Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30

lators who scamper DER the green and
smash the gutta percha sphere there are
none more ardent and enthusiastic than
Senators Bristow, Cummins and Bourne.
They played 80 holes Wednesday. but no
score was kept of the game.
Senator'S Guggenheim. Brown. Cum
minis and Bristow are ardent golfers, and
sion they make their homes at Columbia
Country Club.
Otto Luebkert. Dr.. L. B. Swormstedt
and A. s. Mattingly INDUCED in a three
some last Thursday DIR. SwormStedt cap
turing the three ball affair by 3 up and !.
Robert Farnham. Jr., of Columbia, but
VINO spends most of his time in the City
Of Rrotherly Love. blew up to Columbia
on the last cool wave looking for few
scalps and selected e. Il. De Graw as the
one most suited to help him turn the
trick. E. !. Ober and William NJ. Smith
were the chosen victims for the first four
some. The match was played. but the
outcome will have to be Surnlised, as all
participants refused to say anything for
publication. However. the victims wore
significant smiles, and Mr.. Farnham was
last seen headed for home with book
entitled Hints on Playing Golf" ex-
cerptS Of which he read TO Mr.. De Graw.
During the handicap against par, par
ticipated in by eighty-odd contestants
last week at Columbana the course re-
sembled Broadway at lunch time, some
of the more speedy golfers having to be
run onto siding to allow the mon
speeds opportunity to get out of their
own way. T. S. Catlett. in the face of his
defeat mentioned above, came back
strong in this important event. taking the
handicap by gross S9-net 73 score for
eighteen holes. l.. D. Underwood came
second to Mr.. Catlett with a gross ST.
lett says that he can duplicate this score
SIX days in the week. Indications are
that he will have plenty of opportunity
to make the attempt, as Mr.. NJ. Z. Dan
forth. recently appointed chairman Of
the green committee, has started in with
the determination not only to make CO.
ltImbias course one of the finest in the
south, but to provide for regular weekly
contests that can be participated I'm by
players all. good, bad and otherwise.
The golf course of the Columbia Coun-
try Club, at Chevy Chase. which is slow
~ rounding into first-class shape in spite
of the excessively dry season, was
some warmly contested matches. supple
mented last Saturday by a handicap
against par, which was entered into by a
goodly number with unusual enthusiasm,
prizes being awarded the winners and
runners-up.
On Monday there was a not twosome
between Senator Norris Brown and o. X.
Davis. The senator. though a player of
class, is quite modest and would not d-
vulge the score and as Mr.. Davis could
not be located after the match it is natu-
rally concluded that the senator had it on
Mr.. Davis to the tune of about . up and
4 to play.
Mr.. w. S. Sample of Chicago. paired
with Frank Govern. a Columbia player,
took closely contested foursome from
L. S. Catlett and T. o. Varnell, both of
Columbia, up and l..
seemed to inspire some of the home folks
out Columbia way, as George P. James,
paired with Henry Bridges of Whining
ton. n. c., went after D. K. Jackson and
Edward Harlan in a foursome for honors
and got away with it by the interesting
score of . up and 1.
1t fell to the lot Of L. E. Sinclair and
Warren Eynon, playing against E. s.
NARROW and G. Warfield Simpson, to fur
nish the attraction of the week in the
matter of close scores, the two first
named players taking a foursome l up
in nineteen holes.
Donald Ball has placarded the walls of
the locker rooms with plain set of
rules Of golf, and expects that this silent
discussion and serve as a ready reference
when questions come up regarding fine
points of the game
Judge Edward A. Newman and ex-Sen-
ator J. NJ. Thurston played a match at
the Columbia links Thursday. which was
won by the senator with a hole to spare