Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

A professional exhibition match be-
tween the i've pros Of Washington has
been planned for the near future by
Country Club. At tho match last Sun
day at Bannockburn all the pros were
invited to play at an early date over
the Virginia course for the Red Cross
and all signihed their willingness to dc
so. The match will be arranged at
soon as Dave Burgess is we'll enough
to play. Dave has had quite a siege
Of illness. He was in bed for week
with threatened attack OF Pleurisy
but will be out today. Dave Burgess
Howard Beckett and Jimmie Spencer
will play Jack Burgess and Fred Nc
Leod.
Capt Sutton Of the British Royal
Artillery has created q good deal OF
interest by his play at Chevy Chase.
Capt. Sutton lost his hand on Gallipoli
in the early days Of the war by the
premature explosion Of q hand grenade
Turks. and has been forced to learn
to play golf with one hand-his left.
Formerly fine player, being rated at
minus at his home club Of Walton
adapted himself to tho changed condi-
lions and plays q very creditable game
with his one hand. So good. in fact.
is his game that the great James Braid.
professional at the Walton Heath Club.
can allow him only twelve strokes in
an eighteen-hole round. Capt. Sutton
played with Burgess. tho professional
at Chevy Chase recently. and after
mediocre start on the first three holes
had the fourth in I, the fifth In 4. then
He still carries the club over his right
shoulder on the back swing and OBJ
tains a good deal of distance.
Quite a remarkable performance b,
another one-handed player took place
at the Washington Golf and Country
Club last week. Albert Howard. who
is also without the use OF his right
hand, had the last nine holes In thirty
six strokes. Howard plays a fine game
Of tennis. in addition to his rather un.
usual game OF golf. His short game Ii
particular is fine, although he cannot
OF course. drive as far as those players
possessing both arms.
Jack Burgess of the Chevy Chase Clut
played the best ball Of J. Donald Gas
sells and Nevbold Noyes at Chevy chas'
last Friday afternoon and was heater
by two holes, despite a card Of 80 FOL
Loren B. r. johnson. playing with e
A. Varela at the Washington Golf ant
country SluO last n1OuUdy, was dFOuHt
in ~. one stroke above the record fol
the course, held Jointly by Donald
Woodward and Samuel Dalzell. johnson
might have shattered the record bu
for one bad hole.
Fred Mcleod had quite a remarkable
succession of holes at the Columbis
Country Club last Tuesday. He wal
out in only an ordinary 30 and wal
8. 7, for the first three holes coming
in. Starting with tho thirteenth. hi
had i've 8s in a row, to finish with {
81 for the nine and a score of 70 fol
the round. Two Of these five holes
are ordinary 3 holes. but the tire
others are very good fours. He wa
playing with A. Winter against q. B
Eynon, jr.. and Norbert Dempsey
Eynon played the last six holes in two
under As and was beaten by Mcleod
Winter and Mcleod were down ant
5 to 20 and squared the match.
Another of the feats OF the colum
bia professional last week was tht
securing of on the second hole
which is found hard enough even by
good. players to negotiate in 4. Mcleod
missed his iron tee shot and holed 9
niblick shot from the side Of the hill
In this match, which was played last
Wednesday. McLeod's partner. g. II
Chasmar secured on the third hole