Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-10
DISTRICT GOLFERS
PLAY FOR MEDAL
Championship to Be Deter:
mined on Columbia Coun-
try Club Links.
MANY CRACK PLAYERS
ENTERED IN CONTEST
Thiry-Six Holes to Be Covered To-
day and the Same Num-
Der Tomorrow.
BY HARRY II. FRY. =

BY HARRY II. FRY.
One of the most interesting golf contests
ever played in the District OF Columbia
started this morning over the beautiful
course OF the Columbia Country Club. 1t
Is for the championship OF the District.
and the entrants embrace all the crack
players Of this locality. The home club
had out a large field. nineteen being en-
tered: Chevy Chase Club has nine. WASH
ington three and Bannockburn one, thir-
ty-two in all.
The play Is OF the medal variety and
covers seventy-two holes. thirty-six to-
day and the same number tomorrow.
The winner will have his name inscribed
on the handsome Reyburn de Sibour cur
and in addition will be rewarded with
q gold medal. and the second man also
wins a medal of lesser value. Messrs.
Reyburn and de Sibour are popular mem.
bers Of the Chevy Chase Club. and theil
generosity and sportsmanship in provid'
Ing the handsome trophy are appreciated
by all lovers of golf.
In the desire to keep the field Of
players within reasonable size, the COM
mittee having the contest in charge de-
Of twelve or less can take part. 1t was
expected that a larger number Of play
ers would turn out, but the hopelessness
of majority of getting up near the
front doubtless caused the decrease.
Some Of the Absentees:
Two absentees were discovered this
morning. A. B. Brown Of Chevy Chase,
was under the impression that his handi-
cap was twelve, but last night word came
from the golf committee Of his club that
it was fourteen and of course he was
eliminated.
H. H. Allen had been paired with Mr..
Brown. and when the latter dropped out
he took on George P. James. E. B.
Eynon, IT.. to the surprise of the home
club contingent. failed to show up. and
as he is one Of the crack players of the
District his absence is regretted by all.
Eddie" has been of his game this
spring and dropped out of the Chevy
ering three holes of poor play. He has
been playing In the June tournament.
and perhaps. showing no Improvement,
decided to keep under cover. These
were the only absentees from the field OF
The weather this morning was ideal
when the frst pair teed of, but as the
day progressed the hot sun made II
somewhat uncomfortable for the play
ers as they trudged up hill and down
dale in covering the course.
Messrs. Woodward and Brown had the
honor of opening the contest, teeing of
promptly at 9 o'clock. and they finished
before the sun got working under full
Their cards are not of the classy sort
but they may come back strong this
afternoon and tomorrow.
Fail tn 1et Good Cards.
| The third couple in was Messrs. Nc
Cannon and Dalzell, and their cards
called for ninety and eighty-four re-
spectively. The former was not proud
of his card. but as he classes with the
best players he will probably show bet
ter this afternoon. DalBells card Is not
strong. as seventytwo Is par for the
course. but he will have lots of COM
pany, az a majority are going over the
course below their games.
Chevy Chase went to the front when
John H. Clapp and Morven Thompson
turned in their cards. the former do
Ing the course in nice seventy-seven.
an lightweight. Mr.. Clapp has been
playing fine golf Of late. and the wise
boys around the clubhouse are picking
him as a strong contender for the
Guilty in getting under way. and could
not ind himself throughout the eight
cen holes. He belongs to the group
with regulations for being strong fin
ishers.
At the close Of the morning round of
eighteen holes Mr.. c1app's n stood up,
being the best of the round by three
strokes. majority of the players COM
planned Of the usual hard luck. and start
ed the afternoon round with a deter
mination to do better and lower the
figures Of the morning play. After the
second round the tennis committee will
repair the players, putting those to-
gether with the best scores of the days
round SO that each one will have the
benefit Of the others good play.
Cards In Morning Round.
the morning round:
A. B. Shelton