Evening star., 1915-11-14
it is likely that the two starting points
| will solve the question and no further
changes will be necessary.

changes will be necessary.
Members of the Kirkside Golf Club
who were fortunate enough to be at the
home hole Wednesday afternoon
were given a rare treat by Treasurer
Charles E. Bright In a match with
match by sinking a ten-foot putt for a
3. This is a 342-yard hole. par 4, and
is generally considered to be one of
the hardest holes on the course be-
all the way.
Tabor Johnson and A. A. Birney, re-
spective captains of the doctors and
lawyers teams at the Washington
Country Club. now are planning to get
together again some day this week in
a team match. They met Saturday a
| week ago and the "medicos" won. The
| ing for a return match which will be
played as soon as a day suitable to
| members of both teams can be decided
| upon. Last Thursday was set. but be-
both teams the. event had to be post
| poned.'
During work on the course at CO.
lumbia, the green committee has de-
cided that bail lying in or on any Of
the new, bunkers. mounds or stakes
may be lifted and dropped back with
out penalty. 49,.
Norman Dempsey. the young George
town collegian, who halls from Georgia,
has been golfing in New Hampshire the
| past season and his good work in the
harvest home event for the Ban
| mock burn title is no surprise to those
who have kept track of his summer
tournament work in. New England.
George. H. Chasmer. and Professional
| Freddie" Mcleod - of the Columbia
Club spent last Sunday in Richmond
| where they played a foursome with
". H. Wallace. who won. the second
and Arthur Reid, pro" at, the Country
E, Club of Virginia. The local pair won
| by 2 uD and 1. Wallace and Reid hop.
| to get back at them some time this
here for a return match. Chasmer and
Mcleod left here yesterday for Phila-
delphia, where they expect to play
matches on both the Merton Cricket
ter, course is generally conceded to be
the best in this country. They will re-
turn tomorrow. -
Because of the ARRANGEMENT of the
course which has just taken place at
Chevy Chase. the golf committee has
announced that the women's tourna-
ment planned for November probably
will be called off. or at least indefinitely
postponed. For some unaccounta BILE
reason interest in golf among the fair
SEX seems to be on the wane at Chevy
Chase. and the women's event already
has had to be postponed once because
so few turned in qualification scores.
President Wilson has played at the
WASHINGTON Country Club almost every
ter of fact, the President probably
plays more regularly than any other
member of the club, as there are very
few days in the year. excepting Sun
days. that he does not play at least
part of a round. - -,
Golfers in Scotland can play until
9 or 10 pm. which enables them to
they haven't anything on Richard
Beattie and william Mackie. two Scots
who are members at Ranneckburn.
This pair Mayed SO holes last wednes-
daylight and quitting at about 5.
Edward B. Eynon jr., of Columbia.
pulled off quite stunt Monday after
noon when he negotiated the seven
teenth hole in two strokes: This is a
260-yard hole set up on hill about
thirty feet high, par for which is 4.
ar, ana II Is raener of ma hard doa 100
at the club, the ball going to within a
foot of the pin, enabling him to sink
his second.
val of the Washington. Country Club
played an interesting threesome Thurs
day afternoon. Duval mana eing to
break all-even arainst the hest hall
Of White and McClenihan. White in
cidentally. Is pretty sure ITO suffer a
cut in his handicap on account Of his
good work in this match when he made
an so. His present rating Is twenty
one strokes. but needless to say he viii
never have 1t again after round like
that.
Allan Lard won last Saturdays
eighteen-hole medal play event at the
Chevy Chase Club with net rs. He
turned in a. gross score of 81. with 5 |
off Sam Dalzell and John A. McIlhen-
ney tied for second with net -79s. The |
former made a gross 81 with handi- |
cap. while the latter went around in |
81 with IL off. |
Basil NJ. Manley, a we'll known Ban
nockburn golfer. % who has been with |
Chairman Walsh on the industrial re- |
lations commission work in the west |
for the past year., has returned to |
Washington and, may now be found on |
the course again during all Of his |
spare time.
George Stone couldn't keep out of |
base ball. He has taken So 900 worth |
of stock in the company that Ducky |
Holmes is organizing to buy the Lin