Evening star., 1901-11-01

he said it was easy perhaps to pick the win
ners of the Lafferty- Mckinley, l. l..
Harban-Knapp, w. s.. Harban-L. Weaver
and other pairs, but the Gray-DalZeH so
was question indeed.
Some of the uninitiated lool1ers-on want
ed to know why, in drawing pairs, the best
players had net been placed together. Mr..
Ashenden explained that in such a case
interest would be largely eliminated be-
cause if Lafferty and Harlan had been put
together, today, for instance, one of those
really superior golfers would have been out
of it when the cards We're brought in.
Mr. McCammon's absence from the
matches was greatly regretted by his
friends generally. This urbane gentleman
and while he has happily recovered, his
condition does not permit the vigorous ex-
ercise necessary to a contest of such mag
nitude. He tried few holes this morning
however, and seemed to be in champion
ship form.
q, He has had abundant demands upon him
otherwise in the past three days. On the
pair bulletin, in the dressing quarters and
at other prominent places about the club
house are printed signs, For information
ask Mr.. McCammon,'' and he has had al
most as many interroga tories fired at him
as if he were a witness in the Schley in
quiry, but in his case with the difference
that the replies have been satisfactory to
all concerned.
Some of the Morning Scores.
1t was regarded as singular, considering
the Importance of the tourney that there
was not larger attendance of spectators
No gallery whatever followed any of the
pairs, and except for players themselves, at
tendants and caddieS, the course was un-
peopled. When the players began to come
in at the end of the first round there was a
small group at the final. or eighteenth hole
Immediately west of the club house.
DR.. Gray's victory over Mr. Dalzell was
pleasing to the local contingent. Morven
Thompson's card showed that he had gone
out in A, after taking eight strokes for
the eighth hole, and had come in in 40 re-
quiring six strokes for the sixth hole. He
beat Mr. Duvall, up and to play.
Rev. DR.. Sterrett and Mr.. Mauro both
made beautiful drives from the last tee
to the 18th hole, their balls landing on the
green. Mr.. Mauro endeayored to make the
hole in two but in putting overreached the
hole. DR.. Sterrett also essayed a two his
ball reaching within an inch or two of the
hole. He made it in three, Mr.. Mauro re-
quiring four.
DR.. Lee HarbOn Wins.
The goddess of luck smiled upon Dr. Lee
Harlan in the drawings last evening, the
little ticket assigning Mr.. A P. Knapp as
his opponent in todays match. MIR. Knapp
is quite a clever player, but the Chevy
Chase course fooled him this morning, and
as result the doctor scored an easy win,
the figures being up and to play
The match was almost repetition of yes
terdays play of DIR. Gray and Mr.. Carnegie
the one getting off good and then going to
the bad, while the other would get off poor
ly, but through clever approach and put
shots captured the hole.
Time after time DIR. Harlan would slice
his ball on the drive, the little white sphere
frequently going into the high grass or into
spot from which it seemed impossible to
make an effective approach, but only once
did the doctor fail to catch up with his
opponent, and that was on the long fifth
hn of hnr hon
orally drove off well, but in approaching
and putting his good eye or luck would
desert him and he would have to fall to
the rear.
Going out both players put up a game of
ordinary golf but in the return the doctor
was sailing before the wind, as it were,