Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

Yesterdays matches Just about COM
pleted the first round of the ''home-
| and-home" schedule Of the Middle At
lantic Association, with the local clubs
standing well toward the top. The teams
are pretty we'll punched as, with but
few exceptions. the home team has won
every match which has been decided to
date Last weeks matches brought out
, one exception to this rule. Chevy Chase
defeating the Maryland Country Clubs
representatives, the other five matches
played all being defeats for the visiting
| players Chevy Chase losing to the Bal
timore' Country Club, and Columbia and
Bannockburn each losing match to Her.
rnitage and the Country Club of Virginia.
| Last weeks rain and the homecoming
of the Nationals had it's effect on golf as
we'll as on everything else and there was
but little doing at the different clubs.
| The weekly sweepstakes were postponed
at both Bannockburn and the Washing
ton, but they We're run of according to
schedule at Columbia, Lodge Hill win
ming. with 2 down to par: d. Woodward.
with down to par, taking second place,
and z. Lawrence, with 6 down to par,
finishing in third position. There were
eleven entrants, just about one-half of
the number which would have competed
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An interesting foursome was played over
the Chevy Chase course Thursday, when
Maj Gen. G. F. Elliott and George F.
Freeman defeated Gen. E. M. Weaver
and Admiral F. F. Fletcher. The de-
feated pair have challenged the winners
to another match. which will be played
some time this week. Last weeks match
did not take in the whole course, and
the Fletcher Weaver combination is con-
| fi6pnt that IN will the tables IFS
opponents in an eighteen-hole match.
Walter Harlan of Columbia was the
only local golfer to compete in the Will
mington Country Clubs tournament.
which ended yesterday. Since the incep-
ton of the Middle Atlantic Associations
schedule for the Homeland home"
| matches. which takes the local players
out of town at least once a month, they
have done very little competing in ut-of-
town tournaments.
1t Is quite likely that some of the
Chevy Chase players will accept the invi-
tation OF the Yahnundasis Golf Club Of
Utica, y. y, to enter it's annual tourna-
ment, which will be held June IS and %
This is the club of which young Tom
Sherman. who won the Chevy Chase invi-
| tation spring tournament Is a member
This affair will be drawn on somewhat
unusual lines In the first place, II will
last but two days instead of the usual
three. This is made possible by the fact
that the qualification round will be divid-
ed up into Fights instead of sixteens, and
the consolation rounds will, consequently,
consist of four instead of eight players
smoker Will be given in honor of the
visiting players Friday evening at the
close OF the first days play, and Saturday
evening the prizes will be presented to
the winners. An all-day handicap match
is scheduled for Saturday. In addition to
the nnal rounds
Three local clubs will figure In this
weeks matches on the home land home
schedule, Bannockburn meeting Chevy
Chase and Columbia competing against
the Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore
The iirst-named match will be played
over the Chevy Chase course. The home
team will probably win this match as it
undoubtedly is the STRONGER of the two.
The Foxhills Golf Club of New York
has also announced a tournament and
each OF the local clubs has been invited
to enter four men. June -, % and 30 are
the dates decided upon.
The good work of Howard " Perrin of
Merton Cricket Club of Philadelphia IN
the Huntington Valley tournament, which
was played Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday. has called forth lots of com
ment in local golf circles. Perrin won the
| prize offered for the best Qualifying
score and was the runner-up for the
Lynnewood Hall cup" IN the first six
teen. being defeated in the final round
by H. b. Mcfarland, l up. Perrin is the
player who was picked by many to win
| the Chevy Chase tournament of last
month. but he fell down rather badly
here and went back to Philadelphia as
empty handed as he came
| President Taft was back at the game
again Monday of this week after a long
absence The fact that the chicago
convention was just converting did not
| seem to have any effect on his golf, as
| he played his usual steady game and
1 seemed TO enjoy himself immensely
| Capt Morven Thompson OF the
Chevy Chase team nded not feel badly
| over his last weeks defeat at the
| hands Of Clark Cochran, the fourteen
year-old representative of the Balti-
i more Country Club in Saturdays
| home and-home match between Chevy
Chase and Baltimore. as the youngster
| could probably have beaten any Of the
| others of the local team with the ex-
ception Of Walter Tuckerman. He II