Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

! George Sargent and Fred Mcleod, will
not be seen here Prospects appeared
bright up until Friday evening, when an
nouncement was made at both Chevy
Chase and Columbia that negotiations had
been dropped. When George Sargent was
! at ShaWnee-on-the-E Delaware he obtained
promises from both Vardon and Ray that
they would give the local clubs a date.
| and again at Brookline last week DR..
Walter Harlan talked with their man
ager. Alexander Tindlay, and he assured
him that he would bring his charges to
Washington, probably on or about No
vember 3 Friday Alexander Brtton of
Chevy Chase received n telegram from
Findlay stating that the only date he
could give tine local clubs was October
&, and that the Englishmen had raised
their prices. AS Chevy Chase did not
care to be "held up" it Immediately with
drew from the deal and SO notified Column
bia. Upon receiving word from Chevy
Chase Alpheus Winter. acting chairman
| of the green committee, announced on be-
| half of Columbia that that club also
would take no further action in the mat
ter and would 50 advise Findlay.
T. S. Dayant. vice president of the Nor
I, folk and Washington railroad, and Wal
| ter Carpenter. also Of that road, were
guests of George +. James at the Column
bia Country Club last week. Both are
members of the Roanoke Country Club.
Davant being q former president. Both
men were delighted with the Columbia
course. and Davant stated that it was
one OF the best courses he had ever seen.
Chevy Chase has announced its annual
| closed, handicap event, for the Presi-
dents cup, to be played October % to
November /. inclusive. Each year it is
, customary for the president of the club
| to put up cup for competition. Be
tween September % and October % play
| ers may hand In as many duly attested
cards for play at eighteen holes as they
desire. the lowest thirty-two net scores
TO qualify, the men to meet at match
play. The first round will be played Oc-
| tober %, the second the S0th, the scni-
! finals the 31st and the finals November
I. Walter r. Tuckerman won the event
| last year. The winner gets the cup for
| his personal property and also has his
name engraved on the bronze plate i'll the
| grillroonl.
| II only half OF those who have prom
| Used to compete III the Columbia COun-
+, try Clubs annual tournament, to be held
| next month, send in their names, the
| event will be one of the best ever held
| In Washington. If not in this section OF
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be heard from. twenty-five out-of-town
| players have promised to compete. the
! list being headed by Francis Ouimet. the
| sensational young golfer who recently
won the national open title.
| .Lonny" Green and Q. X. Church de-
/ feated George E. Truett and DIR. III. r.
| Cobey in an interesting foursome at the
] Washington Country Club last week, up
and /. Green's play was the feature, as
| he scored no less than six threes and
came In in par "a.
J President Wilson and DIR. Cary T.
Grayson spent Friday afternoon at Co
| lumbia, being all-square when they quit
| playing at the thirteenth hole Nearly
/ every Friday nowadays the President
may be found on the Columbia links
! The schedule committee to arrange for
| the "home and home matches for clubs
| in the Middle Atlantic Golf Association
4 met this week and announced its schedule
| for the semi-flnal and final rounds and
the consultations. The match between
Chevy Chase and the Country Club Of
Virginia. in the first round. will be play
! ed ut Columbia as originally scheduled.
| This Is the match which the Richmond
players objected to coming here for Il
second time in two weeks to play. They
were given their choice of either Balti-
! more or Washington and finally decided
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be played over the Columbia course
| Saturday. On the same date Columbia
will play the Norfolk Country Club in the
! semi final round. this match To be played
on the Baltimore Country Clubs course
| On the following Saturday the Washing
ton Country Club Will meet the winner of
! the Chevy Chase-Virginia match on a
neutral course to be selected the finals
to be played on October is. As it has been
| decided to allow those clubs which de-
faulted in their first matches to play in
| the consultations. there will be either four
| or five clubs in this class. according to
4 which wins in the Chevy Chase Virginia
/ match as the former is eligible in case
of defeat. while the latter, having won I'm
| the preliminary round, is not. Bannock-
burn has been placed i'll the prelimnaries
and Is awaiting the outcome Of this
/ match. II Chevy Chase is beaten by the
Virginia Country Club 1t will play Ban
/ nockburn on October II at a place to be
selected and If Chevy Chase wins. Ban
| nockburn Will move ahead and play the
Wilmington Country Club at Baltimore
the Maryland and Baltimore Country
Clubs will also meet at Columbia. the
finals of the event to be played Novem-
i Der i.
| Walter Harlan is expected home today
from Rye, n. Y, where he was the only
local entrant In the veterans : tourna-
ment played at Apawamis Only players
hffy-five years of age or over are eligible
to compete In this event.
Chevy Chase has also announced the
tdates Of its annual competition for the
Siamese cup. presented to the club by the
Siamese minister. This will be played
November 10 to 90 inclusive Qualifca-
ton scores may be turned in between No
lvember 2 and 16. and. like the rules gov
erning play for the Presidents cup. thir-
lty-two will qualify for match play the
first round to be played November 10,
the second on the Goth and the semi
finals on the 21st apd I'D. respectively.
This trophy must be won three times be.
1.-THE winner. each years winner being
given gold Siamese coin in the form of
La medal. Z. Nj. Tolcott. who won II In
1907, was last years winner, and a vic
TORY this year will make the trophy his
for keeps"