Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
INTERESTING NOTES FROM ALL
THE LOCAL GOLF CLUBS

field played a single out Chevy Chase way
last Friday and the game went To the
Marine Corps head by up.
George l.. Smith and Clarence +. Wheel
Ell trod the links at Chevy Chase last
Friday and Mr.. Wheeler won the game
by a close score OF | up. The game was
tight one up to the sixteenth hole, ard
the next cup was halVed. At the home
hole Mr. Wheeler got into the fair green
on his first shot and then putt in three.
Gen. Clarence r. Edwards and Chandler
Hale. playing as partners against {. F.
Anderson and Secretary Knox. defeated
the latter couple by > up and l to play
| The cabinet officer has been out of the
game for about month, which may ac-
count for his poor showing i'll This game
Usually Secretary Knox is as Formidable
an opponent could possibly be found
in the ranks of golfers in this city
trict Supreme Court has been ont on the
links of the Chevy Chase Club every. day
last week playing alone The eminent
lawyer handed MS hint to the effect that
tain members OF the Distric. Judiciary
III series of games that viii be pulled
off in the near future. We publish the
sta temeut Of Judge Anderson because
We know he has 10 secrets nor anything
to conceal. and we wish that We were
privileged to talk of the doings OF the
other golfers who are industriouslv pre-
pairing for the golf fray that they intend
to indulge in with Judge Anderson. But
when the battle comes off il is Safe to
say il VIII he for blood.
One of the most remarka BILE plays ever
seen on ANY of the courses in this city
was the feat of G. s. IInIyer when lie
drove y. e. Let's ball. q stymie far
away from the seventeenth hole, when
the ball was hanging right on the edge
Of the cup and directly III the way OF
, Mr.. Hiilyer's play to the hole
Mr.. Hiilyer figured that The only way
in which he could win the hole. and he
was four dorny. was to knock Leet's ball
! over the hole He took the chance and
not only succeeded in putting Let's
sphere far away from the hole. but drop
ped his oWn ball into the hole as we'll.
The next hole was halved and then on
the play to the nineteenth iron circle Mr..
Hilyer won handily by up. This was
one OF the best performances ever pulled
of on the Bannockburn links I'm the
history OF the club.
DIR. Herman Black and Dr. Albert Mann
I held nine-hole clinic at the " aSh!ng-
ton Country Club last THURSDAY and ac-
cording to the diagnosis of DR. JACK
Klein. professional OF tie club both the
medicos are dead ones as they took fully
three hours to play the game and the
even score of the former medicos was
IL They have both declared their in
tention of taking treatment from Or -
Jack Klein. professional of the course
| George f.. Truett;s victory over F. Il.
| Calvert. by so to 50. has, elated the vet
eran golfer Of the Virginia Club and he
has challenged Mr. Calvert to play three
! games this week. Calvert threatens dire
! things and is confident of victory that
| he has offered a slight handicap to Mr.
! Truett. This handicap was. scorned by
the veteran PLAYER. who vain eioriously
refuses to admit the superiority of any
| golfer in the club over himself.
/ Otto Metzerott was victor over A. V
Wiehle by a, score of > up and I, on the
| links OF Coiumbiana last Monday after
noon. --'''' .-.,..-..
Other games played a the Columbia
| Country Club. Monday We're as follows:
Antonio Zatelle beat III. c. Chamberlain
| by 3 up and ,. A. d. Merritt gained vic
| tory over r. s. Henry, by / UP. Dr.
Charlie King and a. Zatelle won from
Tom Francis and DIR. Swormstedt by 5
/ up, Il. :. NARROW captured the game
from John Walker by up. c. S. Hiliyer
| beat A. Graves by > up. Judge Newman
| won from H. IL. Alien by :; up and 1 to
play.
The tombstone tournament at the Co.