Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

Golfers at all the clubs about WASH
iRgton will play in formal events To-
morrow. the occasion being the last
holiday of the year on which the play
ers will get together in regular events,
with the exception of regular clup
tournaments. Chevy Chase Club play
ers will compete in match play
against par event. At the Columbia
Country Club the golfers will play IN
a match play against par event. both
morning and afternoon. The Washing
ton Golf and Country Club oners
match play against par competition TOT
It's members in the morning, with a
driving contest in the afternoon. Out at
Cabin John bridge, at the Bannockpo
Golf Club. the members Will play In
Pinehurst swatfest. The Town ana
Country Club will hold a blind DOGGY
play against par event at the Columbia
Country Club the women will hold a
putting competition for a special
trophy given by the club with handi-
in previous putting events. The play
ers will be separated into the FOLLOW
ing classes:
A-The winners OF the Smith, Sheri-
dan and Leech trophies. B-The win
ners of one or more events in any regu-
lar match play putting tournament, ex-
cepting the class A players. C-Ihe
runnersup and winners OF the consola-
lions in any regular match play put
ting event; also any contestant partici-
pating in these matches for the first
time who has previously played goli'
also any contestant who has partfci-
pated in any medal play putting event
IpContestants who have won two or
play putting event. E-Contestants
who have won only one match in any
regular event. FContestants who
have never previously won a match. or
who have never previously putted at
any other time or place.
The handicaps are as follows: Class
A PLAYERS start class b players up,
class C players up. class D players 3
players 5 up at the initial tee. This
method Of handicapping holds good
through all classes, the players In the
class above conceding her opponent
hole.
An acre of ground to the north of the
fourteenth hole at the Chevy Chase
Club has been sown to creeping bent in
and possibly some of the putting greens
next year.
Jack Burgess and Fred Mcleod
played in a rather peculiar match Fri
day afternoon. in which each man had
fine opportunities to score low. Nc
Leod started with six Is and 3. He
bunker to the right Of the green and
took z to the hole, following 1t with
s, s. 6, 6. and then finishing with a
score Of IS. Burgess was out in &c.
eighth tee, squaring the match at the
tenth. He won the eleventh and twelfth.
putting him 2 up. The next two were
halved. and Burgess missed short
puts on both the fifteenth and six
teenth for halves. squaring the match
The Chevy Chase Club pros pitch to
| the seventeenth green was skied.. and
Mcleod won this hole and the last to
capture the match up. The contest
was unusual In that Burgess won five
straight holes and then lost the match
Burgess had Is.
Golf teams OF the Bannockburn and
Washington golf clubs meet today in a
match over the course of the Washington
Golf and Country Club The match
is return engagement of contest played
over the Bannockburn couse two weeks
ago. when the visitors on that occasion
triumphed by lone point. The lineup
OF both teams will be slightly changed for
put in on both teams. The lineup of the
two teams follows: Bannockburn. Basil
NJ Manly. George T. Cunningham. e. D.
Williamson: Bruce L. Taylor T. J. W.
liam Macsle. John T. Harris. n stonier,
C. e. FELTON, and J. A. White. Washing
ton Golf and Country Club. John Bryan,
W. A. Smith. 8. L. Mosby. w. A. Knowles,
Clenahan. c. H. Duganne. c. v. Piper. W.
II. Woddman. e. w. Burton and R. P.
Halves.
Walter s. Harlan of the Columbia
Country Club returns from Poland
Springs, Me-, September 10. at which time
details of the fall tournament at the Co
lumbia club will be decided upon. Alpheus
Nhar 0ft
mittee, states that Columbia will hold
tournament this fall, although 1t may
be q patriotic affair with entrance fees,
the proceeds to go to the Red Cross. At
the time tho District championship was
called of it was thought that Columbia
Hould forego its fall tournament but in