Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-08
Commissioners West and Nor
row Start Game Early.
CASE BALL THROUGH FOG
Begin Contest at Columbia Club at
7:3O O'Clock.
E. P. BROOKS SCORES LOW IN 70
Fall Tournament on, With Numerous
Entries Of Nations Good
Players.

Commissioners West and Morrow aston
this morning by driving off at 40 clock
from tee No. / in the annual fall tourna-
ment of the Columbia Golf Club.
Heavy blankets OF gray mist hung low
over the course at the time On ap-
preach 10 the first few holes versatile
caddies did whistling buoy stunt. so
that this earliest and most energetic pair
might have some faint idea what they
were driving at.
But when the fog did clear away under
the warming influence of the sun no
more ideal day for fall tournament golf
could have been imagined. The air. was
just right, the sun just genial enough
and there was no wind worth mentioning.
There were several other early risers
including j. NJ. Stoddard. w. II. Moses
and Capt. T. n. Horn. who is a member
of the Dyker Meadow Country Club at
Bay Ridge. \. Y, and who came over
fro from ro Tot My f to aaay in the Morn
Eugene Carusi and Thomas Francis
members of the green's committee, were
just as early as the earliest.
The Commissioners said they wanted
do good days work. They did Their
round was over about 0 o'clock. They
motored to town Immediately.
West Gets First Shot.
Commissioner West and Mr.. Stoddard
led off in the morning play. They were
followed by others of the early risers.
They all finished just in time to say
Good morning to the advance guard of
tie regular detachment.
Commissioner West went over the
course in 101 Mai Morrow in 100 Mr.
Stoddard in 81. Capt. Horn in 1O1. and
Mr. Moses In 101.
Then, later in the morning Oden Harst
man OF the Phil 7delphia Country Club,
Alex. Britton Of Chevy Chase, Sam Dali
zeli. Chtvy Chase. and Others well known
in local golfdom. drove from the first
tee-the last at 1880 O'Clock. BY that
time the sun was shining and the fog
had scattered. making the golfing ideal.
Lowest Morning Score.
The lowest score of the morning was
by E. p. Brooks of Bannockburn, TO-
The card was as follows:
1855 aces 54343 40
Late entries were as follows:
F. T. D. Mackay. Lakeside Club Of Rich
mond: c. c. Van Leer. Bannockburn; E.
Waggaman,. Bannockburn; G. H. Chas-
mar. Columbia; B F. Cole, Columbia: c.
G. Treat. Hyannesport Golf Club of Mas
sachusetts: w. S. Hiilyer. Hampton
Roads; S. Dalzell. Chevy Chase: w. N.
T. Small. Columbia: c. H. BirdsaIl. CO.
lumbia: E. NJ. Hopes. Wilmington; B.
Davidson. Chevy Chase: H. NJ. Taylor.
Wilmington: E. j. Daiiett. Wilmington:
r. q: Pyle. Columbia; J. T. Baird. Co.
The following golfers were scrstchsd:
w. G. de Ravenall. Bannockburn: d. F.
Phillips. Dunwoodie Golf Club. w c.
Prentiss, Bannockburn; H. Wylie. Chevy
(shaGa. n,
Club: L. Buckwalter. Merchantville; L. A.
Hamilton. EnGlewood Golf Club: F. Her
reshon. Garden City Golf CLUB: F. Presby,
Garden City Golf Club: W. Tuckerman.
Chevy Chase, and w. 8. HilIyer, Hamp-
ton Roads.
number of the cards were as follows:
II. L. West. Columbia. 1Ol.
]. N. Stoddard. Columbia. 81
]. ]. Morrow. Columbia, 102.
T. N. Horn. Dyker Meadow, 101.
G. p. James. Columbia, 9S
a. B. Shelton. Columbia 81.
p. E. Brengle. Columbia 81
w. c. Thatcher. Columbia, 10.
L. c. Brooks. Columbia. a3
E. /. Ober, Columbia. 1I3
w. H. Moses, Columbia 1O1.
A. B. Heaton. Columbia. S.
1. 8. Appleman, Columbia. 1O1.
L. D. Underbrook, Columbia, So
F. T. D. Macksey, Lakeside Country
Club So
Late golf scores are:
w. A. Knowles, BannOckburn, 81; l.. ID.
Underwood. Columbia. %: D. s. Weaver.
10; H. 8. Clark. Bannockbr-- 100; ]. T.
Chesley, Columbia. 1o7; r. J. Beall. Co
lumbia. 103; ]. Mcbride Sterrett, Chevy
Chase. 11S; T. d. Hills, Columbia, l01;
r. Finhan. Columbia 30; j. T. Hen
bricks Columbia. 1O5: E. D. Anderson.
Bannockburn, 1OS; G. A. Weaver. Column
bia, 81 B. Woodruff Columbia. "a; w e.
Eynon. Columbia, 80; A. B. Leet. Column
bia 80; D. 8. Davis. frankfort. Philadel-
phia, ~; H. v. Sanford, Columbia, s6;
s. ID. Cover. Brooklawn, 81; s +. Dono-
hue. Montclair. 81: F. o. Horstmann.
Philadelphia Country Club. 50: T. J. w.
Brown. Bannockburn. 102: w. r. Har-
Sc; f. H. Fairbanks. Philadelphia Coun-
try Club. 95; ]. d. Davidson. Columbia,
OF; j. S. Mattingly. Columbia. ~: T. f.
Mitchell, Wilmington Country Club 90:
L. w. Weaver. Columbia, 81; NJ. q.
Beman. Columbia. IS: A. T. King. Chevy
Chase, %: w. NJ. Gray. Chevy Chase. 95;
J: r. Bagby. Hampton Roads. 30: G: M.
Chase. 105; F. l.. Small. Hampton Roads.
o.: Alex. Britton. Chevy Chase 30; j. w.
Garner. Bannockburn. 90: d. Is. Jackson,
Columbia. 93.
The pairings OF the first sixteen con-
tests we're announced at 2:3O this after
Odin Horstman OF Philadelphia: l.. L.
Harlan of Columbia. and L. w. Weav-
er Of Columbia; A. B. Leet of Columbia.
and T. c. Van Lear of Dykes Meadow.
H v. Sanford. Columbia. and w. EynOn.
Columbia: W. F. Harlan and \. Sheldon.
both of Columbia; r. Farnham and f.
Eynon, both of Columbia; G. NJ. Hopes
OF Wilmington. and S. G. Bowers. Brook
lawn: A. 9. Mattingly Of Columbia and
Alexander Britton of Chevy Chase.