Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14
Opening of Championship Games at
Baltimore Country Club.
CONTESTANTS In FINE FERTILE
Results of the Driving Contests of
Yesterday.
NEWS FROM CHICAGO LINKS

COZ NIR4 GU Il, BALI1Mottt, Nd,
September flowing to the large number
Of starters in the open golf championship
which began this morning the officials of
the association had the first pair drive off
at 1880 o'clock, at which time the sun had
scarcely found the lower reaches of the
long eighteen-hOe course
The players, however were on hand con-
siderably before the time set for starting,
and many could scarcely wait for the pre-
ceding pair to play their second shots, so
eager were they for the fray. Quite a
number of the club members were also on
hand early, forty or more coming especially
to the scene, while there were clustered on
the verandas of the club house a dozen
lady enthusiasts.
The weather was perfect. and by o'clock
the dew had left the fair green, so that
the balls rolled quite lively.
James FOULS of Chicago and David
Hunter of Baltimore were the first to drive
off, and FOULS was the first man to find
the bunker protecting the first green.
Inc hoie cost MN ., Wnlle funtcr was L.
Joe Lloyd OF the Essex County CluD, Man
chester, was the second man IN the bunker
and he took for the hole which is ordi-
nari!y done in four.
Harriman's Poor Drive.
Amateur Champion Hartman started
about S:1J with Alec Smith of Chicago,
who is picked as winner Hartman made
a wretched drive. but played safe on his
second and holed out in s. Smith taking 4
for the hole.
Travis. who started with Bernard Nichols
of Philadelphia, also made the first hole in
4. and Auchterlome was another man at
the start. Champion Herd sliced his drive
and while he was on the green in his sec
Ond. the hole cost him five, while Anderson,
his partner. narrowly missed a 3.
Most of the players were we'll on their
way for the first round by 10 o'clock wit h
sood-sized galleries following the interest
ing matches.
BY 10 o'clock the last pair had driven off
for the first round and the committee was
much pleased to announce that out of
eighty entries no less than seventy-six had
started. Those who entered and failed to
appear We're @. y. Shaw, jr., of Boston. A.
E. Rolls of Springfield, Oscar Bum of the
Lake PLACID .lub, New York, ana W. f.
Davis of Newport.
BY the time the last couple left the first
tee the first couple were holng out on the
eighteenth green.
The best scores, handed in for the first
of the four rounds were as follows:
Willie Anderson, New York. -; Willie
Smith. Chicago q; w. II. Wcy, Detroit
50; Horace Rawlings. Seabright, 81 Alec
Smith. Chicago. 81: w Thompson, Rydal,
Pa. 81; Arthur Smith. Chicago, 80; Alex
arder Campbell Brookline. So; David
Fouls, Chicago, &': Fred Herd, Chicago,
-. II. W. iIarrinaan. Newport, 81; Alex
Patrick, Westchesfer, 81.
AT noon the players began to start for
the aecoEd l'Junds At that time good
breeze had sprung up, and the scoring
during the afternoon was not quite as good
"a in the morning
Driving Competition.
Fifty players competed in the driving
competition Yesterday afternoon. James
Fouls. the ex-champion made the first
drive. and secured a fine long bail. / II 8
was followed with two more drives, as t re
conditions allowed three. F.nllay Do, gla7
tine amateur ex-ehampion, drove n I'd and
ii the result was to deIe..d Up the eS
three drives. he would have won the corr
i,etili0n, His drives were 256 yards one
foot ...,.1 yards, 2i3 yards enc f-ot. These
drives were the best al for di c t o..
The competition was won by w. V. Hoaie,
The prulesslonai from Dayton, oh o..
Hoaie's drive was 2u9 yards one foot six
incu.s; harry GGiiane, p. o.es -.onnl, Rad
nor. Pa, W;ls second tn ! yards .wo
feet nine inches. John Shipper, prolession-
al, the s5h!un+r.sck Itd.aI.. WIS third. W tn
2.,J yards: William Bra a. pr iessi Il !,
Baltimore. was tied for loGr h " Ii Find
lay Douglas, with 2J6 yards one 10 t.
All OF the professionals and also the anna
teurs had drives Of over 200 sards.
Drawings .Hr the ginIionshia.
Drawings for the champ .onshp were he'll
yesterday, under the direction of Fr. sideat
". 4. Thomas. The drawings promise me
is drawn to pay with ALEXANDER S-.ut.4 of
Chicago, the secoild man Of The Camp on-
ship oil 1880. Water j. Travis VIII a !
arouuu with Bernatu \ cnDll o. r. del
pn.a james A. soLiilGf;in VIII pay with WI
lie Norton. he otlef eHtr-eS also are well
ana equally pAIIeI
me Iun rs, vi the drawings follows:
l, a. l.. Rolls. Dan Leltcn; :, w. 1homp
son, ~ ale to.ills. - James foulis, Dav Il
iiun.er, 4, Das III tuuiiS, Alexander t'ind-
lay: ., X. 5. 1aull H. James .auipueli; Ii,
a. smith, q. l.. .Lraldi !. Oscar tounn,
Joseph Mitchell; ), Nal,er }. Travis Ber-
I4aru N.Icnolia. >. Joseph Lloyd, Il. Auchter
iunte, ~, Joi4n I1dr4aIiu, Ldv4d bSllVle; Ii,
Donald J. ttGss, W tIiidliI I,raId. II, II. NJ.
HARTMAN. Alexander Smith; ~, Alexander
tatiupDesI. Donald bali; Ii, ". Y. Ioare,
W. onluu: ID. Peer walker, Val titzJonn:
Ia. William Mdrsnaii, harry kawlins: IL.
IA, nay iurpie, tteoIse Low; IS, W. IL.
way. iiur,,ec haM l!na. 10, II. n. Cumming,
". I.!Ih, ~, tIed. iierd, Willie Anderson;
Il, johlI red. hoDert nraId; -. Willie Nor
ton, James A. StllIndn: y. W i.llam camp
ben, .onn duncan; -, G. Guam ngham.
waiter T.. 5-oauafd; -. {. :. sh4ppen, @
alcIaElIuon: ~, Alex. i'atr- ok, John Snip
pen; -, Ernest " dy, thar.es 3. Cox: -
Jack tdrk, nary Gui.tne: -, t.. w Men
zles, ..ohn Harriscn: 81, X. +. Wilson, W.
A. DUnoian: n, Alfred Ricketts,, Willie
Tucker: ~ Robert Thompson, }. ]. Nc
Llosney; IS, w. NJ MrIaWley, w. +.
DAVIS; "a, c. p. Lilleaweavor, r. Reilly:
-. Iohu d. Tucker, I'D. Fitzjohn; 30. T.
Courtency Jenkins. II. X. Sweny: ~, W l..
Thompson, NJ. Schroeder: j, Willie Dunn,
John torman; -. James Norton GlipcFt
Nichols; ~, Fred. f'itzjohn, j. Duncan
Dunn.
Mira. Tonimin Defeats Mrs. Taylor.
CHICAGO, September ti.-hirs. Toulmin
of the Milwaukee Country Club defeated
Mrs Hobart C.. e;hatfeld Taylor in the
SEMI finals to-day fer the governors cup in
the woman ssgolf championship. Coed golf
was played by boti and the score was all
square at the eighteenth hole, bat on the
nineteenth Mrs. r;fylor, the present holder
of the cup, stook Six strokes, while Mrs.
Toulmin succeeded in holding down with
five. M 81
Mrs. w. d. McIivaine of Onwentz de-
feated Mrs III BED Beidler of the Ezinnor
Club. four UP, three to play Mrs. Nell
vaine and MIS-. Todmin meet tomorrow in
the finals III 3
TranSfferat fof Policemen.
Major Sylvester fanncunced a number Of
transfers of policemen today. Pol enen
Cochran and1 Dodge of the first d @ met