Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19
interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

III TIUIII UIC IUCdl OIuUC III
| George Sargent, the professional at
the Chevy Chase Club, will not be as
ISOLATED with the Chevy Chase Club
| next year, as he already has signed a
| contract to act as professional for the
| Interlachen Country Club Of Mime
apolis. This is Sargent's sixth year at
the local club. he having come here a
few months after he won the national
open championship in 1909. Since his
connection with the local club Sargent
/ has won the Canadian title 1912) and
| finished among the leaders in most of
the big championship events in which
| he has competed.
A visitor at Columbia last week was
E. P. Mills of the Shreveport, La.
Country Club. Mills is one of the best
i golfers in his club and puts up an ex-
| ceptionally strong game. He and
Mcleod the professional, had several
matches during his visit and he made
the latter hustle all the time and man.
aged to win almost half of them.
The incorporation papers of the
Kirkside Golf Club were filed Thursday
afternoon and plans are now being
made for the permanent organization
of the club. The first regular meeting
| as a corporate body will be held next
| Friday evening, at which time con,
stitution and bylaws will be adopted
and permanent officers elected. Appli-
cations have been coming in regularly
and there are now about 1870 on the
rolls. At the coming meeting one OF
| the most important questions to pc
decided in connection with membership
will be whether limit shall be fixed.
!Several are in favor of limiting the
active membership OF the club to 100
man members, with club privileges
being granted the members of their
families. There is some opposition to
| this. however, but the matter probably
/ will be Strengthened out to the salts
faction of all at Fridays meeting.
| George A. Rankin, chairman or the
| Bannockburn handicap committee, has
4 returned to Washington, after SIX
! week absence. AS soon as he gets COM
| fortabIy settled he will call a meeting
| Of his committee to consider a re-
arrangement of the handicaps as a re-
| suit of the summers play.
| using their new course cards. which
| are great Improvements over those for-
! merly used. The course has been re-
/ surveyed and many changes IN both
! distance and par have been made. Capt.
| Denfeld gave the matter OF getting out
| the new cards a great deal OF study.
| Although the size Is the same as the
| old ones, without crowdins it also can
! be used for foursopes.
| The Kirkside Golf Club already has
| made application for membership to
| the United States Golf Association, and
/ will be made 4 member of this body
] as soon as It's permanent organization
! has been effected. The new organiza-
! ton also expects to join the Middle
Atlantic and the District of Columbia
| associations and to take an active in
| terest in all golf affairs.
Capt. George P. James announces the
following will make up the team rep
| resenting Columbia in the team
matches to be played over it's course
championship: Edward B. Eynon, jr.;
| l.. l.. Harlan, John c. Davidson Don
aid woodward and George P. James.
| Woodland is the only new member on
| the team, ne having ousted A. s. Mat
tingiy and William c. Ballantyne. both
Of whom We're members of last year s
team. which was composed of six men
| instead of five. Woodward is a young
| ster who has come to the front by
, leaps and bounds and who is still i'm
proving. He has no pronounced weak
. ness. and many predict that with a
| wear or more of experience he will
! prove to be one of the best players
I Washington has ever had.
In the consultations of the September
i tournament at Bannockburn two
| matches were played during the past
week. Stabler t20) and Hewitt (20)
ISJ. by up and 2, while Warren
! G2) and w. c. Worthineton G2) tied
| with Taylor G0) and Travers GO), and
viii play another round Tuesday. The
! semi-fnals in the main event have
been reached. and it is expected that
during the ensuing week Sutliff and
, Doyle. winners of the lower half. will
meet the winners of the upper half for
; the prize. Tuesday, Sutliff and Doyle
defeated the strong combination of
, Brown and sDurand in hard-fought
, battle. by up and .. DR.. Brown. as
! usual. made some of his famous long
ably assisted by Durand, but the
. Irish team never eased UP and al
WAYS had just shade the better of it,
The best ball Of Satlih and Doyle was
| SO. and the composite score of both
teams was 20.
! Definite dates now have been set for
the two big closed handicap events
played at Chevy Chase every year
those for the Siamese aad president
cups. The Siamese cup is q permanent
/ trophy given the club by former
i Siamese minister, and must be won
/ three times before becoming the per-
manent property of the winner f. NJ
| Talcott is the only player who has won
| ii more than once. and victory for
| him this year will make the handsome
! prize his. Qualification ca rds for this
years event are to be he nded in on the
day the round is played, between Sep
. TENDER 10 and October 10. the lowest
! thirty-two to qualify at match play as
follows: First round. October ia: sec
! ond round, October IA: third round. DC
tober Is: semi-final round. October 16.
| and final round. October II. In addi-
ton to having his name inscribed on
| the trophy. each yearly winner is given
| a prize, while the club this year also
| will give one to the runner-up.
The president of the club each wear
gives prize. which goes to the win
| ner, this event being known as the
presidents cup. The qualification round
| In this tourney will be from October /
| to "a. both dates inclusive. thirty two
to qualify for match play as follows: