Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03

| Miss Louise Lacey and Miss Pauline
Lockett are tied for first place in the
ringer tournament held at the Chevy
Chase Club in May, with scores Of 81.
Miss Lockett was a stroke behind Miss
Lacey at the close of play May 80, but
the next day secured a on the six
teenth hole, which put her in tie.
The middle Atlantic patriotic golf tour
nament is to be played on local courses
Friday and Saturday Of this week. The
manner in which the event Is to be run
OF is distinctly new departure and one
which should receive the hearty support
of all golfers whether they have win
ming aspirations or not. Players will be
paired according to their club handicaps,
which must be submitted to President
Walter r. Tuckerman at the Chevy
Chase Club before o'clock tomorrow
evening. AS many flights will be made
up as the entry list justifes. and it is
very probable from advance Information
that total of somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 500 golfers will take part in
the tourney. The size Of the entry list
| from out-of-town clubs belonging to the
association is doubtful. 1t is unlikely
that many golfers will care to journey
SO far from home to play in tourna-
and in which the title will not change
hands, but on the other hand there are
g. great many men who care nothing
about the prizes, but enter tournaments
for the pleasure of playing competitive
golf.
The Columbia Country Club. it is es-
timated. will furnish ten sixteens, and il
the Chevy Chase Club furnishes like
number with an entry list from the other
| local clubs commensurate with their
membership, there is not the slightest
| doubt that the affair will be an unquali-
| fled success. Two rounds Of match play
will be contested at Sall the local clubs in
all flights Friday with the semi-f1nals in
lumbia Clubs Saturday morning and the
finals at the Chevy Chase Club Saturday
| afternoon.
Players are asked to give as much
the form Of entrance fees, the minimum
| amount being 81 per man.
| A patriotic tournament will be held at
all golf clubs throughout the country
July under the auspices of the United
are to be turned over to the Red Cross.
This tournament will be the biggest thing
ever attempted in golf in the United
States and probably in the world Al
l
and comparatively negligible prizes will
be awarded, it is believed that in the
Lneighborhood Of 100000 will be raised
for the relief society by golfers through
out the country. Walter s. Harlan of
the Columbia Country Club received a
letter from the president of the United
States Golf Association last week in
| which 1t was announced that the Ameri-
can Red Cross is to present to each club
| in the event a medal, presumably of
bronze, for the man who wins the affair
at his club. In the tournament. which
will take the place of the amateur
championship this year. according: to the
seems likely of adoption, parchment
scrip will be given to the winning golfer
at each club.
The scores made by the women who
played in The Evening Star cup COM
not particularly low considering the
class of the field. Miss Louise Lacey
had the best single round of the
tournament with a card of log, but
| withdrew her card owing to an I'M
fortunate misunderstanding Of the rule
Knowledge of the rules in golf amounts
| to a good deal and many times the
| regulations are unwittingly broken
| without any actual advantage accruing
| to the player.
Fred Mcleod Of the Columbia Country
Club had four successive rounds OF
| 70 last week over his home course.
George ]. James is probably play
ing the, strongest game of any of
the local amateurs just now. James
has been around the Columbia course
rs or better. Last Sunday, play
| ing with Norbert and Tom Demp-