Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
HOME GOLFERS WIN
Wheeler Best in Washington
Country Clubs Tourney.
DEFEATS BROOKE IN FINALS
Other Members of the Club Win
Two of Remaining Three
Sixteens.

top flOnOrS In the nFSt annual tOuIHa-
nlent of the Washington Country Club.
which closed yesterday afternoon. when
he defeated f. r. Brooke, the Bannock-
burn crack, in the final round of the
first sixteen. by up. Other members
of the club won in two Of the remain
ing three sixteens, Otto Luebkert win
ming the second, the third going to
DR.. Loren B. T. Johnson, while John
l.. Warren of Bannockburn came out
on top in the fourth. Three OF the
consultations also went to home play
ers. with John c. Davidson. w. P. Law
son and w. c. Barr winners Of the
first second and third sixteens, re-
spectively.
There were many good matches on
the days card and a great many up
sets of form. In the semi-flnals of the
first sixteen. Earl Wheeler started the
| dope going wrong by winning from
DR.. George F. Freeman, the Chevy
Chase player. who turned in the best
qualification card. He received a SPLEEN
did start taking five and halving one
of the first six holes. This was too
much of a handicap for the Chevy
Chase player to overcome. and he lost
out by up and 2 to play.
In the other match in the first six
teen. Brooke defeated NJ. E. Danforth
of Columbia, by the same score. the
Columbia player never being up and
Best Match Of the Day.
The best match >of the day was, Of
course. the fight in the finals OF the
first fight between Wheeler and
Brooke This was good match, not so
much because of the quality OF golf
shown-for neither played a brilliant
game-but because both players were
cratic and no one could tell when one
or the other was going to pull on an
exceptional shot or fall down unex-
pectedly.
Brooke was generally picked to win out.
as he is by far the more experienced
player. and has won In a great many
tournaments. but he has not completely
recovered from his recent illness and the
three hot days Of golf seemed to have
used up most of his energy. Added to
this is the fact that the course, which
| is a very hard one, was unfamiliar to
him. While Wheeler Is perfectly at home
| on 1t and apparently knows where every
| little hump is located.
Wheeler captured the first hole after
| topping his drive on his tee shot, good
approach putting him on the green, his
third laying him dead to the hole, his
| fourth being holed after Brooke had
| reached the green on his second and
| then missed two puts. The second mole
was halved in 4.
The third hole was an odd affair, both
| players losing their balls, but Wheeler
| winning because he was lucky enough
| to lose his in a water ditch which only
cost him a stroke while Brooke pulled
his second to the woods. Had the Ban
nockburn player used his head he would
have won this hole as Wheeler had all
kinds Of hard luck, slicing his drives to
the rough. taking two strokes to get out
and then going into water ditch His
| fifth went in another water ditch, and 1t
was at this stage Of the game that
| Brooke. instead Of playing safe, drove to
| the woods and lost his ball. This loss
made Wheeler UP.
| The fourth went to Brooke. Wheeler
| conceding him the hole after driving
| his first and second strokes to the
Wheeler's second putt falling short Of
| the hole by three inches, enabling
Brooke to make good recovery after
| a pocr drive and square the hole.
him the sixth hole. and made him 2
down
One Under Par.
The seventh was one of the best of
| the match, Brooke playing a perfect
game and taking it in 8, which is a
stroke better than par. His drive was
| just off the green, his approach laying
| him almost dead to the hole, and
enabling him to hole out on his third.
Wheeler in the meantime having gone
| to the rough on his tee shot, fallen
| short on his second and then missed a
| long putt.
| Brooke made it all even at the
| eighth. when the home player gave
| him an opportunity to win by missing
an easy putt. The next was halved in
4. the players turning for home all
even.
The remaining part Of the match was
"seesaw'' affair first one winning
and then the other. the only features
being two long puts of Wheeler's, the
Washington player running down a
| twenty-foot one on the tenth. which
squared the hole after 1t looked as il
Brooke had 1t won. and another on the
home hole when he holed one Of about
ten feet. The card for the match fol-
lows:
Brooke
Out .. 5 4 4 5 3 443
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