Evening star., 1915-12-05
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs


From the Local Clubs
Frank l.. Woodward of Denver and
Howard F. Whitney of New York city.
president and secretary, respectively,
| of the United States Golf Association,
we're in Washington Tuesday, and the
| former participated in foursome at
| the Columbia Country Club with L. l..
+ FIaroan, John Davidson and Daniel K.
, Jackson. Secretary Whitney. unfor-
tunately, was i'll practically the whole
time he was here, and was confined to
his bed. These two officers and Walter
s. Harlan of the Columbia Country
Club were appointed as special COM
mittee to endeavor to induce the De-
partnent of Agriculture to devote more
attention TO the development Of fine
grass, such as is used on the greens OF
| golf courses, and it was business IN
! this connection which brought them
here. This committee interviewed the
Secretary of Agriculture and several
bureau chiefs, and the two visitors
went away feeling confident that their
| mission will bear fruit.
At a recent meeting of the board of
/ it was decided to admit limited NUM-
Der of waiting members" The con-
stitution of the club limits the number
of active members to 100. and this hg-
| ure was reached some time ago. a
great many applications for member
ship have been received, however, and
as the course does not appear to be
crowded. the board hit upon this new
plan of enlarging its membership
These members will pay full dues and
Ec dod al
except voting, and will be admitted to
active membership as vacancies oc-
cur.
sional, who susual1y makes his de-
parture for New Orleans December
of each year to act as pro Tor the
Audubon Golf Club there during the
Washington this winter. His arrange
ment with the southern club has been
discontinued for this season, and 1t
is quite likely that in the future he
will be found here all the year round.
James A. White. down, won the spe-
cial prize in the Thanksgiving day
event at Bannockburn. This was a
handicap match. eighteen holes. against
par for special prize offered by the
tournament committee. A. Norbert
Dempsey, with 6 down Go handicap).
was second, while c. H. Bakers
down was good enough to take third
place.
An interesting story is going the
rounds at the Washington Golf and
Country Club of a recent round which
sent two of the caddies home $50
richer Jonathan Bourne and Miss
Sperry were starting out for a round
when the. former senator remarked to
the two caddies that IL he made hole
in single stroke that day he would
/ y,o L NJ
went along until the sixteenth hole.
when Miss Sperry's tee shot landed
on the green and rolled in the hole.
Although he was not figuring on
stunt of this kind, Mr.. Bourne gen.
erously doubled the ANTE" and gave
each of the boys $50 instead of $40.
Incidentally, this stunt of Miss Sper-
rvs is course record. as she is the
Washington Club. This hole is 120
yards in length and par for 1t is 3.
1t has been made in one on but two
other occasions. r. N. Snow and c. v.
Piper having done it two or three
The Chevy Chase Club will hold its
annual meeting Wednesday evening. at
which time officers will be elected and
plans made for the ensuing year. This
meeting probably viii be one Of the
most important held in recent years, as
several subjects in regard to the
hro,,gh+ ~, for daciSion 80 - :
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,ha Man who 10 ~ a,,4h,,s;. seic y,,a,n1
ber of the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club, has just returned from the
haar nc yino 81 tha 90 ~ .hort eftus
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eeorse - Lanes, eag.a.n % s.i1 soli
lem o. tne .o,ui.l"-a Souh.ry C.uo. re-
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fof se,erai yeafs there mar peen
! more OR less oQ1ection from prominent
men IN lae game .c ne Iorm oi organ
tZa.ion - OF me me unltea states Goli Assoe &c
fact tnat the allied clubs. which form
| the large inaJofity OF ITS membership
nave no voice Wnatever IN It's manage
ment and cannot vote at It's meetings
The present iorm OF organization was
adopted nearly twenty years ago and
! conditions have, Of course, changed
considerably since that time. To meet
| these changed conditions and in recog-
a member OF the association to have a
vote at its meetings, and In order tc
make the u s. G. A. a truly representa-
| 1--WE organization and to widen its in
| huence and usefulness. several amend
| ments to the constitution VIII be pro-
| posed at the annual meeting of this
stone Hotel. Chicago, January n. A
rule will very likely be passed allow.