Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
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Mrs. De Farges had missed similar
one for half,
An interesting threesome WAS played
Alpheus Winter played the best ball OF
Arthur Shelton and Daniel K. jackson.
the latter pair giving him holes at
each half of the match. Going out,
Winter was 1 down at the turn and 1t
looked very much as " he were going
to be beaten again on the last nine
holes, as he was on the edge OF the
eighteenth green on his third. while the
other two were well on. They each
took two puts and thought they would
surprise, Winter holed his for :,
making him ! up for the inward trip
and giving him a half for the match.
These monthly tournaments which
have been on the cards at the various
local clubs this year have brought
out an interesting problem for the
green committees to handle. The ques-
ton is: What is the best way to
handle these monthly events without
interfering with the comfort and pleas
ure Of those members of the club who
do not participate in them:' Many
players in these events think they can
play right thi ough matches which are
not part of the tourney in question,
and they insist upon doing ii. This, OF
COdiSSs ScDcTdhy up a uiSStc-
sion. as the players who do not enter
the events feel that, as members OF
the club, they are entitled to the, same
rights as those who have entered. The
green committee at none of the clubs
has made any ruling on the subject,
but 1t has been generally understood
that as these events have usually
called for only round a week there
is not sufficient rush to require that
contestants be given the right OF
way" such as is always given in regu-
lar tournaments. AS matter of fact
at one club, one of it's members was
in an event one month and complained
because his match was not allowed
to pass through another and the very
next month, when he was not in the
event, he complained to the committee
because an entrant insisted upon
passing him, so that it looks very much
as If the answer depended largely upon
whose OK is gored.
In connection with the story published
recently stating that robin was killed
by a golf ball at one of the prominent
clubs in the country, the fact develops
that Charles Dooing did a similar stunt
in the early part of the season when
playing the seventeenth hole on the
Washington Country Club course. He
drove from the seventeenth tee. pulled
his drive to the trees and struck a blue
bird which was evidently sitting on one
of the limbs. The bird died almost in
stantly.
1t has been announced at Chevy Chase
that the triple tie for the prize in the
Navy tournament will not be played of
| until some time next month. G. r
McVey, r. w. McNeely and G.. T. Smitl
are tied. but because of the absence Of
the latter from the city for a three ol
four-week vacation il has been de
cided to let things stand as they are
until he returns.
| Lee Crandell won the composite score
prize in the July event just ended a
Bannockburn. Gus Worthington and
Martin Scranage were tie with him
each having "a. but as they were win
ner and runner-up, respectively. for tn,
. medal score prize. they withdrew theil
claims for that for the composite score
The storms of the past month hav,
done quite a good deal of damage at tn,
Washington Country Club, although thu
course itself has not been hurt to any
great extent. Many trees have beer
blown down and broken and while il
up, luckily it has not hurt any of tn.
greens or much of the fair greens. TIVE
large trees have been blown down neal
| the eleventh tee. while the big one Il
the left of No. tee, near the cadd,
| house, also was practically destroyed.
Chevy Chase will hold an eighteen
hole handicap match against par as it!
next Saturdays event.
Walter 1. Travers. runner-up in thu
| club championship event at Rannock
burn, now is at Buffalo, n. Y. where h
will compete in the city championship
tournament to be held the latter par
| of the month. Unlike the district cham
pionship event, that held for the Buffa
/ IL IL L. IN, rhe. IN fN mt q =
Donald Woodward and Eddie" Ely
| non and George James and Lee Harbal
| played an exceptionally interesting
foursome at Columbia Thursday after
noon which ended all-even. Going out
Woodward and Eynon were ! up, bu
they were l down coming in. which gav'
them an even break on the match. AL
counting a medal score Of more than so
| which is real playing.
Bannockburn Is still making man,
changes on its course. In order to elm
mate further washouts on it plan
| hoilows where the water has beer
| washing through. At the same time i
| has been decided to double the wate
capacity by the use of a pumping ma
chine to carry the water from the vari
Gus springs on the course to the greens
| This wet season has been a life saver
| in this respect. the club will be al
prepared next year SO that every greer
can be watered artifcially.
| Capt. Denfeld, who is In charge o
golf affairs at Chevy Chase, has an
nounced that the F. Oden HorstmanI
memorial event. which was postponed
from June because of the Distric
championship, will be held some timt
next month. This event, which is at {:
holes, medal play, scratch, is general!
considered as carrying with it the cluf
championship. 1t was first held in 1918
when it was won by Wolcott Tucker
man with S21 strokes. Last veal
Franklin J. Ellis, with 322. was thu
winner.
Columbia will hold two sweepstakes
events as it's holiday attraction on La
Dor day. They will probably be a.
eighteen holes, with one in the morning
and the other in the afternoon. In ad-
dition to these two events, the greer
committee has announced a miniature
golf tournament over the putting
course for the woman players Of the
club.
J. A. White won the low net prize il
last Saturdays tournament at the
Wa shington Country Club with A. L
Cristman as the runner-up. DR.. James
McClenihan and w. K. Ballard tied fol
low gross, the former winning on the
pIay-off. The club will hold these
events every Saturday afternoon from