Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-23
SAM DALZELL BEATS WALTER
TUCKERMAN FOR SIAMESE CUP
Contest Won After Exciting Play Over
Chevy Chase Club Course by
One Up.

BY virtue of his victory over Walter r.
Tuckerman in the final round of competi-
ton for the "Siamese Cup at Chevy
Chase yesterday afternoon by ! up,
sam Dalzell is the ninth to have his name
engraved on the handsome trophy, which
must be won three times before becoming
the permanent property of the winner
He was given a Siamese coin in the form
OF medal
Notwithstanding the ideal weather and
course conditions. this years event did
not attract the attention of former years.
three byes being necessary in order that
the required thirty-two could be compiet-
ed. Many matches in the first round were
defaulted. but in the later rounds they
were played out and some good golf was
shown and several close and interesting
matches resulted.
Probably the closest match OF the whole
tournament occurred in the first round,
when IL took Gen-E. M. Weaver twenty
holes to defeat George w. Denfeld- Ine
match was a ..nip-and-tuck anair, nelth-
er ever being more than l up, ana at the
seventeenth hole Denfeld was l up. On
the eighteenth they both got away with
good drives and Denfeld was only four
inches from the cup for \, with MS OPP
ponent about three yards away 1or D.
and 1t looked as IL the match was all over
when the general sprang surprise ps
holing his putt and winning the hole. thus
souarine the match. AS he was forced to
concede Denfeld six strokes, three more
holes were necessary, ana ne conlihueu
bis good work by winning the next two:
Another good match occurred IN tne
SECOND round when Hughes Oliphant won
from Col George Richards. up. Tnis
was "see saw affair, in which the WIN
uer was in doubt until the last hole was
played. At the turn Richards was
up and the match was not squared untli
fhe thirteenth hole, when Oiphant won
mis- and the next two. The sixteenth
went to Richards and the seventeenth
was halved, the match ending when Oil
plant took the home hole
Hard Match for Tuckerman.
In the serni-iinals Sam Dalzeil had
practically no trouble in winning from
David s. Barry in the upper half. but
Walter Tuckerman had his hands ruii
with Gen Weaver for honors In Inc
lower Tuckerman took and haived
one of the first four holes, but weaver
recovered and had halved the match at
the turn He had lots Of luck on The
eleventh when he got a halve, after
Door drive TO the ditch. Tuckerman gong
10 the green on his second Tuckerman $
third wae about three feet from the hole
while Weaver was way of. but LUCKILY
laid Tuckerrnan a stymie. and when the
latter attempted to pass it his Dali
knockedWe in the hole for haive
At the seventeenth they were all even
and everything depended on the home
hole Tuckerman was on the green on
his drive and he stymied the general
On his second winning the hole when the
latter fell short in an effort to loft over
him.
But the best match of the day was
that In the final round for the cup be-
tween Dalzel1 and Tuckernan. Both
enough of each to keep the interest keen
and make the outcome uncertain. Both
we're poor on the green's and any number
OF holes We're lost by Indifferent putting.
Tuckerman got in his poorest work In
the FIRST nine holes, going out In 40 10
DalzelPs Al, the latter being up when
they turned for home. 1t was at this
stage that Tuckerman suddenly came 10
life while Dalzeli had his bad spots, the
medal scores coming in being par 80 and
20. respectively
Three wins and two halves made Tuck
erman arly / down at TIE fourteenth,
which vas one Of the most interesting
holes OF the match, In which two stymies
figured. Dalzell was about twenty feet
away from the pin while Tuckernlan was
about half this distance. Dalzell III try
ing to pass a near stymie laid himself
one and the loss of this hole almost cost
him the match, as il enabled Tuckerman
TO come within one of him. But this was
the best he could do as Dalzell played
the others safe and 1aived all OF them.