Evening star., 1914-05-14
GOLF TOURNEY ON
AT CHEVY CHASE
Number of Entries Reaches
We'll Over Hundred, With
Many Strong Players.
QUALIFYING ROUND
BEING PLAYED TODAY
Course in Good Shape, But Stiff
Wind May Prevent Ex-
cellent Scores.

The fourth annual invitation spring golf
tourney of the Chevy Chase Club started
this morning under favorable auspices
as to entry list and weather. The names
of entrants continued to come in until
late last night. reaching well over the
century mark. and as a result Morven
Thompson. chairman of the committee
having the tourney IN charge. made the
announcement that the qualifying round
had been changed from thirty-six to
eighteen holes. At that it will take until
dark TO get the round out of the way
Although there is an absence of stars
hailing from other cities. there are many
who class UP well and the match play
should be crowded with interest from
start to finish. The best of the local
golfers are entrants and as they are at
the top of their game nearly SO the
visiting contingent will have to play very
good golf to capture any of the beautiful
prizes.
John Davidson. Ed Eynon and Walter
Tuckerman are playing splendidly at
present and the wise boys around the
trio for the finals on Saturday. OF
course. surprises may crop up in form
reversals and it is only guesswork at
the best
Course in Good Condition.
Professional Sargent has the course
in beautiful condition, the green's espe-
cially being on par with velvet car
pets. Mr.. Sargent said he is not look
ing for low scores in today's golfing
round as there is a stiff northwest wind
blowing over the course which will
make difference of at least five
winds face and then follow with it
brings out difficulties that only the very
best golfers can surmount. and even
they are puzzled at times in shifting
the force of the stroke correctly.
The present golf course of the Chevy
Chase Club is not the easy proposition
it was in the olden days, many traps Of
all descriptions having been built in the
last year. and now it is one Of the sport
lest courses of the country.
The committee fixed no penalty for
pairs not getting off at the time allotted
for them, but whenever they failed to
appear they had to drop back and wait
for an opening. and this is punishment
enough. as the players dislike standing
around once they are dressed for the
fray.
w c. Mendenhall and F. w Parker of
the home club had the honor this year of
opening the tournament. the former driv-
ing off promptly at $50 O. clock. and the
other pairs following in regular order
with gap here and there, but only for a
few minutes.
Drives From First Tee Poor.
The drives from the initial tee were
poor in a majority of cases. the wind
pushing back the high balls or carrying
them off to the right or left. The veteran
DIR. Sterrett, got away splendidly with a
beautiful drive and the gallery around
the tee gave him announcement with
hearty handclapping and words of praise
In the long list of entrants are many
players who have dropped out OF the
tournament game. but the call of the
great Scotch sport has brought them
back for another try for top honors.
| AS the day wore on the wind sub
sided somewhat, which gave the grouE
of players scheduled for the afternoon
| slight advantage. but hardly enough
| to cut down the scores more than q
| stroke or two.
| Tomorrow the match play starts
with the first and second rounds, the
defeated ones going into the conso
lations in the afternoon.
| Around the noon hour Walter Tucker
man created something of a sensation by
| turning in a card calling for % strokes
| This is par for the course and IA strokes
better than anybody else up to 2 o'clock
and the chances are that his card will
not be reached in the qualifying rounds
| Mr. Tuckerman's card follows:
Out. 2 5 3 435
In... 8 4 3 5 49,;