Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-10
LOCAL OPEN TOURNEY
Medal Play on Columbia Golf
Clubs Course.
| AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE
Ground Not watersoaked as Was Ex-
pected.
GOING IN FIRST ROUND SLOW
Baird and Ellicott First to Turn In
Their Cards, Having Taken
Over Two Hours.
AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE
GOING IN FIRST ROUND SLOW

" ASA tue hist Or the 2OlferS reached the
Club house of the Columbia Golf Club be-
yond Brightwood this morning shortly be-
fore O'Clock In anticipation of the open
ing of the first local open golf cham
pionship. medal play competition. thirty-six
holes. the sun shone warm and inviting.
Every one expected to find the course
watersoaked from the heavy rains of yes
terday and last evening. but In this all
were TO great extent agreeably surprised,
Tor instead of the puddles of water ON the
course the ground Was In fair condition.
much better than the hopeful ones had
expected The first tee was in good con-
ultion, though the turf, In the opinion of
many of the golfers. could have been a bit
better.
Near the first green there were several
small places where the water had settled
but the golfers did not experience any in
convenience from them. In the meadows
and bottoms In many places the ground was
somewhat wet, and here and there enthusi-
astfc devotees OF the game We're compelled
70 step high. but they took it good-natured-
thusfasm that goes to make up the pleas
ures Of the life Of all good golfers
Scene at the Club House.
Shortly after O'Clock the different en-
tries began to arrive In company with many
groups Of friends. T. Pliny Moran. the
chairman Of the committee In charge of
tho tournament which consists of DR.. Lee
l.. Harlan and John C. Davidson, was one
OF the first officials to arrive, and at once
made final arrangements for the beginning
Of the tournament. p
1t was q source of some dsappointn ent
to those in charge that the attendance at
the opening of the tournament was not
larger, but this was largely due to the fact
that many believed the grounds would not
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found this morning. Many of the odd
guard of the Columbia Club. as we'll as
the membership Of Chevy Chase were out
bright and early. Then there were golfers
from different parts of the country Eu-
gene Carusi, Drs. Walter and Lee Harlan
of the Columbia Club. well as Ormsby
McCammon, Alex. Britton and DIR. Glaze
brook Of Chevy Chase Club stood about the
first tee shortly after o'clock. waiting for
their turn to start over the course.
The First Round.
Tyson Ellicott and William Braid, both
of the Baltimore Country Club, were the
first to drive from the first tee. They both
made good drives.
J. D. De Mass of Green Lake Wis, and
T. Hucknall, professional and member of
the Maryland Country Club, followed with
good drives from the first tee. The order
IN which the contestants followed was:
L. D. Pierce, Woodland Mass. and L. E.
hurst. N. c.. and c. L. Becker, Woodland,
Mass; G. E. Morse. Rutland Country Club,
and Marvin Thompson of Chevy Chase;
Alex Smith of NASSAU Country Club of
Wassau, Long Island n. Y, and DR. Lee
Harlan of Columbia Golf Club; Arthur
Fem of Poland Springs, Me-, and DR.
Walter S. Harlan of Columbia Golf Club;
Jack jolly. Arlington, N J., and A. 8.
Mattingly, Columbia Golf Club; L. J. Royce
OF Rutland Country Club and Cleve Harri-
son, Chevy Chase; Bernard Nichols. unat-
tached, and l.. A. Hamilton. Englewood, n.
j.; w. s. Kelly of Maryland Country Club
and L. w. Weaver of Columbia Golf Club;
r. M. Thompson of Merton Cricket Club
of Philadelphia and E. D. Carusi of Column
bia Golf Club; T. E. Sullivan, Columbia Golf
Club and J. F. Lawrence, Columbia Golf
William Mckinley, Columbia Golf Club;
James Douglass and Ormsby McCammon.
Chevy Chase Golf Club; DR.. L. w. Glaze
brook Chevy Chase, and G. A. Weaver,
Columbia Golf Club; David Ogilvie, Balti-
more Country Club, and Allen Lard of the
Columbia Golf Club; Isaac Mackie, Fox
Hills, Staten Island, n. Y, and Fred Her
reskoff of Rhode Island; Donald Ball OF
Philadelphia Country Club and T. NJ. Sher-
man, Sadaquado Golf Club; Fl. v. Sand
ford, Columbia Golf Club, and M. L.. Titus,
New York. and Reeve Lewis of Chevy Chase
Club: j. NJ Cook of Hampton Roads and
w. P. Hillyer, also of Hampton Roads;
Henry Waters and ]. c. Davidson, botn
of Palm Beach, and DR.. H. T. Harding
OF the Columbia Golf Club.
The going over the course was slow, ana
and Tyson Ellicott of the same club finished
at 12:1o o'clock having taken two hours
ard twenty minutes.
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