Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
P|NEHURST GOLFERS
Easy Matches Characterized
First Round of Match Play.
'THREE-DIvIsIoN TOURNEY
Travis and Hunter, Favorites for
Finals, Win One-Sided
Contests.
Special Dispatrh 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
| PINEHURST, \. c., December D.
| Easy matches characterized today's first
| match play round i'm the ninth annual
| holiday week golf tournament. In the
| first division Hunter and Travis. the
| favorites. had things pretty much Their
own way, the Midlothian player disp"sine
| of j. NJ. Thompson of Spring Haven
| I'D and . and the Garden City expert
| defeating l.. r. Boyd, Glen Echo, : to g.
| Julian r. Bishop of the Yale team was
/ and Is in his match with Arthur II.
| Shaw of the Rrooklne Country Club.
| while Mr.. Shaw's father. Robert Gould
/ Shaw. won keen match from r. J.
| Clapp of Hartford by 1 up.
! W. f. Truesdell, Fox Hills. also won on
J the home green from c. b. Hudson oi
! North Fork while c. l.. Becker of Wood
| land and l. S. Robson of Oak Hill both
| won and ) matches from J. c. Lime
| man of Shawnee and II. s. Horton Of
| Midland.
| Only two of the matches in the second
division reached the home green. while
| in the third all but two ended short of
the seventeen. the fates of the draw
bringing l.. J. Freedman of Siwanoy and
w. G. Freeman of Englewood together,
the latter winning.
Two rounds advance the tournament
Travis defeats Mr. Croker il the morn
ing and Mr.. Hunter wins from Robert
Gould Shaw they will meet in the semi
final. Just who will advance from the
upper end of the bracket including
Bishop and Robson and Becker and
Truesdell is a matter of some interested
specul2 ton.
Washington's representative in the tour
nament is j. II. Clapp of Chevy Chase.
advanced on the default of \. Il. Maxwell
of New Haven Monday morning he
plays Rev. l.. 4. Cheatham OF Salisbury.
Summary.
Presidents cup. Or first s3tcen-First round
Julian T. Bishop. Yale, beat Arthur. H. Shaw.
Brookline. and i. Irving :. Robeson. Oak
Hin. beat II. $. Horton, Midland = and !,
| Shawnee. Il and ). W. f. Trucsde!l. Fox H,li>
boat G. Il. Hudson. North Fork. MP. Pail
Hunter M..iloihinn a beat j. ,, NJ Tho% Spss
Brookine. beat Il. J. Clapp: Hartford. ! up
George H. crockea If''kl,n"' beat wv, W; =
| Travis Garden City. beat l.. Il. Boyd. Glen
Echo. and q.
I. X. Eobeson. Oak Hill. beat }: H. C. Rum
scy. BROOKLYN. B and 2 G l. Watkins srran
ton beat G l. S"Ssp sas sn iei
ssat =. y Jewell. Aberdeen. ): and ?. {; u:
W. G.. Clark. Woodland. bea, 7. ii. Watkins.
.pawamis up W. \: Barrier IT. i'rIf fe"n.
Boyer Roy, southIorongh beat r. C. shannon I'd.
Seeretary's cup or third ~isteenFirs, round:
H. w Ormshec Alpine. beat II. Cortis. Apa
wants. and ;. IL. C.. Freeman. EnGl.wood
beat i. J. Freedman. siwanay. !. ard I. I
| wants fy default. II. i. Chambers. Siwanoy.
boa, $. Vi. Merrill. Br.akline. ny default Res
t cSsse beas f A. 4 maxwell Kew Haven BY de-
nIse Fox H III " aad !, r 4. Jewett. Aber
deem beat Cabot J. Morse. Wollaston up.
Tin Whistle Handicap.
Wilbur c. Johnson of New York, playing
with a handicap Of strokes, led the
field in the second of the Tin Whistle
tourna ments, a cemetery contest for a
prize presented by DR.. J. 5. Brown of
Moutclair and the club. giving up the
ghost just as the ball landed in the
eighteenth hole. r. &. Snannon, I'd, OF
Rrockport Ca was second, six feet
away. while r. Clapp of Hartford I'D
was third. some two feet nearer to the
goal than c. B. Hudson of New Suffoll,
Oh, whose ball lay fourteen feet away.
7 =. kellogg of Fitchburg 13), got
within six feet of the green. while C. l.
Becker of Boston was sixty feet away
and j. NJ Thompson of Springhaven CD.
100 feet With DR.. NJ. w. Mari of Dor
chester I'D. 1t was question OF NdIdS
165 for the former and 160 for the latter.
The seventeenth hole was far enough
for ". S Kathbone of Detroit Q3J, J. d.
g. Rumsey OF Brooklyn 90 and r. b.
Hoyd OF Minneapolis t1Sl. Rev. T. \.
Cheatlan of Salisbury. y. c. 90. got
within five feet of the green. F. B.
Pottle of jefferson Highlands. \. II. d6.
and p l. Lightbourn OF Bermuda 12i
crossed the "styx' when the ball landed
in the cup on the sixteenth. w. +. Trues-
dell of New York 80 and +. c. Able OF
Bethlehem. n. Fl. 10, gave out a bit
snort.
s. H. Martel. jr., of Montreal 90 and