The Washington herald., 1914-05-31
Pairings to Be Announced
Tonight in Monthly
Tournament.
DESIGNS ARE SELECTED

Play in the first monthly golf tourna-
ment of the Columbia Country Club. will
begin tomorrow when the first round will
be opened in the various sixteens. Juds-
ing from the many qualification scores
turned in it probably is that five sixteens
will be made. The qualification round
closed yesterday. and the pairing will be
made tonight.
Alpheus Winter stated that the sixteens
will be determined by the lowest gross
scores, the ties for last places in all six
teens being decided by lot. The play-of
in each sixteen will be by handicap match
play, the lowest handicap player to start
the higher handicap player number Of
holes up" equal to one-haf the diff
ference in their handicaps, one-half to be
considered a hole.
Contestants were allowed to hand in
as many cards as they desired between
May 10 and 30, the lowest gross scores
only to count. The handicaps of the
various players will be revised today and
the play Of the June tourney will be
accorded to the new allowances Qualifi-
cation cards, together with any other
scores of matches, will be used in the
revision of the handicaps. The play-off
dates follow:
First round from June to June Z, in
elusive; second round from June s to
June II: semi-final round from June Is
to une n; finals from June . to une %.
Much interest is being manifested in
the first annual championship tourna-
ment of the District of Columbia Golf
Association which will be held at the
Columbia Country Club June 20 and II.
and judging from the number Of en-
tries received the event will be one of
the most successful ever held in the Dis
trict.
A partial list of the entries received
up to last night follow: Daniel X. Jack
son, Columbia; DIR. Thomas J. W.
Brown, Bannockburn: Al w. Winter.
Columbia: George p. James, Columbia;
A. B. Shelton. Columbia; John c. David
son. Columbia: John w. Brawner. Co
lumbia; E. B. Eynon. jr., Columbia. and
George E. Truett, Washington Country
Club.
Play will be at seventy-two holes,
medal play, the contestant making the
lowest total score being the champion
and the players making the sixteen low
est scores will be the ranking sixteen
in the District for the ensuing year. A
tie involving the first, second and third
place will be decided by an eighteen
hole play-off. while all other ties will
be played of at the end of the second
days play:
AT a meeting Of the board of directors
of the Washington Country Club recently
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: DR.. Joseph Taber Johnson.
reelected president; Frank Upman, re-
elected vice president: Edward Varela.
reelected treasurer: r. W. Snow, secre- ]
tary; DR.. Loren B. T. johnson, chairman
Of membership committee: Earl Wheeler.
chairman Of greens committee; L. H.
Steel, chairman Of house committee; c.
T. Kingsbury. chairman of the. court
committee.
The design Of the medals for the win
ners in the District Of Columbia Golf
Association tourney was selected by the
executive committee last week. In addi-
ton to having the words District Of
Columbia Golf Association" on the medal.
the dome OF the Capitol the American
eagle and shield are artistically arranged
on the prize. This will be the, perma-
nent design Of the medal and VIII be used
every year.
June Is Is the date selected for the Sec
ond battle between. members OF the golf
teams. Of the Chambep Of Commerce and.
the Board Of Trade. 70 be played at the
Columbia Country Club