Evening star., 1914-05-18
Interesting Notes of
the Local Golf Clubs

The District Of Columbia Golf Associ-
alton will probably be called together
in the near future to hear and pass
upon the report Of the executive COM
mittee, composed Of the officers Of the
association. This committee was author
lied to work up plans for the year,
and 1t has done so, it is understood,
and has submitted them with its recon-
mendations to President Walter s. Har-
pan. VINO was unable to meet with
large number 81 tournaments 1sS now b being ing
held here. which naturally are attract
Ing all OF the golfers time and atten-
ton. 1t is likely that nothing will be
championships, which win be played
over the Country Club of virginia
course. beginning Thursday.
The Chevy Chase tournament set a
local record In point OF entries, as 100
golfers teed off for the qualification
round. Because Of the large number en-
tered 1t was necessary for the golf COM
mlttee to reduce the qualifying round
round could be completed in one day.
Inc event was exceptionally well man
aged and Chairman Thompson and his
co-workers deserve a great deal of credit
Tor the capable manner in which they
These practices. which are being in
duiged In on Wednesdays and SATURDAYS
at the Columbia Country Club. in order
tnat teams to represent the club in the
middle Atlantic event may be selected,
are proving to be good things, as lots of
interest is being taken in them and Capt
George P. James is getting q good line
on the relative ability of the men. About
dozen were out Wednesday. yesterday 8
practice being necessarily called Off on
account of the Chevy Chase tournament.
columbia expects to enter at least two
teams and possibly three.
This years middle Atlantic champion
ship tournament. which will be played at
richmond this week. will undoubtedly be
the best championship event ever held by
the association as more interest is being
SHOWN In 1t than In that Of any previous
year. Nearly every local golfer Of any
standing expects to- enter and word
comes from Baltimore that the Monu-
mental city golfers are showing as much
interest. II the event draws almost as
many players from Baltimore and Wash
ington as 1t has in previous years and in
addition draws we'll from the Virginia
clubs. which have not entered in large
numbers when they have been held here,
the entry list will probably reach the 15O
mark.
F. W. Collins Of Bannockburn gets his
name added to the list Of players who
uaVo inaoo hoieS liz one Stroke, Dy virtue
Of a pretty piece Of work in the handi-
cap match last week in the Washington
Country Club tournament. Collins made
a ! on the twelfth hole (18O yards, par 81
on pretty cleek shot, the ball striking
the side Of the bank and rolling down
the first time that the twelfth hole was
ever made in one stroke, although several
have negotiated 1t in two. The only
other holes ever made in single stroke
ryr& &t~
is the sixteenth q20 yeards par 81, Prof.
Piper Of that club doing It in 1912 and
Roswell N. Snow, also Of Washington,
duplicating the trick last year.
It is quite likely that the executive
committee Of the newly organized Dis
trict Of Columbia Golf Association, in
planning for the District championship
event. will limit the eligibility to those
who are handicapped at sixteen strokes
or under. This will be done In order
that players who have absolutely no
chance of winning will not enter and make
the event too cumbersome. The dis
cussion of this subject at the first meet
Ing of the association also brought out
the fact that a rule of this kind will
do a great deal toward improving the
handicaps Of many above the chosen
mark as 1t Is figured that a player who
Is rated at seventeen, eighteen or nine
teen will do all he can toward getting
him eligible to compete In the event,
whereas otherwise he might have drifted
along with higher handicap than he
deserved and possibly have won several
handicap events before the green COM
mittee at his club has received sufficient
data to cut it on it's own accord.
w. Clark Corkran, who won the quail
fication prize in the Baltimore Country
Club tournament last week, Is but six
teen years of age and still wears knick-
erbockers. This youngster who, by the
way. is brother of the redoubtable B.
Warren Corkran. is the one who played
the veteran, Walter J. Travis, to a
standstill two years ago when he made
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