Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10

partners against j. D. Patton and Frank
Sutton on the links at Chevy Chase, went
to the former two golfers by ; up and l
Luck went against Messrs. Patton and
Sutton after the ninth hole was passed
and then the other partners scared ahead
and at the seventeenth hole had the game
cinched.
The kickers' contest at the Columbia
Club Monday proved an innovation of the
most interesting kind. Donald Ball. pro-
fessional of the club, had selected num-
Der that was sealed and unknown to any
Of the contestants. Each entrant made
his own handicap, and at the conclusion
Of the game 1t was found that Mont
gomery E. Danforth had been the best
guesser of the number selected by Mr.
Ball. The number selected was 73 and
the net score of Mr.. Danforth was 13, h
having made a gross score Of 9S and giver
himself % handicap.
A. l. Clark and S. p. Thompson. who
were entered in this event each made q
net score OF Co. while r. A. Amram and
w. NJ Smith had, respectively, IS and "A
With a handicap of 80, E. H. Bowie
captured the sweepstakes events at the
Washington Country Club last week by d
net score of 6S. gross 100. Tom Weldon
was second with net score of GU. gross
100, and W. G. Campbell third, with net
score of Is and gross Of 96.
F. O. Horstmann and c. r. Wilson
tackled J. NJ. Biddle and e. r. McIlhenny
in a foursome Monday last and defeated
the latter duo by and !. RMS game,
which was played at Chevy Chase. was
la rather ong-drawnout affair, as the
players had to give way repeatedly to the
golfers engaged In the regular eighteen
stroke competition that was pulled off al
Chevy Chase Labor day. The four play
r; f,,ll met tn dod
by the two losers after trekking the links
for over three hours of play.
Gen. E. NJ. Weaver's play for the en-
tire day at Chevy Chase Monday amount
ed to fifty holes In all. This Is an un-
usual performance for golfers though far
below the records of long-distance play
ers of the royal and ancient game AT
dusk the general looked quite as fresh
as when he teed off at the first hole
early in the morning Of Labor day. He
stated that the reason nc uid not ac-
cumulate more holes was because he
could not arrange the games with others.
Later in the season Gen. Weaver will
endeavor to establish long-distance rec
ord for the course at Chevy Chase.
Maj. c. C. Hearn was trimmed by Ru-
dolph Kaufman Monday ny a score of
|2 and I. The match was interesting
throughout and the result in doubt up
10 TIE Idst pay o. tiiC SiSheSSa'th iOiC.
Another game of interest played at the
Chevy Chase links Monday was the three
some. in which Col. Richmond P. Davis,
Rudolph Kaufman and Gen. L. NJ.
Weaver indiIistd. zen Weaver Wa III
fine trim and set the first two golfers
down To the tune OF ). and ~. Gen.
Weaver declared the foes We're worthy
of hts steal" and admitted that he stole
several holes. A steal in golf is not
considered a heinous offense, being the
result Of lucky putting,
Three Fights contested in The miniature
golf tournament at Bannockburn Mon
day. The combat between E. F. Brook
and Dr. J. w Brown. leaders in the firs
eight. was" by far the most interestin;
event OF the day e: the Scotch golfery
Mr. Brooke captured first honors by 1
score of 3 up and ! TO play In thu
second eight A. Cunningham was first
winning from M. Vinal in the hnals by
up. The match between Col. D. r. Al
word and Veteran S. A. Egan in thu
third eight finals went to Col. AlVord 3!
1 and 3.
The grand final. played by winners OF
Tuesday, was won by E. F. BROOKE, o!
3 ard 1, from Col. Alvord, and up iron
Mr.. Cunningham.
The unique special mashie contest
the Washington Country Cub MONDAY
in which the Players were rssIle'eo =