Evening star., 1915-02-14

Chevy Chase and Columbia courses are
noted. Either course may be played.
William s. Reyburn of Chevy Chase at
present holds the record for the Column
| bia course at the "Brawner Club with
ffty-seven, while there are several
tied for top honors playing Chevy
Chase. Brawner, representing the Co
| lumbia Country Club. and Reyburn. on
behalf of Chevy Chase, have gotten to-
gether and planned an intcrclub match
between teams of eight players repre-
senting these organizations. to be de-
cided within the next week or So
Brawner has written to the following
Columbia players, asking them to join
his team: DIR. Lee L. Harlan. George
+. James, John c. Davidson. DIR. OTIS n
Wood, Arthur Is. shelton. Daniel n
Jackson, Montgomery e. Danforth and
George Chasmar. He has not yet heard
from several of them, but says he Will
| have good team on hand at the proper
time. Reyburn is out of town. but is
expected back today, and he Will imne-
diately get busy and scare up his
followers. and an exceptionally warm
match is looked for when the two sides
get together. According to present
plans. each player will be charged 81
entry fee, and with this money Will be
purchased two cups. to be given as first
and second prizes Drawings viii be
| made and the two teams will be consid-
cred as a sixteen and play at match
play with a prize for both the winner
and runner-up. There is. however.
possibility that change will be made
in the style of competition. and those
I in charge may decide to put members
Of the opposing teams against each
other. Definite plans will be made
| within the next few days. however, at
| which time a date will be set and all
details worked out.
Frank w. Collins. who for many
years has been an active member of
| the board of governors of the Ban
mock burn Golf Club. has resigned from
the club, as he is now engaged in the
practice of law at Missoula, Mont. He
reports splendid golf facilities in the
northwest and hopes that some of his
eastern friends will drop off and let him
show them some of the western courses
| when they are on their way to the
Panama-Pacif1c exposition this summer.
The warm weather of the past few days
has brought out the players in droves.
and one or two of the local courses looked
almost crowded Wednesday afternoon.
Golf is q game which is ever on the minds
of its devotees, and very few of the fol-
| lowers of the royal and ancient game
ever overlook any opportunities OF play
| ing a round or two when the weather
! permits during the closed season.
| When one stops to consider how much
golf is played all over the world 1t IS
really surprising that SO few accidents
occur on the links. Besides the danger
| of being hit with a. ball. one has to take
| chances on getting into poison oak or IVY
and messing with snakes or bees, to say
| nothing of the danger in turning an ankle
or in some other way getting break Or
strain. Last year the accident of Chas-
mar at Columbia was the most serious of
the year in the local golf world. This
year Morven Thompson of Chevy Chase
had a narrow escape when he was struck
with ball from George Sargents driver
last week. Thompson and Gen. Z. NJ.
Weaver were playing round and they
waved for Sargent to pass them. The
day was very misty and consequently 1t
was almost impossible to see the ball.
Thompson stepped aside, but Sargent
hooked his drive and the ball struck
Thompson a blow on the leg. Luckily
nothing serious resulted, and iR day or
so the golf committee chairman didn't
| even limp, but had the ball hit him in
the head there might have been another
story to tell.
'Lonnie'' Green. one of the most popu-
lar of the younger golfers Of the WASH
Iington Country Club, is following the
steps of many others and keeping in
| condition on the alleys during the closed
golf season Green is rolling a splendid
game. and has an average right around
the 100 mark.
At a recent meeting of the board of
A governors of the Columbia Country
4 Club plans were made for a steel flag
pole for the club and a flag committee
| was appointed to select a flag and
club co1ors. The committee has de-
cided upon a blue ground with white
letters. A flag has been ordered.
| The board of governors of the Chevy
committee for 1915. Two new names
| have been added this year. the person
| mel of the committee being as follows:
Morven Thompson. chairman: Messrs.
| ri nh II of
Kaufman, Walter C. Mendenhall. ]. H.
| De Sibour and Col. A. S. Worthington,
and Mrs. Ormsby McCammon and Mrs.
c. L. Frailey. W. C. Mendenhall and
of the others having been on the 1914
committee.
! The contractors, having somewhat
delayed in doing the sewerage con-
struction at the new Bannockburn
course near Cabin John bridge. were
| surprised last week to see another
foreman and gang suddenly appear
and finish the work up. 1t seems that
President John L. Warren's attention
was called to the matter and, as he is
a builder and contractor himself, he
| Immediately dispatched some of his
| own workmen to the scene with in
| structions not to leave until the tanks
and plumbing were perfected In ad-
| dition to this, a gravel walk from the
| cars has been made, SO that improve
ments are now practically completed.
The club expects formally to open up
| its clubhouse and new course some
| time this month, while there proba ably
will be an informal affair announced
| for February %.
| Bowling seems to be quite substi-
| tute for golf during the winter months
| and several of the Chevy Chase Club
golfers have taken up the pin game.
The alleys at the club are in use con-
stantly and the club has on it's roster
| several exceptionally good players,
Fleming Newbold and Ormsby Mccain
mon, two prominent golfers, are look
ing after the bowling interests Of the
| club.
| 1t is quite likely that the members
| of the Columbia Country Club who
planned to play the indoor game in the
Lehman building this winter, will give
up the idea for this year because of
| the lateness of the season. The scheme
was taken up rather late, in the first
| place. but it was thought at the time
| that things could be gotten in running
I order by the first of the year. Capt
| George James, who was looking after
| things. was taken i'll and has practical
| ly been under the weather ever since
1 and has consequently not been able
to look after the details, and. as no one
| else volunteered, things have not pro-
gressed much. Alpheus Winter, George
James, Dan Jackson, P. L. Hodges, c.
! II. Stearns. A. E. Leet, S. p. Thompson.
| E. B. Eynon, jr., John c. Davidson, Lee
| Harlan. Herbert Shannon, H. E. Doyle,
| F. Graves O. r Drown 2 porry