Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06

events In the way of a departure the
| lake on the approach to green No. II was
the scene OF fishing party; the like of
which was never seen in these parts be-
fore. The club members in this instance
were the audience, the participants in
the fishing bee being members of the
caddy fraternity. They were Of varying
shades when the bee began, but at the
| finish all looked alike to the spectators,
as the fishing comprised a scramble in
the mud at the bottom of the lake for
golf balls when the water was released
to stop leak in the dam. There were
| many balls in the lake, but, of course.
they were not there as the result Of bad
craftsmanship, but were dubbed there
purposely to provide amusement for the
club members who are not familiar with
the joys of water hazards.
Friday John Ross Martin, Col. George
Richards and Harold P. Norton played a
thrilling threesome out on the Chevy
Chase links. For nine holes the three
ball affair was even. Then Col Richards
scared ahead and had two above Harold
Norton. with John Martin following. The
latter, however. lessened his strokes as
the home hole was being negotiated for
and won by ] up.
George c. Minnigerode and William l.
Denning started out to play a twosome
Friday last at Chevy Chase when King
C'Kid') Hollyday hove in sight They
challenged kid and he evidently beat
them, as the latter two could not be found
when kid" Hollyday came in to the
caddy house.
Senatorial golf was again the feature
of the links at Columbia Wednesday,
when Senators joe Bristow and Norris
Brown were defeated by Senators Joseph
M. Dixon and A. B. Cummins by UP
and .. Senator Bristow came in for
lot of good natured banter from his con-
freres, who declared that their fellow-leg-
islator had great driving ability when it
rubber ball, but he had not met with the
same success in trying to drive the rub
Der trust into bunker traps.
green's the past week at Columbia, promi-
nent among whom were Senators Bourne
Bristol, Norris Brown, Cummins and Gug-
genheim.
Twosomes featured the play of the week
at Columbia, those participating in two
some matches being E. s. NARROW and
L. e. Sinclair. 1886; Charles w. Simpson
and William ]. Eynon, 1888: Paul Free
man and George w. Rea, $3.50: D. K
Jackson and George P. James, 1880: Dr. L.
L. Harlan and Otto Luebkert. 1885: E.
Lodge Hill and T. 0. Varnell. 1892; ].
J. Costinett and E. L. Thurston, S1-S2;
A. I. Clark and j. T. Hough. 1922: E.
L. l.. Harlan and NJ. E. Danforth, 1851;
A. S. Mattingly and George P. James,
500; A. l.. " Wiehle and Oliver Metzerott,
$3.50, and W. c. Locker. visitor from
Roanoke, Va, against H. c. Chamber
lain, 1892.
P. L. Hodges, c. H. Korts and l.. w
Estes furnished the only threesome Of
the week, and apparently all were salts
fed with the result, as no score was
turned in.
drive of 40 yards is considered a
great accomplishment by all golf votaries,
yet this feat was performed by E. w.
Loving Of Bannockburn, at Hot Springs,
Va, Sunday, July 30.
Elmer W. Loving, probably one Of the
best amateur golf players of this city,
returned from Hot Springs, Va, last
Monday, where he has been playing in
matches for the past two weeks Kid
Loving, as he is familiarity called by his
associates, made the remarkable scores of
g. and 63 on the hazardous links at the
Virginia resort His worst score was 67
during the twelve days Of play, so it is