Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02

| teams play the out town teams on
their grounds. Chevy Chase will play
Maryland in the morning and Baltimore
| in the afternoon. Bannockburn will play
the Hermitage Golf Club in the morning
and the Virginia Country Club in the
afternoon. while Columbia will meet Vir-
ginia in the morning and Hermitage in
| the afternoon.
| George Worthington won the handicap
match against par at the Washington
Country Club, which was played May 80,
with down. H III. Walters. J. Tyssow-
ski and H. II. Woodman. with down.
were tied for second place. Other scores
turned in follow: T. Weeden, down:
c. B. Calvert. 6 down: Maj. A. A. Fries,
down; II. w. Cobey. down: G. e. Truett.
| 8 down: II. w. Frost, down; III. q.
Brown, 10 down; Mr. Hamrick. 10 down:
T. NJ. Ball, 10 down: L. H. Weightman.
/ 10 down. A. Zappone. II down. l. B.
Johnson. II down; Mr.. Vetter. IL down;
I. Stengel. IA down; J. s. Ball. IA down:
| c. A. Joerissen, Is down; DR.. A. Mann.
| 10 down: Mr. Mass, 10 down, and H.
Hengsler, II down.
The sixth weekly handicap match
| against par was played last week at the
| Bannockburn Club. and j. G.. Moore
proved to be the winner, with l up on
par Daniel L. Hazard and John w.
Brawner tied up again. with 5 down to
par, in their match to play off the tie of
the previous weeks event, and this pair
will play again next week.
The ladies of the Washington Country
Club are getting active and have just
completed plans for weekly handicap
tournament. medal play. This event will
be held every Wednesday afternoon. A
prize will be donated each week by one
of the ladies'. The first of these tourna-
ments was held Thursday. Mrs. A. Zap
pone winning, with Mrs. Walter E. Bal
lard second. Last weeks prize was a
silk parasol, offered by Mrs. w. III.
Iittlepage. Mrs. Loren B. t. Johnson
has given a silver flower vase TO be
awarded to Wednesdays winner.
1t is not generally known that John
c. Davidson, the Columbia crack. Is
former tennis champion. He held the
District title for seventeen years, losing
it to Connie Doyle about five years ago.
Davidson still keeps in practice and can
play d strong game now. week OF
SO ago he won rather easily in the inter-
club matches between Chevy Chase ana
Columbia, defeating Ralph w. Hills. an
J unusually strong player.
f. B. Brooke of the Bannockburn Club
had an unusually good day OF 1t May
10 In addition to winning first place
in the first eight of the clubs handicap
match. he also won the putting contest.
and thereby gets leg on the handsome
trophy hung up for this event. Ii must
be won three times before becoming the
permanent property of the winner RI. +.
Clarke won last years event, which was
the first year it was put up. In this con-
test the players qualify for the sixteens
by making puts from nine different
points on the green. and after the six
teens are decided upon they play match
play. In the handicap match, John "
Brawner was close second to Mr..
Brooke.
A tie resulted in both first and second
places in the first of the weekly sweep
stakes" which are one of the features OF
the WASH lgton Country Clubs season
George Wcrthinston and r. Weldon, each
with net scores of seventy four. breaking
even for first, and DIR. III. p Cobey and
John Tyssowski. with seventy-six. tying
up with the second best scores Worth
inpton and Cobey won the toss-up, which
placed the men in the following order: