Evening star., 1914-08-09
FOUR S|XTEENS PLAY
At COLUMBIA CLUB
First Round of the August Tourna-
ment Is Now Practically
Completed.

Because of the absence from the city
of many of the golfers of the Column
bia Country Club. there are but four
st.teens In the August tournament of
that club. the first round of which was
completed yesterday
The event is a handicap one similar
to those held in June and July. the
to start his opponent a number of holes
their handicaps.
Most of the matches were close, and
the result was doubtful until the end.
NJ E. Danforth and Alpheus Winter
furnished the best match in the first
flight, the former winning, 1 up.
Another interesting match in the
same sixteen was between Dr. Paris
E. Brengle and E. Lodge Hill, both of
whom are rated at eleven strokes.
There has always been a great deal
Of rivalry between these two and the
with interest. DR.. Brengle won in last
tourney. but Hill got revenge
yesterday. winning up and 3.
H. E. Doyle Beats Sinclair.
Harold E. Doyle and L. E, Sinclair
furnished the feature match of the
second sixteen. the former winning l
up. Sinclair started off up and they
were even at the fifth and continued
so until the sixteenth, Sinclair losing
the seventeenth.
The third sixteen also brought out a
good match. when Frank Govern defeated
E. .B. DeGraw, l up. The latter started
l up, and by an early rally made 1t 3 up
at the sixth. At the turn he was up.
Govern winning the tenth and losing the
De Graw sinking a twelve-foot putt over a
for a half. DeGraw won the
twelfth. and lost the next two, making
il all even. Govern taking the thirteenth
with a twenty-foot putt. They were
even at the seventeenth and Govern
won the home hole easily, when De-
Graw drove two balls out of bounds.
The second round of the various six
teens and the first round of the defeated
eights will be played this week.
The Summaries.
FIRST SIXTEEN
First round-Montgomery f. Danforth 40
defeated Alpheus Winter tSl by l up; Edward
b. Eynon, jr. t5l defeated Arthur b. Shelter
10, BY 2 up and /; Or; T; L.. Hodges d0j de
q. H. Chadwell "a defeated Donald Wood
defeated DR.. Paris +. Brengle (11J by W
and 3; Ii. q. Chamberlain t0l defeated W
". Price 14) by up; DR.. Howard p
Cobcy III defeated George p. James t6, by 4
up and g.
SECOND SIXTEEN
First round-Harris n. Brown C2l defeated
Robinson White "a, by default; Alfred q
Buhrman u2J defeated w. j. McSaly 1G) by
up and 1; ]. II. Hanna (lsl defeated Claude
$. Watts tl5, by up and :; Harold +. Doyle
12) defeated L. +. Sinclair G6 l up.
THIRD SIXTEEN.
First round-J. A. Shaffer us) and f. 1. ODE,
GA, all-even at end OF eighteen holes
and another round is necessary; Frank Cover
1Sl defeated +. B. DeGraw go, by 1 up; f
Scott Perry t20) defeated H. C. Sheridan tls
by up: Otto J. De Moll (16, defeated L, p
McLach!en u6l by up and l..
FOURTH SIXTEEN
First rounds. A. Reeves t24) defeated II
p. Seldemann llSl by . up and 4: Hugh Mac
Kenzie t22J defeated E. c. Graves (aOj by de
fault Leo C. Brooks 12l and james T. New.
shaw pa all-eyen end of eighteen
holes and another round is necessary: /
Newman Perry (2O defeated ]. C. McLaueh
lin t2U by l up.
Outfielder John Bates. recently releas-
nv fa NaffopaIc no. haa,