Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

The Chevy Chase Club was the mecca
OF all golfers during the past week on ac-
count OF the middle Atlantic states CHAM
pionship tournament, which was decided
over it's course Thursday, Friday and
yesterday. No less than Ill entries were
received, and but few Withdrawals were
made. so that almost all of the local
golfers who play any kind of a game at
all competed.
The Columbia Country Club is consider
ing holding an open handicap tournament
July 1, and q. and a definite decision
Will be made in very few days Should
this tourney be held. it will have made
the third open local event within two
months, which is going some and shows
that the game is gaining in popularity
every day.
Mrs. Earl Wheeler won the last weekly
handicap match held by the ladies of the
Washington Country Club. Her gross
score was 81. which, with handicap of
10. gave her a net score of 80. A beau
tiful silver flower vase given by Mrs
Loren johnson was the prize This week S
| prize will be given by Mrs Walter L,
Ballard.
The fight for the handsome team trophy
offered TO the team of five players who
| turned in the lowest aggregate score in
| the qualification round OF the middle
Atlantic states tourney was certainly a
close one, the Chevy Chase first team,
composed OF Allan Lard. Morven Thomp-
son. w. +. Reyburn, w. r. Tuckerman
and Walcott Tuckernfan, winning it with
score OF SCI. The first team OF the Bal
ttmore Country Club had an excellent
chance of winning out. but +. D. Nelson
its last man out, got disguised and picked
mp his ball. This. of course, disqualified
his team Had he played it out and
turned in a score of so. which is not a
particularly good one his team would
have won by one point. Twelve teams
were entered. three from Chevy Chase,
two from Bannockburn. three from Co
lumbia. one from the Country Club OF
Virginia. one from the Wilmington Coun-
try Club and two from the Baltimore
Country Club. So much interest was
taken in this feature of the tournament
that IL might be good idea for tourna-
ment committees of clubs which are
planning events to include a team match
on their cards.
About twenty-five players have entered
the goat contest at the Columbia Club.
T.. b. Eynon. jr.. is now leading II. he
having uon the most goats" TO date.
Gus Worthington won the sweepsta 1es
at the Washington Country Club last
week with a net score of 90. His gross
score was 81 and his handicap allowance
IL. George Truett. Dr. Cooley and j.
Weeden tied for second. 1t is getting to
be habit with Worthington to win
things. he having won the last three
events held at the club His good cards
will probably result in the green's COM
mittee reducing his handicap.
Invariably after each tournament
many golfers wonder why such poor
scores were turned in in the qualification
round by players who in the match play
the very next day do much better. Take.
for instance, the middle Atlantic tourna-
ment which closed YESTERDAY But three
players turned in better scores than 10
and lI6 placed in the first sixteen. Men
in almost all of the sixteens bettered
these scores in Their matches. This is a
question which several have tried TO