Evening star., 1918-05-26

A patriotic tournament to take the
place Of the regular middle Atlantic
golf championship will be held over
the course Of the Maryland Country
club. in Baltimore. May 80 and 81
and June /. The tournament is open
to members Of all golf clubs within
the geographical limits of the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association compris-
ing Maryland, Delaware. District OF
Columbia and Virginia. whether MEM
bers Of the associotion or not. and to
invited guests.
A feature Of the event will be the
fact that there will be no qualihca-
tion play. The entrants Will be al
yidsd into flight: acGord'ns ST tS.,r 70 clnS S
secretaries. Ties for last place In all
flights will be decided by lot: There
will be sufficient number OF nients
to accommodate all entrants up TO tne
limit OF the courses availaoie. -
necessary the play will be EXTENDED
to take in other courses in Baltimore;
The match play scheduled Tor al
flights is as follows:
First Round-Thursday am. May 80.
Second Round-Thursday p.m.' May
30.
Semi i-Finals-Friday am. May 81.
Final Round-Friday pm. May 81:
Special Handicap Event-Saturday
morning and afternoon. June l.
Match play for the nrst ana seeond s.stnd
Ssss sGuna' r fGr a bs disstrisu.ed sniis over the
three Baltimore courses; the semi
finals will be played over the Mary
land Country Club and the Baltimore
Country Club courses and the nnals
for all ,shss viii 6,P b. PleSsa eSsq.e over tho
AS the tournament will be strictly
Red Cross benefit affair. each con-
testant is asked to make contriou-
ton to the relief association. the min
imum to be $500: Al M money .syo raised and,
narily appropriated for prizes by the
associat tion, will be turned over to the
Red Cross. Entries close with X.
Lee Slingluff, president. Middle AT.
lantic Golf Association. Maryland
Country Club. Park Heights avenue.
Baltimore, on or before 6 pm. to-
morrow.
That golfers are not backward IN
contributing to the Red Cross ana ana
is not always told by the price tag is
indicated by the following story
brought from the annual meeting OF
the Association Of Electrical EnEi-
neers by Edward 6. Graham OF the
ouet Of the association at Hot Springs
last Wednesday somebody brought
forward a box Of ordinary golf balls
to rafne off individually. The frst
ball brought 81. the second $55 and
inally counted it was found that
twelve dollar box Of balls had brought
$1,000. Then the buyer Of the first
ball made the motion that the box
be turned back to the association to
be raffied OF again.
xA1H lv,r {~H vi n.
ing women players Of the country Will
play has been arranged to be held at
the Chevy Chase Club Sunday after
noon, June 2. for the benefit of the
Red Cross. Mrs. Fred c. Let's. wom-
ems western champion. and JACK Bur
will oppose Mrs Quentin Feitner and
Fred Mcleod Of the Columbia Coun-
try Club. Mrs. Feitner has f1ve times
won the women's metropolitan title
and is a player without peer in the
country.
Isaac T. Mann. champion Of the
Chevy Chase Club. yesterday put in
strong bid to win the H. A. Gillis
cup, presented for the best net score
turned in by club member up to De-
gross score Of 7s. This. with his
handicap of ten strokes deducted.
brings his net score down to 68. Mann
was playing with John H. Clapp as
partner against Gillis and John s.
Larcombe. jr., and his side won by
large margin.
The play for the cup bought by the
interest on two $500 bonds presented
to the Chevy Chase Club by a member
will constitute the Memorial day
event at the Chevy Chase Club next
Thursday The contest will be at
eighteen holes match play against
par.
Thirty -eight names are already en-
tered for the competition for the cups
presented to the Chevy Chase Club by
the French high commission. Match
play will begin Juno S. Entries close
June 2. The thirty-two low net scores