Evening star., 1928-04-02

@%HE golf season is starting early
at the Chevy Chase Club this
year. The club golf committee,
headed by Morven Thompson,
with Robert Stead, jr., and Nc
Cook Dunlop as his associates, has
announced a schedule OF five events Tor
the Spring season that will begin on
April Ia and run through the first week
in June, when the club championship
will be decided for the year.
The high spot of the schedule. nat
urally, is the annual Spring invitation
tournament for men. to be held May 16,
| II and l8, open to members OF the clun
and to invited guests with handicaps OF
| IA or less.
First on the schedule, and the season
opener in competitive way Tor the
golfers of the club. is the annual event
for the French High Commission Cup,
q trophy now historic, presented 10 the
club back in 1918. when members OF the
French High Commission to the United
States were numbered among the most
enthusiastic of the many who played
over the Chevy Chase course. The 81
low net scores who will make up the
first fight will be chosen from those
who qualify in the period between April
II and %. inclusive. Handicap match
play on the basis of seven -eighthS OF
the difference in the handicaps Will
start April 80. with the first round to
be concluded May 2. The second round
may be played May 3, or 5. and the
third round may be played May or 3.
The semi-final round will be played on
May or 10, and the final round must
be concluded on May IL.
The next week is the week Of the
Spring invitation event, in which field
of something more than 125 golfers
usually competeS. First prize in this
tourney is the historic Presidents Cup,
presented to the club by President Taft,
and first played for in 1910. The run
ner-up will receive replica OF the
Vice Presidents trophy.
Woman players of the club will start
competition for the French High Com
mission Cup for women with an l8-hole
qualification round on May %, the l6
low net scores to qualify Handicap
match play is scheduled each Of the
four succeeding days on the basis OF
seven-eighths of the difference In the
handicap of the contestants.
The event scheduled at Chevy Chase
on May 80 Is the annual tourney for the
Victor Kaufman Memorial Day Cup,
an lS-hole handicap match play against
par tourney. Contestants will use seven
eighths Of their handicaps.a
Walter r. Tuckerman, for many years
one Of the leading players of the club
and several times club champion, viii
defend his title in the championship
event for the r. Oden Horstmann
trophy May 81. June /, 2 and 4. This
is 72-hole medal play tourney. with
lS holes to be played each day. Usually
only a small field competes In this
event.
Several OF the Canadian golfers from
Toronto. who annually play in the
Chevy Chase invitation, have told Stead
that they intend again this year to
compete in the tourney.
Annapolis Is getting to be quite q golf
center. Under the direction of the
Munsey Trust Co. and several of its Of
ficials, new nine-hole golf course,
which eventually will be stretched out
to be an iS-hole layout Is being con-
structed by Charles II. Banks, partner
of the late Seth Raynor, who has super
vised the construction OF many OF the
noted courses of the country. The
course Is the property OF the An
napolis Roads Golf and Yacht Club
and has no connection with the An
napolis Yacht and Country Club. In
which several Washington men also
are interested.
Funds for construction of the course.
according to officials Of the Munsey
Trust Co. are being provided by a
group Of washington and Annapolis
men. and the enterprise Is declared to
differ from others in that no cam
paign for funds has been attempted
and no commercial promotion scheme
has been launched.
The fifth green on the new course,
according to r. !. Ray, the builder,
who was In charge OF construction ut
Burning Tree, will be the largest green
in the United States. Under the plans
for the eighteenth hole layout. thirteen
of the holes will be modelled after o
similar number Of the accepted best
holes in the world. Clay models OF
the outstanding holes Of France. Scot
land and America have been made.
from which the holes on the new
course will be laid out. Most OF the
fairways run through wooded country.
A small clubhouse Is TO be completed
next month. according to present plans.
The board OF governors has not yet
been formed, but among those who have
consented 10 serve are Charles DENLY,
retired diplomat. John Story. realtor:
C. H. Pope, vice president Munsey Trust
Co; Wilton J. Lambert. Washington
attorney: Charles b. Hawley. an engi-
neer: John Phillip Hill. Ridgely p.
Melvin and James Forbes. president
the Authors League OF New York. Of
ficial Annapolis Is represented by
Comdr. Jonas ingram. Navy Athletic
| Association: Lieut. Comdr. William In
gram. Comdr. Douglas Howard. Comdr
Paul Dashiell, Lieut.. Comdr Morton
Deyo and Mai. Enoch Carey. president
ST. Johns College. The property was
the estate OF the late Paul Armstrong.
prominent playwright and author. The