Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-19
SECOND DAYS PLAY
Rain Sweeps the Columbia
Clubs Course.

Clubs Course.
The second day Of the Columbia Coll
Clubs fall tourney opened this morning
with dismal weather conditions. rain
sweeping over the course in binding gusts
and 1t required considerable nerve and en-
thusiasm in the players to face this big
handicap. The course was soggy and foot
holds were treacherous, flrst-class golf be-
ing out Of the question. Many Of the golf
ers defaulted and those who started out
were equipped with all sorts OF waterproof
garments
Those players who were tied for different
sixteens did not play OF, as they failed to
report to the club house inside the time
specified. and as a result Messrs. Lard and
r. B. Eynon We're thrown into the first
sixteen, the former pairing with MIR. Mat
ting1ey and the latter with Mr.. Harding.
Messrs. Mckinley, Morrow and Lafferty
were assigned berths in the second six
teen. meeting Messrs. Cutter. Davis and
Phelps. respectively. Messrs. Harrison and
DR.. Sterrett were pushed back into the
third sixteen. pairing with Moran and
Danforth. while Mr.. Heap dropped into
the fourth group with Mr.. Prentiss.
Notwithstanding the adverse weather the
days sport opened promptly at 10 o'clock.
Messrs. Ellis and Duff of the first six
teen being the initial pair to drive off the
home tee. Several Of the pairs were tardy
in starting out, but all were away by II 30.
The Dalzell-Harban Match.
The most attractive match Of the morn
Ing was that between Messrs. Dalzell and
Walter Iiarban, quite gallery following
the pair over the nearby holes Mr.. Har-
ban got away badly. his first drive going
into the bunker. and on. the third hole he
barely skinned the sand pit but through
the medium of a long putt taived out, ma
king him two down at that stage of the
Journey. Mr.. Dalzell captured the fourth
hole, and then the little man." as Mr..
Harban's friends call him. began to pay,
and took the next three holes in success
sion, evening up the match on the seventh
hole.
Mr.. Lafferty's Mishap.
Mr.. George Lafferty. the well-known
player of the Chevy Chase Club met with
strange mishap late yesterday afternoon
on the third hole. The ground was very
slippery and his shoes were minus spikes.
He made a hard lunge at the ball. missed
1t and, his feet slipping from under him,
he landed away up on his shoulder. Mr..
Lafferty was helped to his feet, and al
though somewhat dazed continued to play
out the remaining holes. He was very sore
this morning. but gamely went into the
This Mornings Results.
Following are the results of the first
round in the different sixteens:
First Sixteen.
Ellis beat Duff. up and 3.
L. L. Harbon wont by default.
Carusi won by default.
Mattingly beat Lord. up and g
Harding beat E. B. Eynon. 2 up and 1.
Dalzell beat w. S. Harlan. 1 up.
Second Sixteen.
Cutler won by default.
Weir won by default
Woodruff beat Hiilyer, up and z
Davis beat Morrow. 1 W.
Third Sixteen.
Buckins won by default. -
Danforth .beat Sterrett. up and 4.
McLearon beat Birdsall, 4 up and 2.
McLearen beat Birdsall. up and 2.
George Weaver beat Devils. 8 up and Z.
Hough beat Pyle up and }.
Oliphant beat Jackson, up and 3.
Fourth Sixteen.
I Heap won by default. Smallwod won
by default. Shelton won by default.
Wood won by default. F. Weaver beat
Greenwait. up and 3. Hastings beat
beat Hale up and g. Hastings beat
Emnertch. up and 4.
There will be three consolation groups
started this afternoon. made UP of play
ers put out on the first three sixteens
this morning.
Dalzeu Had Lowest Score.
When rain began falling at noon yester-
day and almost increased to a gale later on,
1t looked though the field of golfers In
the annual fall tournament Of the Columbia
Golf Club would dwindle down to the
IT.
everybody. the enthusiasts faced the storm
to the number Of seventy and all turned
In fairly good scores under the adverse
conditions. AS intimated in yesterday s
Star; almost any old figure in the eighties
would be likely to capture the qualifying
prize, and. as 1t turned out. fine 80 by
Samuel DalzeH Ief'-han' SAM of the
Chevy Chase Club proved the best of the
81. but he got away bad In taking on the
first hole and on the second and he
couldn't recover from the handicap.
Four Sixteens.
Those to qualify in the first sixteen we're:
s. DalzelI DR.. w. s. Harlan. E 8. Du-
vail. ]. c. Davidson. A. s. Mattingly, F. H
Ellis. E. H. Duff. A. w. Tillinghast, L. w.
Weaver, H. T. Harding. w. S. Reyburn.
e. D. Carusi, R. Lewis, L. L. Harlan.
Those to qualify in the second sixteen
were: G. L. Cutler. r. Wier. E. d. Haas,
p. s. Davis, 7. f. Briggs, l.. s. Fristoe
w. L. Hillyar, B. C. Taliferro, F.. M.
Phelps A. Davis. jr.
Those in the third group were T. p.
Moran. H. B. Davidson, F. T. Buckius M.
E. Danforth. George A. Weaver, George Il.
Lewis. c. H. Birdsall. J. E. McLeran, H "
Sanfor. D. K. Jackson, H. OIiphant, F. b.
Pyle and ]. G. Hough.
Those to qualify in the fourth sixteen:
w. c. Prentiss, j. L. Weaver. G. 7. Small
wood, W. A. Knowles, Thomas Francis, d.
F. Weaver. F. F. Greenwalt. D. M. Hast
ings, G. NJ. Emmerich, c. H. Weaver, A. J.
Hall. A. Shelton. A. I. King and o. H.
Wood
Qualifying Scores.
Following are the scores In the qualifying
round:
3 Daixe!i, Cnevy chase ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So
L. L. Harlan Columbia. Observation-Disclosures. 81
!. 81. Ellis, Chevy Chaee. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
A. W. Tillinghast. Philadelphia c. C....... SO
p: s. Duvall. Columbia. ...................... 80
W. l.. Harlan, Columbia. .........-.,.. 81
A. s. Mattingiy, Columbia ................ 81
w. s. Reyburn, Chevy Chase. .............. 81
q. =. naf9ng, C0dumoaa. .............. 81
e. n Cn, Soruinoia 1850. .........-. w
e. y Carusi. Columbia .................... %
y. w.. weaver, Soiumoia. 81
J. c. Davidson. Columbia. ......a..:....... %
a. Lafy. Sotu"Dia. 30