The Washington times., 1913-08-30
K|CKERS' TOURNEY
ON At CHEVY CHASE
Labor Day. Event Expected to
Prove Attractive For Club
Members-0ther Gossip.
By aCLEEK.n

Acting chairman of the greens com.
mittee, Alexander Britton, announces 9
kckers' tournament, closed to the mem.
bers Of the Chevy Chase Club, for La.
Dor Day. The event win be held morn.
ing and afternoon, for members only
and is expected to be literally attended
despite the fact that many Of the Chevy
Chase golfers are at present out Of
town.
Columbia Country Club. according to
A. Winter. acting chairman in place OF
DR.. Walter Harlan, will also have q
Labor Day event. Announcement Ia ex-
pected to be posted today.
With the Columbia club announce.
ment, all Of the clubs In the city with
the possible exception of the Bannock'
burn club have staged tournaments FOL
Labor Day. Announcement was made OF
the Washington Country Club tourney
yesterday.
1t is not unlikely that when Morvin
Thompson, chairman OF the greens COM
mfttee at Chevy Chase. and DR.. Walter
Harlan. at Columbia, return from their
vacations, the project of a closed tour
nament for the District championship
will be taken up.
The matter was referred to these men
some time ago, and nothing has been
heard of the developments in the pro-
posed tournament. There Is every chance
that next spring will find all the Dis
trict cracks entering In big event Tor
the championship OF the District.
Many entries received for the Subur-
ban Clubs first annual Labor Day tour
nament argues some spirited competition
for the prize offered. Eleven prizes In
all have been put up by the club for the
event.
Harry Vardon apd Edward Ray. the
British golfers, on the Kenosha, Wis,
course yesterday defeated r. +. Cava-
nagh. c. c. Allen, and James Anderson,
a trio OF local amateurs. The final score
was up for the eighteen holes. The
champions had a best ball OF G for
the eighteen holes and the amateurs
were only Tour strokes behind them.
Cavanagh made the best showing OF
any of the amateurs, getting a 72.
Vardon lei in the medal score with
81. three under par and - under
bogey. Ray was one stroke i.fgher.
Today vardon and Ray will meet
Tom Vardon and Willie Marshall at
Onwentsia. and on Monday they will
be at Detroit.
The holder OF the golting worlds
record hole in ono" shot, length Of
hole considered. is John q. Anderson.
of Boston. Yesterday afternoon he
stood by the eighteenth green at
Ga rden City and saw J. ". Stears, Sd,
of Princeton, put an iron shot over
tine pond on it's 1ii-yard journey to
the cup by the club house.
Victor Maude. of the Princess Golf
Club, EnElsnd. paired with Walter
Harlan. Columbia, in the qualifying
rounds at Garden City, arrived in
America yesterday and plans to go
to Garden City today to put In some
practice for the national amateur
championship tournament, which be.
gins there Monday.
jerome u. Travers has been playing
at Garden City for the last Two days,
getting - on his first try. He
played only few holes yesterday.
Charles, Evans. ir.. took his first
practice yesterday and went around
twice, each time getting a 7s. John
G.. Anderson. of Rrae Burn, mad IL
There is considerable talk over the
fact that Abe Mitchell. who had en-
tered for both the amateur and open
championships, has not as yet arrived
in America. at least so far as is
known.