Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

in the bunker in both OF them on his first
drive. The twelfth was anybody's. both
men making some poor shots. Brooke
topped his drive and on his second went
into the grass. Bond made a good drive
on his first, but went into the ditch on
his second. Brooke followed Bond into
the ditch while trying to get out of the
grass. and Bond took this hole, making
it up. At this stage of the game It
looked as If the local man was whipped.
but he showed how to come back and
took the thirteenth, fourteenth and ff-
tenth. making it even-up again.
Bond got away well on the thirteenth
on long drive ell played his second
short and reached the green on his third
When he ran short on his putt Brooke.
who had made good approach, was
able to hole his.
Brooke pulled off his best work on the
fourteenth, when his drive put him within a
few feet and he was able to run down a
putt. making the hole i'm =, which is a
stroke better than par.
He made the fifteenth in par 4, after
having pulled into the rough on his drive.
Bond had a little luck on this hole, when
his ball hit the bunker on his third stroke
and bounced over, but he was too far
away from the hole to be able to take
advantage of ii, he losing out Cd
The sixteenth was halved in ). Bond
had an excellent opportunity of taking
this one. He had reached the green on
his second stroke. while his opponent had
landed in the sand pit. Brooke overran
the hole getting out, but rolled to within
six inches of it on his next Bond missed
his putt, also overrunnng the hole and
laying him a stymie Instead of clear
ing the ball with his mashie. he at
tempted a circular putt but failed by
fraction of an inch, halving the hole.
Brooke took the seventeenth. He teed
off with a long drive, making the green
in three. Bond went into the rough on
his second shot, but reached the green
~, 1t H.
Brooke trimmed the cup on his fourth
and holed his ball in the fifth, he lost out
on his attempt at long putt
The eighteenth was Bonds last chance
and it looked very much as if he would
force it to run extra holes, as he almost
| reached the green on his first drive. He
made a good approach, but overran his
putt, giving the local man a chance to
halve it at four. The card for the match
follows:
S H s':. -: 1855 a5s t tsas
Mr. Bonds card
On Out '.. ..: 8 sss 40
Several other good matches were de-
ingly well. A S. Mattingly of Column
bia won the club cup by winning the
second sixteen: Gen. E. NJ. Weaver of
Chevy Chase getting the players cup"
teen; S. l.. Heap, another Chevy Chase
player, beating II. NJ. Hall of Bannock-
burn in the finals of the fourth sixteen,
and C. C. Van Lear Of Columbia taking
top honors in the fifth.
A great deal of interest was attached
to the handicap round, Secretary of the
Interior Fisher and Assistant Secretary
of State Chandler Hale being the en-
trants Neither turned in his score. The
young Baltimore player. D. Clarke Cock
ran, who. although but sixteen years
of age, played the veteran w. J. Travers
to a standstill in the recent Baltimore
Country Club tournament, was also an
entraht but he did not show up very
we'll making only 80. He attracted lots
of attention, however on account of his
extreme youth.
His brother, e. Warren Cochran. who
beat Travers in the same tournament,
was also an entrant and he played an
excellent game, turning in a score of 20.
which was the second best gross score
He made the seventh hole in and the
eighteenth in .. both of which scores
equal the record for the course and are
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