Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs


next months meeting of the Middle
Atlantic Golf Association. which will
be held at the New Willard Hotel
March 2, did not see some additions to
the roster of clubs now members as it
is expected that the application of the
new lakewood Country Club of Lynch
burg, Va. will be received, and Secre-
tary F. ]. D. Mackie also has been in
communication with the Roanoke (Va.)
Country Club Of that place and it in
dictated some time ago that it would
eighteen-hole course was completed. 1t
is understood that this regulation-size
course now is completed and that the
organization is just about ready to
come into the foud."
The Lynchburg club is one of the
strongest in the state. 1t has close to
500 members and indications are that
this section of the country in a few
years Isaac S. Mackie, who for fifteen
years mas been connected with the ia
nous Fox Hills Golf Club near New
York city. designed and laid out the
course and he has resigned from the
Metropolitan Club in order to be able
to superintend it. Officials Of the
association are highly elated at the
prospects of charging the membership
OF the sectional governing body. and,
with this idea in view. Secretary Mackie
plans to get in communication with
practically all Of the clubs in the Dis
trict. Virginia, Maryland and Della
ware in the hope of interesting them
join.
The Middle Atlantic Association is
comprised of golf clubs of the states
named above, and any club in these
states is eligible for membership, yet
there are at the present time only
eleven clubs which have joined. 1t is a
well known fact that there are proba-
bly, as many more clubs in these states
which are not members, many of which
would very likely be glad to Join if
they were really wanted. AS a matter
of fact, some time ago several of the
Philadelphia clubs informally preached
the subject of their switching from the
pennsylvania Golf Association to that
of the middle Atlantic states, and while
nothing definite has been done as yet
there is possibility that the matter
may be taken up at some future time.
With twenty or twenty-five clubs be-
longing to 1t as members, the Middle
Atlantic Association would be one of
the most fourishing in the country, and
the officials realize this and expect to
get busy" in this direction at the
coming meeting.
Clarence r. King of Columbia has
also been admitted to membership at
the Bannockburn Golf Club and expects
to divide his time between the two
courses the coming season.
The bowling committee of the Chevy
Chase Club is planning a series Of
team matches to be held within the
| next couple of months and, with
| others. will meet representatives from
| the Washington Golf and Country Club,
4 the Dumbarton Club and Co. K, Mary
land National Guard. with headquarters
at Silver Spring. Practically all of the
members Of the bowling teams also are
on the clubs golfng team. This also
applies to the Washington Golf and
| Country Clubs team, headed by Loren
b. T. johnson.
real ability and several years of ex-
perience are not familiar with the rules
OF the game and are constantly I'M
Intentionally doing things which are
most important items which are FREE
quently broken in tournament play is
that regarding the waving of rules.
1 Under Etiquette OF Golf" which Is
just as binding as the rules themselves.
three paragraphs cover this subject.
Rule ] says that on the putting
green. II the competitor whose ball is
the nearer to the hole plays first. his
| ball shall at once be replaced and the
penalty for breach of this rule shall
be the disqualification Of both COM
petitors. Rule 2 is to the effect that
q competitor shall not waive any pen
atty incurred by his opponent under
penalty of disqualification: while the
third rule on the subject states that
competitors shall not agree to exclude
the operation of any rule or local rule,
under penalty of disqualification. The
rules of golf committee" also recon-
mend that players shall not concede
puts TO their opponents. All of these
are frequently broken during tourna-
ment play simply because the players
do not know that they are doing any
thing wrong. Many players when they
go In a tournament forget that there
] are others also entered and that any
+, waving of rules which they may be
perfectly willing to allow is manifestly
unfair to these other entrants. OF
course, in private or impromptu
matches. il players want to make ex-
ceptions and not adhere strictly to the
rules. no one can raise any objection,
but 1t must be remembered that in
Tournament play each player is repre-
tsenting every other entrapt in rhe
leyent and for this reason should see
that the rules are followed to the letter.
The Washington Suburban Club now
i II In communication with three New