Evening star., 1912-09-15

Much interest IS Deing SHOWN III L!ic
good work OF Ormsby McCammon in the
annual invitation tournament held Thurs
day, Friday and yesterday over the Ma
tional Golf Links OF America at south
ampton. Long Island. New York Play
ing with such men as Fred Herresnon;
Kirby, Philip Carter the intercollegiate
title holder; E. M. Byers and others of
national reputation, McCammon placed
we'll up in the second sixteen with card
Of SO. outgoing he had e bls while ne
Morven Thompson. also of Chevy Chase
were entrants, the first-named not quail
flying and the latter Withdrawing.
Sanction has been obtained and an
nouncement is made Of the fall tourna-
ment Of the Columbia Country Club.
which will be played over that clubs
lings October 10, II and II. On
Thursday. the 10th, the qualification
round @ at se holes medal play viii be de-
cided, four sixteens to qualify. On Fri
day morning the first round Of each six
teen will be played, and the second round
will be decided in the afternoon. On
in the morning and the finals In, the aft
ernoon. There will also be an 1S-hole
handicap match, medal play. on Saturday.
open Snly to those who did not win a
prize at match play. Consolation ROUNDS
will be played and handsome prizes will
be given to the winners Of these defeated
eigats OF each sixteen. Prizes will also
be awarded to the player making the
lowest gross qualifying score. to the
winner and ruEner-up OF eaon sixteen.
and gross scores in the handicap match.
Entries will close with the green commit
tee on October 8. at O'Clock.
That match at Bannockburn last week,
when the home team almost defeated CO.
lunrbia, was probably one OF the best
which has yet been played on the "home
and home" schedule. Four out OF five of
the matches were won by the score Of
holes after the players had been all even
on the eighteenth. Two of tkese three
went nineteen holes. while the third.
which proved to be the deciding one. went
to twenty-one. In this match it was
only the hardest kind Of luck which pre-
vented DIR. London, the Bannockburn
player from taking the measure of DIR.
Harlan. He was leading l up, and had
Harlan one stroke to three on approach
he dropped his ball into some bushes about
thirty yards from the green. Harlan
reaching the green on his fourth. DIR.
London had to use two strokes to get out
and then just got clear OF the bushes, his
opponent being given an opportunity OF
halving the match and later winning 1t
and giving his club a much-needed VIC
tory.
r. f. Burks turned in a card Friday
afternoon which will probably give him
the September cup at Columbia He went
out in 80 and came in in 46 for gross
score of 8S His handicap is "a, which
gives him a net score Of 81. HI. E.
Doyle, Ed Harlan and John Porter
Lawrence are tied for second with 6S. 4
Although this is Burks' first year at
golf, he Is putting up beautiful game.
Last week at Bannockburn. in match
in which he defeated F. w. Collins. he
holed the third hole in two strokes, Par
for this hole Is 4, 1t being S22 yards.
funny thing about it was that both he
and his opponent thought he had over
run the green and had given up looking
for the ball in the rough. which was
just off the green. when they found it in
the hole.
The Country Club OF Virginia team.
which is now leading clubs in the Mid
die Atlantic Association for the hand
some home and home" trophy. recently
won the championship Of Virginia. The
individual championship OF the Old Do
minion state was won by John McMani
man Of the Hampton Roads Golf Club.
McAIaniman is just youngster and is a
member of the home and home" team
of that club.
Daniel X. Hazard. secretary Of the
Bannockburn Golf Club. has Just re-
turned from his home at NarraganSett
Pier, where he spent three weeks.
An Interesting fol,rxome vna ulnvAd NJ