Evening star., 1922-06-11


metropolis, Philadelphia and Boston.
Selected at a tournament held three
weeks ago at the Washington Golf
and Country Club. the team is COM
posed of the following: Robert J.
Bender. United Press; Newbold Noyes
and W. K. McCallum, Washington
Press: Bryan Morse. Washington
Times; Horace Green. Leslie's; r. B.
Choate. New York World: Russell 7.
Edwards, American Forestry Maga-
zine; Burt +. tiarnett. journal of En-
eineering. and Frederic J. Haskin.
and William +. Brigham will act as
substitutes. while Carter Field and
several others will make the trip.
The program for tomorrow includes
both match and medal play The
teams viii meet in match play com
petition in the morning and at medal
play iii the afternoon. In the match
play the matches will be decided on
the Nassau system. hile the medal
play contest will be decided by the
total scores of the two players paired
from each team. The points scored
in the morning and afternoon are
added. and the team scoring the
largest total wins leg on the EditorA
and Publisher trophy.
In addition, there will be feature
matches for CartnonistS. humorists.
etc. and kiCker'S handicap in the
afternoon, open to all newspaper men,
whether team members or not
The New York team will have as
its headliners John G. Anderson, run
ner-up in the amateur championship
in 1915; Grantland Rice Robert E.
Harlow and Allan + Poinsette,
quartet of fine players.
GoIfing members of the District of
Columbia Bankers Association will
compete during the annual convention
which began yesterday at Hot
Springs. Va for the Hibbs cup. do
mated by William b. Hibbs. president
of the w. B. Hihbs Company The CONNIE
tition for the Hibbs cup will be held
tomorrow at is holes handicap medal
play, the low net score TO win A run
ner-up prize also viii be awarded
Tuesday afternoon "tombstone"
tournament will be held open to
members and guests, with prizes for
the winner and runner-up. A women's
putting event was held yesterday. J.
F. CiSsel and \. s. Gardiner consti-
tute the committee in charge of the
golf events.
E. X. Campbell won the Seniors Golf
Association tournament at the Chevy
Chase Club. Rudolph Kaufman was
second and F. F.. Fletcher and Arthur
w. Dunn tied for third.
Having given the five new holes
practically a full year in which to
settle. golfers of the Washington Golf
and Country Club will be allowed to
use them within a few weeks. The
fairwayS are in fair shape. and the
green's, while heavy with grass. will
become better when they have been
played over for season.
Changes in the old course will go
ahead as soon as the new parts are
in use. including building of short
hole for the new ninth, construction
of a new green on the site of the
present eighth and building of sew
eral new tees to present new angles
TO a few old holes.
The course ultimately will be
heightened to one of $500 yards.
bringing 1t up to the standard. The
old course measures less than 5000.
Three "ringer" tournaments are in
progress at the Chevy Chase Club.
The members of the Seniors Golf AS
sH0iation are competing in an event
which began May 81 and which will
woman golfers are taking part in
events for two prizes-one for play
ers having handicaps of sixteen or
less and the other for those above
this allowance. Women's par for
ths Chevy Chase Club course is 81
"A out and Al in.
silas stravvn of Chicago. law part
the Red Cross. was a visitor at. the
Chevy Chase Club during the past
week. He Is a former president of
the United States Golf Association.
and is still active in the organiza-
tion's affairs
Local golfers hope that the fungus
which destroyed so many of the fine
putting green's about Washington
last year will not make the same dis
Aast-ous visit this season. Out at CO.
umbia the green's committee is hope
(uJ that a means has been found to
prevent its spread. If this is the
Ease. every club in this section of the