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ever, that he did not hole all puts, and
If this is so the record cannot stand
as official.
John Graves made the eleventh hole
at this course in one day last week,
holing a fifty-yard approach without
seeing the pin.
Tom Dempsey, who tied for the low
qualifying score at the Washington
but Is ordinarily not as good as his
brother, Norbert The latter expert
enced some difficulty on the greens on
his first nine, taking forty-three. but
came back in fine thirty-four, which
is more like his true form.
The Kirkside Club opened its regular
greens yesterday for the first time this
year, and they are in excellent condi-
tion. The greens at this course are
ranked with the best around the city
on account of the uniform surface and
fine grass.
George Burgess, the new professional
at Bannockburn, arrived at the course
Wednesday and Immediately TOOK
charge of the upkeep department Sew
eral of the players already have taken
lessons of their new pro, as it is re-
ported he possesses no superior at this
angle of golf. He halls from Montrose,
Scotland. and with his brother JACK,
of the best players of this Calendonian
home of the game. He has, for some
years, been connected with the course
at Norwich, Conn, but as Ii is only
"a summer position and he desired an
all-year course, he came south.
E. B. Eynon. jr.. of Columbia, is
playing very well this year with MS
usual terrific drive in evidence. one
day last week he played thirty-six
holes on his home course. recording.
total of I51-75-76, which will be
seen to be very fine going. He PROB
ably will attend the amateur cham-
pionship at the Merton Cricket Club OF
Philadelphia, and it is expected that il
some of the other ranking local players
elect to complete, the District VIII be
ably represented.
John Maxwell, who halls from the
Merton club, reports that with the
hearty assistance of the Philadeipnia
Golf Association, which has donated
large sum of money to be EXPENDED on
the course, the amateur blue riboon
event will be one of the most inter-
esting of the annual fixtures.
Professional Beckett of the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club is one of the
greatest putters in this vicinity, and he
reserves his brilliant work in this de-
partment for his matches. Playin
with Roy Pickford recently, he holed
them from anywhere on the green, ana.
| as Pickford remarked: That fellow is
a heart breaker. If he is one stroke to
| the bad on reaching the green he I'M
mediately atones by sinking an 1mpos-
sible putt" His putting style greatly
resembles that of J. J. McDermott, the
| former open champion, IN that ne
stands very upright.
| One of the players in the Washington
clubs tournament played the third hole
lcA
| topped his drive into the water, played
out, topped his third shot, topped his
| fourth and hit the steps at the side OF
the green, caroming to within a foot OF
| the hole and getting par hVe.
The golf committee, headed by Ed
ward s. Duvall, who had charge of the
recent tournament at the washington
club, is being congratulated on the ex-
cellent manner in which the tourna-
ment was run off. the schedule being
upheld in every case.
The fifteenth hole at Columbia is a
classic in local golf, and has been pro-
nounced by Walter j. Travis to be the
| best two-shot hole in the country.
| Considering Travis wide experience,
| this is highly complimentary.
| Many players use the same wooden
clubs season after season with no at
tempt to change. 1t is all very well to
| hold good shaft on getting one. as
| they are seldom found. but most
players would find it to their advan-
| tage to change their distance CLUBS at
| least once a year. Aside from the
gratifying feeling of hitting fine ball
with a new driver. the new club is
bound to add confidence to the players S
game. And then. too, the face of an old
club will lose resiliency after good
deal of use and become slightly worn.
Edward Ray. the famous British pro-
fessional and tremendous driver has
used the same wooden club from the
tee for the past ten years. He uses
only a medium length club for such a
big man. his driver being forty-two o
and one-half inches in length and not
socketed but scared. 1t has a thick
steel face bolted into the head. and
with this formidable weapon he nego-
tiates enormous carries, fairly hurting
himself at the ball in his effort for
great distance. 1t is questionable if
the average man would be benefited
by the steel face. as there seems to be
definite line of demarkation between
the long hitterS and the medium ones
which is never broken down. no matter
how much the latter may experiment
with all sorts of news kinks.
The seventh hole at. the Washington
Suburban Club is one of the best in
the city. 1t is about $50 yards in
length, and the drive must be played to
the right, as the green. which is ele-
waited and entirely surrounded by traps,
cannot be gotten at from the left
GOVERNMENT LEAGUE.