Evening star., 1912-09-08
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

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F. Clarke. Frank Greenwalt and L. Sim
clair. He lost down. 'Greeny" took
the first hole in 3. putting the team In
the lead at the very start and 1t was
never headed.
Columbia expects to make a gain on
the other clubs in the home and home"
matches which are TO be played this
month. as it now has all of its good
men and they are going well and some
of the other clubs are considerably weak
ened by absences from the city. Coum-
bias big four Eddie Eynon Dr. Lee
Harlan. John c. Davidson and A. 8.
Mattingiy-is now intact and should win
most of its matches from now on.
Chevy Chase members are eagerly
scanning all of the papers looking for
news Of Capt. Morven Thompson, Orms-
by McCammon. j. III. de Sbour and w. S.
cruise. This quartet expects to play on
many OF the courses i'm New England and
will represent the local club in the in
vitation tournament of the National Coli
Links of America at Long Island We'd
nesday. Thursday and Friday Of this
week.
A. s. Mattingly and John Davidson de-
feated Drs. Lee and Walter Harlan In
an interesting foursome at the Columbia
Club Friday afternoon. up and l to
play. Both of the Harbans have just
returned to Washington and are not yet
up to their standard play.
probably meet Donald Ball and Eddie
Eynon in the deciding match OF the series
they have been playing at Bannockburn
tomorrow afternoon. They have now
played 80 holes and the match is squared
Tomorrows match will be at S6 holes.
DIR. 7. ]. W. Brown. secretary Of the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association and
chairman Of the greens committee at
Bannockburn, returned this week from q
Chevy Chase members attention is
called to the recent action Of the board
OF governors extending to the members
of the club the privilege Of inviting men,
bers Of other clubs In the District to
play golf on Tuesday of each week, pro-
vided they play with such members, no
member to have more than one guest
any one day. A great many Chevy Chase
ing, which has proven to be a very popu-
lar one.
The first week of the September tourna-
ment ended at Columbia yesterday AFTER
noon with but few scores having been
turned In. This is largely due to the fact
that the scores are posted and members
do not see the use Of turning theirs In
unless they are as good or better than
those already up. Many believe that the
winning cards have already been turned
in, as there are three players with 0S.
One Of these is Harold E. Doyle Of the
Doyle brothers tennis team-the second
best man in the District. and one Of the
ranking players Of the south. He and
his brother Conrad have lately given up
the net game for the sticks, and both sLre
making good with vengeance.
Gus Worthington captured e. b. Cal
vert's goat at the Washington Country
Club last week, winning 1 up at nineteen
holes.
But few of the Chevy Chase ''frst
string men are in town, but most OF
those who represent the club in the horne
and home" matches are expected in tirne
for Friday and Saturdays matches.
Capt Morven Thompson is leaving q
yachting party in order to get back for
these matches.
Ed Harlan did a pretty piece Of work
in the September tournament at Columbia
in TO- In all three cases he either equaled
or beat par The sixteenth hole Is 135
yards and par is 3. the seventeenth
is 26O yards and par Is 4. while the home
hole is the longest OF the course@:}O
yards. par being 5. Harlan made the
sixteenth and seventeenth holes in 8 and
the eighteenth in 4.
The local clubs are behind the times in
one respect, in that Washingtonians are
never given any opportunities at watch
ing professional golf. In almost all other
cities. at least once and usually two or
three times a year The clubs put up
purse for the professionals. These
matches are not only interesting, but in
structive. and many local followers of
the game would like to see Sargent,
Ball and Klein get together. Sargent is
a former national champion and recently
won the Canadian championship. Ball
has not played in any Of the big tourna.-
ments lately, but from the form he is
he should be able to give SaI-
gent all he is looking for. Klein, too. has
not played in any OF the tournaments.
but is we'll thought Of by the Washing
ton Country Club.
Another goat for Eynon. When he got
A. G. Buhrman's this week. it brought
his total up to fifteen. About twenty
eight have been issued at Columbia. This
goat was won In a foursome in which
Eynon and Judge Hough defeated Buhr-
man and Meyer Cohen. up and to
play.
A great deal of work IL being done at
both Columbia and Bannockburn these
days, and the courses Of both Of these
clubs are in almost perfect condition.
Pitcher Walter johnson wishes 1t stated
that he is not Swede. but a Scotch
German. His folks were born in Harris
burg. Pa, while he himself debutted In