Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

In line with the suggestion which has
been made in these columns several
times that the local clubs should get
other professionals TO come here to
meet Sargent and Mcleod. our local
cracks, who are former national cham
pions and who are ranked with the
best in the country. comes the informa-
ton that the Columbia Country Gu,
has matched Sargent and Mcleod with
the Nichols brothers in an eighteen
hole four-ball match to be played Sat
urday afternoon over the Columbia
course at els o'clock. This match
should be unusually interesting as the
Nichols brothers are among the top
notchers and have a national reputa-
ton Gilbert, now the professional at
the Wilmington Country Club. has been
| runner-up for the national open title
no less than three times. while Ber-
nard connected with the Philadelphia
Country Club, has also done some bril-
liant work.
An unusually large gallery is expect
ed. and the Columbia Club invites all
golfers or others interested TO join
its members in watching the match
This match besides being interesting
should be very instructive. and the
Columbia Club is doing good thing
for the game in getting these four
cracks together in order that its men,
bers may witness some real golf
As has been stated before in these
columns, the suggestion has been made
and is still being considered of bring
ing Harry Warden and E. Ray. the
English PLAYERS who are going TO tour
this country in the fall. here to meet
the local pair. and 1t is hoped that the
matter will not fall through" It will.
of course. be rather expensive propo-
sition. but IL all of the local clubs
would cooperate II could be easily arr
| ranged. and the burden would not fall
on one club.
It is stated that J. S. Matterson Of the
Victoria. B. c. Golf Club has eight holes
each made In one stroke to his credit. I:
So this Is probably a record for holes In
one.
The home and home" matches under
the present arrangement do not seem to
have caused much interest Last year
these matches were unusually popular and
attracted no end of attention The pres
ent schedule calls for but nine matches
six to have been played In June and
three, the semi-finals and finals. to be de-
cided in October. OF the six which were
to have been PLAYED last month"; one has
not been reported on at all. one was ac-
tually played. one was postponed until
fall. while two and one-half Of the re-
between Bannockburn and the Country
Club of Virginia. when the locals failed to
turn up for the doubles. accounting for
the half match mentioned. This is not
very good showing and unless more in
tereSt is shown in the remaining matches.
1t would not be at all surprising if the
home and home" matches were left off
next years program.
Miss Jane Gardner won the woman's
nine-hole handicap event at the Washing
ton Country Club Wednesday afternoon
with net score of 80. Her card showed
her a gross s. but her handicap was also
large (3s) with the result that she won by
ten strokes. Mrs. Walter E. Ballard and
Mrs. Gardner. each with 60. 10 and 40
tied for second. The prize was given by
Miss Truett The next event will be July
16
American golfers were greatly disap-
pointed that the professional team sent
from this country to meet team of
French pros at the La Boulie links.
France. made such poor showing. The
| American team did not score point. los
| ing four single matches and both four
| ball ones. Both George Sargent and Fred
Mcleod could probably have been MEM
bers of the American team had they so
desired. as each of them received letter
| asking II he could make the trip IL Sc
lected. Neither of them could, and so
they were forced to decline.
Miss L. E. Lacey of Chevy Chase has
offered a handsome woman's pocketbook
to the club a prize for a mixed handi-
cap foursome. The club has added a
the event in October when most OF the
players are back in town.
Mcleod leaves here Tuesday for Phil
adephia. where he will compete in the
Pennsylvania open championships. which
will be held at the Philadelphia Cricket
Club Wednesday. The event will be al
thirty-six holes. medal play.
J. D. Cassels of Chevy Chase made a
| on second al g
last week. He made an extremely long
drive and followed with his midiron. the
ball running into the hole. Par for this
hole is ). 1t being 415 Yards. Sargent
made the first hole in on the same DAY.
this being shorter than the second Cs55
yards, par A..
Both the Columbia Country Club and
the Washington Country Club teams in
the home and home matches, have
reached the semi-final rounds without
having played. each having drawn byes
and then Won its first match by default.
| Washington was not quite as lucky as
Columbia, however. as IT went all the
way to Baltimore to play and hung
around all day waiting for the Whining
ton team to turn up 1t failed to put
by default 1t looks as if the Delaware
team was rather careless in not tele-
graphing the Washington players that ii
could not play. thereby saving them the
long trip TO Baltimore. Inc perSOnnel
of the Washington team follows: Dr. L.
Johnson. George z. Truett. Earl Wheel
err. H. p Cobev, Otto Luebkert and John
H. Clapp Luebkert and Clapp are mem
bers of Columbia and Chevy Chase re
spectively, and usually play 1T those
| clubs, but they are also members of the
| Washington Country Club and decided to
cast their lot with that team.
/! Miss Margaret Curtis. the woman ma
| tional champion. is a sister of Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury James F. Cur
| tbs. who is a member at Chevy Chase.
Friday was a big day at the various
| clubs. and. although little warm,
| brought out hundreds of golfers. Indepen-
dence day programs were in order. and
| every one seemed to have q good time.
/ The qualification round of the July
| tournament at Columbia ended yesterday
afternoon, and the pairings will be made
| today in order that the players may
| arrange their matches tomorrow, IL they
/, SO desire. These matches may be played
| at any time, just SO they are in by Sat-
urday evening. So much interest is being
shown in the event that there will prob
ably be four Sixteens
The Washington Country Club is maxi
| ing some changes in its course which
will greatly improve it. Changes are being
made i'm the fifteenth sixteenth and sew
| enteenth holes. The new plan will fix IL
so that the seventeenth and eighteenth
holes will not cross each other. thereby
lessening the danger of a player being
hit by ball. The proposed changes will
increase the distances a little, but not