Evening star., 1912-07-07

attention. 1.-The Youngster." as h. is ia
miliarly called. is seventy-two years Of
age and has as much endurance as any
of the younger players. In Thursday s
qualification round his score for the thir-
ty-six holes was 1870, which placed him
in the second sixteen. He won his first
match In this. defeating w. NJ. Smith
easily, up, but lost out in the later
rounds. Many will recall his record per
formance in 1909 over the old Columbia
course, when he started out at Z O'Clock
one morning with j. j. Morrow and
played ninety-four holes that day. Hough
declared he could tire out his younger
opponent, and he did so. This is prob
ably record for Washington. Mr. Hough
declares he will play for many years
more. and those who know him do not
is stronger than most men twenty years
younger. Morrow, his 1909 opponent. is
now in Portland, Ore, and is a member
OF one OF the leading clubs there
The qualification round Of the July
tournament at Columbia closed last night
and the first round may be played by
members who qualified in the sixteens
any time during the week. There will
probably be two sixteens.
The weekly handicap matches against
par, which have been so popular at Ban
nockburn, have been discontinued The
monthly tournaments have taken their
place.
The new water system at the Washing
ton Country Club has been installed but
two weeks and already an Improvement
Is seen in the condition Of the various
green's. 1t will probably get in its best
work during July and August, when the
heat will be at its worst
Eddie Eynon won the "baIlsome' at
Columbia iast week
A meeting of the board Of managers Of
the Chevy Chase Club was held last week,
at which time it was decided to have
Tuesday as visitors day at the club
| Hereafter club members may invite men,
bers Of other clubs as their guests Tues
days, the only restriction being that the
member play with the visiting players
Only one guest may be invited by any
one member on the same Tuesday.
Professional Donald Ball of the Co.
lumbia Club is making some changes at
the eighteenth hole. 1t Is being moved
from it's temporary location back to
where it originally was, and new hazards
viii be made on each side OF 1T.
An interesting match was played on
the Washington Country Club course last
week. Gus Worthington and John Tys-
sowski defeating DR.. Fl. P. Cobey and
T. A. Weldon, 8 up and 4 to play. The
winners had 1t dormie u at the twelfth
hole. They lost the thirteenth. but won
the match on the fourteenth. when they
haived it. Worthington played the best
game.
President Taft, Secretary OF State
Knox, Assistant Secretary of State
Chandler Hale and Chandler p. Ander-
| son were out on the Chevy Chase lin6s
| playing a foursome when the storm
struck them last Saturday. and all OF
them got drenched. None seemed to
| mind 1t. the President treating the mat
| ter as a huge Joke
Bannockburn is fast gaining In popu-
lar;ty. At the last meeting OF the club
six new members were received. and as
many more are scheduled to join at the
next meeting. Two of those who will
Join at the next meeting of the club have
only recently resigned from Columbia.
The golfers of the Washington Country
Club gave a very enjoyable dance Thurs
day night at their clubhouse, q capacity
gathering being on hand. notwithstanding
the rather long trip to Jewell Station.
where the club u sttuated.