Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-11

was out on the thirteenth tee. A light
ming flash came and must have in
small way been transferred to the um :
breila the player carried. Tor SPARKS
few from the hands OF the man ana a
slight shock was felt.
With the middle Atlantic champion
ship next week to be played on the
course of the Baltimore Country Club,
June 1911, the local tournament sea-
son closes until the Colum bia Country
Club gives it's annual fall invitation
tourney. The past three tournaments
have brought forth two new luminaries
who are expected to shine for years to
come in the persons of the Dempsey
brothers of Columbia. Prior to the
Washington Country Clubs tourna-
ment they were practically unknown
outside Of the Bannockburn golfers
with whom they played. But in the
first big event of the year Tom. the
elder Of the brothers. won the low quail
flying medal after tie with n {.
Chamberlain of Columbia at IS, and his
brother, who is usually conceded to be
the better player. after defeating Sam
uel Dalzell- in the second round, went
through to the final. where ne was
beaten by the veteran performer, Lee
L. Harlan of Columbia. In the chevy
Chase invitation tourney Norbert won
his way to the final, being defeated in
the ultimate round by the premier play
or Of Washington. Walter r: Tucker
man. who put UP an unbeatable game,
reaching the turn in forty against the
Younger man. without trying for sew
eral puts which he did not need. 1t is
predicted by many that these two play
ers of the younger generation Will be
ranked high in the circles OF national
golf before many years have passed.
Jack Burgess. the Chevy Chase pro,
and his brother Dave. who is affiliated
with the Bannockburn Golf Club. paid
q visit to James Spencer at the wash
ington Suburban Club one day last
week. Jack made rs for two rounds
Of the course and Spencer had IS. while
Dave Burgess did not play so well. The
seventh hole was found very difficult
by both the visiting pros. as they could
not quite determine how the approach
should be played. On his first round
the Chevy Chase man attempted to run
up his second shot and was bunkered.
On his second round he pitched to the
green and ran over, taking six on
this par four hole.
From Chicago comes the news that
J,nomie Donaldson. the professional at
tbs Glen View Club of that city. Is
driving a longer ball than ever before.
He Is employing tilt-up at the top
Of his back stroke that seems to give
him an extra thirty or forty yards. He
was always one of the longest hitters
in the country, and 1t is said that ne
Ia repeatedly carrying distances OF ZsU
to 900 yards. He has made this par ~
course in Sc, but it is primarily course
for the long driver. and many or the
greens can be reached from the tee
with a very long ball.
Samuel Dalzell. the crack player OF
the Chevy Chase Club. is expecting to
20 to his summer residspce at the
Thousand Islands of the st. Lawrence
river in a few days. He finds ample
opportunity to keep up his goll. as
there is good eighteen-hole course
ments are given throughout the season
and plenty of competition for such wei
known golfers as Frank Dyer OF the
Montclair Club of New Jersey. Joe X.
brothers sojourn there. Jack Burgess
the Chevy Chase professional, expects
to go to the Pennsylvania open cham
pionship to be played in Prttsnurgn
Minneapolis The Smoky city has some
fine courses, among the best being the
Oakmont Club, which numbers among
it's best players such famous golfers as
g ror george ~ ormssos and
Fownes. Eben NJ. Byers also plays at
this club: his record includes one ma
tional amateur championship and twice
he has been runner-up in the blue rib
bon event of American golf.
In the Carolina open championship
held at Charlotte. n. c., last week. in
which Fred Mcleod. the pro at the Co
lumbia Country Club. secured second
place, many of the finest professional
players Of the country competed among
them wilfred Reid, the English pro;
Eddie Loos of the Mechlenburg Coun-
try Club, and the winner, Stewart
Maiden of Atlanta, Ga. The course was
very hard the first day, but at Z O'Clock
that evening a heavy thundershower
fell. which made the fair greens so soft
that the ball got scarcely any roll, and
where the day previous a mashie was
used a full midiron was called into use
for the same shot. Mcleod is thinking
Of participating in the Massachusetts
! open championship to be cid over the