The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-16


season gets fairly started they fully ex-
pect to be able to compete favorably
with the best talent at Columbiana.
A. E. Randle is an enthusiastic golfer
and last Sunday spent two hours travel
ing around his big tract of land at Ran
die Heights ostensibly for the purpose of
selecting a nine-hole course. There are
many natural hazards to be found in
the country across Eastern Branch and
it would be an ideai place to lay out a
golf course.
j. D. Carmody is very enthusiastic
about indoor golf and says he will use
his endeavors 10 have a near-golf course
established in some suitable hall the
coming winter. Otto Luebkert, who can
sing better than he can play golf, is also
said to be interes- I'd in the indoor propo-
sition. In other large cities many gym
nasiuns are fitted with the canvas and
net pockets. and the game has many
votaries.
Tom c. Noyes told the writer that he
was too busy attending to baseball mat
tiers to think of golf at this time. He
stated. however, that within month he
would resume playing at the Chevy Chase
golfery.
At the amateur professional four-ball
match at Pinehurst a triple tie resulted
for third place between National ANA
teur Champion w. c. Fownes, jr., of
Oakmont. and w. r. Summers. OF Garden
City; Walter J. Travis. of Garden City,
and George E. Morse, of Rutland, and
H. G. Scott, of Atlanta, and Donald Ross.
Otto ]. De Moll and Robert Farnham
were playing a single out on the Column
bia links last Tuesday. Otto fooled. and
Robert remarked that probably Otto had
learned golfing at a correspondence
school. Not desiring to argue. De Moll
assured him that such was the case. He
probably took golf course.
Bob Barr does not claim to be as good
n golfst as he is a cricket player. but
two years ago Bob made one OF the long
est drives ever accomplished on the Ban
nockburn links. the bail sailing with the
wind from Belt road at Chevy Chase
Circle, struck the side of the Bannock-
burn barn clubhouse. fully 800 yards
away.
Golf" said DR.. Harvey Wiley. when
good in reducing a mans vanity. When
putt short I recognize my shortcom-
ings and 1 imagine I look shorter DR..
Wiley was reminded of George Ade's
story about the man who looked shorter
after he got married. The reason given
was that he had settled down" We'll. -
laConically said the food expert, that
a good story. but from my own expert
enc9 can state that know I'm shorter,
because since marrying I have trouble
settling up"
There should be a sanitary ditch at the
old Bannockburn course. In the fall Of
the year The stream running through the
links fills with dead leaves. Sam Purviss
says that before the season opens the
outlet to the stream will be widened.
A member of the house of Spaldirg
showed me fifteen different styles Of
putters. ranging from the old hammer
head to the up-to-date III. L." which
is a beauty. The old 'hammer-head'' Is
now barred. II is a reversible club with
a solid aluminium head, resembling q
metallurgist's mallet-
A varied programme has been arranged
by the Western Golf Association for its
annual open championship tournament.
to be held at the Kent (Ohio) Country
Club June z to SC.
Allen Lard says that several of the
members of the Chevy Chase Club are
endeavoring to arrange competition for
1911 with ball sweepstakes and handi-
cap. The schedule should provide, he de-
clares. a varied competition until Sep
TENDER 80, with the addition Of a kicker
handicap.