Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS
One of the best matches of the year
was played over the Columbia Country
Clubs course las Saturday, when John
c. Davidson and Alpheus Winter de-
feated Daniel X. Jackson and Lee l..
Harlan. This was a Nassau" match
jackson and Harlan winning going up,
up; but losing on the last nine holes,
up. and up and l to play on the
match. The best ball of the foursome
was 81. 33 out and 81 in, and this is
a record which will stand for some time
for this course, which is an exceedingly
hard one. Three "2's" were registered
Winter taking the thirteenth (15O yards,
par - in :, and pr. Harlan holing his
- and 16 141 yards, par 81. All
three of these holes were made by the
players running down long puts after
good drives. had Winter not missed a
3. the score would have been even
better. When the fact is considered
that t.i the pest pest bali Of the four profes,
ana Gilbert .hea
| recent match was 6S, this amateur mark
Of g. is nothing short Of remarkable and
represents some wonderful golf. Par
way. The card tor this match, showing
the best bail of the four, follows:
i"' ' .,........... 4; y
Par for the course is:
In ......... ; : ! } &c. 80
This mark is easily the best which
has been reported this year. although
ii is not quite as good as last year, $
mark. made by Morven Thompson, w
S. Reybnrn, j. II. De Sibour and George
Sargent al Chevy Chase Sargent is
the professional Of the club. 80 this
cannot stand as an amateur one. The
best ball of this foursome was So, ten
below par for the Chevy Chase course
One was made-on the tenth-and
eight IS. the others, with the ex-
ceptiou of the fourth being made in
IA. The card for this match was:
n In ...... 3 ! s Is
Walter S. Harlan, chairman of the
greens committee of the Columbia Coun-
this months issue of the American
Golfer. in which he suggests the estab-
lishment of a golf farm or school,
where men can be trained especially in
fertilizers and grasses of all kinds can
be experimental with. and, regardless OF
climatic or other conditions, worked out
and given to the solfing world to guide
In the better upkeep OF the links of
this country.
| In order to keep up with the improve.
| ment shown in the game in general the
idea OF today seems to be 20 make the
| game harder The new Rannocki)urn
course. which is rapidly nearing compile.
! ton, Will have one of the hardest holes
! in the neighborhood in the seventeenth
his Is short hole 14O YARDS. but il
Will require an almost. perfect shot OIL
| the player will get into all kinds of trou.
| Die. There is a stream which crosses anC
recrosSes on the course no less than four
| times in this short 40 yards, and all OF
the ground between is i'll the rough The
| hole itself is almost on the edge OF the
| water. and a slip of any kind will prove
+, very costly.
| The Washington Country Club seems te
/ be getting along very Well with it's cad.
! dies since the strike and no trouble bas
| been experienced in getting bows. The
| larger colored boys who started the recen,
trouble will never be allowed to work al
the club again. but it is possible tina,
| some Of the smaller ones who had nf
part in the argument will be taken bacl
| again after the club thinks that they
| have been sufficiently punished
| After having received a bad start bott
George Sargent and Fred Mcleod, tn.
| local professionals finished we'll up nea,
| the top I'm the Metropolitan champjon
| ships held over the Garden City links a,
| Salisbury Wednesday and Thursday. Sar
| gent finishing fifth, with Mcleod two
| places behind him. At the end of IN,
| first thirty-six holes Sargent with Z,
and 74-162 was ninth, and Mcleod. =,
and 10 for 154. was fourteenth. Boil
| improved considerably on the second day',
play. Sargent making the next two round,
In IS and 81. for a la. giving him tota
score of 296. but five strokes behind Ale,
Smith, the winner. McLeod.s third rount
was a poor one. as the best he could al
was 10. but he finished strongly, gettin,
! Il for the last eighteen, for a total O.
| 5oi. He tied with Mcdonald Smith fo
| seventh. John j. McDermott of Atlanti.
/, City, the national open champion, wh1
led at the close of the first days play
Il fell back. and the best he could get wa
third. his score of 294 being but tw,
| strokes better than that of Sargent I,
| last years event Sargent was fourth AMI
Mcleod. who at that time represented tn,
st. Louis Country Club, was fifth
Eddie" Brooke. the popular Httl,
l Bannockburn golfer, has cast his 10
with the Columbia Country Club ant
| will probably play on the Columbi,
team in the "home and home" matches
| when they are resumed next month
He is now playing in the August
! tournament Of the club and has reached
the second round oc'the second sixteen
/ Golfers are now looking forward I,
the amateur championships which viii
be held on the Garden City cours.
| September to g. The qualifying rount
lat .tAirtx-six hoies. medal play. will