Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

Unless present plans miscarry, the
Riding and Hunt Club of Washington
VIII hold an open invitation tourna-
ment on it's indoor course in the very
neart future-probably next week. AL
though definite plans have not been
made it is understood that some of the
best golfers from each of the local
clubs will be invited to compete, and
that the figures for the Chevy Chase
Clubs course will be used in the event.
There will be "a qualification round at
eighteen holes and as many sixteens
as the number of entrants will war
rant. Prizes will be given the various
winners and very enjoyable week of
golf is being planned. An indoor TOUR
way as an outdoor one, with the excep-
ton that it, of course. takes much
longer to play the indoor game as but
four or five can comfortably use the
course" at TIE same time. and for this
reason the event will take at least a
week and possibly longer. II this pro-
posed tourney proves to be successful
the club will likely arrange others at
intervals throughout the balance of the
indoor season. The indoor course"
weeks and 1t has taken the club by
storm and is literally packed all of
the time. This event will be the second
of its kind ever held locally. as John
Brawner had the honor of holding
the first on his private course last year.
H. S. Belts. a well known Washing
ton Golf and Country Club golfer. who
has been seriously ill for the past
three weeks. has recovered and plans
to get back in the game as soon as the
snow melts. Belts is the player who,
just before he was taken i'll. had the
unusual experience of driving his ball
in tree with such force that it be-
came wedged in and had to be pried
out.
A new caddy system has been in
stalled at the Bannockburn course and
George oertell has been made caddy
master. The green committee has out
lined methods of handling its caddies
by the caddy master. and it believes
it will have less trouble with its cad
dies this year than ever before. All
boys will be registered and informa-
tion will be obtained showing their
name. age, address of parents, etc, and
those not registered will not be al
lowed on the grounds. There is very
desirable class of white boys living in
the nei-hborhood Of the club and those
in charge hope to break these boys
in and to use them exclusively. new
/, caddy shelter is now almost completed.
ne new FeaFranSe0 course at the
kirkside Golf Club will not be COM
pleted until next spring. although it
can be used now in a crude state. Prac-
tically all of the members of the board
OF governors have gone over the new
course individually. although not as a
body. with a view to passing on the
advise bility of adopting it, and all seem
greatly pleased with 1t. AS a general
proposition. the proposed plans seem
TO have struck a popular chord and
there does bn 3ifrh 4.
est doubt but that when the board
takes the matter up officially it will
give il it's 20. X
trict of Columbia Golf Association is
getting ready to call the 1918 meeting
OF that body, which. according to its
constitution. will be held the first Mon
this year. Practically the only BUSH
ness to be brought up will be the cleo
tion OF officers. and a decision as to the
form OF the District championship
event has now been held twice, once
at match and once at medal play. and
at this years meeting the same argu.
ment VIII come up by the various fac.
tons as to the relative merits OF the
two forms of competition. At the pres
ent time the consensus of opinion seems
to be that the medal play event is the
better, and its followers have brought
out several good reasons. In the first
place. it Is contended that medal pIay
is the only real test of golf, although
il is conceded that from the ealIery's
standpoint match play is more inter-
esting and "sportier."
Then. again. followers Of the media,
play plan have pointed out that while
sixty or seventy entered the 1914 event.
which was at medal play, last year al
match play. although the rules were
| changed allowing fully 20 per cent
more PLAYERS to become eljri,,a ~
| compete. but thirty-three entered. The
| reason given is that at match play the
''fourteen handicap player knows that
he has no chance when competing with
does not care to pay a large entry fee
for the privilege of playing possibly
fifteen or sixteen holes. He also knows
that even with luck he can't possibly