Evening star., 1916-08-06

! posed TO hot sun and is killed out in
spots.
The competition for the Henry Will
liams cup at Bannockburn has reached
the fourth round and finds some of the
best players in the Cabin John organi-
zation still in the tourney, The pair
ings to be played off today in the upper
half of the draw are: j. Martin Scran-
age vs. John T. Harris, r J. W. Brown
vs.. winner Of the w. p. Jackson Hugo
Hesselbach match. Lower half-W. c.
| Worthington VS.. Lee Crandall, B. L.
| TAYLOR VIZ. winner of the above match
William Mackie VS.. John L. Warren.
Mackie. who defeated the club cham
pion in the first round of the tourney.
is playing a very strong game and is
picked by some to be one of the final
lists, but he is up against a man worthy
of his steel in his fourth round match.
for Warren has been playing a fine
game for some time.
Al a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Bannockburn Golf Club
it was practically decided to open up
five of the new holes, but the difficulty
to be surmounted in the addition of
these holes to the regular course is
very large, and it may be some time
before the final dispositions will be
made and work actually begun
Jimmie Spencer of the Washington
Suburban Club. although he did not
win the prize money in the professional
match last Sunday which was given
for the low individual score, has been
playing very consistently over the
Georgia avenue course. having record
ed two rounds of 35 and SO the past
week
Under the date of June % the Wood
land Golf Club of Auburndale, Mass,
the organization with which the pro-
tested amateurs, Francis Ouimet. J. II
md Fayt II.
affiliated. has sent out an appeal to the
active and allied members of the Unit
ed States Golf Association, with the
idea OF ascertaining the exact senti-
ment over the whole country not in
the matter of the wording of the
amateur rule. but in the Interpretation
OF 1t by the executive committee.
The appeal gives the history, as re-
CARDS competitive golf and business
activities. of the three protested men
under its jurisdiction and makes rec
concentrations of which it asks the
other clubs to signify their approval or
disapproval.
The Woodland Golf Club has taken.
as is known. decisive stand on the
matter In fact, so strong a stand that
it's recent application for an active
membership in the U. S. G. A. was
refused.
The petition reads: "One of the OBJ
jects of the L. s. G. A. is to adopt and
enforce and interpret a rule or test of
amateur standing IN the game of golf.
Under this provision the amateur rule
has been in the course of development
for many years. In 1912 the rule which
preceded the present rule provided that
no person should be considered an
amateur who accepted, directly or in
directly. any fee, gratuity, money or
other consideration for playing or
teaching the game of golf. or who per-
sonally makes or repairs golf clubs
etc.
1T became apparent that men were
turning to the game for financial profit,
and in 1915 the following rule was
promulgated: Section Z. An amateur
golfer Is one who has not accepted, di-
rectly or indirectly, any fee, gratuity,
money or its equivalent as a considera-
tion for the performance OF any act or
service arising in connection with the
game of golf, and who Is not or has
not been a professional in any other
branch of athletics. Provided. how
ever, that the above shall not apply to