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of the association, but this really is no
| drawback, as at the present time 1t
| realizes that it has not enough strong
players among its members to make up
a com mbination which would have any
| show at all of winning or even finish
ing near the top. Then, again, the fact
| that it's course is only nine-hole one
| would prevent it's ever being allowed to
hold the sectional event, so, when all
| things are considered, there is no par
| ticular reason why the club should cast
it's lot with the Middle Atlantic body
at this time.
At a meeting of the board Of gov
ernors of the Bannockburn Coli C!up
held last Thursday evening a resolu-
| ton was passed asking the other local
| golf clubs to cooperate in the matter
| of determining the eligibility OIL appn-
cants for membership.
Columbia has designated Lee L. Har-
bin to represent it at Thursday's meet
| ing of the Middle Atlantic Golf Asso-
citation to be held at the New Willard
Although there Is hardly a match
ever played in which it is not neces-
sary for some one of the contestants
to have to drop" his ball, there are
any number of golfers who have never
taken the trouble to look up this i'm
portant item and who. day after day,
are breaking the rules every time IT
becomes necessary for them to drop.
The rule on the subject states that the
player himself must drop his ball and
that in doing so he must face the hole.
stand erect and drop the ball behind
him over his shoulder. The penalty
for a breach of this rule shall be the
loss of the hole in match play and the
loss of two strokes in stroke compe-
tition. If. in the act of dropping, the
ball touches the player he shall incur
no penalty, and, If it rolls into a
hazard. he may redrop 1t without
penalty.
President Daniel L. Hazard of Ban
nockburn has been authorized by the
board Of governors to appoint oeie-
lantic Golf Association. On account OF
having been called out of the city on
business during the past week. he was
unable to confer with members in re-
gard to the matter, but expects TO
make the appointment today or to-
morrow. It is quite likely that J. Mar
tin Scranage, chairman OF the green
committee, or some other ohcer OF the
club in close touch with its affairs Will
be named.
The appointment of James Spencer as
professional at the Washington SUBURBAN
Club sets the minds of the members OF
that club at rest For the past few weeks
the members has been regarding VINO the
successor to Donald Ball might be. In
selecting Spencer for the position the
green committee made no mistake He
perience, gained both here and In Eng
land. His early training was Of the best,
for he was assistant to Thomas McWatt'
one of the best known pros In England,
five years From there he came to this
country and took position with the
Meriden, Conn. Country Club, where he
has been for the last six years. He Is
though Spencer has never figured promi-
nentiy in any of the big open tourna-
ments, he is very strong player ana
has competed in and won a number OF
exhibition professional matches with some
Of the best players in the country.
It is expected that Bannockburn's new
stump puller will arrive from the factory
this week. A rush order was given for
it over week ago SO that substantial
progress may be made on new holes dur
| ing March. Considerable interest ts being
shown in this undertaking, as 1t will be
the first time such machine has ever
been used for such purposes In Washing
ton The old method Of first cutting the
timber and then blasting or burning out
the stumps was doubly expensive and ex-
tremely slow. The new plan takes the
tree and the stump at the same time.
Capt. A. G. Lott won the George
Washington's birthday event at the
petitors, while Col. c. G. Treat took
second prize. The event was an eight
een-hole handicap match against par.
Capt Lott won with down to par,
while Col. Treat was down. The fol-
lowing cards were turned in: Capt. A.
G. Lott, down; Col. c. G. Treat. 5
down; Frank Sutton, s down; w. C..
Mendenhall. down; Gen. E: M. Weaver.
9 down; E. NJ. Talcott, IL down: W. G.
Peter, IA down. None of the other
clubs held holiday events.
Fred Mcleod, the Columbia pro-" is
trying to arrange things SO that he can
enter the west coast championship
tournament, to be held by the Belleafr
Country Club at Belleair, Fla, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. Thursday an
mateur-professional event is sched-
uled, while the next two days will be
taken up with seventy-two-hole
medal play event for professionals.
The Riding and Hunt Club of Wash
| ington reports that things are still
| hanging fire" at that club with re-
spect to the appointment of a pro-
| fessional and the announcement of the
| indoor tournament. The matter Is al
most sure to be taken up this week.
however and the dates and plans for
| the event announced.
A remarkable round of golf. was
played at Bannockburn last Saturday
| in which j. Vinton Birch and Bruce
| L. Taylor were beaten, l up. by j. r.
| DeFarges and ]. L. Harrison. During
the first nine holes of play Taylor and
from off the green. but the other
couple was going so well that even this