Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
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Skeetz" Watson made himself Famous
when he negotiated the eighteenth hole in
the qualification round of the middle At
lantic championships in a 2. which is two
better than par. This hole is go yards
and Watson had to play perfect golf to
do it. His drive brought him well up on
the green and ne followed up beautiful
putt for his second stroke. Several have
made this hole in three. but few, IL any,
have ever done it in two.
Daniel l.. Hazard and DR.. ]. A. De
F'arges. with down to par. tied for first
place in last weeks handicap match
against par at the Bannockburn Country
Club. The tie will be played off at the
next tournament.
George Truett OF the Columbia Country
Club had lots of hard luck in last weeks
tournament. having no less than eight
Stymies made on him in his Fridays
matches. These were principally the
cause of his defeat in his match with DR..
Littlepage In the first round of the fifth
sixteen. as the doctor made on him.
in the defeated Fights of the same six
teen, although his opponent made three on
him then This is probably record for
a single tournament.
Weekly sweepstakes are now being held
at the Columbia Country Club. The first
was held last Saturday Harry Ward
man and +. b. Eynon. jr.. trying for first
| ''ballsomes' seem to take well at all Of
the clubs where they are now regularly
| held and probably fifteen or twenty will
| be in the next one.
Washngton's golfers certainly got re-
venge in last weeks 'home-and-home'
| club matches Tor their losses of the pre-
vious week, when they won all twenty of
| the matches played. Chevy Chase and
| Columbia each making clean sweep
over the Maryland Country Club and the
Hampton Roads Golf Club representa-
| tives. No matches We're scheduled for
| yesterday but several will be played next
Saturday. Chevy Chase playing in Baiti-
more and Bannockburn and Columbia
I journeying to Richmond Chevy Chase
will meet the Maryland Country Club In
| Club in the afternoon, while Bannock-
| burn and Columbia will each play
matches with Hermitage and the Country
| Club of Virginia.
| When d. r. Mallory Of the Baltimore
| Country Club and w. F. Reyburn of
| Chevy Chase met in the second round
| of the first sixteen of last weeks tourna-
ment, the visiting player made one of the
| prettiest shots of the tourney. Reyburn
| had been playing him about even. when
| on the twelfth hole he stymied Mallory.
The latter lofted the ball with his nib
| lick, taking the hole. making it one up
| The men split even on the next two
holes and Reyburn took the sixteenth.
| making 1t even-up. The next two were
| halved, Mallory winning the match on
| the nineteenth. He took a long chance
when he made this play, for had he
| topped it his ball would have rolled a
| long way and Reyburn would have
given him the match in the eighteen
| holes, one up
AT a meeting in Baltimore last year,
| the Middle Atlantic Golf Association
passed a rule that defaulting players
| in the first round of the various six
teens would be ineligible to compete in
the defeated Fights in tournaments
where consolation prizes are offered.
This is a good rule. as it prevents play
| ers who think they haven't a chance
| to win in the sixteens from defaulting
| in order that they may place in the
consultations. Several of the entrants in
the Middle Atlantic States tournament
who defaulted in the various sixteens
| were not allowed to enter the consola-
| tions. but they readily saw the justice
of this rule when their attention was
called to it.