Evening star., 1915-11-07
round over the Bannockburn course
with few friends.
SEIFERT,
End.

round over the Bannockburn course
with a few friends.
After an absence of nearly a year,
Col. William Wheatley of the Chevy
Chase Club returned to Washington
Thursday afternoon and Immediately
journeyed to the club. where he received
a royal welcome. The colonel has just
returned from White Sulphur Springs.
The Columbia Country Club is plan
min ming !, several changes in its course, :.
William Comedian, considered to be
one of the best golf architects in the
country, arrived in Washington Thurs
day and Walter J. Travis, the grand
old man Of the game" came on from
New York Friday, and these two are
now at work assisting Walter Harlan
in the task of still further improving
the course. A description Of the
changes to be made will be published
in this column as soon as something
definite is decided upon.
The 1915 season will be brought to an
end this month at the Washington Sub
urban Club. The green committee has
decided to give the caddies of the club
treat and so is planning two big
events for them, a caddy tournament
and caddy dinner. There also will be
big rally dinner for all members, the
date of which will be announced in
few days.
Many of the older players of the Co
lumbia Country Club will be interested
to learn that Bob" McWatt, who. was
the professional there in 1906, now is
fighting with one of the Scotch regi-
ment swith the allies at the Darda-
nelles.
The qualifying round for the Har-
vest Home" cup and the championship
of the Bannackburn Golf Club was
completed last week, with walter I.
rIS,-ox q Prrrf tr vii ffaT
low qualifying prize. Match play will
begin this week. A representative list
of competitors is made up and many
inter esting contests Will be on the
| when the finals in each sixteen will be
played. The pairings have been made
and are as follows:
First sixteen-J. Martin Scranage VS.. E. D.
Williamson. John w. Brawner vs.; Ben =.
Hunt. Or; I. = " Brown vs. Dr. Samuel Samuel f. T.
Clarke. St. John Apo vs.. A.. n; Dempsey
George A. Rankin VS.. DR.; Bruce l.. Taylor. John
L. Harris Walter /. Trayers, T. g. Demps y
VS.. Richard Beattie.
Second si1teen-Herman Stabier VS.: Dr. J. r.
White T. Dsf Dr. VS. wliss T. Nichols T.
! Emery vs.. Horatio .stonier; John A. Robinson
Manly. DR.. Frederick ]. Bartlett VS.. c. h.
Third sixteen-J F. Day vs. Miss A. E. Short,
ounintance VS.. williara Mackie. j. r. Campbell
VS.. DR.. Waldo Pierce or Bliss n. Davis.
Walter r. Tuckerman and Franklin
| urdays event at the Chevy Chase Club,
a handicap match against par. They
were both down to par.
c. H. williams of the Aronomink Golf
Club of Philadelphia. winner of the
| third sixteen in the Columbia Country
Club tournament, played a round over
| the Washington Country Club course
| last week and was very much pleased
| with it.
| Donald Ball, professional at the
| Washington Suburban Club, has ten
dered his resignation and now is no
green committee probably will not fill
| the position until the beginning of next
season, as there is hardly enough doing
at the club in the winter to need a
| pro"
An interesting match was held at the
/ Washington Country Club last Satur-
| day, when a picked team of eight doc
| tors met as many lawyers. and beat
| them to the tune of to g. Two
matches were ha1ved. Each match was
handicapped, the lower rated player
giving his opponent number of
/ strokes equal to three-fourths the diff
| ference of their ratings. Following the
match the losers set the winners up to
a fine dinner. The results were as fol-
lows:
| Tabor Johnson and A. A.. Birney, all
| even; l.. Mackall defeated ]. P. Schick,
S. F. Taliaferro defeated e. A. Bal
loch. Adam Kemble defeated Mon
cure Burke, E. S. Brashears defeated
| Eppa Rixey, Loren B. T. Johnson de-
| feated E. d. Dunlop, NJ. B. Fischer and
| w. b. Guy, all even, md James T. Nc
Clenihan defeated w. H. White. The
losers are clamoring for a return
match. which probably will be given
them within the next week or SO.
| There will be an eighteen-hole medal
| play event at Chevy Chase Saturday
afternoon. open to members only.