Evening star., 1925-06-14

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In addition TO the individual cham
pionship, the annual event for the
team championship will be held.
and each club may enter as many
teams as it desires. Six sixteens will
qualify on Thursday.
The Middle Atlantic championships
have always been regarded as one of
the leading events of the season about
the Capital and have always attracted
strong field of golfers from Wash
ington, Baltimore, Richmond, Norfolk
and Wilmington. all cities in the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association, as well
as few players from other smaller
cities throughout the association ter
ritory.
Entries close tomorrow night and
must be sent to w. r. McCallum,
secretary of the association, at the
new Maryland Country Club. accom-
panied by the entrance fee of SO.
Roland Mackenzie left Washington
last night for Philadelphia, where he
will play today. tomorrow and Tues
day in the annual competition for the
Lynnewood Hall trophy. one of the
historic tournaments of the country,
played over the course of the Hunt
ington Valley Club.
The 36-hole medal play competition
in which he will engage is for cup
donated by D. Clarke Corkran. who
grew up and learned his golf in Balti-
more and now lives in the Quaker City,
Tomorrow the entire field will play
a 36hole qualifying round for the
Lynnewood Hall trophy. with match
play to start on Tuesday. If Roland
goes to the semif1nal he Will be in
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not be able to get in a practice round
before the Middle Atlantic champion
ship, which starts on Thursday at the
Maryland Country Club, near Balti-
more.
The executive committee of the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association has de-
cided to reduce the qualifying round
for the tournament from the sched.
uled 36 holes to Is holes on account of
the size of the field. Entries for the
tourney close tomorrow afternoon.
H. G. Smithy of Columbia had one
of the really f1ne holes of the tourna-
ment on Friday, when he got a par
on the second at Columbia from
seemingly impossible situation. His tee
shot was far back of the trees at the
right, and he played his second shot
shot to a pin not more than eight
feet back of pair of traps. The
green was very keen and the chances
about L in 100 that his ball would
stay on it. Instead of going over he
laid the ball absolutely dead, stopping
it within foot of the pin to win from
his opponent.
The second hole at Columbia, g3o
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twice in yesterday by w. r. Mac
Callum of Washington. Both tee shots
were about Is feet to the left of the
pin. and the putt for a 9 went down
both times.
Jack PhiIbin of the Maryland Coun-
try Club sprung new one on the
golfers gathered at the Columbia din
ner. Friday night when he said II
would be the new policy at Maryland
to bar explosion shots from the fair
way in all future tournaments. It
made a hit with the men who had
seen Philbin and some of the other
fine golfers in the tournament play
their shots.
Members of the Gridiron Club are
looking forward to a golf outing to
be followed by one Of their inimitable
dinners tomorrow at the Columbia
Country Club. The afternoon will be
devoted to golf, while the skits and
verses for the dinner have been ar
ranged by Robert T. Barry, with
music by Henry l.. West, two OF the
Gridiron Club favorites.
Members of the Kirkside Golf Club
see the day not far off when they Will
be forced to vacate their property near
Chevy Chase Circle, and are consider
| ing purchase of new property some
where near Washington where an
other course can be built.