Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05

PlOnSHlp, eligible 10 BOY lllclIlUSIs VI
1t will be played at the Compression
holes medal play. Entries close Tues
tary, District Golf Association.
Roland R. Mackenzie is the p
doubt as to whether he will defend
tnashie tournament given every yea
eourse near Newport. r. l., and may
ward. Other lads expected to com
X. F. Kellerman, jr.;J 7. Floyd Drawn
Brantley. jr., Marshall Morgan and '
The end of the month will find
many of these youngsters, as well as
p large group of their seniors, COM
peting for the District amateur
Championship. now held by George
Roigt, over the course of the Burning
Tree Club. This is also a medal play
event, but will cover 70 holes.
Mackenzie probably will not play
in this tourney. as he expects to go
directly from the national amateur
championship to Providence, r. l., to
take up his studies at Brown Univer-
sity, where he abandoned them last
April to go abroad with the Walker
cup team In his absence Voigt is a
strong favorite to retain the title he
now holds in addition to the Middle
Atlantic championship. The tourney
is scheduled for September 80 and
October !, falling on Thursday and
Friday.
In midmonth six amateurs reg
Sstered from Washington clubs will
compete in the national championship.
to start one week from tomorrow at
Baltusrol, n j., a few miles west of
New York. These are Roland r. Mac.
Kenzie and Miller B. STEVENSON of Co
lumbia, George ]. Voigt of Bannock-
burn. Page Hufty Of Congressional,
81 NJ Newton of Burning Tree and A.
J.. Houghton of Manor.
The month is filled with competi-
fion of all kinds for those who would
play in tournaments.
For Bannockburn has announced
its annual Fall invitation affair for
September 1925, inclusive, and prob
ably all the stars around Washington
will enter. Five flights will qualify in
a two-day qualifying round to De
played September % and %, with the
sen1ifinal and final rounds carded for
September 25. Entries for the Ban
nockburn affair close with the tourna.
ment committee of the club Septem-
Der 10.
The Bannockburn event conflicts in
dates with the Falr tourney Of the
Suburban Country Club of Baltimore,
to be held at the same time. The con-
TlCL OOuDIloSS Will Keep IlidHy w assn
angton amateurs from entering.
Chairman Perry b. Hoover of the
Eolf committee of the Indian Spring
Club will make an important an
nouncement Of interest to all CLUB
Anembers on the evening of Septem-
Der 10, when the new club champions
both men and women VIII De
guests at a dinner. The announce
tnent will have to do with October
competitions. The Indian Spring
championship will be played Septenl-
Der Is and 10, to be followed by
dinner for 200 members and guests.
Chairman NcClenafan of the greens
committee of the Washington Golf
and Country Club is attempting 10
devise some means of rearranging the
seventeenth hole at the club and
changing the location of the sixteenth
green. The club has acquired some
of the property south of the sixteenth
green. and a plan Is in prospect for
placing the green on the face or the
hill nearer the clubhouse. The seven
teenth tee may be placed farther
back.
The heavy rain of Thursday after.
noon did some damage to the local
Golf courses Several of the bridges
at the Congressional course were
washed away. While the stream Wnlcn
runs through the first hole at Co
iun1bia overfowed its banks onto the
Fairwav Other courses were
thoroughly soaked and some bank
kUashouts occurred.
Tommy Armour, the Congressional
professional, who has been Ill III New
York with rheumatism, is expec'eo
back tomorrow.
A nominating committee to select
slate of officers for the OCTOBER
election at the Columbia country
CIuh is composed of John II. Hanna
A. ]. Cummings. Paul Il. Lun' W. W.
Owens and Albert r. Mackenzie.
Columbia is i'm the middle of a
~roat tourney" in which several vi
the leading players of the clup nav
entered. The tourney is chaIense
affair similar to those IN vogue
around Chicago for Is years ana any
Waiver NAV challenge another FOR ms
go, {" small medal with the name
~ the plaver engraved on II. Inc
+o,,rnev ends on October 81. ana the
srtrant with the largest NUMBER OF
"roats'' at the close of play on tndt
dav will receive the eQulNalenl VI !le
money paid for entry fees IN prize
Dr NcClenahan of Washington re
%,rred to the city a few days ago
sr,;+h a tale of a novel procedure loi-
..u-ed in presentation of prizes at
80 Wolf Hollow Club. near the Deia-
ware Water Gap, Pa. tie says eiioua;.
.orizes were purcha sed by the commit
+ae 10 take care of all the WHINE :
and that instead of the prizes oel!.s
designated for a given flght. .ne ~
ner of the first Is was lhVlteu ~ .he
ste choice of all. and so on GOWN the
line.
Charles VI. NIacl.alI of Chevy Chase
z;nner of the Congressional tourney
., .r,,ne. was in the city Tor lew
Savs last week. Mackall is workils
st the plant of the Bethiehem e'eeh
Co. at Bethlehem. Pa.
Tho wafer hole at Indian Spring
had been named Lake Mc1ofHlach
after John J. Mccormack, CHAIRMAN
IF the green's committee, under whose
direction it was enlarged.
The Chevy Chase Club has been
,resented with a new Siamese Cup
e. renlace the historic trophy won
rermanentlv several years ago oH
walter r. Tuckerman, the preSenl
club champion. The new cup, when
arrived a short time ago. is q very
beautiful example of Siamese work,
rnanship, made Of silver ana lnia'o
enamel. .,s
The order for the trophy was placed
by a previous Siamese minister VINO
has since died. and his widow carrieo
out his wish by presenting the cup 10
the club, leaving the golf commlt'ee
TO decide the details of the compeu'
ton. 1t will be played for on Nevem-
Der 3. 4, 5, s. at handicap match play.
with seven .eighths of the difference be-