly likely that he will be
able to play golf again this season
Sunday Otto J. De Mon and w. NJ.
Truett won we'll played foursome from
w. d. West and E. S. Simmons on the
course at Columbia. The score was .
up and l.
Another foursome played on the same
day at Columbia found Otto Luebkert and
w. NJ. Lyle opposed to G. H. Chasmer
and l.. c. Brooks. The latter two were
victors by up
Friday II. r. Johnson beat Paul Fitzim-
mons at the Chevy Chase Clubs course
| by l up.
! Games at Chevy Chase Wednesday were
between j. r. Martin and E. l.. White
house. the latter winning by l up: Col.
George Richards won from Capt. II. p.
Norton by up and l. and B. r.
Cheatham beat c. Morris by 1 up in
nineteen holes.
Tuesday last George c. Minnegerode
won from G.. w. Calvert by up, and
c. A. Freeman won from Edgar Brown
! by the same score. These two games
were played at Chevy Chase.
| ~. -.
| were defeated by Alien Lard and NJ. E.
| Danforth in a four-bal match played at
Columbia Friday last. The score was l
up at the nineteenth hole.
r. b. LOCKER won a fast game from
| his brother, f. #. LOCKER. out at the
Washington Country Club Thursday by a
score of l up The game went for nine
! teen holes and was remarkabl" because
of the short time taken by the players
! in going around the court. Only two
hours and fifteen minutes were consumed.
w. L. Smith and Ed Harlan were pit
ted against p L. Hodges and Robert
Farnham in interesting foursome Mon
day last. The former pair won the game
by up and / to play. These players
are among the most enthusiastic golfers
1 OF the Columbia Club, and during the
coming week they have planned to pull
off three foursomes.
Out at Washington Country Club last
Tuesday Mrs. S. B. Johnson and Mrs.
Zappone played a short game OF nine
holes. and Mrs. Zappone won by up.
Both of these ladies are improving their
play vastly and are among the promi-
lnent~ entrants in the ladies' tourna merts
that are played Saturday afternoons at
the Virginia golfery.
The scores in the sweepstakes event of
September %, played on the links of the
/ Washington Club. as given out by the
officials of the club, are as follows: