Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
INTERESTING NOTES FROM ALL
THE LOCAL GOLF CLUBS

that have been found and returned and
the names of the owners of the balls.
This system. instituted by Mr.. Sargent.
has been the means of saving many golf
balls, and the players are very well
pleased with the new arrangement. The
caddes are also benefited, as they receive
reward of ) cents for each ball returned
to the professional
Donald Bail, professional of the Columbia
Country Cluu, was pitted against NJ. f.
Danforth and A. S. Mattingly last Tuesday
in threesome that was unfinished be-
the sixteenth hole was reached. The
score was slightly; In Donald Balls favor
at this time. In the game Mr.. Ball had
to play the other two players best ball,
which is equivalent to giving them a
slight handicap.
The following couples played matches
on the links al Columbia last Wednesday:
T. O.. varnell beat E. Lodge Hill. up
| and 1; ex-senator James II. Thurston
won from Robert B. Brown. ; up and >;
f. S Henry captured the game from A
ID. Merritt, by ! up: A. c. Chamberlin
was low score in the match with NJ. j.
| Lawrence. winning by up and 1. and
! George p. James was victorious at the
| eighteenth red flag over A. Winter, by
up.
| The proposed crusade against the sty-
mic is being generally discussed by
| the members Of all the golf clubs Of
| this city. The possibility that the United
! States Golf Association and the West
! ern Golf Association will not lend their
efforts to eliminate the stymie does not
seem to affect the situation here and in
| many other cities in the slightest. and it
| Is not unlikely that the devotees of the
| game themselves will soon start the fight
| In earnest. Officials of several of the
! local clubs are about to begin canvass
among the members to ascertain how
4 many will favor the abolition of the
| stymie. An opponents ball is stymie
when it lies directly in line OF the play
! ers putt. This usually causes the player
| to lose a stroke and his temper.
And now the goat contest is on at
Washington Country Club. The rules of
| the contest. briefly explained. provide
that each entrant. having secured goat
medal. is privileged to challenge any
other member possessing like emblem,
and each tries to get the others goat"
| me player holding the greatest number
of goats" on December l will be pre-
scented with a special gold medal All
| goat medals are then returned to the
club have bought a goat and. armed
with niblck and mashie, brassie and
putter and other golf weapons of de-
fense. stand ready to protect the little
mounted with, an intaglio of the animal
| that has already been made famous by
secret societies and brewers of certain
! popular spring beverage. Those who
| have ''butted in" so far are Capt. A. A.
Fries. +. 3. Calvert. A. Zappone, E. Fl.
| Bowie. II. II. Frost. w II. Woodman
| Earl Wheeler DR.. l.. B. johnson, Dr. W.
H. Littlepage Russell Oakley. George
| Anderson, George f. Truett. w. G.
Campbell A. w. Dunn. r. w. Schumann,
I. T. Smith. +. l.. Dunlap, ]. s. Ball, "
tG. Croissant, Bascom Johnson, T. B.
Jewell, Tom Weldon. Ezra Gould. sgd
ney Taliaferro, John Tyssowski Albert
Hale Dr. II. P. Cobey, F. G. Bryan and
Douglass Mackall.
| A mixed foursome was played at Chevy
i Chase between MIR. and and Mrs. S. W.
Cox and Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Warren that
resulted in victory for the former cou-
pie by up. The game went for only
nine holes.
The foursoDe PLAYED by a. s. Worth
inston and J. r., Marshall: playing as