Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26

Norman Maxwelrs visit to Washing
ton Friday paved the way for another
out-of-town man to score low over the
Chevy Chase course. The course record
made in competition is held by Richard
Tunstall Of Norfolk. who had this score
in the last spring tournament. William
s. Reyburn Of Chevy Chase is credited
with a card Of IA, which, If official. is
the lowest an amateur has ever done.
However. 1t is reported that on this oc-
casion Reyburn was conceded couple
of short puts.
Jack Burgess was around the Chevy
Chase course last Wednesday in IS.
playing with c. e. Battle. The profess
sional mark for the course is 10. made
by Burgess last spring.
Fred Mcleod was around the Column
bia course last Thursday, playing with
Robert L. Corby. w. J. McNally and j.
c. Mclaughlin, in SO. In the course of
this round Mcleod missed at least two
puts. which were holable. one on the
first hole and one on the sixth. The
professional record for the course is
So, and although Mcleod has had five
SIS he has never been lower. on sew
eral occasions having missed puts
which would have given him e..
Playing with Jack Burgess Friday morn
ing Mcleod was around the Columbia
course In rs, beating the Chevy Chase
professional a hole and a stroke.
The little Scot was against stin
game. last Sunday. Dwight Partridge
of Bedford, former Westchester county
champion; +. B. Eynon. jr., District
amateur champion. and Donald Wood
ward played their best ball against
McLeod's score and defeated him and
g. In the afternoon Partridge and Ely
non won from Mcleod, and ), the
amateurs having best ball OF t!. Par
fridge was around in the afternoon in
IS and Eynon in 70. The former is one
of the leading metropolitan district
players. being rated as a . hanolcap
man. In 1915 he won the westminster
championship and was beaten by Reg-
gle Lewis in the final OF the 1916 event.
Kirkside and Bannockburn soIters
meet today in an inter club team match
over the Kirkside course, the old nome
of the Bannockburn Club Ten-mah
teams will compete in this competition
a resume of the team contests of for
mer years. when they were very popular
about Washington. In the hrst or a
series of matches between the wash
ington Golf and Country Ciub and the
Bannockburn Golf Club over the Ban
ncckburn course two weeks ago today,
the visitors were victorious by one
point. the Nassau system OF scoring be.
ing used. BannockDurnS team Will
visit the Washington Golf and Country
Club next Sunday in a return engage
ment.
1t is interesting to note the difference
in the ages of the teams which COM
peted in the recent Professional Golfers
tournament near New York.
The American professional team. win
ners of the event. averaged probably
from six to ten years younger than
their Scotch and English professional
rivals. The inclusion of Bobby Jones.
Perry Adair and Norman Maxwell
brought the average of the amateurs
quite low, although Travers and Kirk
by are men in the thirties. The Ameri-
can amateurs, however. averaged in the
of twenty-six or twenty
seven. Brady and Mcnamara. the old
est men on the team are barely thirty.
Hoffner. Lees. Kerrigan and Bowling
are all under twenty-six. and Magen is
twenty-seven. On the other hand the
men on the two teams from the British
Isles were quite a good deal older. On
the Scotch team. Nipper Campbell and
Alex Smith are both veterans of the
game in this country and are well over
forty, while Mcleod. Hutchinson and