Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09
HIGH WIND BLOWING
ANDREWS OF PRINCETON DE-
FEATS LAFFERTY.
DR.. Lee Harbon Wins From Mr.. NAL
lory and DR.. W. s. Harlan From
Mr.. Reynolds-Afternoon Play.

| lory and DR.. W. s. Harlan From
Mr.. Reynolds Play.
| The gale that swept over the course Of
| the Columbia Golf Club today was almost
| as bad as the rain storm Of yesterday.
With rain for the opening day of it's fall
| tournament. gale for the second and
snow storm among the possibilities for to-
morrow. the Columbia boys can be said to
| be having hard luck T..-
When the group OF golf enthusiasts gath
cred at the club house this morning for
| match play they found gale which to the
inexpert seemed to be blowing fully a hun
.dred miles an hour. and 1t made things very
| uncomfortable for everybody Drives were
given up from the start. the players en-
deavoring to ground the balls so as to get
good lies for the approach shots. Several
OF the more reckless cut loose with the
nardest sort Of drives. the ball sailing up
into the air to great heights, where it was
caught on the wind and carried off the
course into the woods, lies resulting that
probably occasoned a lot of unspoken pro-
1an1ty. This was particularly noticeable at
| the home tee, the wind from the northwest
coming directly into the face Of the players
AS the course lies down hill from this
point the wise golfers were the ones that
partially topped their drives and as a re-
suit the balls would roll considerable dis
tanceS into good positions. About the only
good thing that be said of todays gale
Is the fact that it dried UP the course well.
making 1t more comfortable for the play
ers In walking over the turf and not stop
ping the balls as in yesterdays play. Dur
Ing the rain yesterday the balls would hard
ly jump more than two yards after striking
the ground from hard drives. but today they
SKINNED along the ground like swallows.
The playing of DR.. Lee Harlan and Mr..
George Lafferty in yesterdays qualifying
round was the chief topic of conversation
this morning at the club house. The doc
tors exhibition was most pleasing to the
home players. as he is depended upon to
keep at least one Of the trophies from going
away. while In the case of Mr.. Lafferty it
demonstrated that he has overcome the
hoodoo that has followed him over the CO.
lumba course in past seasons.
About the only disappointment yesterday
was the playing of Mr.. OrmSby McCammon.
He was going well last spring. and even
while abroad his play the foreign courses
was up to- the standard. but yesterday he
went back with a rush. landing in the sec
ond sixteen. Some of Mr.. McCammon's
friends account for the off strokes as
suit of the atmosphere. 1t being his first
game since HIS return.
Pairing for Today.
After the closing of the 36-holes qualify
ing round yesterday the committee got to-
gether and In few minutes had paired the
players for stodays match play, as follows.
First SiXteen-Dr. l.. L. Harlan VS.. Mr..
Mallory, Mr.. Peter VS.. Mr.. Britton. Mr..
Lard VS.. Pr. Ggay. DR.. w, S. Harlan VS..
Mr.. Reynolds. q Mr.. Lafferty vs. Mr. An
drews, a Mr.. Brooke'ivs. Mr.. Seton, Mr.
Carusi VI. Mr.. Hough, Mr.. L. w. Weaver
VS.. Mr. Mattingly.
Second sixteen-Mr. McCammon VS.. Mr..
Talcott VS.. Mr. Eynon, Mr.. George Weaver
VS. Mr. Sullivan, Mr.. Davidson vs.. Mr.
Leavell. Mr.. Waggaman VS. DR.. Sterrett,
Mr., Pyle VS.. Mr.. David Weaver, Mr.. Lam
ston VS.. Mr.. Harding
The Start.
Messrs. Langston and Harding We're the
first to start the days play today, driving
off promptly at 1870. the time specified in
the program. Both started off with good
drives. the latter getting a good lie al
though the ball was slightly sliced. Messrs.
Talbot and Eynon were second away, the
formers hard drive carrying into the woods
to the right of the course. but beautiful
recovery followed.
DIR. w. S. Harlan and Mr.. Reynolds was
the first couple of the leading sixteen play
ers to get away, both gentlemen getting
nice drives through cleyerly grounding the
balls from the tee.
The bad weather kept down the gallery
to small proportions. but the few spectators
who gathered at the club house mustered
up enough courage to face the wind and
follow DIR. Lee Harlan when he started off
with Mr.. Mallory. Weather conditions ap-
parently have no terrors for the DOCTOR as
he captured the first three holes right off
the reel. taking four strokes for each hole
exactly par golf. On the first hole Dr. Har-
ban partially topped his ball, but his second
shot landed him on the green making a
four somewhat easy.
Mr.. Mallory sliced his ball over into the
grass to the right of the course and his
approach shot was poor On the next try
he sailed over the green and finished out
on SIX strokes On the second hole both
players got good drives as they went with
the wind, and muscle and accuracy counted
for great deal. On the approach Mr.. NAL
lory fell short while DR.. Harlan got on
to the green, but took two more to get
out, while his opponent missed a two-foot
putt and took f1ve- On the third hole only
a few yards separated the two balls after
the drives. both being good for about ITO
yards. The approach shots were good
landing the ball on the green. but again the
doctor crept up close on the third try and
had an easy putt for the fourth, while Mr.
Mallory again took five
The cool weather appeared to fill the
players with energy, and all the contest
ants appeared anxious to get down to
work. The result was prompt starts in
both sixteens. and by 11:15 all the con-
testants were out on the course and bat
ting with the wind and their opponents
Good scoring is~not looked for today, but,
of course. several players may be favored
with great good luck and turn in cards
that will create considerable discussion.
Tomorrow's handicap will probably be
large affair. as' already fully twenty-five
names have been entered on the black
board, and these are without the we'll
known golfers from the different local clubs
who are sure to take part These handi-
caps are popular as every one has a chanca