Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09
THE LAST DAYS PLAY
Results on the Columbia Golf
Clubs Course.

The participants in the annual spring
tourney of the Columbia Golf Club faced
red-hot sun and murky atmosphere this
morning. the final day of the event The
green's were quickly dried OF and the course
was in perfect condition. The days pro-
gram included the semi-finals and finals in
match play for the seven different groups
and also the big handicap, a feature of all
golf Journeys on the closing day The
handicap classes up of the largest
held at the Columbia course eighty-nine
players making the entry list
The players began to assemble at the
club house as early as clock, and the
days play was started promptly at 10
o'clock. Messrs. Leslie and Tamplet of the
second sixteen being the first pair to tee
off.
The greatest interest of the morning CEN
tered In the match between DR.. Lee Harlan
ana MIR. Sherman, as both players are at
the top of their game, and a fine contest
resulted. What gallery there was followed
TINS pair part of the way, but the hot sun
proved too much for the spectators and
they sought refuge In the shade Of the big
club house porches.
Commissioner West expected TO give R.
D. DalzeI the battle of his life In the sec
ond sixteen, but pressing business engage
ments kept him from playing. and the lat
eOA WoS tite pH q toEiCit.
This Mornings Results.
Following are the results of the morn
ing semi-final play in the different groups:
First slxteen-Sherman beat Harlan. =
UP and 1. Dalzell beat Small. 2 up and L.
Second sixteen-T. Leslie defeated p. III.
Tamplett, up and 6; White beat Lewis,
UP and l.
Third sixteen-Hough beat f. Weaver, L
E,ynnp haa C,,aa I
Fourth sixteen-Crawford beat LOTUS 5
up and 8: Woodruff beat Greene. up
and !.
First Thompson beat Lard
6 up and 4; Davidson beat Gray up and g.
Second consolation-R. G. Dalzef won by
default: Clapp beat George Weaver. up
and 4.
Third consolatfon-Jackson beat McAdam
/ up. 10 holes; Ham beat Sullivan, 2 up
and /.
Results of Yesterdays Play.
The second round in the four sixteens in
the annual spring tournament of the Co
lumbia Golf Club was played yesterday af-
ternoon and much interest was manifested
by those in attendance. After a cloudy
morning that threatened every now ad then
to break into a rain, the sun came out shortly
after noon and the weather became balmy.
which gave comfortable golfing feeling to
those playing. Later In the afternoon the
QeIeaIeu S1SHIS IN the three SikleSnS began
playing and some interest was shown in
their matches. as several of the best players
of the city were engaged in these contests,
particularly Alex Britton, John c. David
son, Morven Thompson. A. 5. Mattingly,
Allen Lard and e. S. Duvall, ir All of
these players are good golfers, but some
how or other they did not quite play good
golf their opponents in the first round of
the sixteens, and consequently had to re-
tire to the defeated Fights.
Harban-Hiss Match.
In the second round, the match between
DIR. L. L. Harlan and J. II. Hiss of the
Baltimore Country Club, attracted much at
tention from the spectators, but after a
match that covered fourteen holes the for
mer easily defeated the Baltimorean by g
up and to play. Harlan won the first hole
In three, while Hiss took four or par. Har-
ban MADE a splendid drive at the second
tee and won the second hole In 4, while
Hiss took five strokes to make it. The
third was won by Harlan in four, while
Hiss took five. They halved the fourth,
fifth and sixth holes in five, three and four
respectively. Harlan won the seventh IN
four or par He won the eighth In five and
halyed the ninth in six. Harlan won the
tenth in three or par. They .haived the
eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth In four,
five and four, and Harlan won the four
tenth in four strokes par golf, while
Hiss took five strokes. The score was:
/. I H Hiss Ss
Weaver-Sherman Match.
l. w. Weaver played T. NJ. Sherman of
the Sadaouada Golf Club of Utica, N. Y,
and Sherman won by up and to play.
They halved the first hole in four and Sher-
man won the second in four. They halved
the third in four. and Sherman won the
fourth in five. He took three strokes for the
fifth while Weaver managed to take four
EhaV hal he vi n 81
the seventh in four. Sherman won the
eighth in five. or one-half over par. They
halved the ninth In six. one over par golf
They halved with three on the tenth, and
Sherman won the eleventh in three, while
Weaver took four. Sherman won the
twelfth hole and halved the thirteenth hole
In four and three. but lost to Weaver at the
fourteenth. the local golfer doing the hole
in four, or par. while Sherman took five.
They halved the fifteenth and sixteenth in
fours. well as the seventeenth and eigh-o
teenth in six and five. respectively. The
score was:
A 4 8 3 3 3 3 4 81 3 5-74
L. w. Weaver
8 8 4 3 s 3 A a 8 8 5-77
Scores In Second Round.
The results in the second round of the
four sixteens. as well as in the first round
for the defeated eights We're as follows:
First sixteen, second round: l.. L. Harlan
defeated J. H. Hiss by UP and to play;
T. M. Sherman defeated L. W. Weaver by 3
up and to play; +. L. Small defeated
jones Baird by / up Sam Dalzel defeated
u. T. Harding by 4 up and to play.
Second sixteen, second round: l.. White
defeated NJ. E. Danforth by up in twenty
holes; Reeves Lewis defeated e. NJ TaIcott
by 6 up and to play; p. M. Tamplett de-
feated A Winter by up and / to play; t.
Leslie defeated F. B. Pyle by ] up.
Third sixteen second round: J. L. Hough
defeated A. B. Leet by up; d. F. Weaver
defeated G.. Derrick by up: e. b. Eynon
defeated w. J. McNally by l up: c. T.
Smaliwood defeated F. Govern by up and
2 to play.
Fourth sixteen. second round: Benjamin
Woodruff defeated +. Greenwalt by up
and / to play; S. H. Greene, jr.. defeated
H B. Davidson by up and to play: c. A.
Crawford defeated G. l.. Thornton by up
and 8 to play. and e. H. LOTUS defeated c.
H. Birdsall by / up in nineteen holes.
Consolation Matches.
The results in the matches in the defeated
Fights were as follows: First consolation