The Washington times., 1922-12-21

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Evans welding a wicked pen MS
well as mighty golf club, is instru.
mental M advertising Burlington's
claim to distinction. IH.
Evans made Interesting copy of
an interview with a chap named
T. 4 Andy Bell, who told him
All shout Burlington's golf links laid
ooI' m the year 1889, on which
AAeA himself was one OF the first
70 perform. y4,
He'll says he brought over the
uret gon equipment that passed
thr0ush the customs office, having
= saeh stricken with, COLTS fascina-
JnS while a student at Edinhnrgn,
and retained his olubs for possible
However, without aiming to be-
ttlo Buriington's or Bells lead
mg place In pioneer golf, Il may
sid with fair assurance that
tho SrfkinAl golfers in Yankee
lAne were British army officers.
Roberts found mention Of them !
hsv3Dgs played the game on Long
Island during the Revolution.
He alAo found mention Of golf
club that extsted. in New England
early In the nineteenth century.
Moreover there was Golf
the South nth carolina roll ~ and % Georgia ia
Almanac Of 1887. TO which Roberts
was referred by the secretary Of
the South Carolina Historical So
c5ety.
Perhaps some of the Daughters or
6oDS of the American Revolution In
Warrington may find an ancestors
name in these lists of officers of the
Golf Club" and "Kolf Baan:' 1
''Golf Club James Gardner,
president: William Blackjack, vice
presidents. William .Milligan. secre-
tary and, treasurer. se..s
.,Koif, Raan" - James Edwards.
president; Joseph Peppin, vice presi-
( dent: William shirtIiff. secretary;
A. Vos, treasurer.
walter ]. Travis. the Garden 4.
City golfer, has the original Of an
Invitation to a ball sent out by
the Golf Club" Of Savannah, Ga.
b 1911, showing that the club
Nps not . mere flash. having ex.
Nd at least rs early IS 1897.
Travis sent Roberts copy of the
fhvftation. II reads: !
Golf Club Ball
Tue Honor Of Miss Eliza Johnston's
Company $,
u II requested to q Ball,
70 be given by the Members Of the
"H' Golf Club of this City,
at the Exchange. on
Tuesday Evening, the 31st instant,
at o'clock,
GEORGE WOODRUFF,
ROBERT MACKAY
JOHN CRAIG, 20
JAMES DICKSON,
Managers.
- GEORGE HoaARTH,
.savssnah. goth December, 1911.
!. IT IN generally known that the
sfff1fs golf club Of Washington was
the Washington Golf Club, Of which
Col. Henry May and Major Edward
y. Riggs were the first president
and secretary. respectively. The
club had a nine-ho1e course at Ross
iyn. Colonel May is credited with
having brought the first golf equip
mcnt to Washington.
According to MIR. Roberts, the
~. Andrews Golf Club. Of New
York. econtended with the Wash.
ington club in tho matter Of being
He assembled his data and gave
Omt interesting talk before the
RAfsry Club ON golf. -
.'sWhen golf first broke into the
District, The said, "the honors of
The fair green were often shared
with animals bent on grazing, and
many were the wrangles as to PEN
Atty for . lie. In horse-hoof hole
as opposed to cow-hoof hole.
These little annoyances resulted
in n lot of good-natured fun in pre-
pared special ground rules. A copy
Of one issued by q popular Loudoun
county club follows:
!, -. sy. Local Rules. e
U.sS. q. A. rules do not govern at
anv time.
sBail may be lifted without penalty
nam q COW track, but not from a
horse track.
There is no such thing rs a
tween yot,r ball and the hole.
Kpeck down ANYBODY who objects.
3eS ~ = y i y. .,.a
There are no hazards--but there Is
tfutble all the tfme-sometimes.
sBall out of bounds is good joke.
The finder keeps II.
Replaces diyots except in the potato
patch. The potatoes must be dug
anyway. s''
shoes must be removed when
crossing the tennis court. s
Quests are not allowed to. cuss on
the links, &C. TO the barnyard.
s sAmit shd "Dodsastit" are not OBJ
jecfionabIe.
Leyd ana beisterous- language
Gin ndt be tolerated ON the
grounds, Thew IN . woman sick
in Hnrpers Ferry.
slips don't count. -
when q golf han is lost, forget n.
Take q high ball.
I Balls driven into the Potomac river