Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

Members Of the board Of governors
Of the Bannockburn Golf Club will con-
slider means of using the sum of 1000.
which was recently donated to the'club.
at the annual meeting TO be held in
the Southern building December g. The
fund will probably be used to develop
q properwaterins system for the pres
emit nine holes. rather than toward
frightening the course by adding new
holes, in charging the clubhouse and
In improving the road leading from
Conduit road to the clubhouse.
Work has commenced on the leveling
OF the second green at the course OF
the Bannockburn}G Golf Club. The green
for two years past has been a source
of trouble on account of its great slope.
particularly in the summer, when the
whole course Is hard and baked. Al
that time Of year. in spite OF the fact
that the green is kept literally watered.
it is practically impossible to pitch to
without making allowance for the
break to the left The green as 1t now
stands has four levels and when re-
Jack Burgess. professional at the
Chevy Chase Club, has been Ill since
last Saturday, and has been unable to
come to the club.
Fred Mcleod Of the Columbia Coun-
try Club, in the small amount Of play
ing he did last week, had two chances
to .shatter the. record Of the course.
getting around on two occasions IN
IS and another time in So Playing
with First Lieut.. Donald Woodward,
star golfer Of the Columbia Country
Club, and Capts. Gordon and Rogers
the early part of the week, Mcleod
had score OF So in his first round,
with a on the eighteenth hole. his
next round the same day was "a On
Tuesday he played with owen 3Jonn,
son. the novelist, who recently Joined
the Columbia Country Club. and had a
1 on the last hole to get his long
wanted Ct. His second shot was on
the green. too. but he took three puts
and again the chance went g1mmer-
ing. Wednesday. playing with d. 4
ers, the diminutive pro again ,had a
shot for a 81. his score at the end OF
the seventeenth hole. leaving him with
a 3 to break the record. His long putt
for q 3 was Just short. and again he
was around IN g.. i.
The list Of golfers about Washington
who have gained commissions in the ON
GERS training camp across the river was
enhanced last week by the names OF LAY
Donald woodward Of the Columbia Coun-
try Club, Simeon T. Price Of the Wash
ineton Golf and Country Club and New
hold Moves Of the Chevy Chase Club. All
Of these men, with the exception OF Webb.
are well known to golfers in Washington
through their participation in the tourna-
rnAnte given by the clubs here in the past
Ave years. While Webb Is good golfer
and hits a long ball from the tee. be has
moi entered any tournaments. Woodward
is well known to golfers all over the coun-
try, having travelled more in the past Few
yeare to play in tournaments than prob
ably any other player in Washington.
Price was runner-up In the club cham-
pionship at the Washington Golf and
Country Club last year and Noyes Is one
OF the leading players at the Chevy Chase
Club. s.
That more women's tournaments are
needed In the vicinity Of Washington
, was the statement. of a prominent
capital golfer recently. He deplores
the fact that no women well known In
national golf circles have come from
this city, and states that II there were
more tournaments held the interest in
women's golf would be greater and the
standard correspondingly higher. 1t
has always been the fact that from
those cities where frequent events are
held come the leading players An in
stance of this 10 the city OF Atlanta. Ga
Five years ago Atlanta was hardly
known in the golhng world. but with
the introduction of women's tourna-
l. OF national fame has arisen, beine
| that of Alexa Stirling. champion of the
United States With the subsequent
J adding Of ,aoWer7A mana nxAntn tn the