Evening star., 1916-06-18
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

A story comes from the Chicago dis
trict representatives of the schemes
the fertile mind of the golfer will pro-
duce in order to improve his game
player who was determined to learn
how to drive without swaying the body
appeared on the first tee one day with
four pieces Of rope attached to his belt
What in the world are you up to!
asked one of his opponents.
Just wait and see." said the inven-
tor Now. caddie, when l take my
stance on the tee. drive home those
stakes and 1 think that will enable me
to hold my body still"
The telephone poles at Bannockburn
have been removed, and a much better
Appearance is given to the seventh hole
by the change. The poles formerly par
aileled the line Of play on this longest
hole of the course and frequently were
in the way of the players second shot.
But as S. II. Greene, one OF the n,, Ban,
mock burn players, remarked: L won 1 I
be able to drive so far on the seventh
now. for the posts seemed to give me
mark to shoot at.
The engine has been installed ana a
dam built to give the members Of this
club the water accommodations that to
date they had never possessed water
tower is being built in the clump OF
trees Just west of the clubhouse, and II
Is expected that this Will furnish al
of the greens in the immediate vicinity
of the house. numbers 3, !. and D.
Under the expert supervision of
Professional Burgess the putting
greens at Banockburn have improved
fifty per cent in the last fortnight
they are somewhat heavy, due to an
excessive amount Of clover. but are
true. The fair green also Is coming
along very well: the majority of the
bare spaces are now grassed over and
the course a whole is in the best
condition it has ever been in.
The ratings OF the best sixteen
golfers Of the country show Jerome
Dunstan Travers. the national open
champion. occupying the honor posi-
tion at No. /. The tendency Of pre-
vious years which has been toward CIV
ing the winner of the amateur cham
pionship the first place has been al
lowed to lapse and now the man who
performs most creditably in the great
est number of events is given the
highest rating. OF course the class
Of the field in which he competes also
Is given consideration, as in some sec
tions of the country the play Is not
so good as in others.
Travers showed a great aptitude for
medal play. form of competition
which heretofore has~not greatly in
terested him. Ouimet ls given the
second position. although he did moth
ing extraordinary last year. But a
great golfers past performances speak
far in year The amateur champion,
Robert A Gardner of the Hinsda,e
Club of Chicago. is pushed down to
third place, where probably ive. years
ago he would have been rated first or
at worst second on the strength Of
this championship He is hardly as
finished player as Ouimet. the latter
possessing more shots.
Charles Evans. jr. the western cham
pion, is given fourth place. with the
apology that If he had more fight in him
he would receive a higher rating. The
criticism probably Is just. for Evans
has failed to show that spark of great
ness which characterizes the elite in
any sport. If he were not so soft heart
ed he probably would attain more vic.
tories, and 1t is very likely that the
elusive tfor him) amateur champion
ship would come his way. Gardner Is
not by any means as great or as bril-
liant a golfer as Evans. but he never
stops playing. while the western cham l.
pion. when he finds himself three or
four up on his opponent. is apt to relax.
and he has been caught many times
AlteT the period OF TeldNHtioH. lot II fS a
very hard thing to come back on the
game after having thought 1t would be
easy
Maxwell r. Marston, national semi
nnalist last year and runner-up in the
New Jersey and metropolitan champion
ships or this year. Is placed in fifth
position Marston won many minor
tournaments last year in the rietropoli-
tan district and is entitled TO the posi-
ton
Walter j. Travis. the grand old man
and master Of them ALL is given the
sixth place. The veteran still has the
golf in him to win championships, as
was demonstrated by his capture Of the
metropolitan championship last year
He also won the qualification round
and final of the annual fall tourna-
rhent given by the Columbia Country
Club of this city. John Anderson, run
her-up for the second time In the ma
tional amateur and in the metropolitan
His game is not snowy, but Is highly
efficient. and he possesses an ideal tenn
perament for match play.
ID. E. (Ned) sawyer of the wheaton
Golf Club of Chicago Is ranged eighth,
mainly through his defeat Of one OF the
favorites for the amateur champion.
ship. Chick Evans, in the first round.
This list comprises the first eight
H. Chandler Egan, three-time winner
followed by W. C., Fownes Of. Pitts.
American golf in 1910. Neither OF
these men has played much tournarncnt
golf in the past two years. Phiiip van
Older Carter of New York, niAtropoif-