Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-10

The golfers of the Columbia Golf Club
| carried nearly everything before them in
the closing ma tches of the annual spring
| tournament of that organiza ton held upon
.ne course near Brightwood yesterday aft
| ernoon Walter r. Tuckerman of Chevy
Chase was the only outsider" who car
ried away cup from the family circle. )"
Columbia won twelve out of the thirteen
prizes offered. Quite feat. Then Eu-
gene CarUs1 got d cup. He laid low dur
Ing the tournament and. like "Brer Ra b.
Bit" had very little to say but when the
cups in the consolation were passed about
he was on deck for one. And it is said.
1.-The boy golfer Of Columbia is going to
remain up on his game this year. and
many more cups may come his way-if the
others don't watch out.
Ore of the happiest golfers upon the
links yesterday afternoon was Mr.. George
t. Smallwocd. He took two cups one for
being the runner-up in the second six
teen and one for getting the lowest net
score-thanks to his handicap of Is. From
the start he played good. consistent golf,
and had much better luck than Pliny Mo-
ran of the green's committee.
DIR. Harban's Trophies.
Mrs. Lee Harlan was an interested spec
tator at the Columbia Club yesterday.
Mrs. Harlan always comes out on the la st
day OF local golf tournaments to pick out
the proper cups for DR.. Harlan to win.
She generally picks out the first prize in
the first sixteen. Sometimes 1t is the cup
for the runners-up, but more often the
former. Then there are qualification cup
prizes and net and gross score cups. and
DR.. Harlan must be counted in all Of
these events. Perchance If some enter
prising golfer does not count on him. ten
TO one that golfer does after the tOurna-
ment. In yesterdays tournament DR..
Harlan took away only three cups. At
the close he had a family party" and
the three ladies of the group each carried
VIC Cold hot all
ton of golf trophies has now passed the
hundred MARYLAND after only nine years
Of play!
Harban-Bankard Match.
His match yesterday in the finals of
the first sixteen with Hoover Bankard OF
Columbia, who is also attached to the
Baltimore Country Club, was interesting
and DR.. Harlan won only after playing
twenty-one holes. Both of the golfers made
good drives at the start. DR.. Harlan made
good approach and won by to 8. Bank
ard made splendid approach shot for
the second mole and won in T. while his
opponent took . strokes. With two long
shots against the wind Bankard reached
the third green and Won the hole in s.
poor put and making the aperture in g.
The fourth hole was halved in 3, or par
golf At the fifth hole DR.. Harlan
missed a short putt for to win and they
IdANcO bdHkdTu Sl1CoQ MS drive
into the woods, but made a good recovery
Both were on the green on second shots
Poor putting lost the hole for Harlan in
4 to .. After good drives both were on
\the seventh green. The hole was halved
lin 4. Both drove we'll for the eighth
hole. Harlan duffed his second Shot,
but made a brilliant recovery. With
his third shot he laid the ball about one
yard from the hole, giving him a well
earned half in 4. Both had good tee
he ipfh lrIn ,Di,
wind pulled the balls into the woods. On
first shot Bankard got the worst of lies
costing him .. Harlan entered upon a
.. Bankard was l up on his opponent
shape. Harlan pulled shot into the
woods.
Bankard sliced his ball into the rough
grass on the right A moment later ne
made splendid recovery, putting the
second shot upon the green. He won the
hole in !. Harlan getting behind trees
and wood and taking D. Good drives
for the eleventh. Harlan Won In g.
Bankard taking 4. Harlan won the
twelfth in after splendid drives. Bank
ard took Z. Harlan made two good shots
for the thirteenth. He made better ap-
proaches than his opponent. and won in
.. Bankard taking 4. Harlan was thus
| up for the first time in the match
Harlan lost the fourteenth in to s..
He won the fifteenth in g. after a beau
tiful second from the roadway. The SIX
teenth was halved i'm 8 The seventeenth
was also halved in ). DR.. Harlan being
dormie !. Good drives brought both well
| toward the eighteenth hole. After good
second shots they were upon the greer.
Both ran puts within a yard of hole.
Bankard holed out in 4. DR.. Harlan had
putt TO wi nand missed. which carried
them to nineteenth green. where the hole
was halved i'm 3. The twentieth was
halved in 1. Both had fine drives and
good seconds for the twentytirst hole
DR.. Harlan on his third shot ran within
a foot of the hole. Bankard left too big
a putt and missed and lost the match by
l up. The card of the match was as fol-
lows:
Harlan
Bankard-
Out. ........-... 5 5 IL up
Harlan
z ~,