Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-18
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course and conferences with the contest
ants the L. S. G. A. officials decided
against a postponement Of the champion
ship games, and the first pair in the semi
finals were called to the first tee at 1890
am. 1t was decided to hold the play over
the first nine holes of the course, as the
flooded condition of a large number of the
last nine made it impossible to use them.
No local ground rules were decided upon,
only the L. S. G. A rules as regards
casual water on the greens and fair greens
applying When play was called the rain
was coming down steadily, a thin mist
overhung the sodden course, and the dark,
low-hanSing clouds gave no promise of i'm
proved weather conditions.
The first green 427 yards from the tee
was barely visible through the rain and
mist, while $50 yards from the tee and
stretching half way across the fair green
was pond that promised disaster.
Byers and Fredericks First.
DR.. Fredericks and E. B. Byers were the
first pair to start. DR.. Fredericks got off a
beautiful drive, while Byers sliced into the
rough. He was on the green In his third.
Fredericks' third was over, in casual water,
and 1t was Byers' hole. sc. Both used
lofting irons on the green.
Both got good drives and approaches for
the second, and the hole was halved In
four. Third hole, Byers' third, stopped two
yards from the cup and uphill putt while
F'redericks' was five yards away He missed
a four-foot putt for half. Byers, up.
Fourth hole-This went to Byers, sc.
Fredericks was short on his third and over
on his fourth. Byers was within a yard Of
the cup on his third, but missed the putt
Fifth hole-Fredericks pulled his drive
into the rough and took four to reach the
green. The hole was Byers, &c
Sixth hole-This hole also went to the
Pittsburger.. 81. Fredericks took five to
reach the green, while Byers' brassy third
was well up the slope.
Seventh hole-This was halved In bogey
three.
Eighth hole-Byers topped his brassy
second, his first misplay. but darihgly
played a long brassy third over the pond.
The hole was halved &C.
Ninth hole-Fredericks drive found the
pond, and the hole went to Byers 4-6
Byers, 6 up at the turn.
At the end of the ninth hole of play Byers
was. six up on his rival, DR.. Fredericks
having made a runaway race of it by rea-
son of his better approach and green work.
Fredericks did not seem to be able to keep
away from trouble and casual water. Rein
hart, the Princeton crack, after being two
down to James, picked up squared the
match and was up at the turn. James
lost the fourth hole by Reinhart's perfect
125-yard approach, won the next, and then
went to pieces on the next two holes by
enth the match was squared, and then
James lost the next two by reason of poor
brassy and approach and green work at
the eighth and hubbed mashie approach
for the ninth.
The tenth was halved In 5, the eleventh in
and the twelfth in 5. Fredericks won the
thirteenth, the first of the game, with a
pretty four. Byers took 3, slaffing his sec
ond, long iron shot. Both missed ten-foot
puts on the fourteenth, and the hole was
halved in 5. Byers dubbed his brassey sec
ond for the fourteenth and sliced his third
Fredericks was stymied and only succeed
ed in halVinR the hole The SiYfeenfh
halved in three. Fredericks took the sew
enteenth in 5, good work on the green
The eighteenth was halved in four, Freder-
icks pumping his ball over stymie and
holding it. Byers four up at end Of morn
ing play
The medal score follows: