Evening star., 1926-05-16

for SO holes to win the trophy.
The Evening Star cup goes to the
club of the winner, while a replica of
the trophy is to be awarded by The
Star to the player with the lowest net
score.
In addition prizes will be awarded
this year by the Women's association
to the runner-up and the woman golf
er with the lowest gross score.
Lists close tomorrow night with
Mrs. H. A Knox or Miss Phyllis
keeler. president and secretary of the
KVomen's District Golf Association.
respectively.
Mrs. Alma Won Steiner of Indian
Spring Golf Club won the tournament
played at Columbia Country Club last
year.
About score of the leading players
of the city are planning to play in
the annual Spring event of Baltimore
Country Club, which opens THURSDAY
morning. Most Of the Washington
men who will make the trip to Balti-
more are entered from Columbia
Country Club.
Chevy Chase players still are chuc-
king over the situation which arose in
the first round of match play in the
recent Chevy Chase tournament when
one of the clubs prominent players,
who always carries his own clubs
and seldom EAs Il caddie. engaged q
boy to walk around with him and
watch his ball during his matches.
The player IN question uses only
three clubs and with such q small
. kit really does not need n caddie. In
addition, he is q very good player, the
absence of a caddie being one of the
personal idiosyncracies which many
golfers have.
When he was paired IN the first
round Of match play the golt commit
ice. forseeing that he might lose
ball. and thereby delay the matches
d behind, wrote after his name the
words. "caddie. please" The follow
ing morning he appeared at the first
tee with q cadGic, but still carrying
his own kit of clubs. When he drove
from the first tee land a very good
ball he hit), the cadde walked along
behind him, the player carrying his
clubs. The caddie took his regular
turn holding the pin on the putting
green, but otherwise was of little use.
Robert ID. Ramsey, a prominent
PLAYER of Washington Golf and
Country Club eight years ago, is in
The city today playing over the
Washington course. Ramsey had not
seen many of the changes In the
course and was very pleased yester-
day with the layout as it is now
One of the best exhibition matches
of the Spring season is scheduled for
Congressional Country Club today.
Tommy Armour, the home club pro-
fessional. will pair with S. NJ. New
ton. a we'll known amateur of Rich
mond, Va, against William f. Mel
horn of Chicago and A. A. (Sandy)
Armour, brother of the Congressional
professional The morning match
will start at 10:30 o'clock and the
afternoon match at 2:30. Tommy
Armour is scheduled to leave wash
ington for England on May "a. A
dinner in his honor is being arranged
by the Congressional Country Club.
In its membership drive now In
progress Indian Spring Club has hit
upon novel scheme to promote
competition. To qualify for one OF
the ten flights arranged by Chair
man j. V. Brownell Of the member
ship committee a member must
bring in at least one new man. Those
who sign up the most new members
are put in the first flight and so on
down to the tenth or dub" flight.
The Qualifying" round will close
June /. Ten day guest cards are
given to prospective members.
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More than thirty amateur and pro.
fessional golfers from clubs in and
near Washington have entered in the
amateur professional best ball COM
petition to be played tomorrow at
the Chevy Chase Club.
A golf feat that has seldom been
accomplished anywhere, ranking
nearly with that Of the player who
scored two aces in one round of golf,
was accomplished by John w. Braw-
ner of Columbia in a practice round
last Tuesday before the Chevy Chase
tournament.
Brawner scored an eagle and a
birdie on the ninth and tenth. secur-
ing 2s ,on both holes. AT the thir-
teenth he also secured a 2, playing
three of Ave successive holes in 2s.
His tee shat az the 230-yard ninth
LEFT him but y 6foot putt, and he