Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
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II. c. Chamberlain, handicap IA, de-
feated B. Stanley Simmons, handicap 20,
In the other match in the first sixteen, 3
up and . to play. In this match. both
players seemed to be off color in their
short game and at their best at the long.
Simmons started 3 up, but drove into the
woods on his tee shot from the first hole.
and lost three strokes getting out, losing
this hole and making it up Both regis
tered par for the second, but Chamber
lain further decreased the space separat-
ing them by taking the third Simmons
having some hard luck when his ball hit
a stone and bounced into the ditch. In
getting out, he drove his brassie into the
woods, and Chamberlain had no trouble
in taking the hole At the turn it was all
even, but it did not remain this way long,
as Chamberlain, after halving the tenth.
took the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth
and halved the fourteenth.
Simmons captured the fifteenth. On
leaving the fifteenth tee. the drives OF
mons went across with his brassie in two
and holed out in four Chamberlain fall
ing short and taking a five. The match
ended on the sixteenth, when Simmons
then overran the hole. his opponent in
the meantime playing perfect golf and
hOling the ball in par 3. The card for
this match follows:
Chamberlain
Out o. .: :::::::: 5 5 5 5 ) "a
wv
Simmons
Out o. .,.-..... sass s-ss 90
The best match in the second sixteen
C. II. Stearn. the former winning / up.
The players started all even, but at the
turn Steam was leading up. Stearn
captured the eleventh after the tenth had
been halved and he would have made it
up by taking the twelfth had not his
opponent suddenly braced and made a 4.
which is a stroke better than par On
this hole he made a good drive and his
second found him on the green. His
third was a putt, which laid him dead to
the hole and enabled him to halve it.
From this time on, it was Hills game.
He took the thirteenth. fifteenth. six
teenth and eighteenth, halving the others.
His card for this match was:
G fn .:::::: g : ! ! ! F.. s 50
DIR. Stearns' was:
Out o. .:.:...:::.:.::::sst s5s : ! "a Stl-ss
Frank Govern and DR.. Paris E. Brengle
were the winners in the third sixteen.
Govern defeating NJ. E. Danforth and the
doctor winning from A. H. Giles. In the
all square at the turn. Govern was
dormie at the fourteenth. Danforth won
the fifteenth. but when the sixteenth was
halved the match ended. In the other
matcn brepSle showed up Unusually
strong at the long game and made sew
eral 22o-yard drives. His medal score
was 01-out in 43 and in in 48-while that
Of his opponent was 80. he having made
the outward trip in Al and come inin 4S.
The summaries follow:
FIRST SIXTEEN.
semi-hnal roundJudge Edward A. Newman
ss..es T. st.neg 3 ssns
cap. by up and to play.
SECOND SIXTEEN.
Seminal round-Robert w. Cox. "a handi,
cap defeated 6. E. Langley. "a handicap. by
up and l to play; f. Lodge HILL II handicap.
defeated DR.. c. h. stearn, IA handicap. by
"p' THIRD SIXTEEN
Semi ANAL round-Frank Govern 80, is hand IL
y nsn ap to GEES
handicap, by 2 up and to play.
Play will be concluded this week
when the finals will be decided in the
three sixteens, the pairing being as
follows.
FIRST SIXTEEN.
Final round-Judge Edward A.. Newman. 1s
handicap, VS.. Il. c. Chamberlain, IA handi-
cap SECOND SIXTEEN.
Final round-R. W. Cox, "a handicap. vs. E.
Lodge Hill. IA handicap.
THIRD SIXTEEN.
Final round-Frank Govern, IS handicap, VS..
Dr. Paris Z. Brengle. Il handicap.
Plans for the September tournament
have been announced. This event will be
different from that Of previous months
A handsome silver trophy has been of
fered to the player making the lowest net
medal score, handicap. during the month.
Players may turn in as many dated and
certified scores as they desire.