The Washington herald., 1916-12-10
GOLF AND TENNIS NOTES
BY F. H. YOUNG.

Much interest is being shown by local
golfers generally in the experimental
green which has been built at the Co
lumbia Country Club for its new fifth
mole. II Is known as the Taylor green,
, having been built along the lines laid
uown by Frank w. Taylor. of Philadel-
phia. Taylor who died within the past
year, has spent years OF study and thou
sands of dollars in his experiments on
building and constructing greens and he
had Just about reached his goal when
he was called by the Grim Reaper"
Dr. Walter s. Harlan. chairman of
the green committee, became much in
terested in Mr. Taylor's work and made
special trip to Philadelphia to con-
SUIT him and examine some Of his greens
/ constructed under his own ideas and
was so impressed that it was decided
70 build one by the "Haylor' rules at
Columbia. This green has cost the club
close to N.500. 1t Is made up of five layers
as follows: First. there are four inches
OF cracked stone on which are ten inches
OF clay and manure
The third layer Is about an inch thick
and Is composed of limestone peat moss.
cracked bone, powdered bone and man.
ure The upper blanket is also about an
inch thick and Is of shredded peat moss
powdered lime stone and powdered bone.
ldyeE Is lHFct-slA-
leenths Of an inch thick and Is made
up of shredded peat moss, powdered
Gone and little grass seed. The con-
struct1on work. of course. is of equal
Importance with the ingredients.
instead of the layers being placed hori-
zontally. they are made at an angle
or forty-tive degrees. The peat mention
ed had to be imported from Holland and
the club had to purchase a rather ex-
pensiVe machine to crush 1t. Such cars
mad TO be taken in placing the top, or
terminating layer. that the whole sur
face was layed of in six-inch squares
and each square was built up separately
and tEen joined with the others. The
result is that the tee takes care OF it.
self automatically. The bone material
serves to draw down the roots Of the
srass TO an unusual depth: the second
third and fourth layers hold the water
and keep the green in condition. while
the NTH layer of crushed rock will dram
the green Off in case there Is too much
water
| Mr. Tayior's experiments have shown
that these greens require practically nc
attention except cutting and that they
Will last for years and years without
| having to be worked on or improved
| Columbia has enough material for al
! least one more green but before going
" all lnls extra trouDle ana expense II
| wants to be assured that the Taylor
| green's are all that are claimed for them
and that they will flourish under local
| conditions. This new fifth green has
! now been used since the beginning of the
season and . far the Columbia officials
are perfectly satisfied. 1t is the only one
| Of its kind south of Philadelphia and
one of the very few in the United States
| and for this reason the officers Of the
other clubs as we'll as those of Columbia
are anxiously awaiting for the next sea
| son to roll around in order that they
| may see how well 1t has stood UP in its
two years test.
In the play-off of a tie for second
| honors in the Thanksgiving Day event
| at the Bannockburn Golf Club, John A.
Robinson defeated e ]. Doyle. The
| match played Saturday 1t was match
play against par at eighteen holes and
Robinson won by one hole.
mis- players of the Dumbarton Club. has
turned his attention to bowling during
the off-season and is knocking down the
little NAPLES at a great clip. He is
play ying on a number of teams.
The green committee OF the Washing
ton Gold and Country Club reports that
| all of its tees are being enlarged and
that a new turf one Is being built al