Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

Washington Country Club golfers
will hold a >meeting in few days to
win compete in the Middle Atlantic As
ISOLATION team matches at Columbia
next month. Although no definite de-
cision has been made, it is more than
likely that the team will be selected
from the following: Truett. Wheeler.
Johnson. Ciapp. McClenihan. DuvaM,
Greene, Yates and Mosby.
Bannockburn' is the only one of the
local clubs which handicaps its woma n
players on the same basis as the men,
At Chevy Chase the committee has sim
ply placed it's best woman player on
scratch and rated the others by COM
parison,s while a somewhat similar plan
Country Club. Columbia has but four
members among the fair sex" and so has
not had to take the question up at yet.
Mrs. j. r. DeFarges has the lowest
handicap of any of the Bannockburn
woman players. She is rated at eighteen
strokes and in recent tournament
proved she could hold her own BY en-
tering one Of the events against the men
players and winning out in her flight
Several of the women have been given
ratings as high as thirty-two strokes.
II present indications mean anything
the coming. tournament of the Colum-
bia Country Club will be the best event
of the local golf year. While Walter
national championships he extended In
vitations to many of the leading play
ers and several promised to enter and
compete if possible.
Among those who are almost sure to
be on hand are Max Marston. semi
finalist in the recent national event: the
iveteran.s Walter J. Travis; Philad elphia
champion. Fl. H. Willoughby: George
Crump and Howard Perrin, also of the
Quaker city, and Ned Sawyer of Chi
ut Of no al
pute expressed "a desire to visit Wash
inSton and to enter the event. but were
not in position at that time to make
any plans so far ahead. and SO Harlan
and the other members Of the green
committee have not yet given up hope.
In any event a number of stars are
| sure to be on hand, and these. to-
setner with the local and Baltimore
| upon. should make the tourney great
| success from an. artistic standpoint as
well as in numbers.
Although a definite selection has not
been made, the golf committee at Chevy
Chase has almost decided upon the fol-
lowing quintet to make up its team in
the matches for the middle Atlantic
| title next month: Walter r. Tucker
! man, Julian r. Bishop. William S. Rey-
| burn. Samuel Dalzell and Morven
Thompson.
| Donald woodward and Harris n.
Brown represented Columbia in the
Clubs annual tournament last week.
| The latter failed to qualify but Wood
ward was going at top speed and WAS
! the runner-up in the consultations of
! the first flight.
President Wilson played several
rounds over the Washington Country
/; Clubs course during the week. DR..
Grayson usually being his opponent.
! It will no doubt surprise local golfers
! to learn that F., w. Dwyer, the present
Pennsylvania state champion. played
first base on the base ball team OF. the
st; Adams Cathedral School In asls;
his interest to base ball and played
practically no golf. As matter of
| fact, it has, only been within the past
couple of years that he has shown
Profs. Piper and Oakley of the De-
| partment OF Agriculture will be the
1 guests of the golf committee at Chevy
1 Chase Tuesday afternoon and will play
la round or SO with some of the MEM
bers = -
| Chairman John r. Harris of the tour
lnament committee OF the Bannock burn
Golf Club has announced that the team
which will represent that organization
in the coming middle Atlantic cham
pionshfp event will be selected from
| Richard Beattie. George T. Cunning
ham, J. NJ: Scranage. John L. Warren.
Gus ,Worthington, DIR. T.. J. W, Brown,
Ben B.. Hunt. Herbert F. Clarke. DR..
b. l.. Taylor. Waiter /. Travers and
one or two others.
| Howard Beckett professional at the
| Washington Country Club, had some
set course record there which would
have stood for years. As Il was, his
! 81 was a stroke better than the ex-
listing mark. Beckett got In Aropble