Evening star., 1924-05-18

a new handicap list has been made
out and every newspaper golfer has
been practicing assiduously for the
tournament Experts predict the
wprlds high scoring record will be
badly cracked, if not completely
broken, tomorrow.
John f. DALEY, jr.. the Georgetown
student who was runner-up to Miller
B.. Stevinson in the Chevy Chase golf
tournament last Friday, won the
Qualifying medal yesterday in a play
off with Reginald f. LOTUS. Bailey
Thursday with cards of 76.
y esterday Daley shot the Chevy
Chase course in II. while Lotus, COM
pietely off his game, took 81.
Official opening of the Argyle
Country Club, scheduled for today,
has been postponed to a few days
hence on account of the recent rains,
which have made the new course soft
and heavy. The Argyle course, built
under the direction of p W. LIE Due
Of the Department of Agriculture and
with his personal supervision, is d
firSt-class nine hole layout of 3,077
Yards, scientifically constructed and
affprding "A thorough test of golf.
Every shot at the command of the
player will be needed at Argyle, for
it. has been constructed on well
Throughout principles. A date for
tile opening will be announced later
Numerous defaults in the fifth
fight of the Chevy Chase tournament
cusSion among golfers. The golf
committee. at the bottom of the
ndtice announcing the tournament
made it plain that a default without
a reasonable excuse would not be
condoned. Yet there were at least
ten defaults in the tournament
Many of them kept out players who
would have been more than glad to
plhy. Others Inconvenience men
who came out prepared to play and
yee had to wait around for the next
match. Hugh Mack enzie, defeated
in.ithe first round on Thursday, won
the final OF the defeated eight that
same afternoon, getting two defaults
Sdnne rule might properly be. adopted
against the practice of defaulting
without a reasonable excuse.
More than two score Washington
golfers most of them from Columbia,
win play in the invitation tourna-
ment of the Baltimore Country Club
this week. Many of the stars who
have made golf history about wash
ineton this year and in past seasons
RsFve entered the Baltimore tourna-
snent. among them Miller B. Stevin--
son. winner at Chevy Chase; Roland
r. Mack enzie. winner of the WASH
ington and Indian Spring Journeys;
Albert r. Mackenzie, the middle At
laltic champion; Donald WOODWARD,
j. Nv. Beller, Hugh Mackenzie. A. w.
Howard and others. Chris ]. Dunph%
4 former District champion, has re-
considered a previous decision and
will play at Baltimore. Entries for
the tournament closed last night and
pa.irings will be announced tomorrow.
Miller b. STEVENSON. winner of the
chevy Chase tournament, was en-
tirely within his rights in conceding
I. #. Daley. jr., his wee putt at the
fifteenth hole in the final and knock
ing his ball away. Some people
Thought Stevinson's action was un-
ethical. but it was not. In such a
close match trif1es count and had
Ddiley's ball, after hanging on the
lin of the cup, rolled back into the
hole. the fault would have been
Stevinson's had he not knocked 1t
;iIIay after holing his own putt.
trhe Incident is specifically covered
in rule 80, which reads as follows: