Evening star., 1918-06-23
NOTES OF GOLF AND GOLFERS.

Two team matches. In which golfers
Of local clubs Will be, participants,
will be held over the courses of the
iBannockburn Golf Club and the Town
| and Country Club today. The contest
at Bannockburn will be IN the ma
ture of a return engagement the
{ first meeting of teams from the
Washington Golf and Country Club
| having taken place at the course Of
! the Virginia Club June s. in which
the visitors were victorious by a
Lsingle point. Washington expects to
have the strong game Of Edward C.
(styles as its best bet in the competi-
ton tomorrow. Otherwise the make
same As that which went down to de-
feat two weeks ago. Bannockburn
lwill probably put feam couposed Of
~ J. w. Brown. Brrcs L. Taylor.
George T. Cunningham, r. r. De
yFarges. Tom Moore, Capts. Harry Hor-
ton and L. L. Steele. E. J. Doyle. Basil
AZ Manly; J. Martin scrsnage. Will
Out at the Town and Country Club
on Georgia avenue, q team made up
Of l. Rosenthal. David stetfel, Milton
tErlanger. Nathan Kaufman. Henry
tHorkheimer, Leon Hamltne. Dufiey
tain a team from the Baltimore Sub
urban Club. Tom Skipper, pro at the
Baltimore Suburban Club. will play
IJimmie Spencer. the home club pro.
est drivers in professional ranks.
Q. A. Reeves has Joined the ranks
.of the one-shot players. Performing
for the benefit of Emmons 8. Smith.
sr- president Of the Columbia Coun-
try Club. last Wednesday, Reeves,
after his tee shot which landed in q
bunker at the second hole and in q
bad lie. proceeded to carve the ball
out Of the sand to such good purpose
yards away. crossing a brook and
passing under a tree to reach the
cup.
Continuing the nne golf which he
displayed In the amateur-professiona
match at the Columbia Country Club
last Saturday. Fred Mcleod, the
dimtnutiye pro at Columbia, has
twice been around that course in
& 20 during the past week. 1t is
sistent golf than that which the for
mer open champion displayed in the
match which he and Evans. national
A"aeSoi 0h0 opch won Dy
a putt. Fred's morning round
of 81 kept his team in the game
and although he did not do so
we'll in the afternoon. his card of 14a
Tor the thirty-six holes of the match
10 one which will be hard to beat BY
any player. amateur or professional
His only real slip came on the sew.
enteenth hole in the afternoon, where
with a three-foot putt to win the hole
ana put his team dormie one up, he
was short of the cup. Whether FREQ
mfscalculated the length of the grass
over which his ball had to pass o,
whether he was anxious as to whether
I his ball overrun the hole will be the
question. However. Evans more thar
made up for 1t by sinking q thirty.
footer on the final green.
The match was Undoubtedly the
best that has ever been witnessed
by q record gallery anywhere aboui
the National Capital. both from thu
standpoint Of the talent playing ant
the class Of golf. AS one golfer re.
marked. II have given up hope o,
ever challenging Evans for his title
thought / might play like him, bu,
his uncanny accuracy with his ironi
puts the end to my hopes. And thu
re6oubtable Chick was noticeabIy al.
With his irons tho day Of the match
The remarkable accuracy which hi
3 usually displays was absent and al.
though he nipped the turf with fis
Usual precision, the old knack Of be.