Evening star., 1914-08-09
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

AS was predicted in last Sundays Star.
William 8. Reyburn. of the Chevy Chase
Club has been given rating by the
United States Golf Association and now
ranks with John Davidson of Columbia
and Allan Lard Of Chevy Chase at Ave
strokes. This makes him eligible to COM
pete in the national championships to be
held at the Ekwanok Country Club.
Manchester. VT, August 81 to September
8. inclusive, details for which event have
just been received at the local clubs. Only
those American players who have been
given a rating by the national body and
foreign players especially invited by the
executive committee Of the association
are eligible to compete The program
follows: Monday. August 81, qualifica-
ton round at thirty-six: holes, the thirty
two players turning In the best scores
to qualify for match play; Tuesday, Sep
tember 1, first round at match play,
thirty-six holes; Wednesday. September
2 second round at match play, thirty-six
holes; Thursday, September B. third
round at match play. thirty-six holes;
Friday, September 4, semi-fnal round,
thirty-six holes; Saturday, September 8,
will be the amateur champion for 1914
and will be given a gold medal, the club
which he represents to be given the GUS
tody of the "Havemeyer Cup" for the
year. The runner-up will be given Sill
yer medal, while the other semi-finalists
will receive bronze ones OF the same die.
Washington undoubtedly will be better
represented this year than 1t has been in
the past Notwithstanding that in pre-
vious years 1t has had more than dozen
eligibles-more than three times as many
as it has this year. Tuckerman. Lard
and Reyburn expect to enter the event
this year. Davidson being the only one
who will not send in his name.
Frank Phelps a prominent member OF
the Columbia Country Club, left town this
week for Toronto, Canada. for ten-day
trip. He took his clubs with him and
links in that part Of the country.
Reports from the new Bannockburn
course near Cabin John bridge are very
encouraging. The well drilling IS nearly
completed and as soon as 1T ia the reser-
voir will be built and the water piped
to the various greens. II present plans
materialize, the new course will be one
of the best Watered OF the local ones III
fact, the natural water supply has been
considered one of the best features of the
course. In addition to several streams,
there are three good springs scattered at
intervals
In connection with the addition of the
names Of Allan Lard and w. 3. Reyburn
to the handicap list by the u. $. q. A.
local golfers will be interested to learn
that advice has been received TO tne
effect that the executive committee Will
accept the data it now has with respect
to Dr. Lee Harlan of Columbia, ana VII,
restore his name to the much discussed
list if he SO desires and if he will send
", n n tournament,
Lee has won so many laurels at goll,
however, that the honor of having MS
name appear among the elite does not
appeal to him as it probably would to
Younger and less experienced player. and
as he does not intend to enter the event
he has taken no action toward naVins
a rating given him. DR.. Harlan is one
Of those had in mind when the question
of WHY only two local players were given
a rating was brought up at the time the
handicap list was first published, ana u
would not be at all surprising ms
name and those of several others OF 'he
local contingent would not be round OH
the 1915 list when 1t is made up.
Moryen Thompson, captain of the
Chevy Chase golf team and chairman ol
the golf committee, expects to leave mere
next Saturday for a months vacation at
North Hatley, Canada. There IS nice
little nine-hole course there which he eS-
poets to use great deal while away
A. s Mattingly and John Davidson won
an interesting match, Nassau count,
from Dr. Lee Harlan, Dr. howard
Cobey and F. l. Davis at Soiunloia
Wednesday afternoon, : up Ihey Won
the first three holes and every other one
was balyed going out, making them 3 up
at the turn while they were ! Gown 1of.
the last nine. winning the tenth ana los
ing the eleventh and fifteenth. all OF .he
others being halved. The fact that
twelve of the eighteen holes were haiVeo
shows how close the match was
George Sargent and Fred Mcleod,
Washington's two entries in the Metro-
politan open championships returneo II
day. very much disappointed over their
showing. Each of these players has heid
the national open title, but oddly enough
neither has done very wen since saIs.e s.la
doing the better work by winning lne
Canadian title in 1912. Their rather poor
sbow,;nq has been the source of great
de.l of comment around the CLUBS, as just
before eac htournament potn nave ap-
parently been right on top OF thelr Ee'tie
and vet have fallen down rather paoiH III
competition. But golf aiilels = diyorant
games in that each course Is dl1ereHe
and Familiarity with the course Is one OF
the most important features OF the game,
and the chances are that u they "ouiu
get an earlier start and play over tne
course for tive or six days just pr1or TO
the event that they would show nearer
to their best form.
j. Hs deSbour won last weeks CLOSED
handicap match against par at the Chevy
chase club with l down. waiter Z.
Mendenhall and DR.. Devereux. each with
!, down, tying for second. Twenty-seven
PLAYERS entered the event. but the follow
ing were the only ones to turn In their
cards:
IT daSihour L down
w. A. Mendenhall. l..........-..3 down
DR.. DevereauX. X.....,....-....--.5 GOWN
J. r. Marshall. l............-....-4 ooWn
E. w. Parker. down
|, IA. A. ellis g down
H. Taylor. q down
E. F. Ladd. d.....................7 down
Another handicap match against par is