Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10
EYN0N BEATS BROOKE
Wins First Round of Golf
Finals.
DIE BOUND G#RE Yh0N BEATS BROOKE RENEWS HIS AKlYT wins BIG RACE
Round NA
@Tm Given phys
GmnK @whum Twas nyngan d AS
THREE UP AT THE CLOSE
Was Playing a Splendid Game at
the Finish.
RESULTS OF THE MORNING
Brown Defeats Ober and Thatcher
Wins From Thornton in Co.
lumbia Tourney.

| Brilliant golfing caused F.. B. Eynon. IT,,
of Columbia to win the first round Of the
finals in the nrst sixteen of the Columbia
| Golf Club tourney today from Il. r.
Brooke of Bannockburn. At the close
| the match stood Eynon 3 up and playing
! a splendid game.
| The match was started shortly after 1o
o'clock. Both drove we'll, but their ap-
| proach shots were not as clean. Ihey
halved the hole in j.. Brooke came strong
| in the race for the second hole, and after
a pretty drive at the start won IN T..
| Eynon recovered the advantage upon the
| next holt by taking it in 4. He won the
next In 5. and the golfers halved the f1th
| in g. Brooke took the sixth In record
three, and Eynon claimed the seventh IN
| a T. They haived the eighth in and the
ninth in the same number Of strokes.
One Down at Turn.
Then at the turn Brooke was l down.
They halved the tenth in 4, and Eynon
won the eleventh in ), which is one under
par. He followed up with three beauty
| shots for the twelfth hole. which is AZ
yards away, and took it in 4, which is one
less tnan OAR &OlI. Iney UdlNeu TIC
teenth In 4. At the fourteenth Brooke
braced, and by good golfing won In 4.
Eynon looked to his laurels at the flf-
teenth, and took 1t in par of 3. Brooke
took !.
Both Drive Into Grass.
The seventeenth hole was GOT yards
away. and in driving for 1t both golfers
drove into the grass to the side OF the
green, and the best Brooke could do was
to win In g. Eynon made another beauty
drive on his second shot for the eight
zenith hole. and ran into the aperture
upon his next shot, making it In 3, or
one less than par.
He stood up at the close and ready
for the afternoon round to begin.
AS the match closed the northeaster
of the morning seemed to be increasing
to about twenty-five miles an hour.
The card was as follows:
Eynon-Out. ......... 5 5 3 ell
BrookerOut. ........ & 3 3 5 SO
Eynon-In. .......... 3 4 5 3 5 8 $40
Brooke-In. .... 4 5 4 4 4 5 8 49,
Other Results.
Other results of the morning round were
as follows:
Fifth sixteen. sweepstakes-H. H. Brown
Of Columbia defeated E. I. ODER of Coz
lumbia by up and to go; W. c.
Thatcher, Columbia. defeated G. l..
Thornton Columbia. by 4 up and 3 to go.
ed as follows:
G. p. James, Columbia, 90
L. C. Brooks Columbia 100.
]. I. Clark, Columbia, 100.
A. B. Leet, Columbia, 81.
e. 8. Davis, Frankfort 90.
8. ID. Bowers, Brooklawn, 50.
A. 8. Mattingly. Columbia. 50.
c. G: Van Leer, Bannockburn, 1O1.
Additional entries in the handicap medal
play today were; G. D. Derrick. Column
bia: B. c. Taliaferro. Columbia: Sheriff
Nottingham, Columbia; w. c. Prentiss.
Bannockburn: L. s. Fristoe. Columbia: 7.
NJ Emerich, Columbia: F. F. Greenwalt.
Columbia: H. D. Feast, Columbia: w. A.
Knowles. BannOckburn; Warren Eynon.
Columbia: Ormsby McCammon. Chevy
Chase: Robert Dalzell. Chevy Chase: A.
H. Giles Bannockturn. and NJ. E. Dan
forth, Columbia.
Play Yesterday Afternoon.
The play in the semi-finals yesterday
afternoon ended with the following
matched for the finals:
First sixteen-E. T. Brooke. Bannock-
burn. VS.. E. B. Eynon. jr.. Columbia.
Second sixteen-J. c. Davidson. Column
bia, vs.. James Baird. Columbia.
Third sixteen-S. Dalzell. Chevy Chase.
VS.. +. E. Donahue, MOntclair.
Fourth sixteen-Mat. Jay ]. Morrow,
Columbia. We. J. r. Bagby, Hampton
Roads.
Brooke of Bannockburn kept up his
winning pace and played consistent golf
throughout the afternoon. Sanford OF
Columbia was his opponent and though
golf Brooke Is playing better and took
the match in splendid style by up and
to play.
E. b. Eynon became the runner up in
the finals OF the first sixteen by defeat
Ing Bowers of the Brooklawn Country
Club Of New York. who has been playing
fine golf in q number of tournaments
in the east during the summer.
Tho match between Eynon and Bowers
was watched closely by the gallery. as
1t was the only chance of the cup in
! the first sixteen going to an out-of-town
man, and if the same happened the local
golfers wanted to see every inch of the
play leading up to the winning of the
cup or that for the runner up.
Results in Semi-Finals.
The results in the semi-fnals were as
follows
First sixteen-Brooke, Bannockburn defeated
Sanford, Columbia, 5 up and to go: Eyhon,
Columbia. defeated Bowers. Brooklawn. 2 up
and to play.
James Baird. Columbia. defeated Z. D. Under
up p 1ad to dhssy Chase
feated G. T. SlnallwoOd. Columbia; up and
c. H. Weaver Columbia. 2 mp and t" play,
Fourth sixteen-Maj. Jay J. Morrow, Columbia.
Basby. captain Of the Hampton Roads Golf
club defeated w. H. Moses, Columbia, up and
to play.
Play In the Consultations.
The consultations resulted as follows:
First sixteen-A. B. Leet. Columbia. defeated
". G. EVnon. Columbia; A. B. Shelton. Colum-
bia defeated Robert Farnham. Columbia, up
and 2 to play: A. b. Shelton defeated +. NJ.
Hopes. Wilmington. up and to play: A. B.
Ieet defeated L. W. Weaver, Columbia, 3 up
and to play. -
second sixteen-F. J. y. Msekay. lakeside. de-
feated A. T. King. Chevy Chase, up and to
nlav. n X Jackson. Columbia, defeated A. l.