Evening star., 1915-01-24
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES FROM THE
LOCAL CLUBS

! is shown expects to make an announce
| ment regarding the proposed tourney
| in the near future. Many other cities
which have taken up the indoor game
| have held regular events. Chick
| Evans the western titleholder, having
| recently won the indoor title at Chi
cago. \ course Of about 5000 yards
with par "A is now being figured on
and If, as stated above. enough interest
| is shown by the local players, a cham
pionship event with appropriate prizes
| will be held.
Samuel Purvis, the present profess
sional of the Bannockburn Club. will
| continue in that capacity when it
moves to it's new course near Cabin
John bridge in April
The recently organized Columbus
Country Club formed from members of
| the knights of Columbus, had the right
idea when it elected Capt. C. Eugene
Edwards to office. Capt. Edwards has
| for years been the anchor man" OF
| all athletics at the National Guard.
He is great hustler, knows every
form of athletics from A to z, and is
! just the man for a club in its forma-
tive stages. He has taken great in
terest in the new organization, and
those who know him say he will do
more than his share toward getting it
on its feet. The club intends to branch
Il. I
has an exceptionally fine plant near
Arlington and promises great things
The twenty-four players who were
I'M own into the consultations of the
harvest home" event at Bannockburn
completed their matches during the
past week. In the semi finals John
Speed Morris 90 defeated Mai Butler
Q6) by l up. While John 7. Harris (1s)
defeated Claude w. Calvin (oO) by 5
up and >. In the finals Harris defeated
! Morris by the same score. This latter
event was played Oh extremely wet
grounds and rather poor medal scores
were made.
Norris has won more prizes during the
past season than any other player at
Bannockbuln and under more favora BILE
conditions might have captured another
here.
An interesting foursome was played at
Columbia Saturday. the 10Th, in which
some exceptional golf was shown consider
Ing the cold weather. John Davidson and
his son defeated Daniel K. Jackson and
Dr. c. H. Stearns, up. in Nassau match
Going out, the Davidsons were / down.
but they managed to come in with .
hoie lead. Doc StearnS furnished the
feature when he went out in 49, In
eight out of nine holes he took but one
putt, in every case either holing his APP
proaches or laying them dead. He had
1"o CASSptlOIdI luveS-lue SlXtu anu
ninth. On the former he missed four
shot, yet made the hole in that number
Of strokes. He sliced his drive to the
rough. hooked his second. topped his
approach. and then capped the climax
by sicing a long putt. his ball hitting
lump Of dirt and rolling into the hole.
On the ninth hole, he buried a eO-yard
approach with his mid-iron Davidson
was best coming in, counting four SIS.
and scoring 3S.
Earl Wheeler, chairman of the green
committee OF the Washington Country
Club, has resigned both from the COM
mittee and from the club. Wheeler is
going into new business which will pre-
vent him from playing golf and so is ccm-
PEELED to give up the game. His resig-
nation has been accepted with regret Dr.
James T. McClenalan will succeed him,
effective February l. the board of COVER
nors having elected him to fill the uneX-
pired term. DR.. McClenaran has been a
member of the green committee for some
time. is not new to the duties and un-
doubtedly is the best man in the club for
this important position.
". c. Worthington and Miles Tayior
both OF Bannockburn. played an interest
ing indoor match Wednesday in which
the latter came out second best up ~
23 holes. They played the distances o.
the Bannockburn course and were highly
elated with the idea of transferring their
hcme course from outside to indoors.