Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-09
QUAKER GOLFERS WON
DEFEATED WASHINGTON By
ONLY FOUR UP.
Local Team Had Delightful Time
Lionized at the Huntingdon VAL
ley Country Club.

The all-Washington golf team that went
to Philadelphia Friday night arrived home
yesterday highly delighted with their trip.
although they had to bow down to defeat
at the hands of the Quakers by the score of
4 up. From the time the Washington play
ers reached Philadelphia until they boarded
the train for home there was nothing that
was too good for the visitors. Pleasant
rooms had been secured for the Washing
tonians at fashionable hotel from Friday
night until Monday morning, and at the
Huntingdon Valley Country Club, upon
which course the match was played, the
visitors were simply lionized. In fact, from
the time the Washington team struck
Philadelphia until it left. the members
thereof found that their money was no
good In the Quaker city, although they
frequently endeavored to part with it.
The Washington players were up early
Saturday morning and a quick run was
made to the Huntington Country Club
house, at Noble. The weather was most
unfavorable, light rains falling during the
morning, and in the afternoon 1t came down
in torrents. making the going very hard
and turning the greens almost into lakes.
The teams played eleven men a side, and
while not of the strongest caliber, W ere
thoroughly representative of the playing
strength of the two cities. 1t was 36-hole
contest, the first half of the match being
singles and the second half a best-ball
foursome. On the morning play the Phila-
delphians finished 10 up, but in the after
noon the Westinghouse gained an advan-
tage, and, finishing up on the second half
of the days play. the Quaker city repre-
sentatives won the match above stated.
Remarkable Features.
There were many remarkable features at
taching to the contest, the unfavorable
weather conditions being more or less re-
sponsible for several.
Although the course played well in the
morning the going not fast. partly
owing to the fact of the strangeness of the
links to the visiting players. But one of
the visitors had had the advantage of
practice round over the course and he
showed this in his play. This was o. Nc
Cannon, who met Harrison Townsend.
The Aronimink golfer had the misfortune to
break his favorite driver almost at the
outset of the match, but his opponent
played entirely too fast for him, and COM
pleting his round in "a finished up.
A Peculiar Match
C. s. Starr and G. Lafferty had peculiar
match. Starr started off strongly and, go
ing out in AZ had his opponent down. He
fell off, however, coming in, while the
Washington golfer steaded down consider
ably, and on the home green the match was
all square.
c. p. Lineaweaver was playing strong
golf at many holes in his match with ]. w.
Mckinley He had five IS to mar his card,
but he was enabled to finish 3 up on his OPP
ponent.
l.. Harlan and w. Harlan gave a taste
of their fast going in the morning round
the former defeating A. j. P. Gallagher by
up, and the latter finishing 1 up over G.
A. Crump. Marion R. Wright finished 1 up
with +. o. HorStman, while II. w. Perrin,
who recently won the Joseph Henry Patter-
er, j. Davidson. Perrin had medal card
Of 81, while M. Thompson had an IS, and
finished up with the Huntingdon Valley
player, w. l.. Ross. c. G. Dixon had a
hard match with DIR. w. Gray. He was
up at the turn, but could not increase his
advantage coming in, finishing the home
green by that margin over the visitor.
The Morning Match.
With two pairs to be heard from the out
look for Philadelphia was decidedly I'M
promising, but all doubts to the first half
of the match were set at rest when r. p.
McNeely of Merton, with medal score of
SO, came in no less than up over l.. Weav-
er and w. c. Houston of the Philadelphia