Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

tation tournament to be held by the
club May "a. IS and 26.
Fred Mcleod and Albert r. McKen-
play Howard Beckett Of tho Washing:
ton Golf and Country Club and Donald
woodward of Columbia in q match to-
morrow afternoon over the Washington
Golf and Country Club course.
The chairman of tho house committee
of tho Washington Golf and Country
Club. r. p. Halves. Is having com.
pleted in the clubhouse six additional
be ready for occupancy May I and some
Of them have already been rented for
tho summer. The rooms were con-
structed at the request Of some OF the
members who wished to live at the club
during tho summer.
Tho women's District of Columbia
championship will be held at the CO.
lumbia Country Club. starting May IL.
Fred Mcleod in the three rounds he
played last week had 70. II and -,
pretty fair going for a course as dim
cult as Columbia. Mcleod 10 contem-
nament to DO held at st. Louis the last
part Of May, in which a round each will
be played over the Algonquin and
Westwood Club courses. Mcleod has
few times has no averaged little over
II for three rounds OF tho course. He
thinks that he 10 playing better golf
now than he has shown for some time
past.
Qualifying rounds for two competi-
lions to be held shortly at the Co
lumbia Country Club started last week
Medal scores for the first monthly
tournament may be handed in up to
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many scores as they wish. the lowest
one only to count. As many sixteens
will be formed as are warranted by
The first 1917 Let's trophy tourna-
ment, open to members of the Columbia
Country Club who have attained the
age OF forty years, starts May 2. The
qualifying round opened April 16 and
will continue through April %.
walter 8. Harlan Of the Columbia
Country Club does not believe the
growing Of food supplies in vacant
spaces on golf courses to relieve the
market is economically possible. He
lumbia Country Club would rather play
golf than hoe in a garden tract, when
men can be hired to do the same work
for nominal sum. Some time ago
Harlan. as an experiment. tried the
on the golf course. in order to reduce
the working cost Of the animals The
attempt to reduce the high cost of
food did not prove a great success
and he does not believe that any at
tempt to relieve the food situation by
a concerted effort to grow crops on
golf courses would result in anything
other than a good deal of unneces-
sary work. II would simply put on
tho market a small amount of vege-
tables-so small. in fact, that 1t Is not
likely any effect on prices would be
noticed.
The members of the Bannockburn
Golf Club think differently. They have
submitted a tract Of their land, meas
uring from twenty-five to thirty-eight
acres, and had man from the Depart
ment Of Agriculture out last Thursday,
mended the placing of certain seeds in
certain places. c. H. Mcbride has been
made chairman Of the committee which
will have this work in hand. Potatoes.
onions. tomatoes. peas and beans will
be amcng the foodstuffs raised on the
idle land at Bannockburn. and. while
It 10 not expected that the members
will give great deal of their time
to the project. it is felt that 1t will
be success.
Basil NJ. Manly has been appointed
chairman OF the tournament committee
Of the Bannockburn Golf Club to han.
die all monthly tournaments and to ar
range the dates of the annual invita-
ton event which will take place next
Gall.