Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-11
HARD LUCK AT GOLF
Chamberlain Does Not Give
Travis Hard Fight.
HIS BALL RIMS THE CUP
Annual. Tournament Continues at
Columbia Club, First Rounds of
Sixteens Being Finished.


Columbia Club, First Rounds of
Sixteens Being Finished.
Play was continued this morning in
the annual fall golf tournament of the
Columbia Country Club. the first rounds
OF Ill Of the sixteens being practically
finished
Many good matches marked the days
play The match between the New York
veteran. Walter ]. Travis and II. c.
Chamberlain OF Columbia in the first six
teen attracted most Of the attention OF
both gallery ana players. Chamberlain
was evidently very nervous. and this.
coupled with a great deal OF hard luck.
is largely responsible for his not giving
his more experienced opponent a harder
fight.
Costs Him the Hole.
In this match the first hole was halved.
Chamberlain's first piece of misfortune
coming in the second. when his ball rim
med the cup, costing him the hole. Travis
topped his ball on the third tee and drove
| into the ditch. He went to his niblick.
and in attempting to get out went in an
ball. Again in the fourth did the local
man bang his ball in. only to have IL
| bounce out again. for the loss OF hole.
The fifth was halved in ). Travis driving
almost to the road and Chamberlain GO
ing to the rough On both the sixth and
| seventh green's Travis laid Chamberlain
possible stymies which he missed for
| halves. At the eighth the New Yorker
hooked his drive, while the Columbia
player sliced his At the ninth hole
Chamberlain was down. and the veteran
increased this lead on the inward jour-
ney.
DR.. Brengle Winner.
Another good match was that in which
Dr. Paris E. Brengle Of Columbia de-
feated o. w. Underwood of Baltimore in
the fourth sixteen. Stymies cut q large
| figure in this match. the doctor laying
his opponent three during the play. The
last, which occurred on the eighteenth
green, gave him the match, 1 up.
Al b. Leet did well In his match with
| Donald Woodward I'm the second sixteen.
going out in par 81.
| sixteens is on this afternoons card. and
at the same time the first round of the
consultations will be started.
Summaries.
The summaries follow:
| Fifth sixteen: First round - John L.
Warren. Bannockburn. defeated II. H.
Allen, Columbia, by default: Frank 8. APP
pleman, Columbia, defeated F. w. Col
| Inns, Bannockburn. 4 UP and 3 to play;
| Fl. III. Lurton. Virginia. defeated w. c.
| Ballantyne Columbia, by default: F. J.
| Bartlett defeated Frank Govern. Co
| lumbia. up; r.. White. Columbia. de-
feated c. E. Langley: Columbia. by de-
for Z vn1t 1nfA fnl I
| B. Platt. Columbia, by default: r. III.
| Pritchett Maryland c. c., defeated c. s.
Smith. Columbia. 6 up and TO play: H.
| p. Cobey, Washington c. c., defeated o.
Fourth sixteen. first round-J. p Arm
strong. Wilmington, defeated S. p.
Thompson. Columbia, up and 4 to play:
H. A. Geddes. Columbia, defeated G. P.
c. Sibbold, Columbia. defeated @. II.
| Caldwell. Columbia, up and to play:
John c. Let's. Columbia, defeated p. II.
Iampfett. Columbia, up and 3 to play;
Newman, Columbia, by default: Dr. John
| III. London. Bannockburn. defeated A. w.
Dunn. Washington c. c.. up; Paris Is.
Brengle. Columbia, defeated l.. D. Under
| wood. Columbia, ! up; c. A. Watson. Co
| lumbia. defeated f. s. NARROW, Columbia,
| up and to play.
First sixteen, first round-walter ).
| Travis. Garden City, defeated IL. &.
John c. Davidson of Columbia defeated
DIR. Walter F. Harlan of Columbia, up
and to play.
P. L. Hodges. Columbia. defeated ]. ID.
Cassells. Chevy Chase. up and to play
Robert Weir. Wilmington. Del. defeat
ed Oscar Underwood, Mount Clair. N. j..
3 up and ? to play.
NJ T. Thompson. Chevy Chase, up and
1 to play.
John W. Brawner. Bannockburn. de-
| feated F. NJ Phelps. Columbia, up and
= to play.
n. Tuckerman. Chevy Chase. defeated
Allan Lard. Chevy Chase, up and / to
play.
Second sixteen. first round-w. F. Rey-
burn, Chevy Chase. defeated e. Lodge
Hill, Columbia. up and 1 to play.
A. D. Leet. Columbia, defeated Donald
Woodward. Columbia, Z up and ) to play
s. l.. Heap. Chevy Chase. defeated
George D. Woodward. Columbia, up
w. HI. knowles. Bannockburn. defeated
| George Truett. Columbia. up in 10 holes.
Otto Luebkert. Columbia. defeated A.
| c. Yates. Columbia. up and to play.
w. NJ. Smith, Columbia. defeated ii. 4.
| ellis. Columbia, up and to play.
| w. Keplinger, Columbia. defeated DAN
| iel X. Jackson, Columbia, up and 1 to
play.
F. p. Waggaman. Bannockburn. defeat
ed L. S. Catlett. Columbia. 3 up and =
| to play.
Third sixteen. first roundup. L. l..
Harlan. Columbia. defeated A. McGeorge.
Wilmington. 3 up and z to play.
Edward Harlan. Columbia, defeated f.
NJ Talcott. Chevy Chase, up.
Winter. Columbia, defeated J. F..
Baines, Bannockburn. 5 up and to
play.
Fifth sixteen. second round-Frank
Appleman. Columbia. defeated John l..
Warren. Bannockburn. by default
F. ]. Bartlett. Bannockburn. defeated
II. Fl. Lurton. Virginia. by default.
Second sixteen, defeated eight. first
round-George f. Truett. Columbia. de-
feated A. c. Yates, Columbia. by de-
fault.
| Fourth sixteen, defeated eight. first
lround-E. g. NARROW, Columbia, defeated
E. A. Newman. Columbia. by default.
| First sixteen, defeated eight. first round
III. c. Chamberlain, Columbia, defeated
DIR. Walter s. Harlan, Columbia, by de-
| fault.