The Washington herald., 1918-03-17

tnoee kolIere OF IrlAn descent VIII oe
given right of way at all Of the
local clubs and. weather pernittiug.
several impromptu events win be ar
RANGED for the wearers Of the green.
Nothing definite in the way Of events
stood several Of the ''Reillys," ''sulli-
vans" ''O'Briens." etc, expect 70 get
together and play a round or 90 IN
honor Of their tavorits saint
The recent death of Charles NJ. King
10 keenly felt at the Columbia Coun-
try Club. where he has been a member
for several years. Although only
fair golfer. King was one OF the most
popular members OF the club and his
sudden and untimely death Is being
considered by practically every men,
Der as. q great personal loss-
With the admission Of the Town
and Country Club 20 membership. the
District OF Columbia COLI Association
now has no more worlds to conquer"
as this was the last Of the local golf
organizations not in the fold. As this
club has a nine-hole course, It will
probably never get the assignment OF
the District title event, but its join
us VIM OOoON OCuCAN ~ OAAhNA
ways and viii also be a good thing
for the game locally. with all OF the
clubs In. the association will now be
in q position 10 act as general over
seer. TO regulate the game in the Dis
trict. straighten out any complica-
tons that may arise and act IN an
advisory capacity in all local golf
questions.
The Washington Tennis Association
held its annual meeting last Wednes-
day night. at which Louis !. Doyle
was elected president. succeeding A.
Y. Leech. who was made treasurer. g.
Gould Lincoln was chosen secretary,
while Edward w. Dom. Jr., was given
the vice presidency. The same three
clubs which participated last year will
again be represented, these being
Chevy Chase, Columbia and Dunbar
ton. It was decided that last years
plans will be followed this year and
that each team will play the other
two three matches. one on the home
| court, one on the opposing teams
| courts, and the third to be decided by
lot A schedule will be worked out
and submitted at the next meeting
OF the association.
Practically the only work being
done at the Bannockburn Golf Club
this spring is the building Of the new
road leading from the railroad sta
ton to the clubhouse. contracts for
which were let last week. On ac-
count Of not being able TO get neoes-
sary piping and other material, the
club has been forced TO postpone
making the changes 1t has planned
in connection with the system for
better watering the course.
Yates Pennimen, OF the Baltimore
Country Club. seems TO have 'stTan-
gle hold on the treasurer's job in
the Middle Atlantic Golf Association.
He was recently chosen to serve his
thirteenth consecutive term
DR.. Walter Harlan. chairman Of
the Green Committee OF the Column
bia Country Club. who has been to
Bellair, Fla, for several weeks. is
expected back on Tuesday. The doc
tor originally planned to stay until
about April !.
The Suburban Tennis League will
hold its annual meeting next Friday
evening at $50 o'clock. at the resi-
dence OF J. II. Holmead. and all
teams are urged to be represented
At this meeting plans for the COM
| ing year Will be discussed, officers
elected and the various committees
will be appointed. II is quite likely
that there will be only six clubs in
the league this year, as II Is ru-
mored that two of last years mem
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Of these is probably the Petworth
| team, as the ground on which its
courts were built was sold a day or
so ago. One thing is certain. how
! ever. and that is that there will be
league. no matter how few clubs
enter. and present indications point
toward a six-club circuit
Albert r. Mackenzie and n. King
COrnwel. two prominent Columbia
! golfers, left Washington Saturday
for St Augustine, Fla. where they
expect to get in some Southern play
for the next week or so.
Walter Hagen. OF Rochester. n. Y,
and Wilfred Reid, OF wilmingto two
Of the best professionals in the coun-
try. went through Washington last
week and stopped OF for a visit 10
the Columbia Country Club Reid did
not play. but Hagen took part In a
threesome with Albert Mackenzie and
Albert Campbell
The board OF governors Of the
Bannockburn Golf Club met last
Thursday night and reorganized its
house committee by adding several
| subcommittee TO il. John A. Rob-
inson is chairman OF the main COM
mittee. Waldo r. Pearce was ap-
pointed chairman OF a subcommit-
tee on entertainment Miss Wis
hart was put in charge OF one 10
look after the decoration OF the
grounds. house. etc. while Mrs.
William NJ. Smith was named to
take charge OF lockers. supplies for
the clubhouse, etc. The board plan
ned to also name the chairman of
the green aud tournament COM
mittees, but has decided to post
pone this until the next meeting.
Two more nationally prominent
amateur golfers have recently come
| to Washington on war work. d.
E. ("Ned") Sawyer. of Chicago, one
| OF the best OF the crop OF star
players which the Windy City has
produced In recent years is q cap
tain in the Ordnance Corps of the
/ army, and has been assigned to
duty here. He has made applica-
tion for membership to the Co.
lumbia Country Club and played q
round over that course last Sunday,
defeating Lieut. Rodgers and NJ
Field, also OF Chicago. Sawyer held
\ the Western amateur championship