Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-11
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Crack Washington Golfers
Defeated at Hot Springs.
HARD MATCH
WEAVER AND BENNETT ONLY
TWO LOCALS LEFT IN TOURNEY.
Good Racing at Morris Park-Grand
Circuit Trots-Big Foot Ball
Schedule Today.

The unexpected has happened at the Hot
Springs golf tournament. The crack play
ers from Washington have been defeated.
ana the ones supposed to play weaker
game are still in the running" with q
fair chance Of winning one Of the prizes
Dr.. Lee Harlan, F. Oden Horstman Will
liam Penn Compton and George Lafferty
four of the best golfers in Washington
were pushed out of the list of contestants
yesterday, while L. w. Weaver and W. "
Bennett, two Columbia Club boys, won
their matches, although in the two rear d.
visions.
The best game of the day yesterday was
that between DIR. Harlan and Moller, the
latter winning out by one up. The match
was a seesaw affair from beginning to
end, first one and then the other taking
the lead, and when the last hole was
reached the honors were even. On this
green Moller made a remarkable putt and
won out.
Oden Horstman, in his match against
Laroque, had all sorts of bad luck in the
matter of lies, while his opponent went
along with his usual steady game, and Of
course, finished first
Ormsby McCammon had also a hard-luck
story to TELL Bacon beat him out
through the medium of a twenty-foot putt
on the seventeenth green and followed it
right up with a thrty-foot putt on the
eighteenth green. L. w. Weaver defeated
Black in hollow style. The Columbia boys
long game is by far the best of the tourna-
ment and by defeating Bacon in the after
noon he has good chance of capturing the
consolation cup
Back in the third eight w V Bennett has
worked down into the finals, with F. w.
Haniewinckle of Richmond, and as his
game improved greatly over the opening
day there is a good chance of another
trophy being brought to Washington
through this player.
The big ma tch today will be between La
rogue and Moller for the first prize Both
gentlemen are at the top OF their game
and some high-class golf should be forth
coming.
The Washington golfers, who were put
out of the tournament matches yesterday
by their opponents. will have a chance to
redeem themselves in today's big handicap
If the gift strokes are properly distributed
there is no reason why the Washington
players should not capture one or more
trophies.
Yesterdays Results.
Following are the results OF yesterday S
play:
In the first class William Penn Compton
of Chevy Chase defeated George c. Laf
ferty of the same club, up and 3 TO play:
Louis Laroque of Garden City defeated F.
Oden Horstman of Chevy Chase, 8 and 1;
John Moller. jr.. of Lakewood defeated
John c. Davidson of Washington, and 3;
DR.. Lee Harlan Columbia Club. defeated
Fred Burnham of New York. and 1.
In the second division Frank Sanger Of
ArdsIey defeated F. s. Armstrong of New
York, Ernest Jenkins Of Baltimore defeated
Walter Watson jr., OF New York, Daniel
Bacon of Ardsley defeated Ormsby Mccain
mon of Chevy Chase l.. w. Weaver of
Washington defea ted A. w. Black of Lake
wood
In the afternoon Laroque defeated Comp
ton, and /: Moler defeated Harlan, l up
in a close match For the consolation cup
Jenkins defeated Sanger, and 1, and Wea-
yer defeated Bacon, l and 3.