The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-11

Alex. Smith, holder cham
pionship, made a strong finish yester-
day afternoon and won first place IN
the Columbia open golf tournament His
score was 15e.
Isaac MacI1ie. Of Fox Hills. Staten
Island. was second with les; David
Ogilvie. Baltimore Country Club. third
with Isl: T J. Sherman. Sadaquada
Golf Club, Utica, y. Y, fourth, with 1s2,
and Donald Ross, OF PinehurS: Bernard
Nichols, and Donald Ball. Philadelphia
Country Club, were tied for 18th place
with 1s3.
Although the Nassau man turned ia
card OF so for the first eighteen holes
and Isaac Mackie. the Fox Hills profess
sional, made the same IN four strokes
better. Smiths game improved as the
afternoon went on while the Staten
Islander fell of noticeably. Smith made
the last eighteen in &c; Maekie in s.
Handicapped by Mud.
This is not i phenomenal score. but
under the watersoaked conditions OF the
course it was certainly good The water
interfered with the play on the fair
green and the greens alike. for in the
long game the balls lay dead. frequently
burying themselves IL ;he sG-f and max
ing the use or n heavy iron necessary.
where otherwise a wooden club would
have given better distance.
And on the greens II was impossible
| to put accurately when there was mud
clinging TO the balls and when the sur
| face was uneven because IL had yielded
| to the feet OF the contestants. Many or
| the players were forced 10 lift because
| of casual water. II Is probable that on
| the greens alone Smith could have
saved himself four strokes in the morn
ing play and one or two in the after
| noon
Smiths Short Swing.
| Many OF the gallery who followed
Smith were surprised at his compare
lively short swing. But he gets great
distance and accuracy. II was his di-
rectioa that stood him IN good stead
yesterday .ternoon. This told especially
over the last nine holes Of the course in
which the &c are several which, though
short. are decidedly ticklish- II was
noticeable that though the last nine
holes are more than 100 yards shorter
than the first, nearly all the players
ing in.
Bogie score for the eighteen holes is
a. which was only beaten twice yes
terday. by Maclkie in the morning and
Smith in the afternoon.
Mactie Fell Of.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
sky Mas overcast again and April show
ers much in evidence. q larger gallery
followed the play in the afternoon The
greatest number Of spectators followed
the play OF Alex Smith and Lee Harlan
and Machie and Herreshoff. For, though
Smith had tbrned in no better score
than several others In the morning, still
the CT ovid seemed to be wise 20 the fact
that he would do better on the final
eighteen.
Mackie, with an Indifferent start in
the morning. was only IS at the turn,
but in the afternoon he made a better
start. getting three foCrs in succession
and saving three strokes over his morn
ing score for these holes. From this
time on he went back When he finished
the first nine he was no better of than
he had been in the morning az this
point and coming home his game was
worse and wore.
Feil Down On Greens.
With the exception OF the thirteenth
hole. where he used an iron instead Of
his driver and made a miserable stroke.
and the fifteenth. where he pulled his
drive badly. Mackie's long game con-
tinued fairly good. 1t was on the greens
that he fell DOWN He threw away his
chance OF ty ng the score with Smith
on the fifteecth and sixteenth If he
had holed out fairly easy puts On these
greens and taken them IN three and
four. respectively. instead Of four and
five. be would have turned the trick
To T n. Sherman goes the honor Of
being he only amateur TO finish in the
money. He took fourth place and will
receive his prize in silver. The young
New Yorker PLAYED a strong game and at
times brilliant In the morning round
he got two tyvos in succession, the fifth
and sixth holes for which three is par
golf
Herre;hoff Of His Game.
Fred Serreshoff, OF Rhode Island,
rUnne--up in last years amateur cham
pionsliip. was of his game. II took him
all of la r. go the thirty-six holes His
long game was almost ideal and he got