Evening star., 1915-10-03

Moonlight solfng is something new
in these parts and has been introduced
at Bannockburn. II you want to try
1t wait for night having clear sky
and bright moonlight. See that the
| moon Is high In the sky SO as to avoid
having sweeping shadows and obtain
plenty Of fore caddies. Small pocket
flashlights come in handy for search
ing in shadows and for driving of
means least, drive q short shot as
straight down the course as possible.
| Last Saturday this experiment was
tried out for the first time by party
| Travers and Miss Susie Peck beating
]. N. White and Miss Alice Miller by
up in a twelve-hole match Play was
begun at S:45 and finished at II. Three
balls were lost. A small gallery watch
ed the match and formed itself into
White and Travers made some splendid
shots. Travers. aided by a fashlight
on the shadowy No s tee. drove the
green nicely with bobby iron 10
putting and approaching. Miss Susie
Peck holing a forty-foot putt A late
supper at the clubhouse finished up the
evening. and all agreed that the
moonlight" game was great sport.
Several parties now are anxiously
waiting for an evening when condi-
tions are favorable SO that they can
try 1t out.
! The qualification round in the "presi-
| dents cup" event was held last Sun
| day at the Washington Suburban Club
| and match play now is on the cards
/. L. Goldheime turned In the lowest
qualifying card. The winner of the
mated by President Morton J. Luchs.
while r. Harris has offered a prize for
the winner in the second sixteen.
Members of the Chevy Chase Club
| are curious as to who will be the sue
lcessor to George Sargent. the profess
sional. who will leave March !. AS a
taken no steps toward filing the po-
| sition, although several applications
have been received and placed on file
for consideration when the question
Is taken up Aside from being a good
player and a good teacher, personality
and temperament will be<given consid-
cradle weight in. filling the job. AS
many of the pros now are signing
all surprising II the question were not
taken up in the near future, so as to
give the club officials a large field to
| select from.
In an interesting foursome wednes-
pheus Winter beat Capt. Coles and
George James. 2 up. on the Columbia
course. Capt. Coles had a rather un-
pleasant experience when playing the
ball rolling to the brook. While stand
4 ing on the bank attempting to play out
1t gave way. sending him head first
into the water. He received Sure
enough bath and has been made the
butt of a great many jokes on this
account ever since.
The organization of the Kirkside
Golf Club now is complete. At its
first meeting. held a week or SO ago. a
and this board was authorized to select
officers for the club from it's own men,
bers. and Immediately following the
meeting Messrs. Charles Bright and
secretary. respectively. Another meet
ing was held during the past week, at
j which time Thomas A. Poole was elect
ed president: Charles Golden Miller.
manager: Milo H. Sutliff, greens man
ager. and Bliss NJ. Davis, tennis man.
ager. Already Mr.. Sutlin has made
arrangements tents to get an experienced
several changes and improvements
have been planned for the near fu-
ture. The club is planning to take an
active part in local golf affairs and
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tournament will be held this fall
A committee composed of James
Sharp. A. B. Heaton. Daniel X. Jackson,
Frank Leech and R. E. Burkes was ap-
pointed some time ago. to nominate
officers and governors for the Column
bia Country Club. to be voted for at the
regular meeting this month. It has
made the following gselections,Jwhich.in in
the case of each officer is a nomination
for reelection: EmmonS s. Smith,
president: Walter s. Harlan. vice pres
ident; Arthur B. Shelton, secretary, and
John Poole. treasurer. For governor to
AL the unexpired term to October. 1917.
Horace A. Dodge was named. while the
following were nominated for govern
ors to serve until October. 1913: VIII
liam E. Shannon, A. Y. Leech. jr.; J. E.
Baines, w. H. r. Brandenburg and
| Frank Govern.
]. E. McClenihan and Walter Gilman
beat George e. Truett and John Writ
in an interesting foursome at the
Washington Country Club wednesday
afternoon, winning Aup and L. The
i feature was furnished by Truett. when