The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
Beckett and Moseley, Of Jewel
Station, Trim Burgess and
Beattle In Match Game.
TENNIS AND GOLF NOTES

washington GOlI ana country CIuD, anu
his amateur partner, F. L. Mosley, of
the same Stub, yesterday defeated Dave
Burgess, the professional Of the Ban
nockburn Golf Club, and Richard Beat
tie, the Bannockburn Golf Club cham
pion, in an interesting match by up
and 1 on the course of the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club at Jewel
Station, Va
The match was interesting throughout.
although the home team obtained an ear
ly lead and took advantage Of it. The
members of both clubs were interested
In the result of the match, as Beattle
Is rated as one OF the best players in
the Distcirt and with his professional
they appeared to be a strong enough
pair to set back Beckett and Mosley.
Beckett played great golf as he did
the course in three below par. His card
showed sixty-nine while the new low
score for the course Is sixty-six.
The Dumbarton Club is leading the
race for the championship in the
Washington Tennis Association. and
with each OF the four teams having
three matches each to play, the rack
eters from Georgetown have a slight
lead on their nearest rival, the Co.
lumbia Country Club.
Saturdays matches will place the
Dumbarton Club against the Depart
mental Leaguers. while the Columbi
Country Club racketers will be match
ed against the Chevy Chase team.
The War Department team is lead
ing the Departmental Tennis League
by q slight margin, and as this will
be busy week for the government
racketers. few upsets in the stand
ings of the circuit are expected.
The following are the matches sched-
uled for this week:
August Z. postponement, Smithson-
ian VS.. LabOrState; Treasury VS.. Com
missioners; Justice-Trade VS.. Conn
merce.
August s. postponement. AgricuI-
ture VS.. Government Printing office.
August 3. Navy VS.. Government
Printing Office; Interstate VS.. Post
office.
August 10. postponement, Labor
State VS.. Agriculture.
August II. War VS.. Interstate; Gov
ernment Printing Office VS.. Postof-
flee.
Harold Throckmorton, the national
interscholastic tennis champion. who
played such brilliant tennis here last
spring. will meet his strongest and
closest rival for the titular honors,
Roland Roberts, Of San Francisco. in
the final match for the junior cham
pionship late this month.
On October Is and Il the Oden Horts-
mann memorial event for the champion
ship of the Chevy Chase will be staged
a the Montgomery County course. This
championship tourney is being held
little early this fall so as to give Samuel
Dalzell. the title holder. a chance to play
in other competitions.
The present and former directors of
the Chevy Chase Club will hold golf
tournament in the near future for q cup
donated by E. NJ. Weaver OF the club.
Only four matches remain to be played
in the upper half and five in the lower
half of the golf tournament now being
staged at the Bannockburn Golf Club
for the John Henry and Alvin Williams
cup. The pairing OF the remaining play
follows:
Upper haIf-J. NJ. Schanage VS.. ]. T.
Harris, Hugo Hasselbach VS.. W. P. Jack
son. T. ]. w Brown vs.. winner Hassel-
baCh-Jackson. winner Scranage-Harris VS..
winner Brown against winner Hassel
bach-Jackson.
Lower haIf-W. c. worthington VS.. ].
V Birch. Lee CrandaII VS.. winner Woth-
ington- Birch. William Mackie VS.. J. L.
Warren, winner CrandaIl against winner
against Warren. B. L. Taylor VS.. win
ner of aforementioned match.
4 visit to the Merton links, near Phil
Rdelphia, gives an idea of the work being
done to fit the two courses for the ma
tional amateur championship which Is to
be played there beginning Labor Day. It
should be borne in mind that the links
do not adioin the Merton Cricket Club at
Haverford. Pa, but are three or more
miles west at Ardmore
Several years ago. when it was found
that the club needed more space for the
links. the east course was established on
Ardmore avenue, which runs west from
Ardmore. Then later the west course
was opened. It is on these two links
that the qualifying round on September
will be played. but the match play for
the title will be held only on the east. or
older course
Clarence j. Griffin and William NJ
Johnston. the national champions in
doubles. saved the Western contingent in
the intersectional lawn tennis match be-
tween the East and the West Saturday
on the courts OF the West Side Tennis
Club from complete shut-out. The title
holders were the only ones who were
able to win any OF the seven matches
that were staged in the two-day tourna-
ment, and It is a question II the commit
tee in charge of the Eastern players did
not make a mistake when they pItted
Alexander and Behr against Griffin and
Johnston. instead Of having Church and
Williams act as the first string pair.
The result would probably have been
just the same. however. as far as the
p0iTts were concerned. for Church and
Williams who defeated Murray and
Davis might have beaten the cham
riOns, but it is almost a certainty that
Murray and Alexander would have done
the same thing to Church and Alexander
Boy. mark up another occupation open
to women. George O'Nef, professional
Of Chicago. Ill, at the Beverly Country
Club. has fired all the men green keepers
and employed women.
This hot weather." said O'Neil the
men, instead Of cutting weeds. combing
the grass on the green's and keeping it
green. loafed in the shade, let the grass
die and became generally inefficient. We
want efficiency, so | employed women"
He picked the first from a truck gar
den. So far as is known. they are the
only women green keepers in the world
Although the women's national golf
championship is still two months away