Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

The Middle Atlantic Golf Association
has adopted a new form for keeping
handicap records of its members. At the
last annual meeting of the association the
"Caikins system" was adopted. and this
ords OF the players are TO be kept. the
handicap committee believing that too
few handicap prizes are won by properly
handicapped players and that the clubs
themselves are largely TO blame for this
condition and that the elimination to u
great extent Of guessworK in certifying
handicaps will cause more interest to be
taken in handicap events. The new form,
1t Is believed, will remedy this evil and do
much toward getting correct line on the
relative ability of the players. The fol-
lowing letter. explaining The use of tire
card. mas been sent by secretary Thomas
j. ". Brown OF the association To the
secretary OF each Grub:
II am inclosing u card gotten up with
the foea or keeping card record OF ham
dicaps with the scores upon which the
haluicaps are based, according to the
Caikins system. Inc general results in
both quaiirying rounds and handicap
scores in tournaments show plainly a lack
OF training In medal play. Every player
should have the privilege of seeing the
exact scores upon which his opponents or
competitors handicap is based. 1t is es-
pecially desired that clubs furnish cards
of all players whose handicaps are eight
cen or less. as eighteen is the highest
handicap recognized in our annual cham
pionship tournaments. When the list of
handicaps is published it would be we'll to
print handicaps as high as twenty four,
in order to establish list for reference in
connection with the invitation and open
tournaments given by the clubs. Where a
record of lowest scores is not KEEP. no.
tices should be posted asking that COM
plete certified scores be filed with the
handicap committee for> the cards if on
dered. Until complete records are OBJ
tanned. temporary cards with properly
certified totals of former scores could be
used. Players who will not take enough
interes st to prepare these cards with ac-
companying certified scores ready for the
approval of the chairman of the handicap
committee should be barred from handi-
cap events. / hope this matter will be
referred to the proper committee with the
request that 1t be considered in time for
a very early reply
The association does not mean to insin-
uate that there has been any intentional
dishonesty shown by the players in this
respect. but it does believe that the play
CHS diC " a CERT extent careless dDOut
reporting their scores and that if the mat
ter is called to their attention in this way
that all data will be given and necessary
changes can be made from it.
Because of the two tournaments which
are on this months schedule no monthly
| tournament for October will be held at
Columbia.
Bannockburn held its farewell tourna-
ment on its present course Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday, and three days of ex-
cellent golf were had. In quality the af-
fair was all that 1t should have been, but
in number of entries it proved to be quite
a disappointment, there being not enough
In to make four sixteens, necessitating
several byes in the fourth, all who COM
peted qualifying. In it the uncertainties
of the game were again brought out, the
qualification round having been won in
"a (par Is I'D and this mark being bet
tered any number of times In match play
on the succeeding days.
II w r s~ Rollo the CoI11r1bia