Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

Following the usual custom, the home
and home" match schedule for yester-
day between the Bannockburn Golf Club
Of this city and the Maryland Country
Club Of Baltimore in the final round of
the consultations, was not played. This
match was first scheduled to be played
on the Baltimore Country Clubs course,
but later In the week it was decided tina;
both teams would journey to the Will
mington Country Club and play it there.
Late Friday afternoon DR.. Thomas J..
W. Brown Of the local club received a
telegram from the Maryland captain
stating that because Of big event which
was scheduled at his club for yesterday
it would be impossible for. him to get
a team together, but that he would come
to Washington with a team next Satur-
day or forfeit. This means that the
match will either be played at Chevy
Chase or Columbia, this matter to be de-
cided later. The Maryland Country Club
has some exceptionally good go fers
among its members and as Bannockburn
will not have the services OIL eddie
Brooke, who has cast his lot with Colunl-
bia, the Washington team will have to
do some hustling to land victory.
these days getting of series Of special
events which are proving Of cons derable
interest to club members. Yesterday
the winner Of the PRESIDENTS cup was
decided and the players are now turning
In their qualification scores for the ''Sia-
mese cup" match play for which will be
held in three weeks. In~both Of these
events the thirty-two best next scores
qualify at match play. Yesterdays win
ner received the Presidents cup" as his
hnf in
''S.amese cup to become the permanent
property of any one it must be won three
times, the yearly winners being given
Siamese gold coin In the shape OF a
also won in 1909. and should he land 1t
this year the trophy will be his.
Now that the Columbia tournament is
all over. 1t is not divulging any secrets
in saying that the defeat of National
rounds took away lots Of interest in the
event. OF course. to the Columbia golf
ers and to friends of DR.. Lee Harlan.
who defeated him, his elimination was
very popular. but golfers In general want
ed to see Travers in the finals. and as it
was expected that he would surely reach
the last bracket. they did not go out to
watch him in the early rounds and con-
sequently did not get an opportunity to
see him. Travers has always been known
plays as poor game as he does a good
one, and all believe that had he won from
DR.. Harlan he would have pulled himself
together and shown some real golf. This
was his first local tournament. and after
his poor showing here it is understood
that he Is coming back next year with
blood in his eye In an effort to redeem
himself
Match play is now being decided in the
tournament BannOCkhnrn
and a great deal Of interest Is being
shown in the event by the Fair ones
The event is handicap one. there being
ed to play the matches at their con-
The winner will receive a trophy. which
the club in a few days.
William H. Follett of the Royal St Da-
v:d's Golf Club. England. who reached
the final round in last weeks Columbia
tournament and who was defeated by
Walter Tuckerman after being UP until
the fifteenth hole. Is the first foreign en-
trant who ever competed in local tour
uey.
His game is Of the best. his approach
ng being almost perfect. His work was
easily one Of the features of the tourna-
ment, and nothing but praise has been
heard around the club regarding him. In
his match with Tuckernan he was
always as good as even and was up
most of the time until the sixteenth hole.
which he lost when the local player ran