Evening star., 1917-09-23

The announcement that the Columbia
Country Club at its regular board meet
ing last week has decided to hold the
fall invitation golf tournament. Is par
ticularly gratifying to numbers Of the
local players who yearly look forward
to the Columbia event as the climax Of
the seasons play. This year the
tournament will be played purely a
patriotic affair, with an entrance Zee
Of 81, the entire amount received from
this fee to be turned over to the Ameri-
can Red Cross The local club has been
very active in Red Cross affairs this
season. having already turned over a
total in excess of $4,000 to the RELIEF
society Four sixteenS will be played
with the winner of the Wardman trophy
having his name inscribed on the cup
and receiving a replica of the trophy
as in former years. Winners and run
ners-up in the minor flights as well as
the winners and runners-up in the de-
feated eights will also receive prizes.
Special attention is called to the rule
made this year that the entries of play
ers are not wanted unless they are
actually to compete in the event This
is caused by the large number of de-
faults last year. which robbed the tour
nament Of good deal Of its spice. The
annual medal play handicap will. as
last year. be played in conjunction with
the qualification round four prizes be-
ing awarded in this affair.
The putting greens at the Chevy
Chase Club are again regafning their
normal fall aspect with the top dress
ing which they have undergone in the
past two weeks and the addition Of
tngton rarely is wholly killed until the
middle of November. but at this time
of year the long feelers which In the
summer time reached out and over
came everything in their way have
dwindled down to comparatively insig
nificant shoots. and do no more harm
to the greens other than Offering in
frequent rough spots. The eleventh
green at the Chevy Chase Club was the
one most seriously injured this year.
and this was done by the severe spell
Of hot weather which was experienced
in July for four days. Other than that
the greens have not been very bad. eN-
cept in the spots from which the crab
grass was picked by hand.
One Of the clubmakers at the Chevy
Chase Club in round of the course
one morning last week played the
seventh hole at that course in a pecu
liar manner. He topped his drive and
er in front of the green. from which
disadvanta geouS point he holed out,
winning the hole from his opponent.
who was on the green and down in the
regulation figures.
lack Burgess. pro at the Chevy Chase
Club. has been playing very well since
ne returned from playing in the west
ern open championship in Chicago. In
two successive rounds of the long
Chevy Chase course last week he was
around in rs and rs.
Fred Mcleod of the Columbia Coun-
try Club played last week in tourna-
ment at Hartsville. VT. on the private
golf course of G. II. Plunkett. near the
Maplerowe Inn of Hartsville. Twenty
five of the hest players of the country
We're specially invited to this tourna-
rnent including Jim Barnes. winner OF
the recent western open: Gilbert Mich
OILS of Great Neck. Mike Brady. Tom
Mcnamara, Eddie Loos and others.
f B. Fynon, jr.. champion of th'
District of Columbia. was around his
home course that of the ColuRbia
Country club last week in - anh 30
leading Albert r. McKenzies best score
by a stroke on his last round Mcken-
zie, by the way. is a greatly improved
golfer Last year he was rarely under
S3. but this season finds him making
frequent trips down into the 7Os. and
on one occasion he was around the
Columbia course in II. II there are
any big tournaments held about Wash
ington next year he should make f1ne
showing. The two Dempsey brothers