Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

In Albert w. Howard, Bannockburn has
one of the wonders of the game. An UNI
fortunate accident deprived him OF his
left arm several years ago. but despite
this handicap he has mastered both ten
mis- and golf and can more than hold his
own In both OF these sports. In fact, in
tennis he is the present captain Of the
'allWashington'' team and held the Dis
trict title in 1911. On his first visit to the
links his second shot found him but two
feet from the first hole, a distance Of $40
yards, par for which being 4, and he
was able to make 1t in 3. This oc-
Cured last year. Since then he has shown
regular and marked improvement, until
now he is almost as good as the best at
Bannockburn. Last Saturday. in nine
hole match, in which he was defeated by
DR.. Wood, up, he turned In a card OF
~, this being but six strokes over par.
1t would not be at all surprising should
he win a place on the Bannockburn team
in the "home and home" matches before
the season is over.
Play for the August cup was con-
tinued at Chevy Chase last week, and the
first round ended Wednesday night. Sew
eral very close matches resulted. II. A.
IllllS QclSdtlS L. An. Mt<AUO9 LII lAC bSos
Of these, / up at nineteen holes. Another
close one was that in which G. B. Miller
won from w. G. Peter. 1 up. F. z. Evans
was decidedly off form in his match with
George F. Freeman. while Freeman was
at his best. with the result that the last
named won by a large margin. up and
5 to play being the score. The results for
this round follow: Capt. Morven Thomp-
son defeated C. B. Lamont. by default;
j. NJ. Chamberlin defeated George G.
Minnegerode, up; Chaplain G. J.. Bayard
defeated Secretary Of the Interior Walter
L. Fisher. 3 up and 2 to play; H. Clay
Stewart defeated DR.. G. Mcbride Sterrett,
3 up: Herbert A. ellis defeated I. n.
McAboy, l up at nineteen holes; G. q.
Miller defeated w. G. Peter, l up: Ben
Miller defeated Gen. E. NJ. Weaver. by
default; George F. Freeman defeated F.
E. Evans Z up and to play. The second
round must be finished by O'Clock to-
night, with the following matches on the
card: Capt. Morven Thompson vs. ]. NJ.
Chamberiin. Chaplain G. L. Bayard vs.. H.
CLAW Stewart, Herbert A. ellis vs.. G. B.
Miller and Ben Miller vs. George +. Free
man. The semi-finals will be started to-
morrow and continue until Wednesday
night, and the final round may be played
any time between Thursday and O'Clock
Saturday. Prizes for both the winner ana
runner-up will be bought from donations
made nv Whitman Cross and c. l. Mar
lott.
In lust one more week the home and
home matches between clubs OF the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association will be
started again. the first of these matches
being scheduled for September Z. when
Columbia will journey to Bannockburn
to meet the players OF that club. Co
lumbia will figure in two more matches
the following Friday, when 1t will meet
Hermitage in the morning and Virginia
in the afternoon at the local course.
These two clubs will remain over until
the next day and meet both Chevy Chase
and Bannockburn. This will be an un-
usually important series, and should
Chevy Chase win both Of its matches. 1t
has an excellent chance Of going into
the lead 1t is now close second.
A record was established on the Wash
ington Country Club course last week.
when Prof. Piper made the seventeenth
hole in one stroke. This hole is 2o7
Yards, and par for It is 4. The cir
cumstances under which this shot. was
made are rather amusing. The professor
is not considered to be one of the clubs
best players. It seems that there was a
foursome ahead of the match in which
he was playing, and as his twosome had
the fright OF way, preparatory to max
ing his shot, he called the usual fore. =
One of the players called back for him
to come on, as he would not come any
where near where they were. A small
wager was made that he would not
make the green on his tee shot Much