Evening star., 1919-12-31
GOLF GAME HERE
PROSPEREDIN IN 1919
Review of Year Augurs Well
for Future of Sport In
and About Capital.
BY w. Il. McCALLUM.

With the passing of 1919 one of the
most successful years IN goli aHairs
in and about the District OF Columbia
will be brought to close. Starting
in its many upSets and optimistic IN
its predictions for the future of golf
about Washington. the ebbing year
served to prove complete recrudeS-
cence of the competitive side OF the
game here.
year has been the splendid showing
made by two youngsters, Charles
MackaIl of the Washington Golf and
Country Club and E.mmons Smith OF
the Columbia Country Club. Neither
of these two youthful players has had
more than two years tournament eX-
perience and yet each acquitted him
self well in the tournament in which
he competed. AS opposed to this
showing of the younger golfers. the
year brought in tournament victories
for two of the oldest and best known
golfers in the United States. Cameron
r. Buxton of Chevy Chase winning
the Chevy Chase spring event and
Marshall Whitlatch of Columbia an
nexing the District championship over
the Chevy Chase course with gross
card for four rounds of 305, a really
remarkable score over very long and
hard course.
Albert McI<enzie's Scores.
Albert r Mckenzie of Colorado. Of
whom great things were predicted at
least two years ago by Fred Mcleod OF
| the Columbia Country Club, at last
came into his own. winning the medal
\ in the spring tournament of the wash
/ ington Golf and Country Club and being
the runner-up in the annual Chevy
Chase event. Mckenzie is steadily
! improving golfer and should make an
| even better showing than this next year.
G.. II. ChaSmar of Columbia, known to
| golfers all over the city as one of the
most brilliant, but one of the most
erratic about the city. started we'll in
the Columbia fan tournament, winning
| the qualifying medal with a card of IS.
| He reached the semi finals in the event
and fell before the game Of S. NJ. New
ton of Richmond. the ultimate winner.
John H. Clapp of the Chevy Chase
Club was another District player who
did well in the competitive season. He
was runner-up in the annual spring
tournament of the Washington Golf and
Country Club and might have won but
for the uncanny accuracy of the short
game displayed by the winner, A. G.
Yates of the Washington Golf and Coun-
| try Club.
The first competitive event of the year
about Washington went to Alonzo c.
Yates, veteran player of the Washington
Golf and Country Club. who triumphed
over John II. Clapp of Chevy Chase by
3 and /. The game of the winner proved
splendid in it's accuracy, and although
not as long from the tee as Clapp. Yates
great short game brought him victory.
Albert r. Mckenzie of the Columbia
l. Country Club was the medalist. with a
| card of "a.
Title to Mrs. FrniIey.
| Mrs. Charles L. Frailey, crack wom-
| an player of the Chevy Chase Club.
| annexed the womens District title,
played over the course of the kirkSlde
Golf Club early in May. defeating her
i in 1Q
| final by and 2. Mrs. McCammon had
previously won the title over her
home course. The qualifying medal
went to Mrs. Ormsby McCammon of
! Chevy Chase with a card of sc.
| Several crack players entered the
annual spring tourney of the Chevy
Chase Club. the winner being Cameron
3. Buxton of Chevy Chase, former
Philadelphia city champion. Buxton
won from Albert r. Mckenzie of Co
lumbia in the final round by s and 7.
Walter r. Tuckerman, leading player
| of the Chevy Chase Club, won the
medal with a card of rs.
| ID. Clarke COrkran. mighty hitter
| from the Baltimore Country Club, at
last found his way into the list of
winners of the middle Atlantic cham
pionship in June. when he won the
title over the course OF the Columbia
Country Club, defeating Walter R.
Tuckerman in the final by and 5.
Corkran clearly outclassed the field,
and averaged better than so for his
five rounds. The qualifying medal
through title-holder with a card OF
so. Ballantyne was beaten by Corkran
in the semi-final.
Whitlntch Attains HOnOrs.
Marshall Whitlatch. veteran player
of New York city. and one of the
countrys leading authorities on golf
| theory and practice, proved the win
7 Of ha ictr icf of Col l.; 4,
| championship held in early October
| over the course of the Chevy Chase
Club. Whitlatch clearly showed his
| superiority in this tournament and led
his nearest competitor. Eddie Styles
of the Washington Golf and Country
| Club, by 19 shots at the end of the
four rounds Of medal play. the card
of the winner being 305. John H
Clapp of the Chevy Chase Club. was
third with 33S.
Hardly conceded a chance to win the
event, Mrs. /. Pierce of the Washing.
/ IN, ~ Nl,,I, I>x,h