Evening star., 1916-12-24

I his home at Narragansett Pier. where he
will spend the Christmas holidays.
An important announcement from the
Bannockburn Club contains the news
that the invitation tournament, which
will be feature of the years golf at
the cabin John Club in the future. has
been moved forward to a spring date.
and will probably be held Immediately
after the Chevy Chase open tourna-
ment. the latter part of May or the
first week in June. The introduction
| of the handicap held in conjunction
with the qualification round received
instant approval, and this event will be
| run off in the same manner next year.
The new manner of holding the handi-
cap was really the invention of one of
the green's committee at the Columbia
Country Club. but as the Bannockburn
tournament antedated the Columbia
event by week this year. the Cabin
John club was the first in this section
to use it.
The work of clearing several new
holes at the Bannockburn Golf Club has
been stopped in curious manner An
agreement was made with one of the
| men near Cabin John to clear the brush
and level the stumps for a certain
amount. the workmen to use the wood
cut as part Of their wages They found
that they were losing money, the time
spent on cutting the wood and in haul
ing it not being sufficiently remunera-
tive. and the work was halted on this
account A more equitable agreement
Is expected to be reached shortly. and
the work will go on. 1t being expected
that at least three of the new holes
will be seeded by spring, and in condi-
ton to play on the following year.
| 1t will come as welcome news to all
| golfers to hear that the reported
death of James Braid. the famous
Scotch golfer and five times winner OF
the British open championship, was the
result of case Of mistaken identity
and that Braid is very much alive and
wondering how another man was mis-
taken for him. although it is true that
the man who was killed in the railway
accident was named Braid and was also
a professional golfer.
Those players who did not know
Braid. and their numbers are legion in
! this country. naturally have heard OF
the wizard OF the game and are desir-
Gus of seeing him in action. 1t is like
ly that they will have their wish, as
he has often expressed a desire to visit
this country. and in 1915 was on the
point of coming when the sinking OF
the Lusitania halted the scheduled
trip.
None of the local clubs has scheduled
golf events for Christmas day, probably
owing to the fact that the snow has been
on the ground SO long that in the
opinion Of the greens committees it will
not clear off by Monday. Usually in this
climate the winter is very open and golf
goes on with occasional Interruptions all
the year round.
The recent threat Of Lloyd George.
British war minister, to pass a bill in
parliament calling all Englishmen to the
colors between the ages Of eighteen and
sixty will not affect the English and
Scotch professionals in this country ia
any extent in all probability. The rene
dy naturally is that the pros all take out
naturalization papers. Few Of them ever
do when they come here. not through
any particular reason, but because in
the past they have not suffered in any
way through being British citizens In
case the proposed bill goes through all
subjects Of the crown in foreign coun-
tries liable for military service will be
branded as deserters If they do not en-
list in the army. There is no way to
reach them here. but II they go home to
England or Scotland probably they will
not be thought highly Of unless they are
American citizens.