Evening star., 1913-02-23
CHEVY CHASE CLUB
GOLFERS TIED UP
Lard and Miller Turn in, Par
Cards in Handicap
Match.

Allan Lard and c. b. Miller tied for
first prize in the ''Washington's birthday
eighteen-hole handicap golf match
against par at the Chevy Chase Club yes
terday, being even with par Fully thirty
five members competed in this event. but
only a few cards We're turned in, those
whose cards We're not good as the
best score already turned in tearing up
their cards. Two prizes We're offered by
the club and these two will fight it out
some time this week to see who gets first
and WHO gets second. For long time ii
looked as if two down would be the
winning score and five men had turned in
cards showing this score before the two
winning ones were received. The follow
ing cards were turned in: Allan Lard.
even; G. b. Miller, even; Ii. c. ellis.
= down; T.. II. Lotus, = down: s. l..
Heap, down; f. NJ Talcott, down,
and III. Taylor, down.
The Middle Atlantic States Golf Asso-
citation will hold its annual meeting for
1913 in the New Willard Hotel at
O'Clock March g. This meeting viii be
very important one as, in addition TO
the election of officers for the ensuing
year, several amendments will be pro-
posed and date ana the place Of the
annual championship tourney will be de-
cided upon.
1t would not be at all surprising II
there would not be complete change
with respect to the home and home
matches for the middle Atlantic states
championship. The pan TO be consld-
cred is to eliminate SO much travelling
and to arrange things so that but three
of four matches will be required. The
plan is for drawings to be made and for
the clubs to play each other Ton neutral
links, the losers dropping out from fur-
ther competition and the winners $ contin-
uing to play each other until all OF the
clubs had been eliminated For instance.
if there were eight clubs to compete.
after the first match there would be -four
winners and they would play the two
winners left playing i'm the finals Tor the
championship. 1T is also planned TO have
a team composed of six instead of five
players, and have the matches be at
thirty-six instead of at eighteen holes.
the men to play foursomes as well AS
twosomes. making three of the former
and six of the latter.
The championship tournament was
scheduled to go to the Country Club or
Virginia this year, but word has been
received that this club is not prepared 10
hold it, so Washington will very likely
he favored with it. the honors falling
to the Columbia Country Club.
No ticket has heen made up of the prob
able selections for the officials positiorr-s.
although it is quite likely that DR. Thomas
j. w. Brown of Bannockburn will be re-
elected as secretary and that Yates Pen
ninan of the Baltimore Country Club viii
again hold the purse strings Both az
these men are hard workers, and their
services almost invaluable to the as
Sociatiop. There is a rule of the asSocia-
ton that the club that holds the cham
pionship tournament will get the presi
dency of the association. and that tho
vice presidency will go to the organization
which expects to hold the big tourney the
following year. This means that if CO.
lumbia IL fortunate enough to draw the
middle Atlantic states championship tour
nament another Washington man will he
honored. The present officers are: Presi-
dent Morven Thompson, Chevy Chase
Club; vice president. c. l.. Kirk. Country
Club of Virginia: treasurer. Yates Penni-
man, Baltimore Country Club, and secre-
tary. DR.. Thomas J. w. Brown, Bannock-
burn Golf Club The four officers and
Ormsby McCammon of Chevy Chase form
the executive committee.
The spring weather of the last few days
brought the golfers out in force. and all
of the local clubs have shown lots of ac-,
tivity although the effect of the long
lay-off is shown by the work of some OF
them.
George Sargent has some stereoscopic
views of some of the most prominent pro-
fessional golfers which are attracting no
end of attention at Chevy Chase. These
views. which are the first which have
ever been taken of players i'm actual com
petition, were taken with a camera with
a lens which takes pictures with an eX-
posure of one-thousandth of a Sec
ond. There are nearly 100 of these photo
graphs. which show the men making
every conceivable shot, and for this rca-
son they are instructive Well as in
teresting. The collection has complete
sets OF George Sargent. Harry Warden,
Jimmie Braid. j II. TAYLOR and T.. Ray.
Although Allan Lard has been out but
few times this winter. he played n good
game yesterday when course conditions
are considered. His card WAS -. -, az.
Par for the course is "A.