Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-16
TuCkerman Provides Thrills of
the Day at BroOkIine.
HIS PLAY BEST OF MORNING
Fownes One Up on Evans at End of
Eighteen Holes.
SEMI-FINALS IN TOURNAMENT
Field of 200 Starters in the National
Amateur Champion Golf Contest
Narrowed to Four.

BROOkLINE Mass. September l6-
Walter r. Tuckerman OF Chevy Chase
provided the thrills of the forenoon play
ior the eo!f championship at the Country
'luo today. and from being regarded as
the underplayer in the semi-fipals he
jumped into the most conspicuous posi-
'ion at the end Of the first eighteen holes
In his match with Warren X. Wood OF
thicago. The Chevy Chase player secured
commanding lead Of up and his pay
stood out as the best of the dav Where
Evans and Fownes We're playing fours
and Tuckerman was playing threes and
tours. and his medal card for the eight.
cen was .S to So for woSd
Al the end OF the eighteen holes W c.
fowhes, jr., OF the Oakmont Club. Pitts
burg. was one mp on Charles Evans. H..
or the Edgewater Club. Chicago
Three Of the players showed the effects
OF the four-day contest and made the
first Is holes in worse than SO. but Tuck
erman was strong and finished the
round with fine IS. Evans, although with
only three years experience, played a
good game against the veteran Fuwnes
anu they were never more than a hole
apart. Tuckerman proved too much for
Wood and was well ahead when the
round ended.
The field OF 300 starters had narrowed
down to four when play began.
Missed Best Play of the Day.
There was so much interest In the
match between Evans and Fownes that
only two persons. both newspaper men,
made up the gallery that followed the
Wood-Tuckerman match. The others
missed the best playing of the day Paul
Hunter OF Chicago was carrying Woods
brother
Both had long shots to the first hole.
and Tuckermans terrific brassey rolled
into the trap on the far side of the
green. Woods second struck the race
track and was short of the green, but
he had nice chip shot and went down in
O. Tuckerman missed a shot I'm the trap,
but laid his next attempt near the end 10
hole out for q half.
Then Tuckerman- pressed his ball at
the second hole and was in the green
with splendid iron shot Wood was
also well on the green with his drive and
mashie, and won the hole in 4, rs Tuck
erman could not get down in less than !.
puts Both were weak on their iron
shots TO the next hole, which was halvsd
in s.
Zach had a nice putt for a at the
IOusfh, but the hole was halved in 4
luckerman's tee shot to the NTH had a
pad hook on it. and he was half stymied
brassey and carried the bunker Woo,
laced out dandy second bur took :,
puts. and the hole went to the Chevy
Chase man. making the match square at
this point.
But Tuckerman made a bad mes. NJ
his second shot to the sixth. after both
men had driven into the rough. Tucker
mans ball landed in the pit guarding
the green. and he conceded the hole tn
Wood. after making attempts to get
out. Wood landed his iron sho. TO tho
plateau green in the trap, and Tucker
mans ball went over the green. Wood
made nice shot with his niblick. and
reached the green. and the hole was
hafved. Tuckerman failed to get
down foot putt
Woods second shot to the eight
landed In another trap. and Tuckerman
won the hole in by a good putt -,
they started for the ninth hole all even
Even at Nine Holes.
Wood half topped his tee shot at the
ninth ard missed his second. bu, he
reached the green in 3 So did Tucker
man. and the hole was made in . In a
piece. All even at the end OF the nin-
holes
Each had a perfect 2 for the short
tenth. and both were well in the next
green in two strokes. But Tuckerman fell
down in the green and took three puts
giving Wood the hole and a lead OF 1 up
Neither reached the twelfth green ia
=, but Tuckermans approach was so
close to the cup that he holed in g.
OF six feet for :. half
The match was all even again. ruci-
erman's pitch shot to the tricky thirteenth
green was within three feet OF the hoi.
and Wood was almost as GOOD BUT
Wood missed his putt again and Tuck
erman holed his.
Tuckerman made two long straight
shots down the course at the next hole
and nice pitch to the green. while
to the right and landed in a trap. The
ball lay nicely and his mashie shot
landed him on the green.
Tuckerman Leads.
Once more he took 8 puts and Tuck.
erman became 2 up as he holed S.
Wood was bunkered in a trap way
short Of the fourteenth hole on his sec
ond. and his third was just short Of the
edge of the green and barely by another
trap. Tuckerman was twelve feet from
the putt. and when Wood missed his
fourth Tuckerman won the hole. 4 to 5
yards. just short of a road and 20 yards
further than Tuckerman. The latter went
into some trees to the left OF the hole in
two. but his third was right UP to the
pin. The westerner was on the far edge
OF the green in two His approach putt
had the wrong roll to IT and he missed
the cup on his fourth. Tuckerman ran
down a putt OF eight feet for the hole in
four. Tuckerrnan up.
The l2o-yard sixteenth hole brought
trouble for Wood. He drove into q trap.
then overplayed the green. landing i'm the
rough almost TO the road. Tuckerman
was down in to 5 for Wood. Tucker
man up. Each had 2J0-yard drives to
the seventeenth. and Tuckerman's second
was dead to the hole. They halved 1t I'm 4
Wood was trapped on the race track
short of the hole. His third was fifteen
feet from the cup. He ran 1t down for q
4 The hole was halved.
Tuckerman up at eighteen holes. Card
Of the match:
Tuckerman. 5 5 4 ) 6 4 4 5-43
Wood ... s 4 5 6 "a 5 5-a2
Tuckerman 3 5 43 8 4 3 4 4-35-S8
Wood 3 4 5 4 6 8 8 4 4-40-S3
The Evans-Fownes Match.
The details Of the Evans-Fownes match
follow:
Hole (420 yards)-Both were just short
the green on their seconds. Fownes hav-
ing had the better drive for distance ana