Evening star., 1914-05-15
Play Starts Eariy on Second
Day of Chevy Chase Clubs
Tourney.
McCAMMON AND L. HARLAN
BOTH SPRING A SURPRISE
Beat Tuckerman and John Davidson,
Respectively-C. E. Brown De-
feats Allan Lard.

The second day OF the annual spring
golf tourney of the Chevy Chase Club
had almost Ideal weather on tap. stiff
breeze from the northwest being ABOUT
the only handicap to perfect conditions.
Today's program embraces the hrst ana
second rounds OF match play of four SIX
teens, and the starting Of the first round
Of the consultations for players defeated
in the initial contests in these dinerent
groups The drawings have resulted IN
pairings that should bring of well con-
tested matches and the figures OF the
victors should be small. especially in the
first sixteen
Pro Sargent succeeded in getting the
DAYS play started promptly at $50
o'clock, Lawrence and Hawse being the
first pair away. The committee haFEns
the tourney in charge started the fouFth
sixteen first and worked back so that
the first sixteen got away last All the
entrants appeared anxious to enjoy the
sport. and as a result little time was
lost in the teeng-off process. and gaps
of time between the pairs starting were
almost eliminated.
Chairman Warren Thompson Of the
golf committee. with his assistants. nan
died the pairings last night with deIt-
ness and dispatch the work being less
troublesome than was expected. ihere
are one or more ''sleepers IN the sec
ond and third sixteens, but the condi-
ton can be looked for in any goif tourna-
ment, as player may be OFT ms game
in medal play and come back very
strong in the matches.
Tuckerman Praises Greens.
Walter Tuckerman. who with John Da-
wilson. is in the national association
a
the courses in the east, paid Mr.. Sar-
gent a nice compliment this morning
when he said he had never played on
better greens in his life. The condltlon
of the greens is the one weak spot "
all professionals having charge OF courses
and the praise brought a happy smile 10
Sargent's face. Mr.. Tuckerman sen,i-
ments were echoed on all sides by the
players Of lesser note.
| the semi-fnals and finals of the diner-
| ent groups and in addition the popular
| handicap. which is filling up raploiy /;
also is on the card Should the splehdlo
| tournament will be classed as one OF
the most successful ever held by the
| Chevy Chase Club.
The absence of stars from around the
metropolitan district has caused put
| slight comment as those playing TO-DAY
| are almost together in golf ability. and
all felt this morning, at least, that they
| had a chance to get into the finals or
| their sixteen should they be favored with
| luck and play their best game
| The gallery was small during the morn
ing hours. but as the day wore on many
persons gathered around the home green
or followed. their favorite fitends or
players around the course.
C. E. Brown a Dark Horse"
Owe oF ,ba ..darl- borsas' Of the foylr-
nament is c. f. Brown of St Andrews.
who finished second to Mr.. Tuckerman
in the qualification round. Mr.. Brown
dropped into the city unexpectedly and
went out to the Chevy Chase Club to
see the Wallace Bull teams match. He
| Is an enthusiastic golfer, and, meeting
| friends there. was persuaded to go into
the tourney.
he was loaned a strange outfit, even to
clothes, by William Wheatley, the well
known clubman, and started out When
nearly half over the course Mr.. Brown 5
own clubs reached him, and his improved
play was noted from then on. With this
handicap he turned in an 50. and the wise
ones are already picking him to be near
the top tomorrow as they figure he would
have done the course at least hve strokes
better had his own clubs been available
Yesterday when he began play.
Allan Lard was his opponent this morn
ing. and Mr. Brown will have realized
that he has been in match when the
eighteenth hole is reached. although Mr..
| Wheatley is now pulling for his protege
to capture the tourney.
| E NJ TaIcott, Chevy Chase, who has
| been handicapped by illness recently.
| came back strong this morning ana
easily defeated F.. E. Evans in the third
sixteen, up and .. Following are their
| cards:
Talcott. ...... 55s s765 & . 4 "a
Evans. ..... 7s467 6 6 6 5 6 574
Two Favorites Are Defeated.
Cy Cummings lost a hard nineteen-hole
match in the fourth sixteen to Sadler by
one up Mr.. Cummings could have halved
the extra hold by playing safe, but he
took a chance for three and ran over.
with the result that Sadler went down in
| four and the Maryland legislator had IL
! take five.
All the wise people around the club
| house were off in their predictions In
picking Tuckerman and Davidson to
be the contestants in the finals of the
| first sixteen. Ormsby McCammon de-
feated Tuckerman up, the match be-
ling warmly contested all the way. Sev
eral Of the gallery expressed surpr Sc
| at McCammons victory, but this clever
golfer dryly remarked that Tuckerman
had never defeated him in tourna-
|
been playing up to his best form. and
John Davidson was naturally picked to
win the match this morning. but the
former won out by up and 4. Mr.
Brown, the dark horse Of the tourna-
ment. who halls from St. Andrews,
took Allan Lard into camp, up and :.
Scores of the Sixteens.
Following are the scores of the diff
ferent siXteens:
| First sixteen
Woodward beat Mattingly. . up.
McCammon beat Tuckerman. up.
| Small beat Johnston. up and 3.
James beat Clements, up and l.
| Chasmar beat Harlan, up and j.
Dalzell beat Johnson. ] up.
| L. L. Harlan beat Davidson, ) up and
f.
| Brown beat Lard, up and .
| Second sixteen:
l