Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-02

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The Columbia Country Club is now
without a professional, Donald Ball hav-
ing gone over to the Washington Coun-
try Club AS was predicted in The Star
over a month ago. Fred Mcleod of the
st. Louis Golf Club has been secured
as Balls successor. Mr.. Mcleod is a
former national champion, having held
the title in 1908. In addition to being
a fine player, he is very observant one,
and his ideas of course construction will
| undoubtedly be of great help to the green
committee.
George Sargent, the Chevy Chase pro-
fessional, who recently added the Cana
dian title to his long list of honors, is
| undoubtedly one of the best professionals
shared in by golfers all over the country,
| including the United States Golf Associa-
ton. He is just in receipt of the fol-
lowing Letter from r. c. Watson, secre-
tary of the United States Golf AssOcia-
ton, under date of December 81:
THE United States Golf Association
has just received letter from the presi-
dent of the French Golf Association. in
viting the United States Golf Association
to send team of four professionals to
play Franco-American team match
against four French professionals at the
La Boulie links, near Paris, June and
%, or June 30 and July 1. the dates to
be chosen by the American team.
Il am writing this letter to you to
find out if you intend to go abroad to
take part in the British open champion
snip in June, so that If the professional
team match is given sanction by this
association. and If you should be chosen
as one of the American team. would you
take part in the event!
1.-The French association will guarantee
each member of the American team 500
for travelling and maintenance expenses.
with an extra $500 to the winning team,
with a medal for each of the players.
KINDLY let me hear from you at your
earliest convenience, as the matter Will
be decided at the annual meeting of the
United States Golf Association January
II. 1913
Gilbert Nichols of Wilmington intimates
that he will participate in the British
championships. He says he will be ac-
companied in all probability by Alec
leo City and Fred Mcleod. the new pro-
fessiOnal at Columbia. 1t is supposed that
the home-breds, McDermott, Brady and
Mcnamara. will also compete. 1t is more
than likely that the American team will
be picked from the above. Sargent does
not expect to make the trip.
Harry Wardman. the well known build
WHO Is d PROMINENT IleIIlDeT Ol the ~
lumbia Country Club, has just donated
handsome trophy to the club, to be COM
peted for annually until won three times
by the same player, when 1t will become
his personal property. 1t is beautiful
cup and is probably worth in the neigh
borhood of 1000. 1t is now on exhibition
at the club and is attracting no end of at
tention. 1t has not been decided as to the
exact terms of the competition or the
dates. but it will very likely be competed
fn,. ,rv,de Gil 1ar no
Siamese and presidents cups at Chevy
ChaSe-a qualification round being played
one week, the best thirty-twO players
qualifying and fighting 1t out in match
play. The event will be a handicap one.
Every one who has seen the cup has made
up his mind to win it, so that unusually
keen competition is assured when the
tournament is started.
DIR. Walter Harlan, chairman of the
green committee at Columbia, is in re-
ceipt of a handsome present from the
club in appreciation of his hard work the
past year.
The Columbia Country Club is planning
for a big banquet to be held January Is
for it's members. This will be the big
night" of the year. The entertainment
committee is getting busy and. in addition
to dancing and eats, program is being
arranged.
Mr.. Taft may not be the greatest Pres
ident the United States has ever had nor
he may not ever become third-termer,
but nothing can rob him of the distinc-
ton of being the first President of the
United States who played golf-New York
Evening News.
Pop Hough. the veteran golfer of the
Columbia Country Club, will celebrate his
golden wedding anniversary January
6. and his friends at the club are now
busily engaged in taking up a subscrip
ton with which to buy him a handsome
present. Pop as he is Familiarity call
ed. is really a wonderful golfer. He is
now seventy-eight years old and still
plays a good game and can outwalk and
outgame many of the other members of
the club who are fifty years his junior.
the club moved to Chevy Chase-on a
wager-he played marathon golf
match against one of the younger men,
bers of the club. starting early in the
morning and playing all day. In the day
he played five and a fraction rounds,
which represents about thirty miles Of
golf. This is a record for the District.
Many of the Columbia golfers are think
ing of making up a party and taking in
the annual tournament held on the Bon
air links at Augusta. Ga, the latter
now expect to make up the party are DR..
Lee HarbaIA George p. James. Percy
Thompson, Emmons Smith, o. j. De Mol,
W. A. Keblinger. E. A. Newman and
Daniel X. Jackson. The Bonair links are
about the best in the south. and, in addi-
ton to having good golf. the party ex-
poets to stay a while and get in little
recreation.