Evening star., 1916-01-02
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

The local indoor golf season will
open this week when the Riding and
Hunt Club of Washington will COM
plete the installation of the game in
its hall under the direction OF George
sargent, the Chevy Chase Club profess
sional. who is looking after things in
an advisory capacity and who will be
on hand three or four evenings each
week to give lessons to those who de-
sire them. In addition to the regular
indoor game with nets. pockets. ETC.,
a nine-hole putting course will be in
| stalled. AS many members of the
Riding and Hunt Club also belong to
the Chevy Chase Club, the former or
| bers of Chevy Chase to have the privi-
leges of the indoor game for a nominal
membership fee, and 1t is understood
that a great many are planning to take
advantage of this opportunity. In this
connection it might be mentioned that
the New Willard Hotel has decided not
to install an indoor course and has
disposed of its equipment. This hotel
year and had made all arrangements to
install a game in one of its smaller
bathrooms with Sargent in charge, but
for some reason the. idea has been
sold to the Riding and Hunt Club.
Walter r. Tuckerman. who is general
|ly conceded to be- Washington's best
golfer, is an officer of the Hunt Club.
and 1t is largely due to his efforts that
the organization has taken UP the in
door game. If present plans material
ize, several tournaments and team
matches will be arranged at intervals
throughout the. season, and there will
be something doing all the time.
The Bannockburn Golf Club plans to
take an active interest in tennis this
R,lf1a at 10 n in
John bridge course retarded the net
game plans last year, but the new
courts will be available this spring.
and .,,on committee ,ran OF players ssa composed
George A. Rankin and w. H. Mcbride
has been requested by the board of
governors to arrange an attractive
stood that there is considerable tennis
talent in the club, especially among
the woman players. who showed up
exceptionally we'll in the Women's
Tennis League last year.
Francis ouimet. the Massachusetts
youngster. who upset all calculations
in 1913 by winning the open title. when
he beat Harry vardon and Edward
Ray in the play-off of a three-cornered
tie, was in town last week on business
and rumor had it that he was here in
connection with an offer received by
him to turn professional and accept
the position to be vacated by George
Sargent at Chevy Chase. On no less
authority than the golf committee at
Chevy Chase 1t can be stated that there
Is nothing to the rumor, that no such
offer has been made and that who
ever started the story had a vivid
magination. Ouimet did not play
while here. ~ his stay was only a
short one.
Mrs. William NJ. Smith, a member of
the house committee at Bannockburn,
and one Of its best woman players
will spend January in Ohio! She has
taken her clubs with her and expects
to play frequently as q guest of the |
Newark and Zanesville golf clubs.
Three local players now are golhnE |
at Pinehurst, and in q tournament. |
which ended yesterday, they qualified |
for the second sixteen. The players |
in question are John H. Clapp of Chevy |
Chase, Loren B. T. Johnson of Chevy |
Chase and the Washington Golf and
Country Club and Frank 8. Appleman |
of Columbia. Last year Clapp, 1t will /
be remembered, spent the whole win
ter golhng at Pinehurst, and he had
an exceptionally successful season. |
showing up well In prActlcallys every
tournament in which he competed. He !