The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-22
| LOCAL GOLFERS
TAKE both GAMES
Hermitage Defeats Baltimore
Country Club and Bests Ban
nockburn Clubs Best Men.
VICTORY COMES EASILY
Richmond Plays Not Forced to
Extend Themselves at Any
Stage of Contest.

Washington, June 21.-Golfers rep
resentin@ two prominent organiza-
tions Of Richmond, Va. carried off the
honors in the first of the interclub
championship matches, under the
auspices OF the Middle Atlantic Asso-
citation. on the Chevy Chase and Colum-
bia courses here to-day
A local organization, the Bannock-
burn Golf Club. was one of the vic
tins. the team from the Country Club
of Virginia winning n match from it's
by seven matches to
two. a misunderstanding on the part
of Captain j. w. Brawner. of the Ban
nockburn team. resulted in three for
feits in the morning which paved the
way for n victory for the visiting
team Despite the fact that the rules
governing play in the championship
matches specifically state that series
of three four-ball matches shall be
played in the morning. to be followed
by singles in tho afternoon, Brawner
ordered his team to report at o'clock
In the afternoon to start play. AS
result, all three four-ball matches were
forfeited to the Country Club of Vir-
ginia.
IL ehS ieS, DldyeU III the AFTER
noon, local players won but two
matches out of six. which increased the
total number of victories for the visit
ing golfers to seven.
G. a. Rankin and C. T. Cunningham
were the Washington players who won
their matches. the former defeating Il.
j. d. Macway in an interesting ella sb
by up and 3 to play. and the latter
getting the better of Gessner Harrison
by up and ! 20 play. Cunningham
played consistently good game all
the way round. while his opponent also
showed good form, his driving in par
ticular heing commendable
Pnlmer's Fine Play.
DR.. T. j. w. Brown. of Bannockburn
succumbed to the exceptional PLAYING
OF w. II. Palmer. ranking PLAYER OF the
Virginia team, by s up and to play.
The visiting players showed brilliant
form from the outset, and disposed of
DR.. Brown with but little difficulty.
The showing of the Washington play-
er was offset to some extent by his
Work In the morning. when he matched
his Skill against Palmer and Douglass
Call In four-ball match The Rich
mond pair played brilliantly. making
the trip out in n thirty-fve against
thlrty-siX, which is par for the course.
however, the Bannockburn player
won five holes on the trip around. show
ing great form in driving as we'll as
on the greens.
II, Stewart Jones. OF Virginia. de-
feated 0. H. Wood. of Bannockbur by
up after match that dropped the
feature competition of the days card.
Play was close from start to finish
Jones winning by shade of superior
work on the trip in.
In the other two matches, DR.. s. A.
Greene, of Bannockburp. was defea ted
by Rives Fleming. of Virginia, up and
TO play. while j. l.. Warren, who
played In place of Captain Brawner,
reH victim to the brilliant play of
douglass Call, up and s to play.
hermitage Defeats Bnitimorcnns
over the golf links of the Chevy
chase Club, the team from the Hermit
tase Club, of Richmond. defeated the
team from the Maryland Country Club
or Baltimore, by winning six points
out of possible nine.
The Hermitage team consisted of r.
H. Meade, w. c. Locker, a. l.. Hawse.
w. r: Wood. A G. Hoover and Muir
ray NJ Mcclure.
In the morning there were three
four-ball matches. of which the Her
mitage won two. Meade and Hawse
won from Gasser and LasseYl. one up.
Wood and Hoover won from DR.. Holly
smith and Holly Smith. Jr.. two up.
Locker and Mcclure lost to Brian and
1NSASSS' TWO up anu one 10 play.
In the afternoon Meade won from
Brian and l. Locker lost to Sasser,
z and 6. Hawse won from Kelsey, 0
and Z. Wind won from Holly Smith.
Jr.. one up on the eighteenth hole.
Mcclure won from DIR. Holly Smith.
one up, the eighteenth hole being
halved. The players whose matches
were divided on the eighteenth green
had a novel experience. as they found
n ball game in progress about four
hfths of the way from the tee to the
hole. and the pitcher and very large
person who was acting as umpire and
standing behind the pitcher made ex-
cellent targets for good drivers. There
were no casualties, however, and the
Shouting and the tumult of the ma
uonal game did not interfere with the
devotees of the Scottish rival The
results mt that hole were certainly
most satisfactory to the Hermitage
team.