Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-12
NTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

holes are: s 3 ) "a 49, He left
Friday night for Shawnee-on-Delaware to
compete in the annual open tournament
of the Shawnee Country Club. which will
be played on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Fred Mcleod of Columbia is also going
to compete in this event. and he expects
to leave town this morning. Last year
Mac" tied with Edward Ray and Tom
just out of the money. While away.
Mcleod expects to stop off at Whining
ton to see Gilbert Nichols. the profess
sfonal of the Wilmington Country Club.
who was injured in an automobile acct
dent and was operated on for a broken
knee-cap Thursday.
1,r, Lee Harlan and DR.. c. H. Stearns
defeated Arthur Shelton and "Ar' Winter
in an interesting Nassau match Thurs
day afternoon at Columbia. They were
3 up going out. but lost 1 down coming
in, which made them up on the match.
The prizes for the two "sweepstakes'
held at Columbia Saturday figured up
higher than was expected. An entry fee
OF 90 cents was charged for each event,
and prizes costing so. so and 20 per
cent. respectively. We're given to the
scores In the morning event $3.50 was
collected. r. W. Cox and E c. Graves,
who tied for first and second. dividing
ssia;So. and F. S Perry. and E B. De-
ting 1870. Connie. Doyle who won
the afternoon event. drew a prize cost
ing $3.50. Cox "etting $50 as second
prize. and the Perry brothers splitting
up s3.40 for third
The only player added to the L. $.
O. a. handicap list in which local golf
ers are interested is W. Clark Corkran
Of Baltimore. who is rated at FIVE
strokes. Clark Corkran, who is a
brother of B. Warren Corkran, did some
exceptional work in the recent Balti-
more Country Club tournament when
he won the qualification round prize.
he is but sixteen years old. and is still
wearing knickerbockers. This young
ster is the one who played the veteran
waiter j. Travis to standstill two
and Perry Adair of Atlanta, Ga, who is
nfteen years old and who reached the
nnals of the southern championship
tournament at Memphis last month. are
CONSIDERED as being two of the seven
wonders of the golf world
President Wilson won an interesting
match from DR.. Grayson on the Colum7
bia Country Club links Monday after
noon.
Morven Thompson. captain Of the
Chevy Chase golf team and chairman
Of the. golf committee. Who sprained
his ankle several weeks ago, entered
the Independence day events at the
ciup saturday, but had to withdraw be-
cause the injured member went back
on hlm He probably will not be able
to play again for week or So
Several local players expect to enter
the annual tournament of the Mohawk
Golf Club of Schenectady. " Y, an
nouncements for which have just been
received at the local clubs. The event
VIII be held August 5. 6, : and g. Ed
de Eynon and l. F. Sinclair of Column
bia, and Earl Wheeler of the Washing
ton country Club are planning to en-
ter, and 1t is quite likely that they can
held.
the golf committee at Chevy Chase
could save good deal of argument if
1t would make a local rule covering
balls which are knocked in the tennis
courts from the eighteenth tee As no
rule has been made the players have a
right to play the ball from the courts
where 1T lies. but this is In conflict
with the rules of the tennis committee
so that some do one thing and some
another If the committee would sim
ply rule that balls to the courts are
out of bounds lots If arguments
would he prevented.