Evening star., 1912-06-16

GOLFERS IN REVIEW
Interesting Paragraphs From
All the Local Clubs.
GOOD MATCHES PLAYED
Sport Has Taken on a Healthy Boom
This Season Around
City.


and all OF this clubs matches now on the
schedule will be awarded TO the opposing
team, by default. This action was taken
because the Elkridge Club Is unable TO
put team on the links. II having al
ready forfeited several matches. Az tho
Elkridge Club Is situated near Baltimore.
a few changes In the schedule Will DO
made. which will save some Of the teams
making extra trips, one OF the other Bal
timore clubs being substituted on the Edk-
ridge date when visiting teams are orig
inaIly scheduled to play two teams In
one day. These changes are now being
worked out. and the corrected schedule
will be published later.
W. r. Tuckerman did a pretty piece OF
work in the Middle Atlantic States cham
pionship tournament when he won potn
of the prizes offered in the handicap
round at Is holes. medal play. He turned
in a card of II, going out in Al and COM
ing in I'm 36. This last figure Is par Tor
the course. so it can be easily seen just
how good the Chevy Chase golfer was
1t is certainly too bad he could not have
turned in a card like this in the quail
fication round but he fell down badly. be-
ing placed I'm the second sixteen
An interesting foursome was played IN
the early part of last week over the
Columbia course, Uncle Nun totherWise
known as A. WinterD and II. {. Bridgers
of the Country Club of Virginia defeatlng
George p James and Mrs. Casey" gen
orally known as Daniel h. Jackson), py
= up. The visitor continued his good play
of the previous week when he took the
runner-up prize in the handicap round,
medal play OF the Middle Atlantic states
tourney, and put up the best game.
green's committee OF the Columbia Coun-
try Club of a closed tournament to be
| played July 4. 5 and 6. There Will be
| five sixteens or more IL necessary TO IN
clude all Of the entrants. Prizes VIII ne
awarded as follows: To the winner and
| runner-up of each sixteen, to the winner
of each defeated eight. for the lowest
| qualification score. for the lowest gross
| score in the handicap round and for the
two best scores against par. the hrst
round only to count. The winners or any
match play prizes will not be eligioie Tor
the handicap. The entries viii close
July at 6 o'clock with the green's COM
mittee.
| Closed tournaments will also probably
be held at the other local clubs.
Herbert F. Clark, with / down to par.
won the seventh weekly handicap match
against par at the Bannockhurn Club.
with Daniel L. Hazard close second,
his score being down to par. The tie
of last weeks event was also decided.
Daniel L. Hazard defeating DIR. j. r. Do
Farges.
In Mrs. Ormsby McCammon of the
lChevy Chase Club. Washington can
boast Of one of the best woman golfers IN
the south. Mrs. McCammon has been
Idoing splendid work all season. her latest
claims to recognition being her good work
lin Philadelphia during the past two
weeks AS a member Of the "all-phiia-
delphia" team she helped the Bro.nsriy ,nsay
Love representatives defeat picked
woman teams from both New York
and Boston recently. BY virtue OF
these victories. her team was AWARDED
the handsome 'Griscom' trophy onered
by Vice President Griscom OF the Penn
sylvania railroad. These teams were COM
nosed of fifteen women each. Last week.
in the Huntingdon Valley tournament. sne
qualified in the first sixteen and won ner
first match, but was defeated In the SEMI
finals by Mrs. William Hills of Whining
ton. Del, who was picked by many 70
win the trophy-the ''Berthollyn cup
The victory OF Eddie Brooke. the pop
ular little Bannockburn player. over n.
L. Bond, Sd. the Baltimore Country Cluo
representative who won the qualification
round in the Mide.e Atlantic states
tourney, was certainly well received IN
golf circles. Bond had previously won
this event being the 1910 champion. lie
had an excellent chance of winning TINS
match in the sixteenth mole, put usea
poor Judgment. The Baltimore man
had reached the green on his drive while
Brooke's ball had rolled in the bunker.
Had Bond played safe he might nave
won the hole. but he tried for long putt
and overran the hole laying himself a
stymie his ball being but few inches
from Brooke's and Brooke's being
about the same distance from the hole.
Bond called for his mashie. intending TO
loft the ball, but changed his mind and
attempted a circular putt which was un-
successful. giving Brooke an opportunity
| to halve the hole. Many Thought tnat
,..,lsr esavr md
had he followed his frst lnciinatloI am
lofted the ball with his mashie he would
| probably have made it, as he was SO close
TO the hole that the ball could hardly
| have missed it,
June is a very popular month for golf
tournaments and a great many are being
held these days. Almost all OF the local
clubs have been invited to send repre-
| sentatives to the following: Apawams
Club. Rye, n Y. June %. q and %: VIII
| mincton Country Club. the same dates:
the Huntingdon Valley Country Club,
June Il. is and 49, ana the , Fox HiIls
June q. % and %. Several OF Co
lumbia's players are thinking Of taking In
| some of these, but nothing definite has
| been decided.
Alpheus Winter and H. c. Bridgers OF
the Country Club Of Virginia tied for
first in the weekly "sweepstakee at the
Columbia Country Club last week. with
scores Of 2 down to par. Hairy Ward
man with 8 down to par was third There
| were fourteen entered.
/ Count de Chambrun and e. Ovey won
| an interesting foursome from Gen e NJ.
| Weaver and Victor Kaufman the early
! part of last week over the Chevy Chase
course, by UP. The losers allowed the
| winners a handicap Of four strokes and
| this was a little too much for them to
| overcome
| Twenty-nine players are now entered In
the goat contest going on at the CO.
Iumbia Country Club. this being gain
of seven in the past week. The following
have bought their goats: r. II. Mar
low. D. Levamstedt. d. K. Jackson. A. y.
shelton, J. s. Weaver. Otto Luebkert c.
u Sterns. ]. l.. Hodges A. Winter. F.
G. Iibbold, F. A. Appleman. George II.
| MAYNARD, H. n. Brown. Robinson White.
A H Ferguson, F. G. Govern, L. ID. IN
derwood. F. B. Eynon, A. Buckman. L.
r. Varnell. w H Moses. H. J.. West.
a TT Giles. A. d. Merritt. J. Z. Hen
ricks. Conrad B. Doyle. w. NJ Kent. Z.
g stock and f. A. Newman. These
| matches are proving to be very interest.
ing several having lost their goats"
-. b. Eynon has won the most so tar.
pannockburn will be credited with
,actory saturday in the home and home
matcbas as IL was scheduled to play the
EiLrtdge team which has been dropped
The only other match In which Washing
Ton clubs will figure on that date will
he between Chevy Chase and Columbia,
the first named being the visiting team
Honors were pretty well split up among
The local clubs In the recent Middle At
iantic States championships. Chevy