Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

With the following exceptions made
by the green committee the rules of
the United States Golf Association shall
govern:
and arc recognized water hazards.
| 2. II hall strikes poles wires another ball
3. hall FALLING in the large drainage ditch
on the fairway OF No. 5 may be dropped back
| 4. Balls lying in or beyond the near quite,
OF the road running parallel to the seventh fair
bounds.
The green committee of Columbia
has made the following announcement
in connection with its independence
day event, to be held tomorrow. There
will be two events, one in the morn
ing and the other in the Afternoon, for
! which no entry fee will be charged.
the program calling for Scotch four
somes" in the morning and for a best
ball medal play event in the afternoon.
In the former the players are to select
their partners and each pair is to re-
ceive a rating Of one-half of their
total handicaps. the same to be de-
Quoted from their eighteen hole score.
all puts to be holed out, fractions of
one-half to count. Partners are to alter
nate drives from tees and strokes through
| the green. with the exception Of penalty
strokes, which do not affect the order
of play. A prize will be given to each
Of the winning pair. In the best-ball
medal play event, each pair will receive
handicap of one-half of its total. al
| lowance. which is to be deducted from
the best-ball score for eighteen holes,
fractions of one-half to count. Prizes
will be given to each Of this winning
made that the same pair is not elig-
ible to win both events.
'Lonnie" Green is in charge of tomor-
LIT
Washington Country Club. He prob
! ably is the most capable of the younger
players of the Virginia club, and DR..
nehemiah. chairman of the green
committee. is making no mistake in
Green was chairman of the special
| tournament committee appointed to
take charge Of the annual spring
event of the club held last May and
it proved to be the most successful
ever held by the club.
In addition to tomorrow's tourna-
ment at Bannockburn. Richard Beattie
and Walter /. Travers are scheduled
to play the final round in the "harve st
home" tournament. This event was
started last fall on the old course, but
unfavorable weather conditions made a
postponeraent necessary. and play in it
Travers and Beattie have finally work
ed their way up to the finals, after
having seen nearly every member Of
the club eliminated, and the fight be-
tween. them should be exceedingly in
terestlng and should bring out some
exceptionally good golf. as both men
are going at top speed at this time.
were here Monday and Tuesday, sew
eral of them were guests of Charlie"
King at the Columbia Country Club
Connie" Mack. Harry Davis and
Catcher Lapp played rounds on both
days.
The warm weather of the past few
days has kept local golfers away from
per cent less players out this week
than last.
A. de Moreira of the Brazilian Iega-
left for his home in South America dur
ing the past week and does not ex-
pect to return for several months.
Local golfers will be interested to
learn that the Norfolk Country Club is
adding an additional nine holes to its
course and when all contemplated
changes have been completed. it's new
the best in the Old Dominion AS
these changes will be made before the
start of next season. this will put the
Norfolk club in line for the Middle At
lantlc IolI ASSOCIATION championship
event, which has heretofore passed it
by because of its abbreviated course
Next years event is slated for the Bal
timore Country Club. but it would not
be at all surprising if Norfolk were
favored in 1917.
Allan Lard and Sam Dalzell played an
exceptionally close and interesting
match at Chevy Chase Thursday after
noon. the former winning. l up. The
match was nip and tuck affair
throughout, with the advantage con-
stantly shifting and neither player ever
being more than / up. They were all
even when they teed off for the home"
hole. Lard winning it with a beautiful
3. His second was dead to the hole,
while Dalzelrs was about eight feet
away, Lard getting the decision when
Dalzelrs attempt missed by a fraction
of an inch.