Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

There have undoubtedly been more sur
prises sprung In tournaments held by the
Columbia Country Club than in events Of
all the other local clubs combined. the
biggest Of these upsets of dope" occur
ring Friday, when Jerry Travers, four
time national champion and present title
holder, met defeat. Had any one been
looking for a little speculation he prob
ably could have gotten odds. something
like 100 to /, that Travers would win out.
as he was supposed to be right on top of
his game at this time, and all of his OPP
pOnents were rated much lower. But golf
is full Of upsets, and experience has
shown that nothing can be taken for
granted in it,
Although Iravers played his usual game
in the qualification round. which he won,
Dr.. Lee l.. Harlan outplayed him in
match play, the local player not seeming
to object to the steady rain coming from
overhead or the soggy, soft course under
foot, while the champion showed that he
was no mud horse his game. conse-
quently, suffering more. DR.. Harlan Is
one or the best of the local contingent.
lie did not uegin playing the game until
he had reached his thirties, but he,
TOOK to it like a duck to water and
forged to the front from the very start.
! 1t is said that he has won more trophies
/ than any other player in Washington.
OF late the doctor has been doing some
wonderful putting, and it was to this ex-
ceilent short game that he owes his VIC
tory, as the champion outdrOve him on al
i most every occasion. only to lose this
advantage on the approaches or on the
green's.
! Travers is such a formidable opponent
/ that the fact that he was beaten at all
was a great surprise. the question as to
who beat him being merely secondary.
| In the last Colun..,ia tournament--that
for the middle Atlantic championships
will be remembered that William O. Bal
Ilantyne, q Columbia youngster. won out
being compelled to beat Wolcott Tucker
man and b. Warren Corkran in his march
to the final bracket
| Bannockburn will probably not move
/ TO its new course. near Cabin John
| Bridge, until next year. The course ia
in good shape, and could be played on
| right now, but the clubhouse question
is still in the hands of the building
| committee, and until either temporary
or permanent quarters are provided no
/ playing will be done there. The club
/ can stay where 1T is for some time yet.
SO that there is nothing to make it
leave until it wants to. "
Frederick Snare. who entered in the
Columbia tournament from Englewood
is president of the Havana. Golf Club,
| Cuba.
l lUc TOuI1U the TT6S1-
dents cup" at Chevy Chase. will close
Ithis week. and match play Wall be started
Thursday, the finals being carded for
Saturday. Each year 1t is customary
a trophy for competition, the winner to
get the trophy. and to also have his
name engraved on the plaque i'll the
grillroom According to the rules. gov
erning this competition, players may
turn in as many duly authenticated
cards as they desire. the thirty-two best
net ones qualifying for match play. The
first and second rounds will be played
Thursday. the third and fourth rounds
Friday and the semi-fnals and finals
Saturday. W. r. Tuckerman won last
years event, and as he is now putting
up his best game he has an excellent
chance of repeating.
Washington clubs did exceptionally
! well in the ''home and home matches
| for clubs in the Middle Atlantic Golf
Associations. the Washington Country
Club reaching the semi -finals. the Chevy
Chase and Columbia meeting in tho
. finals the former winning, In the con-
solationS, Bannockburn has reached the
final round. This years plan of run
ming these matches did not seem to be
as successful as that Of last year, when
something like nifty matches were played.
and it is quite likely that a change
of some kind will be made. In the
main event there were but nine matches
scheduled and of this number three de-
IaultS we're registered all three OF the
local clubs getting to the semi finals
without having played match, having
drawn byes in the first round.
Bannockburn was defeated in its first
round match, but also benefited by de-
faults. and reached the semi-fnal round
of the consultations by this route. WI.
mington failing to appear when these two
teams were scheduled TO meet October IL
AS Baltimore failed to appear to meet
the Maryland Country Club team October
4. both Maryland and Bannockburn have
reached the final round, neither having
had to play match. This makes five
of the fourteen matches scheduled beinf
decided by defaults-not a very gooc
L average.
III W. III. Toilet of the Royal ST David.
Golf Club England. who entered tn.
III Columbia tournament. is probably tn,
first foreigner who has ever entered {
/ local event. That. he is Il good golfe,
is attested by the fact that ne qualified
for the first sixteen and defeated suci
/ players as E. B.. Eynon, jr.. and Fred
l erick Snare. Any one who can bea
/ Eynon. UP and 8 ON his home cours.
l certainly has some claims for recognition
n r. o. Baxter, who qualified for tn,
fourth sixteen in the Columbia to,frua