The Washington times., 1913-09-09
M'LEOD GOES AWAY
FOR GOLF TOURNEY
Columbia Professional, With
Sargent and Beckett, Leave
for BrookIine Event.
By "CLEEK."

Freddie Mcleod, one Of the Washing
ton nominations for the national open
championship which will start at Brook
, line, Mass, a week from today with the
greatest field of golfers ever gotten to-
gether, is leaving the city late today
or tomorrow morning to get some work
! outs prior to his entrance into the tour
nament.
George Sargent, the Chevy Chase pro-
fessional, is also taking the trip, as Is
Howard Beckett. the Washington Coun-
try Club pro. Sargent, who holds the
Canadian open championship, is for
mer national open titleholder, as Is
Mcleod. Beckett is taking his first try
at the big event and expects to better
his showing made at the Shawnee tour
ney.
Both Mcleod and Sargent will meet
, Ray and Vardon, who are expected 10
come here during the first week OF next
month, for a best ball match at the
Chevy Chase and Columbia Country
Clubs
Yale loomed up strong in the inter-
collegiate golf championship tourna-
ment, which began yesterday at the
Huntington Valley Country Club. win
five of the six singles. Princeton lost
one foursome and two singles. Thus
Harvard and Pennsylvania have been
eliminated from further competition for
the team championship.
The foursomes played in the morning
brought out some excellent golf. Yale
caused the greatest surprise by winning
all three of the foursome matches Z.
Z. Allis, third, paired with F. r. Dever-
eaux, Harvard. were defeated by N.
Wheeler and G. Yule, Yale. up and
to play; r. D. Pierce and Ham Gard
ell, frny Z Co
r. NJ. Baker. of the Crimson. and
Julien T. Bishop and c. NJ. Baxter de-
feated c. S. Weeks and f. Barton 5 up
and to go.
Ex-President William H. Taft springs
into prominence in the go1ing world
by some fair performances on the
links. The Yale professor has been
spending the summer at Manchester,
Vermont and playing daily on the IA
nous Ekwanok Golf Club course. has
turned in some creditable scores. 4
a for holes is fair performance. his
last before returning to New Haven.
One stroke noles are getting to be
common occurrences these DAYS. AT
the Haworth Country Club A. B. Wal
lace made 25-yard hole in one re-
Gently.
ARRANGEMENTS have practically been
perfected for match between Jack
McDermott. the Atlantic City golf star.
who is the national metropolitan and
Massachusetts golf champion. and Jim
nv Barnes, the crack Tacoma. Wash,
golfer. the match to be for purse Of
Sc, 600 and to be played over the Coun-
try Club course At Bro"kline some time
before the start of the national open
championship tourney. which starts
September 16 Barnes has IN" unlin-
tied backing of a wealthy Pacific coast
mining magnate. He is already in Bos-
ton and is daily playing. McDermott
has sent word from Atlantic City that
he will arrive in Boston Sunday or
Monday and will Immediately get down
TO business. McDermott is intent on
winning the national open tourney at
Rrookline later in the month. He is
willing to meet Barnes before the open
tourney, in order that he may quicken
his game.
The playing of Grantland Rice in the
annual newspaper golf tourney In New
York yesterday was unusually good
Rice turned in 70. which tied with
Carl smith for the low score among the
newspaper men.