Evening star., 1923-10-28

and James 2. Bobee were reelected
present committee chairman reappo
Announcement WAS maze at lne
meeting tnat the permanent course OF
the cluD, near Four corners, ND, will
be opened IN the Spring, PROBABLY
with temporary green's, but with per-
manent talrways. The cub is in
good condition financially and has
surplus In the treasury, President
Carr reported.
The Argyle Club is an outgrowth of
the organization which took over the
old course of the Town and country
Club on Georgia avenue, but wnicn
was forced to vacate during midsum-
mer to make room for improvements.
Pairings for the nrst open cham
pionship of the District, which starts
at $50 o clock tomorrow morning at
the Columb bia Country Club, were an
nounced last night by Fred McL-eod.
president of the District Professional
Golfers Association. The pairings are
Country Club, and Ralph Beach, un-
attached; NJ. B. Stevinson, amateur,
Columbia, and Leo Diegel. Friendship;
w. r. Tuckerman, amateur, Chevy
Chase, and David Thomson, Washing
ton Golf and Country Club; Albert
r. Mackenzie amateur, Columbia,
and Peter Jackson, Indian Spring;
Chris j. Dunphy, amateur, Columbia,
and r. I. Barnett, Chevy Chase; Guy
NJ. Standifer, amateur. Columbia, and
Darcy Bannagan. Columbia: Tom
Moore, amateur, Indian Spring, and
Fred Mcleod, Columbia; Mel Shorey,
Manor Club; Lionel G. Walker, Ban
nockburn, and ]. D. Tucker, unat-
tached.-
The list includes three amateur title
holders, Walter r. Tuckerman being
District champion, Albert r. Mac
kenzie the Middle Atlantic titleholder
and Guy NJ. Standifer the champion
OF the Columbia Country Club. The
entrants play thirty-six holes tomor-
row and thirty-six holes Tuesday for
the title.
Many of the members of the Ban
nockburn Golf Club saw the new
parts of their course at Glen Echo
, Chairman Fred S. Noise of the greens
committee took party, over the
course. explained to them the pro-
posed new layout and pointed cut
the flne condition of the new greens
which were seeded last year. The
inspection of the course was followed
by a barbecue dinner and dance at
the clubhouse.
Final registration for the two-man
team championship of the Bannock
burn Golf Club will be held TO-DAY.
sixteen teams have entered the event
ana dozen or more entries are
expected to be flied today, The first
pleted by next Sunday. Woman
golfers of the club are also competing
this week in the first match play
round for the club championship.
Bob Gardner, twice amateur cham.
pfon, puts by the harmony method
Bob puts his putter down in front
OF tne pail, counts "one, two. three"
and then renaces 1t behind the ball.
counts in the same manner, and hits
lie was putting very well at Floss
moor, although he has never been re-
garded as one of the greatest putters
In the amateur ranks.
@. J. Dunphy. G. N. Standifer. Fred
Mcleod and Leo Diegel will repre-
sent Washington in the amateur-pro
best ball contest to be held at Pine
hurst November Is and I6. Standifer
and Mcleod won the event two Years
ago.
r. J. Doyle. one OF the star PLAYERS
OF the Bannockburn Golf Club, won
the class A event in the last golf
tournament of the season held by the
In-Com-Co Club. an organisation Of
employees OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission. G. S. Douglass was
stsndIsr annsE,up @ 70 DO 1oyIe In class 4. J. n.
runner-up. while R R. Shay and
Douglass tied for the blind borey
prize. with 80 and 81. Douglass won
on the playofY. -
Leo Die1el. professional golfer at
Friendship, d. c., and one of the
leading players of the country, is
to leave Washington for New York
December l to take up his residence
permanently in the metropolis. Die
gel is now seeking q club in the
New York district and hopes to have
moro tin1e to play in tournaments
than he has had for the past year