Evening star., 1921-11-27

NhiNh thC oliiy pOSSiDllty VI uisoi II
side or the other.
At the suggestion of Lord Riddell'
a publisher of Great Britain. ana
himself a golfer of ability. teams nave
been selected to represent the Amer
lean newspaper golfers and tnose
from across the eastern ocean: iney
will get together either Neonesudy
or Friday afternoon. and their neIu
Of combat will be the historic course
of the Chevy Chase Club. which has
been offered to the two teams WITH
out reserve for their use In the inter-
national battle of the links.
Those Who Are Eligible.
The teams will be made up either
of delegates to the conference or OF
newspaper men actively engaged IN
handling the conference for some
daily newspaper or news service.
From the preliminary lineup 1t ap-
pears as if the foreign team VIII
lave the edge" on the American
newspaper men, as the team made
up of British and French scribes
numbers some good golfers.
Heading the British team will be
Lord Riddell. who is said to be a
four-handicap man on his nome
course. Lord Riddell is in Washing
ton serving as liaison officer between
the British delegation and the news,
paper men. The matcn WAS dETdnS Gu
at his suggestion. III,
Others on the visiting team Will
be ]. w. Wilberforce of the British
delegation. II. Wickham Steed, editor
of the London Times: Phillip Miliet'
foreign editor of Petite Parisienne
W. F. Bullock. American correspond-
ent of the London Daily Mail; Will
mot II. Lewis. Washington cores
pondent of the London Times; Al,
bert r. Carman. editor OF the Montreai
Star: Robert J. Prev. London cor
respondent OF Universal Service, ana
Douglas Williams of Reuters, Ltd.
Opposing this team Will be the
American team picked from among
the following golfing scribeS: Rod
ert j. Bender of the United PRESS,
winner of the recent newspaper men :
tournament held at the Washington
Barry of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger: Robert T. Small of the Con
solidated Press. Albert w. Fox OF the
Washington Post. Arthur w. Dunn OF
the American Press Association
Charles Michaelson of the New YORK
World, Charles S. Groves OF the pos. pos
ton Globe, Rodney Bean Of the New
York Times. Samuel W. Bell OF the
Public Ledger, Carter Field of the
New York Tribune, Joseph W. Grisg.
London correspondent of the New
York World, and Grafton WILCOX OF
the chicago 1rlDuHe- hei o!
a shifting about of the PLAYERS on
the American team, but in all prob
ability the team will be picked from
among the men named. Bender prop
ably will captain the team.
Cup May He offered.
Interest is added to the competi.
tion by the rumor from unonciai
sources that Washington sports
man may offer cup to the winning
team.
The match has been arranged on
the part of the Americans by Messrs
Barry and Dunn, acting as the com :
mittee on the tournament Plctureo
solely as a social affair in which the
newspaper men from England and
meet in a field entirely apart from
that of their vocations. the tourna-
ment undoubtedly will be an AFFAIR
of great satisfaction to all the par
ticipants Yet 1t appears as IL the
American team is in for a warm
time in so far as golf is concerned.
senior golfers of the Chevy Chase
Club will stage a putting competl-
tion next Saturday afternoon on In 1he
practice course of the club. the
event will begin at noon and match
NAV rounds will be held at Is holes.
Qualifying score may be turned in
up to next Thursday. certified by
member of the association. One doz-
en- golf balls will be awarded to the
winner and the runner-up Will re-
ceive six.
That the new course of the WASH
ington Golf and Country Club may
be in use by next fall appears more
nrobable every day. The green's
Committee of the club. headed by j.
r. McClenahan. is pleased with the
manner in which the grass on the
new greens and fairways has come
along. Nearly all the new greens
built within the past year have a
heavy crop of grass which needs but
little rolling to become first
class putting surface. The fairways
have been plowed and turned un-
der and seeded and everything points
to the probability that at least part
Of the heightened course of the club
will be ready some time during the
season of 1922.