Evening star., 1903-10-08
HIGH-CLASS ERS
McCAMMON AND LAFFERTY COR
DAILY WELCOMED.
Costly Prizes Hung Up by the Club
Eugene Carusi and Walter Peter
First to Tee Off.


| players in the Columbia golf tournament
| as they gathered at the beautiful home of
| the organization this morning to participate
| in the annual fall event, but a good old
| fashioned American rain, backed up with a
| stiff wind from the northwest that swept
J over the course with such a whirl as to
make the most hardened vince when facing
| it. The entry list to the tournament was
| large last night, but the miserable weather
| conditions drove out all but the thorough
| bredS at the golf game, and as a result the
| contestants were of the highest class. The
visiting golfers from Philadelphia and Bal
timore may have shirked the game at home,
| but after making the trip decided to take
their ''ducking' with the rest.
| Professional Smith was the most discon-
| SOlate man around the club house today, as
| he saw all his hard work in placing the
| course in superb condition go for naught.
! Conditions counted for little in today's play;
| the best golfer was the one who could gauge
| the speed of the wind most accurately and
| have the luck to escape the numerous pools
! OF water that formed on the course.
| Captain Lee Harlan was an early arrival
| at the club house, but on his heels followed
| the more enthusiastic members of the Co
| lumbia club and later members of the
| other District and foreign clubs put in an
| appearance. While waiting for better wealth
| er conditions the golfers gathered around
| the big crate fires and discussed their IA
| vorlte sport from every angle.
Cordial Greetings Extended.
A splendid reception given to Mr..
| Ormsby McCammon, one of the most popu-
lar golfers of the District, who has just
returned from trip to Europe. Mr.. Nc
Cannon had the honor of winning the
| governors cup, or chief prize at the spring
tournament of the Columbia club, and
| ranks with the best golfers of this locality.
While abroad Mr.. McCammon played over
| the golf courses of several clubs in Eng
| land. Ireland and Scotland, and reports a
most enjoyable time, the foreigners show
ing him every courtesy and putting for
ward every effort to make him feel at
| home. His health is of the best, and as he
is at the top of his stroke he will be a
| formidable competitor for chief honors in
| the different tournaments to be played this
| fall on the local courses.
MIR. George Lafferty also found a busy
half hour awaiting him his arrival at
the club house, his hand being shaken
many times in congratulations his
fine showing in the Hot Springs Wa) tour
nament, where he captured two handsome
silver cups, one for the lowest score in the
qualifying round and the other for winning
out in match play, the latter being the
principal trophy Mr.. Lafferty has always
found the Columbia course a sort of buga-
boo, as no matter how strong he had been
playing, when on this course he has always
gone off in play. If Mr.. Lafferty can over
ccme this 'hoodoo'' there is little question
that he will pe a strong contender for
trophy honors.
Costly Prizes Hung Up.
The Columbia club has outshone itself
this fall in the matter of costly prizes being
hung up Tire group of trophies comprises
eight, three of which are silver cups, the
others comprising a silver platter, two
handsome cut glass and silver decanters,
a cut glass and silver inkwell and silver
wine bottle. All are appropriately en-
graved and will make beautiful souvenirs
of the occasion to the winners thereof.
AT first 1t thought that a round of
eighteen holes would be agreed upon for
the qualifying round, but after the COM
mittee had held a consultation 1t was de-
cided to stick to the original program of
thirty-six holes. Several of the contest
ants shivered when the final announcement
was made, but all went out with the best
possible grace to take their medicine and
look happy.
Just how strong the wind was that swept
over the course can be CLEANED from the
fact that in several instances it was a diff
cult matter for the players to keep the
balls on the little sand hills at the different
tees long enough to make the drives and
in several cases the little white sphere was
struck while rolling. AS a result many
pulls and slives occurred. In making the
drives most of the players were content to
keep the balls inside the course and there
was very little effort made to obtain long
distances.
Three College Players.
1t IS an unusual thing to have college
golfers. in the different District tourna-
| ments, but this fall the Columbia Club
catches three from Princeton-Messrs An
drews, Reynolds and Waggaman. Each
| one of the trio Is a strong player and the
| experts this morning were selecting one of
| them at least to work down into the finals
| The Rev. ]. MacBride Sterrett, without
whom a golf tournament In this vicinity
would not seem complete, was an early ar
| rival at the club house, and notwithstand-
| ing that he is out of the young blood
| class he entered into the sport with all the
| enthusiasm of youngster.
During the early hours it was not thought
| possible that the contestants could be di-
| vided into two classes of sixteen but by
| the time the playing started the number
increased to such an extent that full
card was the order of the day.
The Entries.
Following are the entries for the qualify
| Ing round:
Mr.. Dwight Mallory, Baltimore Country
! Club; George c. Lafferty, Chevy Chase;
| Ormsby McCammon. Chevy Chase; T. E.
Lynds. st. Joseph, Mo-; Dr. w NJ. Gray,
| tHeEy NHdSe, Il. IdlcOtt, washington CLUB;
| Walter Peter Chevy Chase; ]. NJ Stod-
hdard, j. c. Davidson. Columbia Club; Dr.
H. T. Harding, Columbia Club: H. B. Rey-
nolds. Princeton: F. P. Waggaman. Prince
| ton; Tex. Andrews, Princeton; DR. L. L.
| Harlan. Columbia Club; L. W. Weaver,
| Columbia Club; j. MacBride Sterrett, Chevy
| Chase; Tolbert Lanston, Columbia CLUB:
| Alex. BrittOn. Columbia Club; Ashby Lea
veil. Columbia Club DR.. w. S. Harlan,
| Columbia Club; E. S. Duvall jr, Columbia
| Club; Eugene Carus Columbia Club: VIII
| bur Delano, Columbia Club; John c. Day-
| idson, Columbia Club; George Weaver Co
lumba Club; Edward Brooke, Columbia
| Club; Edward Seton, Columbia Club and
| William Lard, Columbia Club.
The Start.
| 1t was II 80 before the first pair teed
| off, Mr.. Eugene Carusi and Mr.. Peter being
the first couple away, the former having
| the honor of opening the tournament. Both
| players got away with good drives and COW
| cred the first hole in four strokes par golf
| AS the day wore on the rain slackened
| but still occasionally swept over the course
! in fitful gusts. AS the different pairs came
| in from the first round of eighteen holes
| many humorous tales were told of mis-
| haps on account of the water and mud and
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