Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

r round 0 s. Perry defeated Charles H.
Orme, 30. Consolation-F. B. Pyle
defeated Frederic Haskin. FL, Frank
Rhea defeated William Smith 1 up.
Third fight-E. B. De Graw defeat
defeated W. H. West, So; E. c. Colt
defeated F. NJ. Phelps. 81. Consola-
tion-B. U. Graham defeated L. w.
Breer, 1 up: John F. Slaven defeated
A. r. Ruan. 6-5.
Fourth flight-John L: Weaver de-
feated r. W. Cox, 1 up; E. J. ODER de-
feated Ralph Barnard. l up; Q. b.
Drown defeated H. Nichols. al; 1. r.
Henderson and Hugh Mckenzie. all
even. Consolation-W. f. Mcmahon
defeated F. 3. Devereaux, FL: w. f.
Fowler defeated J. c. Mclaughlin, 2
Charles H. Orme. playing against J.
S. Perry in the June tourney, scored
a 3 on the eighteenth hole at Co
lumbia. reaching the green with a
mashfe after a tremendous drive and
running down the putt.
The second round Of the Bannock-
burn Clubs June tournament has been
completed and one or two matches in
the third round have been finished. The
results: First flight, second round
Brown defeated Harris. St: Beattie
defeated Greene, a.; Williamson de-
feated Doyle. up; Cunningham defeat
defeated Brown, 4-2. Consolation
Taylor defeated Burton. "a: De Far
ges defeated Mackie. up. Finals-De
Farges defeated Taylor. 2-1.
Second f1ight-king defeated Fales.
"a: Stewart defeated Birch. 1 up in
10 holes; Dorset defeated Mrs De Far
ges. 81: Robinson defeated Felton,
"a Third round-Stewart defeated
King, a Consolation--Emery de-
feated Burbage, a; Ransome de-
feated Pearce, So: Ravenel defeated
NJ. Taylor. FL.
Third fiight-Spence defeated Patter-
son. IS: Hesselbach defeated H. Tay-
lor. ST: Worthington defeated Drury,
up: Delaney defeated Ball, up: De,
laney defeated Worth. 81. Consola-
tion-Moulton defeated II. Taylor, 2-1;
Ball won by default
T. ] w. Brown has opened his sum-
mef nome just west of the second green
at Bannockburn and now is thoroughly
established in his summer quarters
Jack Burgess. professional at Chevy
Chase. intends to compete in the met
ropoiitan open championship played
over the course of the Garden City.
The origin of golf as competitive
game Is shrouded in mystery. although
the old story of the Scotch shepherds
who endeavored to strike round stone
into hollow in the links, as the downs
are called in Scotland. often is quoted
These men, finding that it was not as
easy as 1t looked to put the stone into
the little depression, soon found q bet
ter substitute than the stone and in
stituted regular holes. The English
parliament in 1857 decreed that golf
be utterly cryit doune and nocht usit"
and although the Royal Blackheath
Club, not for from London, was the
early English home of the game. few
knew of the existence of the sport
the face of the earth. Jerry Melford.
writing to one of his classmates at
Oxford College in 1910. had this to say
of the game. as he saw it:
Il never saw such a concourse of
genteel company at any races in Eng
land as appeared on the course at
Leith. Hard by, in the fields called
the links. the citizens of Edinburgh
golf in which they use a curious kind
Of bat, tipped with horn. and small
elastic balls of leather. stuffed with
feathers. rather less than tennis balls,
but of a much harder consistence.
These they strike with such force and
dexterity from one hole to another
that they fly to an incredible distance"
If only the worthy gentleman could
be brought back to life and see the
marvellous distances some of our cham
pions obtain with the rubber-cored
sphere. He goes on to say:
OF this diversion the Scotch are
so proud that when the weather will
permit you may see a multitude of all
ranks. from the senator of justice to
the lowest tradesman. mingled to-
gether in their shirts and following
the balls with the utmost eagerness."
He could better understand the de-
mocracy of the game if he could now
watch the highest men in all countries
disporting themselves on the links
under all weather conditions. Con-
was shown one particular set of golf
ers. the youngest of whom was turned
fourscore. They were all gentlemen
of independent fortunes who had
amused themselves with this pastime
for the best part of a century, without
having ever felt the least alarm from
sickness or disgust and they never
went to bed without having the best
part of gallon of claret slowed away
Such uninterrupted exercise, cooper
ating with the keen air from the sea.
must, without doubt. keep the appetite
ton against all the common attacks
of distemper." So even in those days
the physical benefits of golf were ap-
preciated and, without doubt, the play
ers then were as keen for the game as
are those of the present day.
The board of governors of the Kirk
side Golf Club at it's recent meeting
decided to increase the waiting list of
active members to twenty-five to per-
nit of the admission of number of
men who have lately filed applications.
The regular membership was Allied
some time ago and the waiting list has
been created to meet the applications