The Washington times., 1923-05-30
TOURNEY
OFFERS THRILL
To GOLFERS
Tournament Devised for Many
Glasses Of Players Among
Local Players.
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laurels and glory to ones self, the
accomplishment become a triumph.
The Washington Times ever alert
and keen to sense the public's
athletic pulse was the first to
conceive the idea of championship
competition among independent
sandlot baseball teams. The success
attendant to the first champion
ship series held under the auspices
of The Washington Times was so
great that subsequent series have
grown in magnitude until today
these annual contests are the ac-
knowledged classics of local sandlot
baseball.
First Public Golf Course.
Three years ago the first public
golf course in the District was
thrown open for the use of those
golfers who could boast of no club
affiliation which supported a golf
course. For two seasons Washing
tons public links players had to
confine their golfing activities. to
but one nine hole course. That one
nine hole layout was fast becoming
Inadequate to accommodate the ever
growing army OF public links
players of the National Capital.
Col. Clarence 0. Sheriff., officer
in charge of United States Public
Buildings and Grounds, was ap-
pealed to. The demand was for
an additional nine holes in East
Potomac Park. Colonel Sheriff.
fully realized the inadeouacv OF
| the East Potomac Park venture and
promised an additional nine holes.
He made good on the promise and
even went the public links PLAYERS
one better.
Sheriff. had thought years ahead
or the golfing public, and the an
nouncement came that public
course was to be constructed in
Rock Creek Park. The additional
nine holes are in operation at East
Potomac Park and the Rock Creek
Park course is in operation. And
the day is not far distant when
| these two courses will be unable to
accommodate the ever growing
army of golfers in the National
Capital.
Some there are-they are non.
players-who say that Washington
| is merely in the throes of tmpo.
| rary golfing craze: that like the
its string out. It is noticeablta
however, that those who have at.
| tempted the game are not giving il
a fling and then passing it up. On
the contrary, they are becoming
| more inveterate with each succeed
ing day.
Times to Hold Tournament.
Golf in the National Capital needs
no stimulant, but The Washington
Times in order to give all public
links players that thrill which
comes from championship competi
ton, has devised tournament for
Glass A, B and G players. which in
scope will far and over-shadow any
thing of it's kind ever attempted
in any city-the national public
links championship excepted.
The prize list will exceed IN
monetary value anything ever com
peted for in the District Of Column
| bia. No entrance fee will he
| charged. A strict compliance with
the rules and regulations to be IN
| nounced within the next day or two
is all that is required of the par
Elephants. There is only one re
| strietion in connection with the
tournament. No player affiliated
with a regularly organized club
will be permitted to enter the event
Before the tournament can be
started it will first be necessary to
determine the class to which every
public links player in the District
Iv.frs 49, I'll INAl@ I1@S t1Vs
! classes for men, and two for women.
The Times merely asks the co-opera-
tion of all players who wish to enter.
There has been erected at the
clubhouse Of the East Potomac Park
course a scoreboard wherein the
names Of the twenty-five players with
the best scores for the week are to
be posted each Monday. This board
will be known as The Washington
Times Honor Roll. Also The Times
on Monday of each week will print
this list on it's sport pages.
Experts to Give Help.
Tn order that The Times can ar
rive at the right class to which a
player belongs when the tournament
is held later in the season, 1t will en-
list the services Of Fred Mcleod, Pc
ter Jackson, Robert Barnett, VIII.
liam Prendable, Thomas Ryan and
other well-known professionals to
scan the scores turned in.
Before a player will be considered
as a possible entrant he must deposit
in the box that has been placed near
the scoreboard at least fifteen
cards showing his lowest score made
upon as many different days. A play
err should not deposit two cards on
any one day. If he does, both cards
will be ignored. 1t is advised that
all players turn in their lowest score
for each day they play, if they wish
to participate in the tournament
A player may turn In as many as
thirty or even forty cards, but ONLY
| the lowest fifteen will be considered
in determining his or her class.
Further details in connection with
! tho tournament will appear in tOmOr'