The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

States Golf Association has announced
the adoption of the following amendment
of the association bylaws referring to
open championship prizes:
Strike out In the event of an anna
teur winning any of the above prizes he
shall be given an equivalent in plate,
and substitute therefore:
IF the score made by an amateur
should entitle him to any of the above
prizes he shall be given a suitable tro
ply in plate. The entire amount of
money prizes shall be divided among pro-
fessional contestants, and in determining
the award thereof the scores made by
anna teurs shall be eliminated.
The committee also voted to add to the
Etiquette of Golf" the following new
section:
Players who do not continue in the
match play rounds of tournament
should be considered to have forfeited
any prize they may have won in the
qualifying rounds"
The opening Of the new Bannockburn
Club house recently was quite an event.
nearly all of the members Of the club
being present with many of their friends.
Speeches, dancing and refreshments
made UP the program. President John L.
Warren was unable to be present, Miss
Alice B. Sanger. vice president of the
club. taking his place on the program
for a speech.
Miss Sanger briefly sketched the history
of the club from its organization by
eight ladies' who met at the home Of Miss
Sarah Bartlett, in Harvard street, in De-
cennber 1898. to the present time.
The first course Of the club was be-
tween Eleventh and Thirteenth streets
in the Whitney avenue section. which is
now built up. The course was laid out
by Mr. Purvis. the present green keeper.
who was at that time an employe of the
Columbia Country Club.
In 1900 the club obtained the ground at
Chevy Chase Circle and shortly after
ward decided to admit the male element
since which time it has steadily pros
pered.
An unsuccessful attempt to pur-
chase the property at Chevy Chase led
to the selection of a new site. the
present one at Cabin John finally being
obtained.
The new course is a regulation one
and offers variety of holes not
found elsewhere in this section. One
good feature of the new grounds is
the large number of shade trees on
the property.
A living room with open fire
place. a dining room, mems locker
room and kitchen make up the first
floor of the clubhouse. while the up
stairs is given over entirely to the
lady members. The living rooms and
ladies' locker rooms are on this floor
The clubhouse is surrounded by
porches, that on the east being set
aside for the use of ladies exclusively
The building cost in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000.
Walter s. Lewis. chairman of the ten
mis- committee at Bannockburn. reports
that the courts have been put in splen-
did condition and he expects to arrange
a series of tournaments beginning in
June.
PLAY in the Harvest Home matches
at Bannockburn was resumed last week.
Judge w c. Prentiss won his match in
the second round against A. l.. Quain-
lance, only to meet defeat in the third
round from William Henry White.
Prentiss plays in good form. but was
not able to carry handicap at four
strokes against White. who is playing
a good game this spring. There are
several splendid matches scheduled for
this coming week. DIR. Samuel H.
Greene will play Edward Williamson.
a new Scotch golfer. in Bannockburn.
Richard Beattie. another new local
player. will play John w. Brawner
the winner playing George A. Rankin
for the finals in the lower half.
C H Mcbride, of Bannockburn, has
returned from Western trip for the
Postoffce Department and is back in
the game again.
DR.. L. o. Howard, chief of the
Bureau of Entomology, complains to
Bannockburn that the new Yictrola
can be heard green No. 3 and that he
cannot successfully put while a tango
is being played The doctor is too
susceptible and falls for the IRE
sistible impulse" to keep time to the
music much to his disgust and dis
credit on the links.
DIR. ]. Millar Ramsay, of North Cap
itol street, has returned to the Ban
nockburn links after a very success
fui season of bowling.
George James had W. Robinson, of the
Country Club of Augusta Ga, as his
guest last week at the Columbia Country
Club.
Bernard Nichols, professional at the
Wilmington Country Club. was in Wash
ington last week and played over the
Columbia Country Club course on Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday with Nc
Leod.
President Wilson PLAYED over the course
of the Columbia Country Club Thursday