The Washington herald., 1915-05-09

Albert Howard. the one-armed player
third place with II. W. Clarke. of Ban
nockburn, in the eighteen-hole haBdica ,
event tmedal playD at the Washington
Country Club Saturday. Howard is not
only a golf player OF ability. but can ham
die a tennis racquet.
At meeting of the golf committee of
the Chevy Chase Club last evening the
question of a closed womens tournament
10 be played during the month of May
and the question of rearanging the course
came up for consideration.
The annual meeting of the Washington
Country Club will be held at the club
house. Jewel. Va. Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock. when officers will be elected
for the year and a vote taken on several
amendments to the constitution.
The Washington Country Club is add
ing another tennis court to the property
which already boasts of three. 1t will
be ready for use by the latter part Of
the week.
According to prominent member of
one of the local golf clubs. all of the
local clubs have suffered from loss of
membership this year, a condition of af-
fairs which seems to prevail all over the
country due to the European war and
the poor business conditions in the United
States
The first tournament Of the season over
the course of the Hermitage Golf Club
vas started yesterday. Col. James II.
Branch has presented a handsome silver
loving cup to be played for by the men,
bers of the club.
The new clubhouse and grounds of
the Bannockburn Golf Club having been
formally opened for the use of club men,
bers. the grounds at Chevy Chase will
he given PIP on June /, and Secretary ID.
L. Hazard has sent out a notice advis-
ing all club members to empty their
lockers at the old course before that
date.
Exactly AZ more than last year. or a
total OF approximately 1,40o names. ap-
pear on the 1915 handicap list of the Golf
Association of Philadelphia. The list in
cludes only golfers who are entitled to
hsndicaps of eighteen strokes or less.
and of the entire number only 1859 have
allowances of less than ten strokes. w.
c. Fownes. jr. OF Pittsburgh, a former
national amateur champion. who plays
from the Pine Valley Golf Club. is low
man. with a handicap of two strokes. the
same rating given him by the United
States Golf Association. Harold r. Nc
Farland, Huntingdon Valley, who was
placed at two strokes last year. is now
at foure along with a dozen others.
c. B. Buxton. Pine Valley G. A.
Crump. Pine Valley; II. W. Perrin. Pine
Valley; W. G. Pfeil. Huntingdon Valley;
Maurice Risley. Seaview. and r. s.
Worthington. Cricket Club. who were
rated at three last year. are now four
handicap men. in company with DR..
Simon Carr, Pine Valley; E. W. Clark, Sd,
Country Club: II. II. Francine. Hunting
don Valley. the individual champion of
Philadelphia: G. V. Rotan, Pine Valley;
H. L. Topping. Pine Valley. and H. l..
Willoughby. jr., Country Club. 1t may
be noted that Pine Valley includes among
its members some OF the foremost golfers
in the country.
One great feature of golf in America
that rivals our European cousins is the
number OF women players that we have
in this country. Some time ago it was
the disposition of some clubs to discour-
age the women players Now it is no.
ticed that they are being encouraged
more and more every year. Women golf
tournaments are now a thing of no small
importance. In England there is a club
where women play exclusively and
where men are seldom admitted
We cannot boast of that in America
yet. but the time is fast coming when
women golfers will be almost as numer-