Evening star., 1915-03-28

the matter was first brought up for
discussion. There is, as a matter o.
fact. very little change made, the
association has merely broadened and
enlarged upon rules already in exist
ence. Briefly. the rules may be vio-
lated In the following manner: BY
playing or teaching the game for pay.
ipcludinS the acceptance of traveliii
or living expenses: for personalla
making or repairing golf balls, golf
clubs or other golf articles for pay.
by serving caddie caddie master or
greenkeeper for hire after reaching six
teen years of age; for lending ones
name or likeness for advertisement
of articles except in the usual course
of business, and for permitting one
name to be advertised OF published TO-
pay as the author of books or articles
on golf of which one is not actually
the author. There are. OF course, many
other violations which are not mem
toned here. but the above are the most
important and are really the maii
points which first brought the subject
up.
Harris y. Brown of Columbia ran
into snag Tuesday afternoon over
the Chevy Chase course when he
undertook to beat the best ball of W.
J: McNally of Columbia and George c
MinniSerode of Chevy Chase. These
two agreed to play him a Nassau
match, allowing him one hole on each
nine. They beat him rather badly.
President Wilson and Dr. Grayson
spent last Th' rsday afternoon on the
Bannockburn links and seemed to en-
JOY themselves immensely. The course
President found it just to his liking.
as he made an exceptionally Sood
score.
James T. McClenihan, chairman o.
the green committee at the Washing
ton Country club. announces that The
following have been appointed 10 tht
tournament committee, which Will
take charge Of the coming event:
Lawrence H Green. cha irMan: DR..
Loren b. r. johnson aad e. Church
mittee at the Washington G. {. doe
not handle the tournament. but sub
committee is created 10 look after this
end Of the >IvorE.
Fred Mcleod the popular profess
sional of the ColumbA Country Club,
who has been with the Audubon Coli
Club of New Orleans this winter. will
return here April :"
Yates Penniman of the Baltimore
Country Club, who was recently re
elected treasurer OF the Middle -Atlantl,
Golf Association, seems to nave fouL'i
himself a life Job. He w2s first given
this position in 1906 and * now start
ing his tenth year.
Eddie" Eynon of Columbia expects
to make this year his best. Although
one of the best players in the city he
has always been woefully weak on his
iron shots and ne has made up his
mind this year to overcome tins de-
ficiency. He is planning to enter tue
championships over the Coun-
try Club of Detroit course in august
and wants to make as good a showtHs
as possible in this big event. He has
a brother living in Detroit and IS
planning to kill two birds with one
stoae," in paying his brother a visit.
Tac tournament committee at Bar
nockburn has q novel program planned
for one of the monthly events this
spring whereby it is proposed that the
200 active golfers OF the club be clas-
sifed into flights representing their
native states. The District OF Column
b;i might have Il slight advantage. but
practically every state IN me unioii
well as an enjoyable tournament
should result.
WASHINGTON Country Club players eN-
pect to get back on permanent greens
about the middle CT next month. while
those from the other clubs viii do So
bout the same time. Columbia, II Is
believed, set q record when 1T opened
its course last Wednesday. Usually the
first week in April is the earliest date
hut the exceptionally early
spring helped all of the courses, with
the result that they all VIII be a Week
or SO ahead of the usual scneduie TINS
year.
The executive committee of the Dis
tricr Golf Association probably will not
meet until about the first week in
anril. at which time several points of
intesest to local golfers will be de-
rided upon. This meeting is subject to
the cali of the president. but Morven
Thomuson, recently elected to that Of
tice. has been SO busy that he has not
mad chance TO get around to it.
The board of governors of Bannock-
,urn has authorized the purchase of an
additional storage tank at the Cabin
John bridge course. This will hold
900 gallons of water for the greens.
Infielder Joe Berger of the White SoX
has finally decided to accept his as
;ignment to the Venice club Of the