Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
TRAVIS CHIEF FIGURE
ON COLUMBIA LINKS

Play of the final day was started this
morning in the annual fall golf tourna-
ment of the Columbia Country Club and
the semi-final rounds of the various six
teens We're practically completed.
The match in which Travis figured, as
usual. attracted most of the attention.
the veterans name being known wher-
ever the game is played and every che
having the one desire of watching his
game. A S. Mattingly was his morning s
opponent and he did exceptionally We'll,
losing up and to play.
One of the most interesting matches
was that in the second sixteen, in which
AL Leet Gc Columbia met and defeated
s. L. Heap of Chevy Chase. This was a
close match the Columbia player taking
it ! up, after having been down at the
turn. The eighth hole of this match
brought out some exceptionally brilliant
golf Heap playing this tee shot dead to
the hole for >. Leet making par J. Leet
evened matters at the thirteenth He
was up for the first time when he took
the fifteenth. On the sixteenth he got
in the bunker. and after several in
effectual attempts to get out picked
up his ball and squared the match. He
made pretty to Heaps on the
seventeenth and took the match py
halVing the home hole.
Play Good Match.
The match between E. B. Eynon. jr..
and II. c. Chamberlain in the first six
teen, defeated Fights, semi-final round,
also attracted much attention. Chamber
lain winning, l up. Eynon lost the first
four holes, but picked up after that. be-
ing > down at the turn. 1t was dormie
at the sixteenth. Eynon winning the
seventeenth, Chamberlain being a stymie
at the eighteenth, which gave him the
hole and with it the match. :.
The Collins-Govern match i'm the final
round of the defeated Fights Of the fifth
sixteen also a good one, the last
named winning, 1 up. Collins had been
down at the turn. but he picked up hole
after hole and squared the match on
the seventeenth. His winning the eight
zenith was rather spectacular, as after
driving in a trap he played<out to the
green and ran down long putt.
There are about fifty entrants in the
handicap match which is being played
all day a large delegation from Balti
more arriving this morning. Those win
ming prizes are not eligible to compete,
but semi-fnalists are. In this event most
of the better players who did not play to
form are entered, prominent among them
being Eddie Eynon. Eddie Brooke,
John Davidson and DR.. Lee Harlan.
Mornings Summaries.
The summaries of this mornings play
follow:
Fourth sixteen. semi-final round: j. p.
Armstrong. Wilmington, defeated F. C.
Sibbold, Columbia, up and 3 to play;
c. A. Watson, Columbia. defeated {. 5.
Watts. Columbia, up and to play
Fifth sixteen. semi-final round: Frank
Appleman. Columbia. defeated +; J.,
play: II. P. Cobey. Washington. {; e..
Chase, up and to play.
Fifth sixteen. defeated Fights, final
Govern, Columbia. defeat
ed F. w. Collins. Bannockburn. l up.
Second sixteen, semi-final round-A. Is.
I.eet, Columbia, defeated S. L. Heap.
Chevy Chase. ] up: otto Leubkert,
Columbia, defeated W. keollnger, up
First sixteen: semi-fnal round-w. j.
Travis. Garden City. n. Y, defeated A.
s. MattingIy, Columbia. 6 up.
Robert Weir. Wilmington. Del, defeated
w. Tuckerman, Chevy Chase, l up. at
nineteen holes.
Winter Beats Harlan.
Third sixteen: Semi-final round - a.
Winter Columbia. defeated Edward Har-
ban. Columbia, one up
NJ. Danforth, Columbia. defeated George
P. James, Columbia, up and to play.
First sixteen defeated eight. semi-final
round-H c. Chamberlain, Columbia, de-
feated Edward b. Eynon. jr, Columbia,
up.
Morven Thompson. Chevy Chase. defeat |
ed S. T. Phelps, Columbia, up and 5
to play.
Second sixteen defeated eight, semi |
final round-Donald Woodward, Columbia. |
defeated Ed Lodge Hill, Columbia, 1 up.
Daniel r. jackson, Columbia, defeated |
George e. Truett Columbia, by default
Third sixteen, defeated eight. semi |
final round-E. A. Johnston. Baltimore |
Club defeated E. M. Talcott, |
Chevy Chase, 1 up.
K c. Van Leer. Columbia. defeated /.
Columbia, 2 up.
Fourth sixteen, defeated eight semi /
final round-C. Turner. Baltimore Coun /
try Club. defeated p. II. Pamphlet /
Columbia, by default.
E. S. NARROW, Columbia. defeated L. ID /
Underwood, Columbia, up and to play. ]