The Washington times., 1903-11-28
F. ODEN HORSTMANN
PLAYS EXCELLENT GOLF
Loses to Douglas by Only
One Up in Extra Hole,
DR.. LEE HARLAN DEFEATED
Washington Champion No Match cor
George T. Brokaw, Of New
York.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Record golf
over frozen greens made things interest
ing in the second days play over the
links OF the Country Club Of Lakewood
yesterday.
IN spite Of the fact that there was
high wind and freezing temperature.
the golf was of exceptional order.
Findlay 5. Douglas, the me ,ropolitan
champion contributed the first ripple Of
excitement in his match with John NJ
Ward. the former Staten Island title
holder Douglas went TO the turn in Ga
This remarkable pzce proved too fast
for Ward. who found himself down at
the turn. Douglas shortly afterward
won the match by : UP and TO play.
and. finishing out the byse-holes, con-
pleted the round in II. a new AMAZE ur
record for the course. This was accom-
plished in spite OF four puts on the sew
enteenth green. His card read as fol-
lows:
Out ,......-..4 s34s4} -
DR.. Lee Harlan Defeated.
Douglas honors were destined to be
short lived, as later on George I.
Brokaw. Of this city, in his match with
DR.. l. l. Harlan. OF Washington,
turned the course in IS Rrokaw went
out in IS. and then did the lons Pane
journey in IL He defeated DR.. Harlan
by up and to pley. Their cards:
Brokaw. out. S4es2445
Harlan. out......... - @9
Harlan. in........... 454 64554 5-42-S5
While Walter J. Travis. the amateur
champion. did nothing sensational. he
won both his matches by comfortable
margins, and in the second round
against c. c. Mason. of the Crescent
Athletic Club, went out in 81. and lad
he finished out the bye-holes would have
had an excellent chance TO sst close to
the record. He will meet Douglas to-
day in the semi-f1nal, and a stirring
match is promised.
Horstulann's Interesting Play.
From point of actual interest. the
meeting betweea Douglas and F. Q.
Horstmann, Of Washington, eciipsed any
thing seen on an Eastern green in many
months. Enthusiasts by the score turned
out and followed the players. Indiffer-
ent putting by Douglas going cut cost
the NJ. c. A champion several holes.
especially as Horstmann developed a
streak of deadly putting. =. the eighth
hole Douglas was four down, and 1t
then looked like a forlorn hope
Clever play coming in enabled the
Nassau man TO make matters all square
at the fourteenth.
Final Play Close.
The uncertainty OF golf was never
illustrated more forcibly Immediately
after when Douglas lost the fifteenth
and sixteenth holes. leaving HOrstma1n
down tgo. All the latter needed to win
then was a halve at either OF the next
two holes. and it looked like 10 to ! that
he would do the trick. Hcrstmann's APP
proach fell a trine green shy" and
this cost him the hole, Douglas getting
down in a par four.
Douglas Playing Well.
Douglas played the 4s5-yard home hole
brilliantly. laying his approach dead and
winning in to s. This luared the
match, making an extra hols necessary
It's matter OF AS yards to the first
hole. and both got close to the green
Oh their brassy seconds. Douglas was
away, and playing the odd pitched his
approach beautifully within four feet Of
the cup. Horstmann 0yerran on his
third. but laid up well on his next for
a reasonably sure 5. Douglas holed his
put for a and the match was his
Horstmann surprised every one by MS
long driving. but even at that he could
brilliant long game never appeared TO
better advantage. Douglas played very
cratic early in the match. but he saved
his game by remarkable recoyeries.
NORTHEASTERN TEAM