The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-07
tourney TITLES
WELL DIVIDED
District Golf Association S
Tournament Is Last Big
Event Until Fall.
GOSSIP OF THE LINKS
Ry NAT r. wORLEY.

With the wind-up Of the District OF
| Columbia Golf Association championship
| tournament at the Chevy Chase Club Sat
urday afternoon the last golf tourna.
ment scheduled here until fall has passed
, into history.
! Allan Lard. of Chevy Chase. was the
| first to register a victory. capturing the
annual tournament of the Washington
Country Club. while E. E. Jackson. of
the Baltimore Country Club. surprised
every one by taking first honors in the
annual tournament at Chevy Chase and
| the District of Columbia Golf Associa-
| ton cha mpionship tourney went to W.
5. Reyburn.
From now on Washington golfers will
turn their attention to the tournaments
held by out-of-town clubs nearby, and
with SO many good players it would not
he surprising il some of them landed in
the front rank.
Without a doubt the contest between
Reyburn and Tuckerman Saturday was
the best golf match played in a WASH
inSton tournament for years. After a
battle which was nip and tuck for thirty
six holes. Reyburn only won by ! up.
and Tuckerman gave him the hardest
kind of fight.
There is little to chose between these
two players. both credit to the game
Reyburn, when going good. is almost
unbeatable, while Tuckerman Is noted
for his steadiness and an ability to hang
on and produce the punch needed to win
at the end
Such contests as that Of Saturday
when the advantage goes from first one
player to the other. give to golf its sole
attraction to the spectator. There was
not a minute Saturday when those who
were following the battle were allowed to
lose their interest. The strategy and
genera lship of the two men, their skill
with the clubs and their GOODNESS. con-
tributed to the interest and made the
match one long to he remembered.
While the championship which was de-
cided last week was only the second In
the history of the District of Columbia
Golf Association. which has only been in
existence two years. the success of the
two tournaments has been noteworthy
and their continuance and growth In
popularity Is assured
Credit must necessarily rebound to
the officers who managed the affair
and to Morven Thompson in particular,
the president of the association He is
an enthusiastic follower of the game
and can always be counted on to put
his tremendous surplus Of energy into
whatever he undertakes. He was on
the job from start to finish and de.
serves the many congratulations he is
receiving today.
Much praise is due those In charge
OF the golf tournaments at the Wash
ington Country Club and the tennis
tournament at the Columbia Country
Club for the uniform consideration
shown the newspaper men during the
tournaments. Professional Beckett. R.
P. Halves. and DR.. J. P. McClenihan. at
IN Wa shin rfnn nfry rl,,h
Herbert T. Shannon. Alpheus Winter.
and Chairman Leech. of the tennis
committee. at the Columbia Country
Club. are always to be found when the
tournaments are on, and in many ways
are Of valuable assistance to the men
who make news gathering a profess
sion.
The tennis tournament at the Column
bia Country Club is rapidly drawing to
a close. To date it has been the best
managed affair OF it's kind held in
Washington this yeay. The matches
have Deem run off without a hitch. and
with Columbia's eleven excellent courts
the condition for play could not be bet
tered.
Spencer Gordon. winner in the mems
singles. may not win all the cups hung
up for competition in these parts. but he
will get his share. not only because he
has considerable skill. but because he has
the bulldog tenacity which makes a man
a winner in any competition he enters.
After being defeated in the Chevy Chase
tournament Gordon came right back and
entered the Columbia County Club
matches and fought his way through to
the final round and victory. That's the
prompt spirit and the only spirit that
ever wins in sport.