The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
GOLF AND TENNIS NOTES

! Chevy Chase holds an invitation
event annually, while Dumbarton
has taken over the District tour
ney. formerly held at the Bachelors
Club.
The Monumental City players
have been after this tourney for
some time and unless Columbia
changes its mind, it looks very
much' as IL the wishes of the Balti-
more contingent will at last be
gratified and they will be awarded
it for 1918 at least.
John T. Harris, the genial secre-
| tary of the Bannockburn Golf Club
has just returned from a trip 70 ST.
| Eouis. where he spent the Christmas
holidays. He reports that conditions
I were worse than those existing in
Washington. and he was unable to
| State.
The report that the United States
Golf Association will probably re-
| instate Francis Ouimet to the anna
teum ranks at its coming meeting
| has been received with much inter-
~ so hSSNi oSAAAiS thSiCS. n
jority believe that Ouimet neye.
| should have been classed as a pro-
fessional in the first place. as he was
ruled out on a mere technicality. 1t
is understood that the Western cham
pion is to be restored TO the amateur
list on patriotic grounds. the Ma
! tional body feeling that this is the
least 1t can do under the circum-
stances. The young Bostonian has
| probably done more individually to-
wards raising funds for the Red
Cross than any other player in Amer
| lea. He has been competing in bene-
MT exhibition matches at close inter-
walls throughout the whole 1917 sea-
son. and has aided in bringing in
| thousands of dollars for relief work
abroad.
Unless there is an unexpected turn
IN affairs locally, there will be an
/ other change in the schedules plan
for the Departmental Tennis League
thls coming season, and the scheme
followed in 1916 will again be the
order Of play. When this league first
opened. matches were played on Sat-
urdays only, when three different
meetings were scheduled In 1915
two sets of matches were played
three times a week-on MONDAYS.
Wednesday and Fridays. In 1916
and that is the plan which will prob
ably be followed in l9ls-matches
were scheduled for every day in the
week except Saturday. This scheme
enabled players to compete without
losing any time from work, and al
the same time gave them Saturda.
for club matches. etc. Last wear
on account of abnormal conditions
due to the war the teams were
drawn and the winner was decided
by elimiila ton, onl: four or five
matches being scheduled. This was
not at all satisfactory, as in MANY
cases the players did not think If
worth while TO get in shape for 50
Few opportunities at competitive play
Those in charge think it would he
much better to arrange a daily scbed-
ule for this coming season, and to
take a chance on having a few do
faults. rather than to make il 40
abbreviated as to practically attract
no interest or attention.
DIR. Walter Harlan migrates for the
South on Saturday when he leaves
here for Bellair Florida, where he ex-
pects 10 remain until about April l.
During his absence Alpheus Winter
will act as chairman of the green COM
mittee at Columbia.
Only three championship golf tour
naments were played last year and
none Of them were under the aus
pices of the national body on account
Of the war. Those players were as
follows: Western amateur, won by
Francis Ouimet; Western open, cap
tured by James Barnes, and the wo-
mems Metropolitan which went to
Mrs. W. A. Gavin. The national title
went over for a year and consequent
ly are still held by those who won in
1915, as follows: Amateur, won by c.
A. (ChicO Evans; open, also won by
Evans, and women's which Miss Alexa
Stirling accounted for.