The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
GOLFERS WILL
MAKEDECISION
District Association to Com
plete Plans for Patri-
otic Tourney. =

The executive committee OF the Dis
trict of Columbia Golf Association will
meet at the residence Of DR.. Walter
Harlan tomorrow night. at which time
plans for the associations tourna-
ment, which will be. played In. the
form of q patriotic" event, VIII be
decided upon. As has been stated In
The Herald before, this years event
will probably be along entirely new
lines from any OF its. predecessors.
John H. Clapp. Of the Chevy Chase
Club, who has been goiffng at Pine
hurst for the past few weeks, has re-
turned to Washington and will submit
a plan which will no doubt be adopted.
His scheme IL to have each Of the
member clubs Of the association hold
similar events simultaneously, these
events to be open only to their own
members. The winner and runner-up
Of each sixteen and the winner OF
each defeated eight as result OF
these club events will then compete
in Q big elimination event for ultimate
honors, the plan being for first sixteen
winners to compete among themselves.
second flight winners to meet, and SO
on down the line. It Is believed that
this plan will prove to be the most sat
lsfactory one that has yet been hit
upon, in the absence of a regular
championship tourney. The District
officials feel that as these patriotic"
events, which are held for the benefit
Of the American Red Cross, are held
primarily for the purpose of raising
funds, series Of events as outlined
above would not only be more success
full financially but would also create
no end Of interest at the various clubs.
Many players who would not feel that
they were quite good enough to COM
pete in an open event will no doubt
take a chance" in their own clubs
closed preliminary one, and It is Just
for this reason that the scheme out
lined above has been suggested and
will probably be adopted. In addition
to deciding upon the kind Of event to
be held, the committee expects to also
set definite dates and work out all
other details at tomorrow's meeting.
Donald Ross, the Pinehurst profess
sional, who has been working for the
past week on plans for an eighteen
hole course at Bannockburn, has COM
pleted his work and returned home,
where he will incorporate his ideas in
a written report which will also be
accompanied by a blueprint from
which the club will work Ross spent
several days on the course and in ad-
dftion to planning for the extra Line
holes has made some suggestions for
changing the nine holes already in
use. His plans call for some slight
alterations but the holes will remain
substantially as they now are. Ross
was greatly pleased with the clubs
plant and believes he has the basis
for several exceptionally good holes.
His report will be awaited with much
interest by Bannockburn members.
Connie" Doyle. Washington pre-
mier racquetter. has been signally
honored this year Wy the United
States Lawn Tennis Association, he
having just been notified of his ap-
pointment as a member of this years
ranking committee Of that body. Last
year this committee was inactive due
to the fact that all tennis events were
cancelled by the national body on ac-
count of war conditions, but with the
restoration of all championship events
this year, the committee will again
become an active one and IL Doyle
shows anything like his old form-and
there Is no reason why he should not
he will no doubt have the unusual
privilege Of passing on his own rating
in the tennis world. Connie" is date
has not yet gotten the tennis fever"
and has been confining his efforts to
golf but when the weather warns up
he will no doubt be found on the
courts every good afternoon that he
Is able to get away from work. He
planned last year to follow out a
strenuous campaign this year and to
take in as many Of the big out-of-
town events. such as the sectional
and national championship ones, as
possible. but finds that his work will
not permit his so doing and he will
probably confine all Of his tennis to
local affairs.