The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-08-21

COunlTy.
Sargent and Mcleod are at the Shaw.
nee tournament competing for a purse,
and will be gone until after Monday
They will probably take in several
! matches when they are gone. There
is little doing at this time of the year
and the pros can AFFORD to be missed
for a while.
Groundkeepers on the various links re-
port them in excellent shape for the
coming fall The grass has not suf-
! fered much during the hot weather
and the rain of a week or so ago has
put all the greens in first class shape.
The Washington Country Club is
Changing the course somewhat AMI
while this will interfere TO certain
extent with the play for while, the
three holes to be changed will be IN
great shape for the play this fall
Columbia will make no changes in
the course this summer. The links at
the Country Club are in first class
shape. Chevy Chase is also in fine con-
dition.
A lot of enthusiasm is being mani
Tested in the coming of Vardon and
Ray At Columbia and Chevy Chase in
october. These professionals are great
Il IN demand and have filled their en-
Sagcments for all OF the time they cal
unlikely that their tour will be extend
ed If the interest warrants their staying
here.
Tennis is quite popular at the va
rious golf courses in the city. Chevy
Chase and Columbia, as we'll as the
Jewell links. have a full quota of ten
mis- enthusiasts who occupy. the courts
during the late afternoons
Thu Senate Golf AGsociatiop NJ which
Vice President Marshall is president.
in throwing 4 challenge to the House
golfers. is reckoning without its host.
The House boasts number OF clever
golfers. II is said. and an acceptance OF
the challenge is forthcoming.
Senator salisbury and Senator Hollis
are good golfers. having turned in some
exceptional scores. while Senators
OGOrman and Cummins are listed as
regular players. There are a few on
the Senate team who have no records
to boast of. but may be developed.
We have heard from time to time of
the wonderful exhibitions of the one
armed professional golfer at LaBouille.
France. Heinrich Schmidt, the Wor-
cestcr golfer, recently returned from
abroad, relates the following about
IyVes:
The most interesting golfer at La
Boulie is the One-armed champion, yves
he is not sure of the spelling of the
name. but that is what he thought IL
ought to be. England has two one
armed professionals. also, both of whom
claimed the worlds championship. A
match was played in England but a
challenge from this little Frenchman to
the victor necessitated another match to
decide who should be champion. The
outcome Of II all was a match at La
Roulie in which the little Frenchman
simply wiped the Englishman off the
earth as Hilton described the defeat
Upon my arrival at LaBoulie my host
kindly engaged this one-armed golfer
who. by the way, is the best instructor
or teacher at the links, TO play a round
with me and show me over the course
Before many holes were played began
to realize how good he was. Although
! would outdriYe him sometimes as much
as a hundred yards. the little chan
would have his putt for a half on the
longest hole on the course. When we
had completed the round l remarked
something as to the score he had made
and upon adding up the cards this lit
tie mans card added up to IS and mine
was rs. which by holes gave him the
match by 2-1.
The par of LaBoulie is ~, yet this
One-armed player has been around in
Il, which conveys an idea OF what a
marvel he is. The course record is 81
held by Massey. One might be tempted
to 3'sk: What would Iyves do II he had
two arms?