The Washington herald., 1917-11-18
GOLF AND TENNIS NOTES
By FRANK YOUNG.

appointed as new member. and these
, two, with Samuel Dalzeu. will COM
pose the committee until the next cleo
ton.
1 Because Of coUrtes!es recently shown
its president by members Of the Co.
lumbia Country Club, Secretary Ar
! thur Shelton is in receipt Of a letter
Z from the Virginia Country Club, OF
] Long Beach, Los Angeles. Cal. cN-
tending the coCrtesiCs OF that club to
any Columbia players who expect to
he in Southern California this winter.
The invitation reads, in part: We are
hospitahle people and anything we
have will be at the disposal OF our
guests, with the single exception that
certain cups and trophies Of small in
| trinsic. but considerable sentimental
value. will be retained in our posses
sion-if possible" The letter closes
with the postscript: our nineteenth
I hole is an oasis IN an otherwise dry
district"
! Hers a chance Tor TacgUstsTs TO
/ do a little missionary work" The
! War Departments Commission on
Training Camp Activities has asked
the L. :. Lawn Tennis Association %
| secure equipment Tor ~ tennis courts.
1 These courts have been built at vlri-
Gus training camps. but the govern
ment makes no provision for their
| equipment. ?. JoScrh J.. RaycrOft.
who is in charge Of this branch OF
the coTnu5Ss. .0r's work. has put the
matter before the essociation's officers
SO clearly that that body wants 10 DO
all in its power toward Lclning out.
0 T. IL
country must have some tennis equip
meut LLat is sc-yitgable. but Is not
now in active use. Nets. balls and
racQuets are the thir-s most wanted.
Don't discard a lot OF orr-out stun.
but find tha things that your club can
do without and put them 10 work in
the camps. II local racIucters O. clubs
have any equipment of this Kind il
should be sent 10 DR.. RUycroft at
Princeton, y. J. DO IL now.
Truett, DooinC and Moshv are stiIl
! leading in the ringer tournament
which closes on THANKSGIVING Day az
the Washington Golf and Country
Club. and present indications are that
the men will finish in this order, as
none Of the other entrants have scores
OF better than 60. Tho three leaders
have marks OF S, s. and $, respec-
lively.
The IF. Oden HorSunann Memorial
event which was played at Chevy
Chase last week seems 20 he attract
ing fewer entries each year. This
event is 4 scratch one at 2 holes.
medal play. the winner being declared
the club champion FOR the year, Only
two completed the full = holes this
year. There IS no doubt but that a
match play event would have drawn A
good field. The club hc@ii.tos TO make
the change in style Of play. however,
for sentimental reasons Mr.. Horst
mann. who was a prominent member
OF the club and a brilliant player st
the time Of his death. was n great be-
lever in medal play. and, consequent
ly. when his sisters presented the me-
mortal trophy TO the club il was felt
that n medal play event would he
more appropriate than at match. Tn
der the circumstances. Il is not likely
that a change 70 match play will ever
be made. even IL only one player en-
tcrs II each year.
Mcleod and Eddie Loose, Of Phil
| adelphia. figured I'm an add match az
Wilmington last Sunday when they
| stacked up against Jim Parnes. n
''Philly," and Wilfred Reid. Of Will
mington, in a foursome for the Army
Girls Transport Tobacco Fund. The
McBeod-Loose pair was 6 up with is
TO play and lost the next s holes,
finally losing out Up and .
Richard Beattie. former amateur
champion at Bannockhurn, and now
| assistant professional at chevy Chase.
met with a serious accident recently
and will be out Of tho game for
month at least.
Philip F. Searle won the putting
event at Bannockburn last week This
gives him a leg on the 1907 CUP"
Maj. A. W. Williams, who has been
playing regularly at Bannockburn for
number OF years, is now at the
Plattsburg training camp on instruc-
ton work in the war game"