Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-11

i of Virginia: L. II. Bowie, Washington
| Baltimore Country Clubs spring tourna-
ment. which was held last week. when
the smallness OF the number of entries
and the class of the tournament is taken
! into consideration. George p. James and
Alpheus Winter of Columbia. both placed
| in the first sixteen, James being elimi-
mated by Cochran, the winner of the
tournament. John c. Davidson of Co.
/ lumbia and +. NJ. Talcott of Chevy Chase
qualified in the second sixteen. Davidson
winning it. His teammate. Daniel *
jackson. won the fourth sixteen. Otto
| Luebkert. also of Columbia. havine
been placed In that
| Cochran. by his work in this tourna-
| ment. showed that he is in class by
defeated II. h. Kerr in the final round
UP and to play played out the last
four holes, and then turned in a card OF
Il. which was a stroke under par. Had
he been pushed all the way, there is nc
telling what he would have done. Kerr
F! by the way, is one of the best golfers in
the country. having been the runner-up
in the national championships last year
at the Lakewood spring tournament, and
at the north and south championships at
Pinehurst. In this latter tournament. il
is not out Of place to mention that he
eliminated Walter Travis in the second
round, beating him up at the thirty-sev-
enth hole. Cochran is entered in both the
Chevy Chase tournament and the middle
Atlantic championships. which will be
played at Columbia next week
AS has been previously stated in The
Star. the home and home" matches for
clubs in the Middle Atlantic Association
Will be played under different conditions
this year Last year there We're fifty
eight matches scheduled, but according TO
this years plans there will be but ten or
twelve. \ committee composed of Messrs
NJ Nov, III. /,
Thomas J. W. Brown was appointed TO
make the rules governir these matches.
and it has decided upon the following
rules:
CLUBS desiring to enter a team in the
home and home" matches will notify
the secretary on or before May 10, the
teams entered TO be drawn according to
the Bagnall-Wilde systematic system
used-by the Lawn Tennis Associa ton. A
player will not be allowed to play on
more than one team. The matches will
consist of three eighteen-hole four ball
matches to be played in the forenoon and
six eiShteen-hoie single matches to be play
ed in the afternoon. the singles and four
ball matches not to be combined and to be
played to a finish. each match won count
ing as l point, the team getting the great
est number of points to be declared the
winner and advance TO the next round.
All matches must be played on the date
designated by the committee and must
mated by the committee, unless the cap
tains of the contrasting teams mutually
agree upon another course and sign an
agreement to that effect this agreement
to be mailed to the secretary of the as
ISOLATION at least one dav before the
match is to be played. \ report showing
the result of each match and signed by
the captain Of the teams must be mailed
to the secretary soon after each day' 4
play. The rules of the United States Coli
ASS fhar .,-;th 4
rules printed upon the score card OF the
designated course. or the course actually
played upon. shall govern all matches
1t Is interesting to note that under this
system the greatest number of matches
necessary for any team to play during
the season is four.
The committee has not yet made up the
schedule and cannot until after Nav -,
as II will not know until that date how
many clubs will have entered teams al
though it is quite likely that every club
in the association will do so.
Columbia has recently Installed a
novelty in the park in front Of the club
uiar. 1t * eiShteen-hole putting
course. and is at the present time the
only ore in the Middle Atlantic AS
ISOLATION. In addition to the fact that it
improve the players short game, they
lind il very handy when they are either
To play round on the big course
The members of Bannockburn have
just recently begun playing on their
regular putting greens. Last Year they
did not get on them until almost the
first of June.
r.x-Secretary of the Interior Fisher
and Gen. Weaver played an interesting
match at Chevy Chase Thursday after
Mr. w nj al Of
the other eX-cabinet officers. he is still In
town. and will be here until after the
expiration of the school term, AS ne wants
to allow his sons to complete the years
work at school before making change
President John G. Davidson of the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association has APP
pointed the following to represent their
clubs on the committee of advancement:
Harry r. Delehunt. Baltimore Country
Club; DR.. John W. Brawner. Bannock-
burn Golf Club; Morven Thompson
Chevy Chase Club: Alpheus Winter. Co.
lumbia Country Club; Josiah Pennington
Elkridge Hunt Club: D. H. Rucker
Maryland Country Club; Joseph c. Tay-
Tor. Country Club of Virginia: A. Colts
waste, Washington Country Club and j.
Ralph Baily, Wilmington Country Club.
Right on the heels of the Chevy Chase
tournament of this week come the Mid
die Atlantic States championships which
will be played next week over the Column
bia course. Secretary Brown expects this
tournament to draw Il record entry list
Last years event WAS one of the largest
of the local ones and he expects this
years to be even larger. us several clubs
which were not represented last year have
promised to send entries for next week :
affair B. Warren Corkran. T. Courtney
Jenkins, IL. L. Bond. Wood, Mackay.
Hotchkiss. Weldon and several others
from the Baltimore Country Club have
promised TO be on hand. and the Country
Club of Virginia and the Maryland Coun-
try Club have also promised TO see that
they are well represented
For the third time since he has been
here. Fred Mcleod equaled the course
record AT Columbia thursday afternoon.
Until Mcleod made his first Il. John
Davidson was the undisputed record
holder. As it is. he holds the amateur
record for the course Many who have
seen Mcleod play look for him 10 rlace
the marks as low as u OF 66 before the
season Is over.