Evening star., 1927-05-16

with card Of 90. Low net went to
r. A. Drain with 93--ls--72.
X. w. Diggs won low gross in the
sweepstakes tourney at Indian Spring.
With card Of 81. Low net went to
Charles NJ. Beall. who had S7--23---e4.
BannOckburn golfers this week will
begin fnatch.piay rounds in the an.
nual event for the Henry. Williams
Cup. pairings for which have been
made as follows:
II: N Roser. 1e,, VS., G. Low, q; p. L.
baanaG beaman vs. vs. l. Nsrdws NGSTf af Aa4le'Yn E.
sTas ssrne 13 s John t,,o Thhsscaer hsascr ls W T.
i%s' $Si.s: S' u D S sNfsFs''i is John +
5asins 5afds 81 vs. r u faee Pese,s. l. as 5 s. f
Beatty Bsattg q L oT,a pendeTeass s;os D
vs.. Miles, Taylor. 10; L. $ :, Pfautz. y, IS.
Leo Pass: 1s;; Lynn, Haines, Il, vs..
Fred 5. Noise is: F. 9. Roth. - vs.. 4. 9.
Connors. y; NJ. Z. Slindee. rs, ys.rW. L.
IS; J. A. Taylor 13 W. bye.
Army finance golf tournament.
being played at the Soldiers Home
course, has progressed to the semi
maj fOunQ.
The second-round results follow:
First fieht---Lieut Col. Morey defeated
defeated et aea stoekefi end up D Lieut. COL oi0D'0n
Second flisht.,Allen defeated Booss. 5 and
and n'a a.s aetsasa Gn Sgsss ass j.
ningham and 81, Capt Keelty defeated
Miss YaggIe. and /
How can one bad stroke lose two
golf matches?
John r. Maxwell OF the Merton
Cricket Club. where Bob Jones start
ed the career that has just made
him one of the worlds affluent liter
ary men, has the answer.
A few weeks ago a team of woman
golfers from the st. David's Club of
Philadelphia went over to the Lulu
Temple Country Club to play a team
match with the women OF that club.
AS they stood on the first tee wait
ing to start they practiced and swung
and swung some more--and in one
case carelessly. One of the women
stepped into the backswing of a
clubmate, took the club on the temple
and dropped like a log-unconscious.
She couldn't play in the team match
and the woman who struck her was
so upset by the accident she could
not compete. So one bad stroke cost
two golf matches.
Some day some bright golf writer is
going to start a question and answer
column--a stunt that should result
in an open forum of discussion of
the most ambiguous rules Of any
iirst-class game in the world. And
in the doing he should clear up many
situations into which even the best
golfers fail to think of the rules, and
their advantages and disadvantages.
We have in mind watching Harry
G.. Pitt, one of the finest players
about Washington. play the ninth
hole at Chevy Chase last week in
the qualifying round OF the clubs
invitation tourney. Pitt hit a screamer
got as far as the hole on the water
soaked course. But his ball ended
foot and a half away from a
water plug. OF course, he must have
known that the plug was part of
the maintenance OF the course and
as such he could have dropped the
ball club length away. But he
played it and his back swing was
so curtailed by the water plug he
couldn't get close enough to make
3.
Many instances of. this character
crop up in most every event. What
Pit had in nlind-and properly-was
that the ball could be played, and
lacking authority on the removal Of it
he would rather incur whatever small
penalty might come than risk disquali-
flcation, or added strokes. However,
even some of the best golfers have
been stumped on the rules and their
application. For example, in a medal
play round, who incurs the penalty
when ball is struck by another bail