Evening journal., 1903-07-13
TOURNAMENTS At
COUNTRY CLUB
Golf Players Make Circuit Of
Holes Despite the Bad
Weather
TENNIS TOURNAMENT POSTPONED
First Round viii Be Completed by
Next saturday-tlandicap Shoot Of
tho Gun Club Proved Particularly
interesting.

..NcNt SATURDAY -FlaUotSeP o'oot OF
tho Gun Club Proved Particularly
interesting.
Tho rain Of Saturday aftcrnoon softened
the course. but the players in the golf
tournament of the Wilmington Country
club made Rhe circuit of the holes, and
some of the contests were close.
The summary IS:
CLASS A.
r. Z. Draper won from II. NJ. Taylor,
up and TO so.
r. r. Briggs won from W. C. spruance,
Jr. by default.
g. NJ Steward won from j y. Arm
strong by up and ito 80.
j. -. Smith won from A. II. Garrett.
up ind 4 TO go.
CLASS b.
w. A. spcakman won from T.. NJ. Pen
nNpackcr by up.
}. j. saucrthwaite won from II. c. Jack
son by up.
w. G. pennypacker won from John
Richardson, Jr., up and to go.
II. W. Cause won from IL. r. Penny
packer up and 3 Ito go.
CLASS G..
J. y Wales won from Il. J. Dallett, up
and 2 TO GO
T. Allen Hines won from j. S. Bren-
man, up and TO go.
l.. n, Rogers won from Benjamin Nields,
. up and ito go.
John Bancroft, eth. won from George =.
Bissellc. up and 4 to go.
CLASS ID.
A. II. Jones won from A. MacGeorge 4
81
E NJ Hopes won from John Bancroft,
IL. l.. Fulcnwider won from A. L..
Churchman / up.
H. w Howell won from G.. c. Matchett
up and TO go.
The semi-nnals will be played next Fri
day, ana the contestants VIII be;
Glass At. =. Draper Caleb M. shew-
ard. j y. smith vs.. A.. ~ Briggs.
Class B.-W. A. speakman vs.. W. G..
Pcnnypacker
j. j. satterthwaitc vs.. II. W. Cause.
Glass C.-J. 4. Wales VS.. J.. r. Rogers.
In. A. Hilles vs. John Bancroft. 7th.
Glass D.-A. r.. Jones vs.. ii. l.. Fulen-
wider: T.. NJ. Hopes vs.. IL. w. Howell.
The finals viii be played next Saturday
and ca cup will be awarded the winner Of
each class.
The preliminary round I'm mems singles
In the tennis tournament was postponed
because of the storm. The round will be
completed next Saturday al o'clock. when
the first round ls to be played. The play
ers have drawn as follows for the pre-
limimry;
Fritz Cause vs.. Henry G.. Fritz.
Alexander Sellers W. Henry Townsend.
John +. Nields vs.. Charles neilh
w. w. Puscy, 2nd vs.. J. Rodney uause
W. w Barnard Jr., W.. ID. ID. Bush.
A. A. Capelle. Jr., vs.. IL. A. Garland.
Il. e. lupont and Lammot DUPONT drew
byes.
Play in the womens singles will be re-
sumed this afternoon. weather permitting
The unfavorable weather also interferod
with the weekly handicap shoot at the
club on Saturday.
Thirty clay targets were the marks for
each shot Victor DUPONT. Jr.. won the
match after an interesting contest. He
and James W. Ponder and Arthur w
spruance were tied az 30, Mr.. dupont
handicap Of eight and Mr.. spruance's and
Mr.. Ponder's OF twelve brought them oil
= up. All received thirty points, so the tie
had to be shot on. In this Mr.. Ponder lost
, position and that put the contest between
Mr.. DUPONT and Mr.. spruance. Only two
shells remained and each man shot one OF
. them, but still it was a tie. Then the men
matched coins TO see who was the winner
= and Mr. dupont secured the medal, which
4 he may hold for this month.
|, Other shots included In the match were
4 H. l.. Evans Herbert Taylor. Hugh A.
Garland. James p. Winchester and How
ard r. Wallace.