Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
"EDDIE' BROOKE BEST OF
MIDDLE ATLANTIC GOLFERS
Defeats H. L. Bond Of Baltimore One Up in
the Finals Over the Chevy
Chase GLIB Course.

T. P. Brooke Of the Bannockburn
teen of the Middle Atlantic States cham
pionship tournament, which was decided
over the Chevy Chase links, defeating
III. l.. Bond, Sd, of the Baltimore
Country Club up. This victory
carries with it the championship cup.
W. F. Tuckerman of the Chevy Chase
Club turned in a card of 81 in the hand
leap round at eighteen holes medal play,
and this was good enough to pull down
two of the three prizes offered in this
round. those for the lowest gross and
net scores Tuckerman received a
handicap of 6, which gave him net
score of IL II. c. Bridgers, of the
Country Club of Virginia. won the run
ner-up's prize for turning in the next
lowest net score with "A. His gross
score was s. and his handicap II.
The Brooke-Bond match in the final
round of the first sixteen was, of course.
the one feature of the day, and the
gallery was with it from start to finish.
While from a strictly scientific stand
point, the quality of golf displayed did
not measure to the standard of the
final rounds of previous years, yet the
match was most interesting. Both play
ers were unsteady and erratic, and,
strange to say, this feature had lots TO
do with holding the interest of the gal
lery, as the unexpected was always hap
pening. Some of the poorest kind of
golf would often be followed by shot
Just as spectacular as the other had been
poor.
Brooke threw away opportunities at the
very first of taking good lead when
he failed to take the first two holes.
On the first hole Bond drove his second
stroke into the sand pit and lost one
IN getting out, and yet Brooke by miss
ing two easy puts. was only able to
halve the hole. Again in the second
he lost an opportunity when Bond topped
his drive. Another miss Of an easy putt
allowed Bond to again halve the hole.
The visitor took the third hole. Brooke
being too strong on his tee shot and
overrunning the hole into the bunker,
Meanwhile Bond had landed just off the
green. He missed his putt. but was still
enough ahead to take the hole on his
second one.
1t was even up in the very next hole,
Bond having an unusually poor streak
of luck He drove into the rough on his
first stroke. the ball rolling under
thick pine tree. He was compelled to
picked up his ball after overrunnng the
hole when he finally did make the green.
giving the local player the hole.
The Bannockburn player took the LEAD
badly. Brooke had a bad lie in the
wash, but he got out on fair green. while
his opponent went still deeper into the
rough on his next shot. When he drove
his third into the bank he picked up his
ball. giving Brooke the hole, l up.
Brooke made it up on the sixth when
he holed a beautiful approach shot. He
missed his iron shot on his first stroke,
and stopped just short of the bunker
Bond landing just short of the green He
approached short when Brooke pulled off
his long approach putt. which gave him
the hole, 81.
Brooke topped his drive when he teed
off the seventh and went into the water
ditch He made his second short of the
bunker and reached the green on his
fourth. with Bond just off the green on
his third. After some poor putting by
both men, the Baltimore player tool the
hole in 6, making 1t UP.
The eighth hole was halved. both slic-
ing their drives into the rough and max
ing the hole in 3 Bond made 1t even up
on the turn. when his opponent drove into
the hazard, missed two shots trying to
get out and finally picked up his ball.
He took the next two. Brooke landing