Evening star., 1919-08-14


Country Club and probably two men,
bers of the Chevy Chase Club will
play in the national amateur cham
pionship which star:s over the course
of the Oakmont Club near Pittsburgh
next Saturday with a section of the
qualifying round. These men are
Donald Woodward, George =. James.
Robert l.. Finkenstadt and William c.
Baila ntyne of Columbia, and probably
John II. Ciapp and Walter r. Tucker
| man of Chevy Chase
! Four better golfers to represent
! Washington in the struggle for ma
tional honors could hardly be found
Although it is not very likely that
any of the six will reach the semi
! hnal. one of them might strike
streak of fine play and do things to
ce proud OF. In any case trip TO
! the national amateur is always de-
hghtful outing and those who make
the trip have an opportunity to renew
many old friendships. Tuckerman
was Semi-finaliSt some years ago.
when he was al the top of his game.
He has not kept In steady practice.
however. for several years past and
!
fered. Ballantyne is a former two
time holder of the middle Atlantic
championship and is capable of very
fine golf when at his best, as he will
have to be to figure in the thirty-two
who qualify for the chance to ascend
| the championship peak. James, Wood
ward and Clapp are all fine golfers,
capable and very liable to uncork
! streak of good golf and it would not
be at all surprising to see them land
in the select thirty-two. Finkenstadt
. is a man for whom great things can
be looked forward to. Bob" has
shown during the past two years of
play at golf courses about the city
that he has in him golf of the first
water and many players believe he
! is one of the best amateurs about the
city. If he gets going good at Oak
mont he should have little trouble
getting a qualifying score of 157 or
better, good enough to put him in
the championship flight.
In this connection it appears that
secretaries of the clubs about Wash
ing in to the United States Golf AS
sociation for entry in the list OF
those eligible to play in the cham
pionship names of those players who
perform well in local events or who
turn in first-class scores over their
Columbia Country Club all play up
to their rating, but Wolcott Tucker
man is entered from the Chevy Chase
Club and, as far as can be learned
has Eot played a round of golf over
the local course for year or more.
This does not. however. bar him from
representing Chevy Chase at the anna
teur. There are at least two players
at the Washington Golf and Country
Club who ought to be eligible to COM
nnfo in hn nj q GGin nd a
like number at the Bannockburn Golf
Club. With the possibility of the
Columbia Country Club securing the
national amateur next year, it might
be well for club secretaries to look
over the play of their low handicap
men in order to secure for them a
place in the 1920 eligibility list of
the United States Golf Association.
Caddies at the Columbia Country
straight a round for their services.
Instead of being paid by the player.
they are paiu but once a week. and
that by Red" the big caddiemaster
| the clubs about the metropolitan dis
| trict and at practically all the clubs
| in ana near Chicago, and works out
very well. The player signs a caddfe
check. the club pays the caddie and
/ the member pays the club. 1t in
wolves a little extra Bookkeeping. but
on the whole is a much more salts
factory method than paying the boys
by the players.
The second competition for the
Let's cTp at the Columbia Country
Club will begin next week, qualifying
. scores for the event having been
turned in yesterday. Arthur c. McEl-
roy won the event. which ended early
| in August. defeating George H. Chas-
| mar in the final by and g James
Baird won the second flight from
Frank NJ. Phelps by default. The
event is open only to club members
forty years Of age or over.
] The next match in the interclub
| team match series between the Ban
nockburn Golf Club and the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club will
probably be played at the Bannock-
burn course next Saturday afternoon.
| Bannockburn now leads in the team
series by two matches to one, and
needs to win but one more contest
/ to annex the series. Washington
must win both of the next two
scheduled contests to win the series.
| American competitors in the pro-
posed international match sponsored
by Harry Wardman. who is putting
up a prize of $4,000 for the event,
will probably be decided by match
play tournament to be held, II pres
Columbia Country Club course this