Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-01
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS
Is KLEIN. secy. & Treas

Great interest in the Liberty tourna-
| ment to be played nationally July is
being taken by Washington golfers.
The purpose Of the event is to raise in
the neighborhood Of 100000 for the
American Red Cross and from the ap-
pearance Of the subscription lists at
the local clubs this amount will be
easy to obtain. At the Columbia Coun-
try Club at least four men have given
800 and many other smaller amounts
are on the list It Is expected to raise
nearly $1,000 at Columbia Chevy
Chase members have subscribed gener-
| ously to the Liberty fund and probably
this club will raise much moro than its
full allotment. The other local clubs
are all showing much interest in the
campaign for Red Cross funds, and all
the subscription lists bear out the claim
| that golfers are not backward in times
Of national peril. AS for the golfng
end Of the day. the Red Cross will give
I to each club bronze medal which VIII
go to the winner Of the event. In addi-
: ton to this. the United States Golf
certificate emblematic of the wartime
tourney.
At Chevy Chase, Bannockburn and
the Washington Golf and Country Club
against par while at the Columbia
Country Club the golfers will play at
handicap medal play for five prizes.
A medal will be given to the men with
third low net. The Red Cross medal
and the U. S. G. A. certificate go to the
winner Of low net.
Jimmie Spencer will play Jack Burgess
and Howard Beckett in an exhibition
match over the course OF the Bannock-
burn Golf Club for the benefit of the
American Red Cross. The match was
originally arranged as played last year,
when Dave Burgess. Spencer and Beck
EFT defeated Mcleod and Jack Burgess
one up in twenty-one holes. Dave Bur-
CESS is i'll with pleurisy and will, of
course. be unable to play. Tickets to
watch the match can be bought at Ban
nockburn.
Samuel Dalzell. the brilliant left
handed golfer Of the Chevy Chase Club,
Murray Bay. Canada, where he will play
golf on nine-hole course near his
home.
Jack Burgess Of Chevy Chase and Jim
mic Spencer Of the Town and Country
Club will play Tom Skipper of the
Baltimore Suburban Club and James
Roche of Elkridge In a match over
week.
]. H de Sibour. playing with New
bold Noyes and E. Lee Jones over the
Chevy Chase course one day last week.
had the first hole in q A full mid
iron shot found the cup. He started the
second nine with a on the tenth hole.
Miss Pauline Lockett and Miss Louise
Lacey are leading in the ringer tourna-
ment at the Chevy Chase Club.
G. H Chasmar had a good round over
the Columbia Country Club course last
Tuesday. With two IS he had the
first nine holes in 81 and was back in
SO for total of 20. Norbert Dempsey
was around in "a Friday Afternoon: play
Dempsey. Norbert had eight As and
3 on the first nine.
Quite a comprehensive schedule is
offered golf enthusiasts at the Column
bia County Club July 4. Not only will
the men play in the Liberty tournament
In the morning. but another event is
carded for them in the afternoon. a
women of the club expect to raise a
considerable amount for the Red Cross
by charging an admission fee to the
putting contest A corps of Red Cross
vising the sale Of Red Cross badges. !
which every golfer and tennis player |
will be asked to buy. The nurses will !
be housed in two tents. one between the |
tennis courts and the putting course. |
and the other near the first tee of the |
golf course. All the divisions Of the |
Red Cross will be represented.
Members of the Washington Golf and |
Country Club, besides competing in the |
tournament July 4. will play in |
a special sweepstakes contest in the J
afternoon. A driving contest for the |
women will be held on No. l fairway |
in the afternoon. |
W. II. woodman and John Bryan will |
meet today in the final of the June |
tournament at the Washington Golf |
and Country Club. Richard P. Halves
won the second flight, defeating Sidney