Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
COMING GOLF MATCH
IS PRINCIPAL TOPIC
Teams of Board of Trade and Cham
Der of Commerce to
Compete.
Contest for Cup and Sundry Other
Prizes to Take Place We'd
nesday Afternoon.

President Cuno II. Rudolph of the Board
ments for Wednesday afternoon and
President William F. GUIDE of the Cham
Der of Commerce has done likewise. in
order that they might be present to
receiye the coveted trophyAa cup to be
presented to the team winning the golf
match to be played by the two business
organizations.
For the past two weeks some thirty
business men. members of the two Or
ganizations. have absented themselves
from their places of business and it has
1us. leaked out they have been spending
that time on the golf links in prepara-
ton for the coming contest which is to
take place at 1 o'clock on the course
of the Columbia Golf Club.
So much interest has been aroused over
this match that a large gallery of
members of the two organizations will
be on hand to watch the play on which
the ownership of several dozen boxes
of fine cigars will depend. The princi-
pal trophy, however, is a large silver
loving cup offered by Shaw & Brown to
become the property of the team winning
II three times.
Was Main Topic.
ne principal topic OF conversation at
the Board of Trade shad bake yesterday
was the Forthcoming match. In addi-
ton to the other prizes. President GUIDE
has offered handsome bunch of roses
to the player who makes the lowest
round Charlie King has also offered a
box of golf balls to the PLAYER winning
the greatest number of holes
Under the rules as proposed each match
Will count one point, but a new system
of scoring is being considered. If this
should be adopted, each victory will
count one point. with quarter OF d point
for each hole which the winner is up at
the conclusion of the match. IT, for
instance. one contestant was four up on
his opponent after holing out on the
eighteenth green, he would score two
points, one for the win and one for the
four holes. This system of scoring is :.
novelty here, it is stated. but has the
advantage of keeping up the interest in
each match until the last putt is made.
Tom Grant, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce. who has had a series of bottle
pool contests this spring with John +:
Slaren, has offered to caddy for the lat
ter on the following conditions: If Mr..
Slaven wins. Grant receives no compensa-
ton, but If he loses the secretary is to be
possessor of a new hat.
Commissioner Newman Practicing,
Commissioner Newman of the Chambe
team has been rising from his couch each
morning at daybreak in order to get IN a
few hours practice. His present Handicap
is eighteen, but it is believed that after
this match it will be approximately ten.
Herbert Shannon has placed himself in
the hands of the Country Club profession
al and is showing wonderful Improvement.
His score the early part of the week.
n jSciJS iny,t
and it is rumored that the official handi- !
oapper may reduce his handicap to a |
point where his Board of Trade compete |
tor will have at least chance to win.
Otto De Moll has arranged to have d
large monograph mounted on small
truck follow him in his round, the records
TO be exclusively Scotch selections in or
der that the artistic atmosphere may be
complete.
Personnel of the Teams, |
The team selected to represent the
Board of Trade is composed of Henry L. |
West, captain; John c. Davidson, George
2. James, Charles A. Watson, Paris E.
Brengie, Arthur B. Heaton, R. E. Burks,
Alex Britton, Hugh Reilly, Fred B. Pyle,
Charles A. Langley, John c. Walker, r.
A. Weldon, Leo c. Brooks, ]. c. Let's, |
Robert w. Cox, Z. c. Whitford, Robin
u. T.. o..
low 1t is expected that the two cap
tains, Messrs Weaver and West, will play
against each other. Both are familiar
with the Columbia Country Club course
and have frequently played in friendly
matches.
Mr.. davidson holds the amateur record
for the Columbia course-71-and was the
winner recently of the Washington Club
tournament. With Mr.. James he helped
last week to win the Mid-Atlantic Asso-
citation trophy in Richmond for the Co.
lumbia Club. Every effort will be MADE
10 match players of the same caliber
against each other, SO as to insure an in
teresting series of contests.
The Chamber of Commerce will be rep
resented by John L. Weaver, captain.
John w. Brawner, Harris N Brown. O.
j. De Moil William John Eynon, H A. |
ellis 4. s. NARROW, Oliver s.. Metzerott,
W. H. Moses, John l.. Newbold Commits
sloner Oliver p. Newman. J. Albert Shat
fer, Herbert Shannon, John F. Slaven