Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-11
GOLFERS ARE OFF
ON THIRD ROUND
One of Five Players Picked to
Win the District Cham
plonship.
FIELD SINNERS DOWN
TO TWENTY-ElGHT men
Columbia's Representatives Out in
Front-Large Silver Cup
on Exhibition.

Fron-Large Silver Cup
on Exhibition.
Tho golfers in tho contest for the Dis
trict championship at the Columbia Coun.
try Club started the third round o,
eighteen holes this morning on schedule
time. the entire neld getting away. by
IL o'clock. The rays Of hot sun wee
tempered by a nice breeze from the west
but at that the players received a broil-
ing.
The field Of players simmered down to
twenty-edght and these will probably
stick to the end Of the contest. Nor
ven Thompson Of Chevy Chase. who
both rounds. refused to turn in his card
last evening. and dropped out in disgust.
He is one Of the Chevy Chase Club s
star golfers. but he simply cannot ne
gotiate the Columbia course in anything
like his true form. The same applies
wayside. There were others who threat
ened to quit, but their fighting spirit
and love for the game kept them in the
battle.
Columbia Players Lead.
The fact that three Of the home golf
ers. James. Harlan and Mattingly.
were leading the procession at the end
Of the second round was very crafty
ing to Pro- Mcleod, as he would like
the title to be held by a Columbia
man. Dalzell and Reyburn of Chevy
Chase are fourth and fifth. SO that 1t ID
practically a contest between these
two organizations
of ~vy3~ L. IT. 80 ~,
the championship and it will take
golf Of the extraordinary variety on
the part Of the others to jam into first
place. The dark horses" among the
also rams. yesterday are John Clapp
capable of playing sensational golf
once they get going just right, and
they may surprise the wise boys in
the two rounds today.
Cup on Exhibition.
The beautiful silver cup for this con-
test, donated by Messrs Reyburn and
De Sibour OF the Chevy Chase Club
reached the clubhouse this morning and
was Immediately placed on exhibition
1t stands about two feet high and is
handsomely decorated with scroll and
frosted work on both the bowl and
handles. Ample space Is left on both
oAoSS LUZ tao SuSfaVer 10 1QSCf1O0 the
names OF winners and a description OF
the event for which the trophy 10 Of.
fered. 1t was the original intention OF
the committee to make the cup, a prize
for the winner Of three championships
but this has been changed, making II
name inscribed thereon being enough
Dr.. Walter Harlan. chairman of the
District Golf Association committee
did q S6 In the morning round yester.
day and had to stand for considerable
kidding" as he has generally played
the second round the doctor remarked
that he would show them something in
the way Of improved golf. and he did,
turning in a card for S. which was II
strokes better than his initial 10 holes.
Clapp and Harlan Scores.
John clapp and Ed Harlan were the
first pair OF this morning. and consid-
cradle interest centered around the play
Of the former on account Of his II for
the first round yesterday. Mr.. Clapp
played we'll. turning in a card Of 81. and
but for a bad on the II hole would
have been down near his good card OF
yesterday. He is sure enough come
back" Mr.. Harlan slipped back seven
holes from his nice 80 Of last evening.
turning in a card for 81.
The second pair to come In was Irving
e. Smith and A. B. Shelton. the latter
doing finely with an IS. while his COM
panion required q 95.
W. s. Reyburn showed Improvement,
his card Of SO being two strokes better
than on the second round. but a stroke
worse than his initial effort w. R.
Oglesby fell OF in his play. going up to
So. about five strokes higher than yester-
day.
At the conclusion Of the morning round
Mr.. James still retained the leadership,
but by a much smaller margin than when
the second round ended. DR.. Lee Harlan
crept up to within one stroke of the lead
or, while Walter Tuckerman took a larger
lead, landing in third place. The first
three scores stand, after the third round !:
James. 242; Lee Harlan. A3: W. R.
Tuckerman. 244.
Mr. Tuckerman did the unexpected this
morning when he covered the course in
seventy-three strokes. being a record
since the course has been reconstructed.
Cards Turned In Today.
Following are the cards for the third
round Of eighteen holes played this morn
ing: