Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

penalty G) Any loose impedi
ment may be lifted from the putting
green. 80 A player shall be entitled
to find his ball, but in SO doing he
must not touch or remove any more
than is absolutely necessary. One of
the local professionals in discussing
the rule described above remark ed
that, in his opinion. not more than one
out of every ten players was familiar
with it and that usually the one was
not quite sure about it. This is a
very important subject and is closely
connected with the following. which is
ball in play, a player shall not move,
bend or break anything fixed or grow
ing, except so far as is necessary to
enable him fairly to take his stance
in addressing the ball. or in making
his forward or backward swing. The
club may only be grounded lightly,
and not pressed on the ground. The
penalty Ior a breach of this rule shall
be the /Dss of the hole in match play
and the loss of two strokes in stroke
| competition. In grounding club a
player may only ground his club light
| ". Drawing il backward and forward
! across the line of play is Illegal and
entails penalty of the loss of the
| hole in match play and a penalty of
| two strokes in stroke competition. I'm
| due pressure in grounding a club en-
| tails like penalty" Familiarity with
this rule will no doubt save many an
argument during playing season.
The Woman's champion ship tourna-
| ment to be played on the Chevy Chase
course the middle of May has caused
womens golf to boom locally. and the
fair golfers of the various clubs are
not together five minutes before the
subject is mentioned. Already some of
| the prospective entrants have selected
their partners. For instance. Mrs. c.
L. F'railey of Chevy Chase and Miss l..
X. Williams of Columbia have gotten
together and will request that they be
paired off in the qualifying round.
These two played each other nine
| last year. and the former won but n
single match more than Miss Will
/ liams and their battle in the cha
pionship event probably will be their
| first in 1916.
Bannockburn has purcha sed badges
for its caddies and is planning to put
in an ideal system this coming season
Preference is to be given to boys liv-
ing in the immediate neighborhood of
the club. and Caddy Master George
Oertel hopes to teach them the rudi
ments of the game and develop them
into a we'll trained corps. The club
has had so much trouble in the past
with its caddies that it is very enthu-
STA site atthe prospect of having boys
of better class to deal with
Three prominent professionals went
through Washington Wednesday after
moon and dropped off al Columbia for
a visit to Fred Mcleod. They We're
Jack Hudson of the Allegheny Coun-
try Club, Pittsburgh: Bob" Mcdonald
of the Buffalo IN. V Country club and
Fred Daily OF Boston. Mcdonald was
the only one who played, Mcleod, fall
ing a victim to his prowess, up.
Chairman Halves of the house commit
tee expects to have the work started on
the changes in the clubhouse at the
Washington Golf and Country Club with
in the next few days. This change VIII
give the club several bedrooms for the use
of its members who want to live at the
club during the summer months. 1t is
planned to have all the work completed
in plenty of time for the coming season.
A large party of players is making ar
rang ements to spend the coming summer
in The vicinity of the BannochDurn course,
near Cabin John Bridge. and the follow
ing members already have made plans
which will enable them to get in early
morning rounds before breakfast: Miss
Florence E,ldredge. Miss Susie Peck.
James n White. Myles w. Ely, Carroll
w Cunning. William Sattertield and Miss
Heinz Forbes
Reports from the Washington Suburban
Club are TO the effect that Spencer. the
new professional is making good with a
vengeance and has become very popu-
lar among the members of the club.