Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
own a ten-foot putt. This made Tuck

Gown ten-rOOt putt. This made Tuck
erman l up, and a bad slice on Follett' 9
local player the match, the Englishman's
ball land ng on the edge OF a water haz-
ard. rolling in the ditch on his second.
being in the rough on his third and then
overrunning the hole to the sand trap
on his fourth. This end ng was most UNI
fortunate, and left bad taste in the
mouths Of the hundred or SO enthusiasts
who braved the weather and followed
the match around the course. as up to
tn s time it had been a contest worth
seeing. Follett showed up well in the
Atlantic City tournament, which closed
yesterday, Walter ]. Travis defeating
him in the second round of the first six
teen by only up.
The Middle Atlantic Golf Association
will hold its next annual meeting on the
first Thursday In March. probably in the
cab net room" Of the New Willard.
This meeting will undoubtedly be one Of
the most important ever held In addi-
ton to the question regarding the adj
visibility Of either disseminating or
making a change i'll the manner Of con-
Quoting the home and home" matches,
the question Of club and association
handicapS will come up. Secretary L. j.
w. Brown is taking a great interest In
this question, and there VIII surely some
thing develop as result OF his efforts.
He Is now sending out Ist of questions
OH the SUBJECT 10 6OllSIS u
the various clubs of the association ask
ing their opinion on certain phases of
the matter and call ng for suggestions
toward remedying AMY defects. Many
replies have been received, and 1t is ex-
pected that they will be instrumental in
having the handicaps placed on a fairer
basis. There is. of course. variance OF
opinion. one prominent member and an
ex-president Of the association stating
that he tn nks the handicap question Is
- tAx>y> f<1r thA <,sRy he 10 toll 10
up individually, and should not be con-
sidered by the associat on unless that
body has reason to believe that they
have not all been figured on the same
basis or some other important fault has
been shown.
The consensus of opinion seems to be.
however, that cooperation on the part or
the various clubs of the association is q
necessity. especially with respect to play
ers who neglect to send in scores on which
their handicaps can be based. In any
event, whether any action is taken by
the association or not, the question Will
be brought up. and as all of the clubs will
be represented, some good will be accom-
plished IL the discussion does nothing
more than to bring the matter forcibly to
the attention of these representatives.
Columbia will be without a professional
for the winter months, Fred Mcleod hav-
ing left Friday night for New Orleans.
where he will remain as the professional
of the Audubon Golf Club until April l Of
next year. When Mcleod was signed by
the local club 1t was with the understand
ing that he would be free for the winter
months He says he intends to get in a
great deal of practice while away in an
effort to get back on his game. His work
in recent tournaments has been quite a
disappointment to both himself and his
followers and 1t is certainly hoped that he
RECEIVERS his form and is at his best next
year.
Allan Lard and A. S. Mattingiy. who
tied for the low gross score prize In the
vet played the tie of. and it is. quite like
iy that the winner will be decided by
flip Of a coin. as ''Old Matt is now busy
hunting and will not have time for such
a trifiing thing as golf.
Syndicate golf' seems to be the latest
form of the game to be taken up in
washington. and it is now proving very
popular. especially in threesomes. Ac-
cording to the rules. each hole scores
six points; four points going to the WIN
ner and two to the player with the sec
ond best score on the hole II the hole
Is halved by two players, each gets
three points: II three halve II. each gets
two points. In threesome. IL one play
er wins and the others halve. the winner
gets four points and each Of the others
gets two.
The rule passed at the last meeting of
the Middle Atlantic Association TO the
effect that a player In the handicap
event Of q tournament cannot be given
both the low gross and low net prizes
in the event was enforced for tie first