Evening star., 1909-05-27
Spring Event of Middle Atlantic
Association Opens.
START RAINY AND GLOOMY
Conditions Soon Improve and Sun
Shines Brightly.
MCKINLEY SENDS PAIRS OFF
Seventy-Eight Players Report Dur
ing the Morning-Two Cups
Are the Prizes.

The annual spring tournament of the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association, COM
prising clubs of the District of Columbia.
Maryland Delaware and Virginia. was
begun on the Columbia golf course this
morning. The weather. rainy and gloomy
at the start, turned out, later in the fore
noon, to be ideal overhead. There was
little or no wind and conditions were just
right except that the wet condition made
the green's somewhat slow
Promptly at o'clock Capt. Mckinley of
the Columbia Club started off the first
pair-Charles Weaver and Otto Luebkert-
from the first tee. They were followed by
another pair. of whom Benjamin Wood
ruff, president Of the Middle Atlantic Golf
Association, was one. Incidentally Mr..
Woodruff was the first man to drive his
ball in the first bunker.
In all. thirty-nine pairs, seventy-eight
men, were sent off by Capt. Mckinley
between o'c clock and II :45 o'clock. Dur
ing the half hour or so that the rain
was at it's worst there was q let-up in
the tournament. But then the players
began to arrive in punches. The last
pair sent of were the Johnsons-Charles
J. Of Columbia and DIR. johnson Of Chevy
Chase-who happened to be unrelated.
Two Cups Are the Prizes.
Two prizes will be awarded as a result
of today's playa cup for the best gross
score and cup for the winning team.
The teams consist Of six men each. and
as no other club outside of Columbia and
Chevy Chase has more than Ave men
entered the team contest lies between
those two organizations.
The Chevy Chase team is composed OF
McCammon. Tuckerman. Thompson, Char.
teris. Britton and Lewis. The Columbia
team is made up of L. L. Harlan. ".
s. Harlan, E. B. Eynon, Mattingly, Da-
wilson and Bankard.
Only four sixteens were provided for
those qualifying in today's medal play.
but one was added in view OF the large
number of entries. There are prizes and
consolation prizes in each of the five
sfxteens. and consequently. with the hand
leap play, 1t Is expected that large ma
tournament today will play all three days.
Some Of the Scores.
Although all the cards had not been
posted at the time The Stars report
closed. two men, E. p. Brook of Ban
lumbia, were tied with the excellent score
of 10 Dr. L. l.. Harlan, the Columbia
crack. went around in 30. The scores
posted in the morning medal play follow:
BENJAMIN Woodruff. Columbia, 100.
c. II. Carusi Columbia. 90.
G. II. Weaver, Columbia, 9e.
J. NJ He1rston. Columbia. no card.
G. I. Thornton. Columbia, 90.
r. T. Smallwood. Columbia, 81.
TT. e. Patten. Columbia. 106.
". c. Thatcher, Columbia. 81.
c. A. Watson, Columbia, 131.
w. w. Dunn. Bannockburn. no card.
l.. C. Brooks. Columbia, 107.
r. Farnaham, jr., Columbia, 104
r. r. Greenwalt, Columbia. 9S
James B. Sterett. Chevy Chase. 116.
III. Oliphant, Chevy Chase, 1O6.
A. T. King, Chevy Chase. 1O4.
j. w. Brown. Bannockburn. 10.
Warren 6. Eynon. Columbia. 82.
H. F. Clark. Bannockburn: 1o2-
A. n. Brown, Columbia 81
]. R. De Sarges, Bannockburn, 112.
w. c. PrentisS. Bannockburn, 107.
W. Winter. Columbia 81.
J. r. Basly. Hampton Roads. 81.
T. p. Moran, Columbia, 100
w. p. Wood. Lake Side. 100
G. s. Derrick. Columbia. 100.
f. NJ. Weaver. Chevy Chase. oS.
E. p Brooke. Bannockburn. 70.
George A. Weaver. Columbia. 100.
G. F. Browney c. c.. 80.
George p. James, Columbia, 104.
E. NJ. Talcott, c. c., 80.
J. NJ. Stoddart. Columbia. 102
E. b. Eynon. jr.. Columbia. 30.
H. NJ. Taylor. Wilmington Country Club,
l.. l.. Harlan. Columbia. So
III. V. Sanford. Columbia. 81.
s. o. Horstman. Chevy Chase. 81.
w. Tuckerman. Chevy Chase. 80,
TIC. Jenkins. Baltimore G.. c.. 50.
NJ. E. Branforth. Columbia. 90.
o. McCammon, Chevy Chase 81.
NJ. Thompson. Chevy Chase. 81.
A. S. Mattinsly. Columbia. 50.
David Weaver Columbia, 113.
J. T. Hendrick. Columbia, 1O5.
The play In the various sixteens began
this afternoon.
C. H. Birdsar. Columbia. 1os.
j. W. Browne. Columbia, no card.
g. l.. Heat. Chevy Chase. 90
J. c. Davidson. Columbia, IS.
Z. f.. Mitchell. jr., Wilmington coun-
s. w. McReynolds Columbia. 1T.
II. p, Hammond, Hampton Roads Golf
Club, 121.
r. Lewis. Chevy Chase. 80.
r. 8. Reyburn. Chevy Chase. no card.
f. Fl. Bankard, jr., Columbia, 81.
l.. W. Weaver. Columbia, no card.
Alexander Britton, Chevy Chase. 81.
NJ. T. Ellicott. Baltimore Country Club.
a; McGeorse. Wilmington Country
Victor Kaufrmann. Chevy Chase. 1o1.
]. w. Conn, Columbia. 81.
j. W. Hiss. Baltimore Country Club, 90.
b. f. Brengle. Columbia. 9S
c. II. johnson. Columbia. 116.
ID. Hastings. Columbia, lOl
A. B. Davidson, Chevy Chase. 103.
J. c. Davidson. Columbia, S.
Hugo Charters. c. G.. 90.
w. III. Hiliyer, Hampton Roads Golf
Club, 20.
d. X. Jackson. Columbia. ss.
w. A. Speakman, Wilmington Country
Club. lis.
c. w. Noyes. Columbia. SO.
HERRESHOFF BEATS TIFFANY.