Evening star., 1914-08-23
FINISH SEM|-F|NALS
August Golf Tourney Of CoIum-
bia Club Nearing the End.
WELL PLAYED MATCHES
Buhrman's Defeat of Phelps Is the
Feature in the Second
Sixteen.

semi-final rounds of the various six
teens and defeated ieights of the Au-
gust tournament of the Columbia
Country Club. The usual rule of re-
quiring the lower handicap player TO
start his opponent a number of holes
up equal to one-half the difference in
their rating was followed. and. as a
result, the players were in nearly all
cases we'll matched, and the results
were close.
The best and most interesting match
of the week was that between Frank
semi final round of the second sixteen,
the latter winning, up and to play.
on the second round after the first
eighteen holes had been played with
the match squared Buhrman did some
really wonderful work in the first
round. when he pulled the match out
of the fire at the end of the round after
being down at the fifteenth tee, with
but four more holes to go.
Buhrman started Phelps | up. He
topped his drive on No. ]. and Phelps
ran down "A 5 for win. The second
hole was halved in g. Buhrnan winning
the third aud then halving the fourth.
He won the fifth and lost the sixth.
taking the seventh in par, the match
being all-even al tn" turn. when the
eighth and ninth were ha1ved. Phelps
strong game was his putting, as he ran
down puts of twenty feet and less
with clocklike regularity and II was
right al this point that he starred at
this short game, as he won the tenth.
twelfth and fourteenth and halved the
eleventh and thirteenth, making him
) up at the fifteenth, with only four
to play.
Things Looked Bad.
Things looked bad for Buhrman. as
few thought he would be able to pull
out of this predicament. He won the
fifteenth in par. halved the sixteenth
in 3. making Phelps dormie and then
took the seventeenth and eighteenth,
halving the match. At every hole par
figures Were equaled and three of them
We're won III less than par.
Throughout the match Buhrmans long
game and his approaches We're excellent,
but his putting was considerably off. but
he improved in his short game in the
second round and won without much
trouble. 3 up and :.
Another good match was that in the
first sixteen between Edward B. Eynon,
jr, and g. H. Chadwell. which the former
won, up and /. chadwell started up,
but Eynon gained four holes on him on
the outward trip. and was | down at the
turn. He was even at the eleventh. The
next four We're halved and he won the
match by taking the sixteenth and seven
teenth
In the other first sixteen match. L.
Lodge Hill defeated II. G. Chamberla in,
| up. Chamberlain won the June tourna-
ment.
Qualification scores for the September
tournament will be received this week and
at the same time the final rounds of the
August tournament Will be played.
The Summaries.
FIRST SIXrEEN
semi hnal round-Edwara b. Eyron, il. %,
defeated q. H. chadwell 'i4, by = up and +:
+. Lodge Hill I1l defeated II. {. Chamber
lain ~. by up
SECOND SIXTEEN
Semi final round-A G. Buhrmau az, de-
feated FTanf rhelps 49,. BY !: nr and = ,i6
Hanna tlo,. by :: W and :.
THIRD SIXTEEN
Semi final round-R. W Cox usI defeated
j. A. sharer tis,. by up: T. Scott Perry l20l
defeated John F. Slaven 1St. by l up.
FOURTH SIXTEEN
Semi final rounl-F J. IIaskn t24, dcfeated
:. A. Reeves tei. by 4 up and >: Paul Free
man t22J defeated james +. Mowsiaw ,24). by
= up.
CONSULTATIONS.
FIRST SIXTEEN.
Semi hnal round DE- Paris E., Brens!e II,
defeated William ". Price tl4,, by ) up and 4.
SECOND SlXTEEN
SEM 1al rGuna , = ' p baskist"ne la 12 and
and another rouud i, necessary.
THIRD SIXTEEN
Semi tnal round William Il. IIarr ,24D de-
feated 9. warheld simpson d6,. by . up.
FOURTH SIXrEEN
Semi final round Edward o. Leech (24l de-
feated l.. {. Graves t2Dl by up and !.
Charles II. Orme ,2il defeated John NJ VIII
iams CA. by up and /.