Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-13
,PLAf CLOSE MATCHES
on COLUMBIA COURSE
First Round Of September Tourney
Held Back by Special Events
and Bad Weather.

Rather unfayOrable weather condl-
tions. together with the fall tenn!s
tournament and the special Labor day
events. to a large extent fnterfered
with play in the first round of the
September golf tournament of the CO.
1un1bia Country Club. which got under
way Monday and was scheduled to be
completed last night, and just about
half of the matches were decided.
What was lacking in quantity was
made up in quality, however, as in
nearly every one of the matches played
the result was close. The event is a
handicap one, in which the low handi-
cap player starts his opponent a num-
Der of holes up" equal to one-haf the
difference in their ratings.
The first sixteen brought out several ex-
cept1onally interesting matches. George
p James and Harold E. Doyle figuring
In the feature one. the former winning z
up James started him up, and Doyle,
who Played one of his best games. went
out in 81 and was up at the turn. The
tenth was halved and James took .--e
eleventh In IA stroke below par. He
then won the next two. sluaf-nS the
match. The fourteenth and fifteenth were
halved. James taking the sixteenth In g.
halvtng the seventeenth and then win
ming the eighteenth.
s'--- Interesting Match.
Another interesting match in the same
sixteen was that between Donald Wood
ward and Arthur B. Shelton. the former
winning } up and 2. They started even.
and were still even at, the IuIn. From
here on Shelton was poor while Wood
ward seemed to get better. lie won the
tenth, eleventh, thirteenth and fifteen n,
ha we'd the tweL tn ana sixteenth and .oSt
the fourteenth. The match enUed at the
sixteenth.
harris n. Brown defeated Frank Gov
ern n the most interesting match of the
second sixteen, ) up anu tie started
Govern up and had squared the iLa.cn
at the turn. He PLAY ed like a house
afire,@ coming in, making seven of the
nine no. es in par fiS.les. .
: Ihese wei tive matches in which the
pias s-s y ere so .e.asely matched Tia.
eighteen holes. and another round was
necessary. In the third SiXgeen. f.O1i Is n
Whi-ea and F. 5. Perry were even at the
END of: the FIRST round but. on the second
trip. Perry braeed up and literally ran
away with it. winning up and s. sss7i
fnsthestourth round. Hugh Mackenzie
and Charles Selaen fought At out to a
draw. nFbey started, even and at The
ele> enth Selden was 8 up, and it looked
as. if he; wenid win as he pleased, but
,beginndsg with the twelfth, where he
lost his ball. he found that it. was
easier to lose than to. win, and before
he knew 1T the, match was sluared. Mac
cKenzte took. the twelfth. thirteenth md
felTtsstii d Whei, he lost the fifteenth
pulled ;. himself together and. took tie
neg. Ih nee The second round will 30
- 77es The Summaries. -''s -
So NJ; 70 stFTRsr sIxrEES. -"
" First furEd-Geo- Is p Jam d.feat-d H,roli
e. Doyle mp: II. C.. Chamee-lain defe ited Con
rad. B. .poyle. ! up: pon.ld woad "a d defe ted
: Arthur B.. SIeIton. 3 up and q Or. Lee L. Har-
ban defeat ted D5. Paris f. Brpngle . up and 1;
Otto 4 o. Mel defeated Dr. Howard P. cobey,
-. - SECOND SIXTEEN. -.-...'..1..'
+ First foussd~Z:. D., Blackstone defeated r.. L.
= e csad s's y Wis fesaed
featsd Frank Govern e o Vi Up a and 0'0"n 's'
.-.sssY.g,s:s. THIRD SIXTEEN. -,
:. Firyt .nOand IT. o; syarneIl defeated W: I.
Eson ~.sse.s7 ,fp-ana 6 at Sd hoies: Kari i g.
.a0astsur defeafedisA. H. Fe guson. 2 up
Ss@s~ y = FDUKTH sIXTEEN. g
r Fist sonrd-Dr.. Frank Leeeh defeated e. I.
fsss nj: M; j. rs IN dsieated j, II Il;
f' fsas Y up aph and + ea.is. sed
,and Htga Nackenzis tteasat eisareeA jno.es and
Inc nrsI rouad-n..i be completed this
,week-ana4 the second round of toe. va
:rious IS. xtsens and the first round of
the del Gated Fights started, the. card
being :nS follows:==- 1-s- So; -s
''f;i .. FIRST: SIXTEEN. :. :.
First 'round-Har ert T. Shannon Tvs. R. z.
L. Yellott, Ed Yard Harlan vs.. T. Lodge Hin;
Edwa q, B. EynoG, j.: vs. Ar hur carss
Shannon~ieiiott match, H. c. Chamaerialn
.-wInsss. q AarssseH.il u .,sh Donald Wood,
.Harbsn IS. Otto j. De Mol. J . !. -
s.ss SECOND SIXTEEN.
=. First roand--A. J. G4m;n.ays vs.. a. 7. Leech.
jr.: ". c. Bal.antyne VS. W. W. Price, W. n.
Smith vs.. p. ". Ppelps. = f'a 80
: Sc old roundslZ. D. Blackstone vs. winner of
tCumnfngs- Eeeeh matct, JOIN Slav C. >.
awaits, M. w. Tslsey winuer of Ball mtg. e.
-Price uha trh,- Harris ~ Brown VS.. winner of
3 Smith-Rueipss N itch
.-s;:-a5s THIRD SIXTEEN. 81
First :roand@Josn' NJ. Williams VS.. Frank
Smith g.. o. Lfecb We. T. c. Moore. E. B. Ne
Graw. vs. G H. otme, L. C; Brooks -, s. a.
9 SecoEd roilpd- +. o. varnel VS.. winner of
Smith Williams march 2. 5. Perry. Winter
of Leeca-Moore match, WHINE OF McGrawiUr1ne
match VS.. winner OF Brooks Reeves match, Kari
X. Gartner VS. winner Of Brahaney- Sneridl Ian
match.
:~--'ta FOURTH SIxTEEx.
= First rsund-J.;.N. Perry vs.. W. e. Fowler,
.Eixeas Gait. ". B. Fleming.
Second round-Dr. Frank Leech vs.. R. r. VIII
son. r. j. lIa Rim winner OF Perry Fowler
mate William R. Hars winner VI Got
dem Mic Kepzip match. ~