Evening star., 1915-08-08

The tie will probably be played off
,, some time this week.
w. E. Shannon, H. G. johnson and
John L. Weaver, ali of Columbia, were
the guests of r. L. Corby on the CoroS
private course last week and played an
interesting fourSome. =
The closed handicap tournament
planned for the Washington Suburban
Club for this month for the President
cup. presented by President Morton
Luchs, has been postponed until next
month";
A report is going the rounds to the
made up of employees of the Department
Of the Interior, is planning to hold q golf
tournament in the near future. Several
members Of the Home Club. including
are members of the local golf clubs. and
are anxious to get together In strict
ly Home Club event. Plans are now
being worked up and all of the golfers.
will be given further information as
soon as the details have been decided
upon.
John T. Harris, chairman Of the tourna.
ment committeesof the Bannockburn Golf
Club, will return from three-week
business trip to Newport and New
York city Wednesday; ,I During his his ab, D.
charge. of the course.
Mcleod and Sargent. the professionals
at Columbia and Chevy Chase. respec-
competing in various events. Mcleod
played in the Philadelphia open
Thursday and Friday, while Sargent
left here Friday night for a trip to
the White Ipountains. where he will
play exhibition matches with James
Barnes and Tom Mcnamara, two we'll
known pros" Both of the local men
will leave the latter part of this week
for Lombard, ILL.,. to compete in the
western open championship August Is
and 49, This will be at seventy two
holes medal play. AS a preliminary to
| the western event, the Glen Oak Coun-
try Club, on which course the tourna-
| ment will be played, will hold an open
| there will be a four-ball. foursome.
eighteen holes, partners to be de-
termined by draw. while on the follow
ing day there will be a thirty six hole
medal play event. AS both of the local
players have been showing their best
form in practice, great things are ex-
pected of them.
Manager Branch Rickey and Short
stop Johnnie Lavan of the ST. Louis
Browns were visitors at Columbia
Monday and Tuesday and played rounds
with Claude S. Watts.
Bannockburn probably will hold a
four-ba foursome event for it's August
tournament. The entrants can select
their own partners and enter as a team
The teams will then be handicapped by
| the tournament committee and draw
ings made in the regular way.
| An interesting professional match
was played in Washington last week
between K. Mccarthy of Jacksonville
| Fla; George Sargent and Fred Nc
Leod. 1t was at thirty-six holes, eight
cen being played at Chevy Chase and
eighteen at Columbia. Mcleod won
Mccarthy stopped over a day while
passing through Washington on his
/ return from the New London open
| event.
| George P. James, captain Of the Co.
lumbia golf team. left this week fol-
his vacation in North Carolina. He
| took his clubs with him and expects
to spend great deal of his time on
the links while away.
The Chevy Chase course was resur.
| veyed Wednesday In connection with
the proposed changes. 1t was found
that some of the distances were wrong.
ly shown on the card, but this will be
rectified on the new one now beina
printed