The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

George c. I.aIrty. Of the Chevy Chase
Club. downed j l. Harlan, of the Co
lumbia Golf qub. in the finals Of the
annual open fan tournament at the
Brightwood lazs yesterday by up and
3 TO play.
The result game as a surprise 10 the
Chevy Chas# supporters. as Harlan is
one of the 4ongest players in the Dis
trict, and Is work in previous matches
showed hi1s TO be in excellent form.
Lafferty als had a tough proposition on
his hands { the morning, when he was
matched sgainst o. Horstman. also of
the Chevy Chase Club. and won, / up.
At no the was Harlan ahead Of his
competito! and he lost his only chance
to pass d winner when he drove into
the ditc8 at the thirteenth hole after
tying at he eleventh hole. On the twelfth
hole La4rty putted better than Harlan,
and aftf Harbans 9uke into the ditch
Lafferts got a s.
The 9lumbia player missed the drive
on the fourteenth and failed to recover
being 4ll in high grass on second station.
The eHmpion won the fourteenth easily
in 4. I'D captured the match at the ff-
teentl} hole by beating Harlan on an
approfh putt, and holding out in 8 to
Harbhs T.
borrow Plays Strong Game.
Th{ hardest earned and most well de-
servh victory Of the day was Jay J.
Morows record against all comers in the
thid set. In the morning round he was
matched against John Brawner, a star
gnfeT from the BannOCkburn Club. who.
hid he put Up his usual classy play on
tie opening day. should have qualified in
tie first set M0rrcw's score in the semi
finals was and s. and in the afternoon
his running mate was Reeve Lewis. of
the Chevy Chase Club. The advantage
vacillated in this match until Morrow
survived. l up at the nineteenth hole.
J. ". Weaver, of the Columbia Club.
was the winner Of the second sixteen.
downing II. Duff, and 4, while Win
ter beat out Davis in the fourth six
teen by ? IN.
Eynon Defeats Lard.
The tie, which resulted in the quail
fication round on the first day, when
Z. B. EynOn and Allan Lard were even
for the initial position in the first six
teen, with gross scores Of I62, was
played in the afternoon and resulted in
a decisive victory for EynOn. Lard
failed 20 turn In a card.
Play in the stroke medal handicap
competition continued all day. Jay J.
Morrow, with a handicap Of IS. came
out with the lowest net score, his rec
ord being gross SO. handicap I6. net
%. l. L. Harlan was the winner OF
the cup offered for the lowest, gross
score. Playing under a handicap of
4, he made a net score Of 81 and net
ted ~
Good scores Made.
a breeze which sprung up about 10
o'clock lowered the scores in the handi-
cap medal play, but even at that the
records Of those who turned in cards
were uniformly high The entire three
days Of the tournament met with most
favorable weather conditions. and the
out-Of-town players commented most IA
vorably on the condition of the Columbia
Clubs links,
Eighty-three entered the qualification
round on the first day, and among these
We're fourteen out-of-town players. It is
a noticeable fact that of these the only
one to qualify for the semi-fnals was T.
S. Armstrong. Of the Salt Lake Country
Club. and he was beaten by Reeve Lewis
and 8.
Scores in SemifinnIE.
The players and scores IN the semi
finals were.
First sixteen-Harban beat Nattingly and 2;
Laffcrty beat HOrstman. l up.
Second sixteen-WeaVer beat Duff. 6 and 5; Leet
beat Talcott ] up
Third sixteen-Lewis beat Armstrong. { and 3;
Morrow beat BTOwner. and g.
Fourth siXteen-Winter beat sheldon. ! up: Da-
Wis beat Wood. 3 and /
In tie finals. Lafferty Chevy Chase. beat Harlan.
Columbia, and s. Weaver. Columbia, beat Leet.
Columbia, and &; Morrow Columbia beat Lewis.
Chevy Chase, l up 70 holes; Winter. Columbia, beat
Davis, Columbia, up.
Handicap Medal Play.
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