The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-01
TRUEIT IS FIRST
IN Big tourney
Veteran Golfer Defeats c.
Landon 4 Up and 3 to
Play at Jewel, Va.
WOODMAN TO THE FRONT

George f.. Truett. the veteran golfer
won the annual Decoration Day golf
| tournament Of the Washington Country
Club. closed to members of that orSani.
| cation. by defeating Chauncey Landon
| 4 up and to play yesterday afternoon.
William Hidden Woodman. who has
! been rapidly coming to the front as one
of the most promising of the younger
golfers at Jewel. captured the second
eight. after an exciting match with s
Mosby winning up.
The third and fourth cights were won
by Boyd Taylor and C. V. Pipcr. the
tirst-named vanC.Iishing r. p. Halves. =
up. and the last named winning from
f. A. Narela. up.
Earl Wheeler. Charley Doing and r.
B. LOCKER tied with Il each in the quail
ifcation round. Landon and Barr being
close in line with IS each.
Honors in the eighteen hole handica o
medal play sweepstakes were divided
between DIR. Joseph Tabcr Johnson pres
ident of the club: p. s. Block, and Dr.
T. Neil. each Of these players scoring
net score of Il.
Mrs. Kip defeated a field of eleven
in the ladies' putting contest, with a
score Of y. Mrs. Ballard Mrs. Gardner
ana Miss Jewell were tied for second
place with IS each.
80 ''"'' " tprlpIF Inc tournament
in one day, the play in the four eirhts
and the qualification were donated by DIR
Joseph Taber Johnson and former Sena-
tor Jonathan Bourne, of Oregon.
SUMMARIES.
First eisht-Chauncey Landcn defeated g Dcin-
up: DIR. W. q. Barr defeated n n LOCKER :.
and !: q. 4. Truett defeated w Campbell, and I.
a; >; shr,s'Tss defeated Earl Wheeler. and =
Semi -hnals-G. r. Truett defeated A. $. Christ
man. and :; Channcey Landon defeated Dr ~
c. Ban. up in 70 holes.
FInals-''eorye f. Truett defeated Chauncey Ian
don. ard ;.
Second eight-S Mosby defeated ~ > RI,cL
J up: q. Howard defeated Il. Hunt ! up; "
Knowles defeated Or. nehemiah, and J: Will
lam Woodnan defeated W. r. Ballard. and /.
Knowles and 2: s. Mosby defeated G. Howard
up in 10 holes
Finals William H. woodman defeated 8. Mosby
! M
Third eisht-s. Kent defeated D. Porter = and ;:
II. J.. HAYES defeated H q. Brown, and |:
BOYD Taylor defeated NJ. Burke } and !; ". E.
seyboth defeated DIR. Talbot. up in 10 holes.
Semi nals-R. r. HAYES defeated S. Kent and
.; Boyd Taylor defeated ". E. Seyboth, ! I'd
Ffnals-Boyd Taylor defeated Il p. HAYES. up
Fourth eight-E. A. Narela defeated ". vetter
and /: A. A. Birney defeated Z. ". Stearns
by default; F. L. Platt defeated F. F. Greenwal,.
up; c. V. Piper defeated W. Guy 4 and ]
Semi fnal.-E. A. varela defeated A. A. Birney
up: c. v Piper defeated r. L. Plat. } and l.
fInals-C B. Piper defeated Z. A: vsrela. up.
The Qualification scores Of the hrst thirty-two
players are as follows: Earl Wheeler ~: Charley |
Doing. q: Il. B. LOCKER q; DR.. W. c. Bar. q !
A. l.. Christnan. q; Chsuncey Landon q: George |
y. T1uett. u: ". Knowles. n; o. F. Black a: /!
". q. Campbell. n: William woodman Is: Dr. !
J. 7. McCleuhan. IS; G. Howard IS; R. Hunt, |
Is: S. Mosby. IS: ". r. Ballard. Is: W. E. Sey-
18th. Il; Ur. Talbot. q: NJ. Burke &: B. Taylor,
L: Fl. G. Brown, Is; X. P. Halves. -: s Kent
a; l. s. Porter. -: ". Guy. -; E. W. stearns, |
.: F. L. Phtt. -: +. F. Greenwalt, -; c. v.
Piper. 50: f. A. varella. 50: A A. Birney, 50;
". Vetter, q.