Evening star., 1915-09-12
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

ed will be played over the Columbi;
Country Clubs course next month
when the annual team matches for, thu
championship of the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association will be held. October
IA and Is have been tentatively selected
as the dates. This will tbe "a two-da.
| tournament for teams in the association
and. while taking the place of the
home and home" matches, the event
will be along different lines and compe-
| tition will be practically under the
rules governing last years event, which
was patterned after the Virginia state
| championships. The teams will be
| composed of five players this year in
stead of six. On the first day. there will
be a Qualification round at 36 holes
medal play, the four teams turning in
the best aggregate scores qualifying
for the championship" ''runner-up
and first consolation cups.
On the morning of the second dav the
four teams which qualified will be
drawn against each other and play at
eighteen holes. match play, Nassau
count, each match to a finish. The two
winning teams will play, the winner to
the loser to be given the "runner-up''
prize. The two losing teams will also
meet and the winner will receive the
first consolation" cup. All other
teams will play at. thirty-six holes,
medal play. and the one making the
best aggregate score will be given the
second consolation" cup.
On the afternoon of the second day
the finals for the championship" and
first consolation" cups will be played,
as will the second round, medal play.
for the second consolation" cup.
Twenty local players will enter this
event, as Chevy Chase. Columbia. Ban
| nockburn and the Washington Country
| side and the Washington Suburban
Club have not yet joined the Middle At
| lantic Golf Association and for that
reason are ineligible.
| There must be something in a name
after all. Graves won the tombstone
tournament at Bannockburn Monday
The event was at medal play and
| brought out over forty competitors
The handicaps ranged from 8 to 22
the entrants to generally reach the
sixteenth or seventeenth green. j. H.
Graves 16) took first prize when he
reached the drive-off for the nineteenth
green John T. Harris reached the
eighteenth green, which was good
enough to take second prize. while II.
Clifton King (20) finished third. dying
midway between the seventeenth hole
and the eighteenth green. In the APP
preaching and putting event of seven
ty-five yards from No. 7 Preen and put
ting aut, F.. J. Boyle, NJ. Dorsett and
Bruce l.. Taylor tied for first honors
with Il total of twenty each for six APP
prOaches. These three will set day
and play the event over again for posi-
tions.
The Kirkside Golf Club held an i'm
portant meeting Friday evening, at
which time the constitution and by
laws were discussed, plans for lncor-
poration made and organization mat
tiers outlined. Another meeting will
be called some time this month. at
which time officers will be elected and
the club put on a permanent working
| basis.
New cards will be issued at Chevy
Chase beginning tomorrow. The sur
veyors have completed their work, and
Capt. Denfeld has ordered new score
cards giving the corrected distances
and pars. A great deal of care and
study has been SHOWN by those in
charge of the matter. and a card diff
ferent from that now in use has been
decided upon. While the size is ap-
proximately the same as that now be-
ing used, provision is made on the
new ones for foursomes. Heretofore
when four players went around to-
gether cards of larger size have
been necessary
Bruce L. Taylor. in charge of COM
mittee to make n test of the Root"
system of handicapping. announces
that the rules of play in the tourna-
ment to be held will be posted this
week Players will be selected from
| each of the present handicap classes
and seventy-two holes will be played.
1t was a, first decided to try out only
| sixteen players. selected from the va
:.ious classes, but so much interest
is being shown that 1t has about been
decided to allow twenty or more ITO
compete. Among those who have sig
nified a willingness to take time to
make the test are Lee Crandall. jr.;
Thomas J. w Brown. Francis l. Bart
lett, ]. Martin Scranage, Walter I.
Travers. b. L. Taylor. Ben Hunt, J. N.
White. c. w. Calvin, John A. Robinson.
John T. Harris and j. r. DeFarges.
Others will be listed this week.
| Members of the Washington Suburb
| an Club expect to start play for the
| presidents cup" this week This cup
was given the club by President Nor
| ton 7. Luchs. A qualification round
will be played. followed by match play.
The event will probably last the re-
| mainder OF the month.
Local golfers will be interested to
learn that Gilbert Nichols of the Will
open champion. soon will become the
professional for the Great Neck Golf
| Club of New York at a salary said to
be greater than any other pro" in the
country is receiving. Nichols, with his
b-other Ben. has made many visits to
Washington for matches with th., local
professionals. and is very popular
locally. He has always aspired to be-
| come associated with a club in the
metropolitan district and his friends
are glad to see his ambitions realized.
| II is understood that he will be al
lowed plenty of time to continue his
| playing, and, as usual, will take part
| in the various open events. Rumor
has it that Wilfred Reid. who has re-
signed as professional at S:eaview
Twill succeed. Nichols at Wilmington.
I
| President Emmons S. Smith of the
Columbia Country Club has returned
rom his summer vacation at Eagles
mere, Pa.
ed" Eynon came very near to break