Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24
SCORES ARE POOR
IN GOLF TOURNEY
Rain Makes the Going Over
Columbia Course Very
Heavy.
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DUKER AND ,DANFORTH
IN INTERESTING MATCH
Ballantwe- Corkran Contest in Mid
die Atlantic States Champion
ship Also Close.

Last nights rain made the Columbia
course very heavy when the final days
play was started this morning in the
middle Atlantic states championship
golf tournament and these conditions
made perfect golf an impossibility. al
most every player turning in a poor
card. While these conditions made the
play as fair for one as for the other
yet the "sea -going' players had a
slight advantage. as there are. of
course, some who play better under
adverse conditions than others.
The players were a little behind
schedule In getting Off and all Of the
semi-final rounds were not completed
this morning. SO that play will con-
tinue until almost dark.
The best match Of this mornings play
was that in which Herman S. Duker Of
the Maryland Country Club defeated
E. Danforth of Columbia in
the semi-fnal round of the consultations
of the fourth sixteen, an extra hole be-
Ing necessary.
Gets a Good Start.
The visiting player got a good start by
taking the first two holes, but Danforth
came back strong when he won the third,
fourth and fifth. The next two were
halved and when each took q hole in the
next two they turned for home with the
Columbia player 1 up. The tenth. elev-
enth, twelfth and thirteenth were halved.
the match being squared when Duker $
par gave him number fourteen. A win
of the fifteenth made Danforth up again.
while losses of the next two put his OPP
ponent in the van, Danforth losing the
sixteenth when Duker laid him stymie.
He won the eighteenth. however, on
pretty par 4, which gave him another
lease on life Both got well away in the
their second putting them
short of the green with Duker away.
DukerS third was almost dead to the hole
and he ran down his next after Danforth
had overrun the hole on his third and
missed his putt for a half.
In the Ballantyne-Corkran match, In
the semi-finals of the first sixteen, the
local player proved to be the dark ark
thought him capable Of putting up the
game that he showed. He had the Bal
timore player 1 down at the fifteenth
hole and was up most Of the time. win
ming out by 2 up and to play.
Prizes of Tournament.
The prizes for this tournament are
some Of the handsomest ever given in
a local event, and are as follows:
First sixteen-Silver cup to the win
ner, silver berry bowl to the runner up
and silver vase to winner of consola-
tions.
Second sixteen-Silver pitcher to win
ner. silver fruit dish to runner-up and
silver-mounted cut glass dish to win
Third sixteen-Silver bowl to winner.
q smaller bowl to runner-up and silver
cigar bowl to winner of consultations.
Fourth sixteen-Siiver fruit dish to
winner silver picture frame to runner
up and leather clock to winner Of de-
feated consultations.
Fifth sixteen-Silver-m mounted de-
canter to winner, silver-mounted flask
to runner up and silver tobacco Jar
to winner of consultations.
Qualification round-Silver fruit dish.
Handicap1-Silver berry bowl to
player making low gross score and sill
ver-mounted butter dish to player
making low net score
Fully one hundred players have en-
tered In the handicap match which will
be in order all day today. but few
Chevy Chase players are entered, how
ever, as many Of them hurried back to
handicap match against par which is
being played there.
Summaries for Morning.
The summaries of this mornings play
follow:
First sixteen. semi-flnal round-W. C..
Ballantyne. Columbia. defeated B. War
rem Cochran, Baltimore Country Club. by
2 up and l to play: Walcott Tuckerman,
Chevy Chase, debated c. g. Comstock.
'r ss Columbia BY up snd to play
George F. Freeman. c. c., defeated
Daniel X. Jackson. Columbia. up and 2
to play. A. F. Mattingly. Columbia. de
feated ]. NJ. McC. Trippe, Baltimore G..
c.. up and 4 to play.
Third sixteen. semi-final round-F. ]. d.
Mackay, Country Club Of Virginia, de-
feated Otto Luebkert Of Columbia, 4 up
and 3 to play.
Fourth sixteen. semi-final round-P. c.
Bell. Country Club Of Virginia. defeated
l. D. Underwood. Columbia, defeated j.
Stuart Jones. Country Club of Virginia,
4 up and to play.
Fifth sixteen. semi-final rounds-C. r.
Watts. Col. defeated Count A. de Cham
brun. c. c.. by up and to play.
Donald Woodward. Col. feated ]. F.
Cissel. Col. 3 up and 3 to ay.
Defeated Fights: first sixteen. semi
final round-Samuel Dalzell OF c. c.. de-
defeated E. B. Eynon. jr.. of Col. up
Second sixteen. semi-final round-H. A.
ellis OF c. c., defeated A. B. Shelton
Col. 4 up and 8 to play. c. B. Doyle OF
Col. defeated II. P. Chamberlain Of Col
up.
Fourth sixteen semi-fnal round
George z. Truitt OF Washington c. c.
reached finals by default. II. l.. Duker
Maryland c. c.. defeated NJ. E. Danforth
Col, 1 up at 10 holes.
Play Interrupted by Rain.
"Old Rainmaker" played close to pal
figures yesterday. and with the exception
Of q few matches played early In thu
morning. interfered great deal will
play in the Middle Atlantic States cham
pionship tournament which is being de
cided over the links OF the Columbia
Country Club.
The upsets which all go to make thu
game were much in evidence yesterday
N. s. Kenney OF the Maryland Countr,
Club putting the hrst one over when h,
defeated Ormsby McCammon. the Chev!
Chase player. who tied for the dualifica
ton prize Thursday. 3 up and to play
The second came when C. G. Comstock