The Washington herald., 1914-05-09
new RECORD,SET
FOR GOLF COURSE
John c. Davidson Makes
Round in 73-Mark a :
Good One.
PLAY THE FINALS TODAY
Splendid Golf Should Be Seen When
Districts Leading Players
Hook Up.
PLAY THE FINALS TODAY


rounds were completed yesterday aft
ernoon in the second annual golf tourna-
ment of the Washington Country Club.
and from present indications splendid
golf will be seen today in the SEMI
finals and finals In the four sixteens.
John c Davidson, of Washington. and
W. c. Ballantyne, of Columbia, who won
their matches in the upper half. will
meet today in the semi-fnals, while in
the lower section DIR. Lee l.. Harlan. of
Columbia, will play against A. S. Mat
tingly, of Columbia.
John c. Davidson established new
record in the afternoon round with Eddie
E. EyRon, jr., of Columbia, when he got
a 20, which Is only three strokes above
Far. This is a wonderful record for the
new course which is much longer than
the old one, the figure for the latter
being 20.
Commissioner Oliver p. Newman, OF
Washington, ID. c., overwhelmingly de-
feated f. c. Robinson, Columbia, in the
first round in the third sixteen by up
and ), but lost to G. Tucker Smith,
Washington, in the afternoon, in close
match by up. Commissioner Newman
holed out number of difficult puts IN
his match with Robinson.
The Summaries.
FIRST SIXTEEN.
First round--John g Davidson, Columbia defeated
A. G. Yates. Washington q. c. by up: Eddie Ii,
Eynon. IT.. Columbia. defeated J. W. Brawner. Co
lumbia. by up and ); W. c. Ballantyne, Column
bia defeated J. W. Childress. Chevy Chase. By up;
Otos Wood Columbia, defeated Earl Wheeler
Washington. BY up and ?: A. 5. Nattinsty. Co
lumbia defeated George +. Truett. Washington. by
up and ?; Daniel X Jackson Columbia, defeated
A. Winter. Columbia, by up; DIR. l. L. Harlan
Columbia. Dictated E. A. Johnston. Baltimore c. G..
H. A 4. n, .1aRl do
feSted W. c. BAN. Washington. BY S up and 5.
Second roundup ridsou defeated Eynon. IT.. by
up and J: Ballantyne defeated Wood By l up; Mat
tingly defeated Jackson by ) up and =; DR. Har
ban defeated Woodland by up and :.
SECOND SIXTEEN.
First round-I r. Prentiss. Mohawk Golf Club.
y. Y. defeated II. ID. Shannon, Columbia. IN de
fault; Lawrence Green. Washington. defeated H. II.
D. Sterrett. Columbus tOhiol Country Club, hS
mp and }; C. NJ Scrannage. Rannoekbum. defeated
W. A. Knowles, Washington. by up and l; A. T.
Johnson. defeated Frank Rhea. Columbia. by } up
an: .: 6. A Rankin. Bannockburn. defeated II. c.
Chamberlain. Columbia by up and }; DR. III. T.
Cohey. Washington defeated John II. Clapp Wash
ingtcn. nv l up at 10 holes; II. n. Brown. Colum-
bis. defeated Dr. Loren Il. T. johnson. Washing
ton. by l up AZ 10 holes: Gus Worthington. Wash
inston. defeated J. ID. Cassek, Chevy ChAse. by
default.
Second ruund-I r. Prrntiss defeated Lawrence
Green by ! up; A. L. johnson defeated J. VI.
Susnnage by l up: G. A. Rankin defeated DIR.
Cooley by up; Worthington defeated H. " Brown
by up. -
First ruund-H F. Clark. Bsnnockbrpn. defeated
W. o. Gilbert. Washington. By up and s. W. VI.
Gilbert, Washington. defeated John l. Warren.
Bsnnockbirn by up ard | Or. g. Tucker Smith.
Washington defeated DIR. II. F. Nichols. Bsnnock-
hlIrn hy ! up: Commissioner Oliver p Newman.
Washington. defeated +. c. Robinson. Columbia. by
6 up and 5: II. A. ellis. Chevy Chase. defeated
=. II. LOTUS. Chew ChasP. by up and . EpIa
Rixey Washington defeated W. y. Price. Columbia.
nv 6 IN and 5; f. g. Parker, Bannockburn. de-
fested Robinson White. Columbia. by ) up and :;
Dr W. II. Littepage. Washington. defeated W. II.
Guy Washington. by ri.
Second round-W NJ Gilbert defeated CLARK by
4 mp and 5: Smith defeated Commissioner Newman
by up; Ezra Rixey defeated g. A. Gis by up
and 4; Parker defeated DR. Littlcpase by up and J.
FOURTH SIXTEEN
First round-Sidney Kent. Washington defeated
J. L. Weaver. Columbia, by up: I. +. smith. Co
lumbia defeated e. 5. Duganne. Washington by
up and ); ]. H. Wright Washington. defeated
Fred Bryan. Washington, by up and j. DIR. ID. L.
Taylor. Banncckburn. defeated Howard Fisher.
Washington. by ; up and 3 J. T. Barnes. Washing
ton defeated Charles Young. by ] mp at % holes:
e. A. Watson, Columbia. defeated A. McElroy.
Columbia. By m and 6; s 6; Kirkland WashinS
up and 2; F. l.. Days defeated W. T. Seybotn.
Washington. by / up.
second round-Kent defeated /. E. Smith by up
and l. ]. II. Wright defeated Dr. TAYLOR By up
and 6: Watson defeated Barnes nv up and >;
Davis defeated Kirkland by 2 up and l.
CONSULTATIONS.
FIRST SIXTEEN
First rc1Ind-J W Brawner defeated A. c. Yates
hy default: Childress defeated Wheeler by and 2;
C. F. Triett Defeated A. Winter by up and 5;
E. A. Johnston defeated w c. Barr by ul
SECOND SIXTEEN.
First round-H H. ID. Sterrett defeated II. ID.
shannon by default: W. A. Knowles defeated
Frank Rhes by ] up. q holes; Clapp defeated
Chamberlain by up and 4; DIR. Loren johnson
defeated J. d. Cassels by default.
THIRD SIXTEEN.
First round-GiIbert defeated Warren by up:
Robinson defeated Nichols by up and ,; Lotus
defeated Price by . up and i; r. White dfested
W. Guy by ; up and .
FOURTH SIXTEEN
First round-Duganne defeated Weaver by up
and 4; H. Fisher defeated Fred Bryan by up and
S; G Young defeated A. McElroy by mp and 4;
Seyboth defeated W Ravenel by up.
PAIRINGS FOR TODAY.
FIRST SIXTEEN.
Standardization VS. Ballantyne. at 1870 a.
m; A. S. Mattingly vs. DIR. L. L. Harlan, at 0:5
a. m.
SECOND SIXTEEN.
Semi-fnals-Prentiss- jameson, at le:lh a. m.
Rankin rs. Worthington. at lo:5 a. m u
THIRD SIXTEEN.
Semi-fnaIs-Gilbert Smith, Eppa Rixey
Parker.
FOURTH SIXTEEN