Evening star., 1915-02-21
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES FROM THE
LOCAL CLUBS

| headed delegation of Bannockbnrn
| players to the Cabin John Rridaa
Course last week, where thew diractoa
the removal of surface stones from, ~
~ ashtn '. mole. One other hole is in need
lJo ~ sininsalate clearance of surface peb-
| o,eS ana STONES, and all members Of the
ciub are requested to volunteer 70 heI,,
| the committee out in this respect
| me movies" shown to the members
NJ u;sh rhe Soiumbia Country Club last
| nignt proved to- be easily the feature of
lhe Columbia winter season from n
sporting standpoint. These pictnree
! showed the British amateur and onen
golI championships, which Included
rounds by the four most nron,;nant
american entrants-Ouimet Tr.Hsrs
EVans and Herreshoff; the Oxford'
Sanprldge boat race; the finals of the
PAWS cup tennis matches: the English
Derpy' and one or two comic ones.
! George Sargent. the Chevy Chase pro-
fessional, who will be in charge Of fhe
new golf school to be opened I'm in ona
OF w Nashinston's leading hotels, an
hoGEGes arrangements are progressing
ana that the new school will be onened
thlS week. one of the smaller hall
rooms has been turned over to Sargent
ana ne reports that a good sized crowd
can he accommodated. The course will
be open both day and night and .,oIf-
be allowed to use it for a nominal Zee
equal to about what the caddy fee
would be on a regular course
hole of the Columbia course in two
strokes last Tuesday, which is some
golf This hole is 345 yards (par a..
Britton made good drive, took his
mo M iron ior an approach and. much to
the surprise of himself as well as his
opponent, buried his second stroke
Connie. Doyle did the stunt early
last season, and it is believed that
these two times are the only ones
which have occurred within the mast
three years.
Inc tournament committee at Ban
nockburn has selected a golf club as
prize for Thomas. J. W. Brown. who
made low qualifying score In the Sep
tember tournament. Brown made an SO
IN the qualification round, but was off
form in match play, and was eiiminat-
ed in the first round
For the benefit of those who are
rather impatiently waiting for the ap-
pearance of the 1915 handicap list of
the United States Golf Association.
Walter Harlan, a member of the exec
utive committee of the association,
has announced that this list will not be
completed and ready for publication
for two or three weeks yet. 1t has
been made up and submitted to the
nine members of the executive COM
mittee. Harlan, who is representing
the south. having just received his
copy within the last few days. AS
these members are scattered all over
the country. it necessarily takes some
time for them to receive the lists pass
on them and return them, and just as
soon as this is done, the official list
Will be made up and published.
Miss Alice Sanger. Miss Alice Bur-
bage, Mrs. William NJ. Smith and sew
eral other of the most prominent wom-
golfers of the Bannockburn Club
have been designated as committee
to complete the interior decora tions
of the new Bannockburn clubhouse.
builders, but the artistic tastes of the
fairer golfers are needed to make the
new quarters homelike. I'll
Loren B. T. Johnson is planning q
dinner to be given at the Chevy Chase
Club within the next week or so which
will be followed by bowling. Six mem
bers of the Chevy Chase and six mem
bers of the Washington Country Club
will be invited. and after the spread
an interclub bowling match will be
held The Chevy Chase team probably
will be picked from the following:
Ormsby McCammon. Sam Dalzell.
George c. Minnigerode. William S. Rey-
burn, George Y. Wheeler, John w. Cal
vert, Morven Thompson and H D.
Champion. johnson VIII roll on the
visiting team, the personnel of which
has not yet been decided upon. The
players on both teams are golfers.
John Davidson expects to spend to-
morrow on the Hampton roads course
at Old Point Comfort. He will be away
for the holiday only. being due back
Tuesday morning. |
There will be no Washington birth |
day' events at any of the clubs tomor- |
row, although if the weather continues |
good many expect to play a round or |
so on the various courses.
President Lannon is not sorry that he i
ca11ld not get his price from the High