Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

1t probably will be four-ball. handi-
cap event, open only to its own
members.
Chevy Chase players will have prac-
tcally new fifth green when 1t is
opened for play this season. 1t mas
been resodded and is coming along in
fine shape but the golf committee has
announced that it probably will not be
ready for use for about a month
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
very rarely miss a week at the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club. They
were out Tuesday. for a round. Since
Mrs. Wilson has been playing regularly
her game is picking up considerably.
The green committee of the Wash
ington Suburban Club is building an
additional set of tees for each hole
the idea being to keep one set for best
and the other for use in bad weather
The scheme is new locally. but is be-
ing followed by many of the larger
clubs of the country
One of the most popular forms Of
closed club events IS a handicap
match against par. Chevy Chase
holds one of them practically every
the other clubs usually announce them
on the various holidays throughout
the year. Despite all of these events
in tina; form a vast majority of the
competitors have never familarized
themselves with the rules covering
them except in general way. A DOGGY
competition is series of stroke com
petitions in which play is against a
fixed score at each hole of the stip-
Ilated round or rounds. and the winner
is the competitor who is most success
tions. The rules governing. stroke
competitions apply to this form of
tourn ament except as follows: az
Any hole for which Il competitor makes
loss
The marker shall only be responsible
for the marking. of the correct num-
a competitor makes score either
equal to or less than the fixed score.
CD Any breach of rule which entails
the penalty of disqualification shall
only disqualifv the competitor for the
hole at which the breach occurred; but
competito" shall not be exempted fro.l
the general disqualification imposed b.
have been touched upon in these col
umns. In this connection the United
States Golf Association has decided
that scale showing the handicap al
lowance and indicating the holes al
which strokes are to be given or taken
shall be printed on every score card.
and has recommended that clubs con-
tinue to follow the custom of allowing
each competitor three-quarters of his
full handicap.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crandan. Bannock-
burn members. who reside during the
school year at Asheville. where Mr..
Erandail teaches are here for the
great deal of golf, Crandall is quite
an athlete and very recently broke
the amateur and professional record
from Asheville to Mount Pisgah and
return. Aside from the distance there
is climb of about 5000 feet. and
crandall set mark of hours and 40
than the previous record. Two well
known runners started with him on
his record-breaking trip. but failed to
finish.
Jack Burgess. the new professional
at Chevy Chase. has taken hold in ear
nest a the club and has made a great
hit with the tennis playing contingent
by signing up Oswald Shaw to take
charge of that end of the game Shaw
is an experienced tennis professional.
hailing from Victoria, Australia, and
in addition to looking after the repair
ing and restringing of racquets will
give lessons to those members who de-
sire them. The advent of Shaw should
mean that the clubs tennis team will
be greatly improved this year. as prac-
tically every racquetter of the club ex-
poets to take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to improve his game.
Although the rainy. weather of the
past few days has been rather I'M
pleasant for those who have played, it
has been great thing for the game, as
all Of the local courses have benefited
by it. All of the green committees now
are hoping for week of sunshine and
IL this week is bright all Of the courses
will be in great shape by the time the
season opens.
d. B. Gish of Columbia is putting
up a great game these days and his
work is attracting considerable atten-
ton. Last Thursday in a match he
went out in 3s and came in at about a
40 clip. Many more rounds like this
and he will find that his handicap has
been cut considerably.
The Washington Suburban Club il
planning change for it's Nth hole
which will give it one of the best one
shot holes of any Of the local courses.
The green Is being moved to the top
Of the quarry hill making it a beauti-
full oneshot mashie over the quarry
The green a present is below the hill
out of sight. This change, which
makes it about forty yards shorter.
forces the player to clear the quarry
and drop practically dead on the green.
Bannockburn players are greatly
pleased over the announcement of the
telephone company that within the
next ten days a new location will be
determined upon for the poles and
wires now crossing the course at Cabin
John Bridge and that they will be re-
moved before the season starts.
The green committee of the Kirk