Evening star., 1915-05-11
0U|MET Wins MEDAL
Champion Golfer Makes Low
Score in Baltimore Tourney.
WARREN CORKRAN CLOSE UP
Lard and Clapp of Chevy Chase in
First Sixteen With
Scores of 81.

BALTIMORE, May II. ~ The largest
field in the four Years that the eNeh'
has been held greeted the starters ~
the qualifying round in the ahtiuat -
vitation golf tournament OF the i''
more Country club ~ lsoi''ilu
yesterday. The entrants HA'hnettt '',''
10 be exact. aud th''& came il't"
sections of the cuuntr>- thtSl h!t''5'
Of course. ceutered IN the ri'iE III
Francis Duiinct Of the w oo"itb' '''''
club. the national amateur t''.''.''
and X warren Corbrat. l'stlti'i'ol'
nremier golfer. The gallery 'ha'
Ioxed ,his pair, who We're ratthtts =,
tho ,n,aIifying round. were hot ~ -.
Sts,nnointed ouinlct WOE Ihe $50
,adaI for low score. with an eNeeiieh'
ro,nd in 10 strokes. one over i'''
.ho course while corkrah tooN
strokes more. ,,,,,;on
a., ,ba very first hole the chamPio''
,n.o-strol<e lead on CorNfan, nc
from, the first tee Ill eNSei'eHt
-,Ia while the local crack tol'ts,' -
Jr;ye There Was httle TO th"ao th7',,'.s
tween their second sh"'s'
heinc n wonderful recovery
ouimet Wins Applause.
-. to- three the applause OF the
af1.r .,.idently .fu sod" Corkran, io'
he nu,ted for a four Weakly and nitSSeo'
taking five. lie got oAe S''oNe
uben he made the short second IN pai
three to four. From then to the Sc o''''
Corkran held the honor. oy virtue %
his three but Oui'Eet sol ahothei
stroke on him by sinking iohsish
putt for four to Il i've on 'le So
enth, followed by another Tour 70 "
five on the eighth. EaCh nae q iout
on the ninth, and they st&rted Tor nome
with Ouimet leading by three s'roNes'
Corkran regained stroke on 'he
tenth. when the champion missed ms
second and then missed a putt for
perfectly was down in par. hNe
Each got a three on the eleventh ana
a four on the tweiftt. leaving ouimet
still two strokes to the good tork.'tn
drove weakly to the twelfth. ana aiter
getting on the green in two missed 4
putt for a four and took ave. His partner
was again down in par. and as par on
the twelfth is three. he WAS then leaai!g
by four strokes. The situation remained
unchanged until the sixteenth, where. by
virtue Of a corking mid-iron shot Corilran
secured par three to four for Oulmet,
whose drive was off to the left.
Corkran Gains Another.
Corkran regained another stroke on
the seventeenth, when the champion
missed a putt for a four. Playing the
home hole, Oumet's drive hit the tele-
graph wires overhead and he played an
other ball. which he was privileged to do
without loss.
Both were well up the hill with their
drives. and on the green in two. Ouimet
was away, and. putting first, ran down
q twenty-footer for a three. Nothing
daunted. Corkran followed suit. and the
medal went to the Bostonian by mar
gin Of two strokes. Their cards:
Ouimet-
2s':: is'::..::::.... 3 ssss: sss-7s ~
Cerkan-
f1n.,.... fs::...:...... sssss.s sssssss-
Seven sixteens all told qualified for the
hrst round OF match play, which will take
place this morning. followed by the sec
ond round this afternoon. The semi
finals and finals will be staged tomorrow.
An additional event tomorrow is an
eighteen-hole handicap medal play tour
nament.
The Summary.
First sixteen-Francis ouinet woodland 70;
.. Warren Corkran. Baltimore. 70; S D. Her
ron. Oakmont, ~: G. b. Calvert. Aronmink,
81. ID. Clark Corkran. Baltimore, 81: T. W
Sasscer. Maryland. Sc; r. s. worthington
Shawnee. Sc; Walter Richards For Hills. Sc:
Allan Lard. Chevy Chase. 81; j. H. Clapp
Chevy Chase. 81; II l.. Hond Baltimore II
2. ". Edmonds. Woodland. 81: T. NJ : Rolls
Greenwich. IS; W. Z. Swin,i.ll. Baltimore SIS
NJ T. E!licott. Baltimose. ss: F. II. Mccall.
Atlantic City. IS.
Second siIteen-J II Hiss. Baltimore. IS;
Bert Allen, Fox Hills 50: T. A. Ashley Wood
land. 30: IL. ID. smith, Glen Ridge. 50; Ed
ward Pulling. Baltimore 50; l.. r. I'urnaiI Bal
tlmore. ss X. II. Pritr.eyt. Maryland 80:
Donald Woodward Columbia. 20: j. e. David
son. Columbia. 20; q. Tirnher!ake baltimore
80: E. D. Hotchkiss. Virginia 30: s VI Gone.
Suburban. 9l T. II. Filter. Mer!on ~ H.
Nudge. Baltimore. 81; W. X. Yarrow, Merton,
u; 7. G. De Rossett, Baltimore 81
W. G. Ballentyne. Columbia. got in
the third sixteen with a score of 90
9. P. Orme. Columbia. turned in a card
for 10l. and landed in the fifth sixteen