Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-13
GOLF NOTES.


tainly deserves to win the home and
home" match trophy this year. and II
hard work counts for an; thing it will do
SO, as Capt. George James and his fol-
lowers have laid out a regular cam
paign" with this end In view. Just prior
to the Middle Atlantic championships
Capt. James had his men out twice a
week-Wednesdays and Saturdays-and
on these days they played foursomes to-
gether. kept their cards, and after the
matches analyzed them. talked them over
and pointed out to one another his weak
ness. AS result Columbia won when
the event was finally held. For the
home and home matches. in addition tc
these regular practices. the campaign
calls for a trip to Baltimore every week
SO that the players MAJ familiarize them
selves with the Baltimore Country Club
course. over which the event Is to b
played. Wednesday the second Of thest
trips was made Capt. James. DR.. Lee L
Harlan. John c. Davidson. William c
Ballantyne. Alpheus Winter, Daniel X
Jackson, Arthur Shelton and E. B. Ely
non. IT.. making up the party. The men
received an early start. arrived there
soon after o'clock and PLAYED all day
Another trip is being planned for this
week.
The team of the Baltimore Country
Club will not be as strong in the home
and home" matches as was expected. as
B. Warren Corkran, who has. by the way
been beating him quite regularly Of late,
! will not be on the team. He enters
Princeton this fall and will be unable to
participate in the event, which will be
he'd October and O. AS Princeton just
won the intercollegiate championship In
! golf TO rthe first time, the addition Of a
player Of the Corkran type should do a
great deal toward keeping the champion
! ship there.
Morven Thompson. chairman OF the golf
committee at Chevy Chase and captain
of the golf team. will return from his
mediately take up his duties again. Dur
ing his absence Walter c. Mendenhail
hrs been looking after the golf affairs Of
the club with great success.
J. r. Prentiss of the Mohawk Golf
Club, Schenectady. N. Y. spent last Sat-
urday and Sunday with Earl Wheeler.
chairman of the green committee, at the
Washington Country Club While here,
he spent most Of his time on the links,
he and Wheeler winning two foursomes
from Frank Rhea of Columbia, and How
arst ending 2 up and l. while they won
the second / up, by. taking the home"
hole.
Dr. Walter Harlan. chairman of the
green committee at Columbia. just re-
trrned from his vacation this week.
While away Or. Harlan stopped off at
Manchester for the amateur CHAMPION
ships with the dual purpose of seeing the
event and Of extending invitations to
some of the prominent golfers to COM
pete In the annual fall event of the CO.
'umhia Club. which will be held here the
latter part Of next month. He is not yet
prepared to give out anything, but SAYS
he has the promises Of number Of well
known players. From another source 1t is
promised to be on hand is Fred HERE
schoff. Last years event attracted more
than dozen out-of-town players and 1t
Is believed that this years will do the
same.
The August tournament Of the Ban
nockburn Golf Club was completed last
week, It being behind schedule because
Of the rains of the previous week. About
forty players participated, the prize win
ners being as follows: B. B. Hunt. in the
first flight, defeating DR.. H. J. Nichols
in the final round. :, up and 1: John S.
Morris. in the second sixteen, winning
from H. w. Chesley in the finals, up
and 9, and William Henry White. In the
third, beating DR.. L. Q. Howard in the
finals.
E. Lodge Hill of Columbia made the
best round Of his career Labor day when
he turned in a gross 20 in the sweep
stakes" event. He fell down on two
holes or would have come close to par
figures He took four puts on the
thirteenth green and followed this with
three on the fourteenth He has been
putting up a splendid gabe of late and IS
undoubtedly due for another slice In his
handicap.
william c. Rallantyne Of Columbia re-
turned this week from Siasconset, Mass.
where he spent the summer Ballantyne
Won the middle Atlantic title last year.
.,ut was not in good heath when the
event was he'd this spring. He has been
9laying golf all summer and has COM
,ietely recovered and it is reported he Ia
now going better than ever. l this is
80 these who are doping out" the VIM
ners don't want to overlook his name
zap man who is sharing honors with
Walter Tuckerman. He Is ]. P. Bishop,
an ex-Yale player. who is now studying
Jaw at Georgetown University Bishop
has a summer membership but his name,
1t is understood, Is posted for regular
membership.
Eddie Eynon won the first sixteen OF
the August tournament at Columbia,
which was not decided until this week,
defeating e. Lodge Hill. up and 2, In
the final round He started Hill 8 up.
but had the match squared at the fourth |