Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-01
PLAY FOR LOCAL GOLF
TITLE OPENS TOMORROW
Forty-Two of Districts Best Players
to Battle Over Seventy-Two
Holes for Supremacy.

The third annual golf championship
of the District of Columbia will oper
tomorrow morning at the Columbia
Country Club with forty-two OF the
Districts leading knights OF the brassie
leading the local players for the en-
suing year. A return to the m eda1 play
form of competition. over seventy two
holes, is to take place this year. and as
the course is in fine condition low
scores are expected.
The recent Washington Country and
Chevy Chase Club tournaments have
served to put the players on edge and
all are going well. 1t Is reported that
Walter r. Tuckerman. who won the
Chevy Chase tournament and has been
one of the leading local players for
years, will not compete this year. on
account of business duties.
The winner of the tourney will have
his name inscribed on the De Sibour-
Reyburn championship trophy and will
ing second will be awarded a silver
medal and the third best man will get a
bronze medal. Those players eAnstitut-
ing the first sixteen at the end of the
second days play will comprise the
honor sixteen" of the District for the
year
The first championship was won by
Walter r. Tuckerman of the Chevy
Chase Club. with a score of 322 for the
seventy-two holes over the Columbia
course Tuckerman had to go fast on
his last thirty-six holes to win. as he
trailed the field by fourteen strokes at
the end of the first day. and scored two
rounds of IS and ~. respectively, to win
the event.
The championship last year was de-
cided at match play and was won by
William Reyburn of Chevy Chase. who
defeated Walter r. Tuckerman of the
same club on the home green after the
players had scored rs and rs. respec-
lively.
1t is announced by the committee that
any player eligible to compete in this
championship event, who for any rea-
son has failed to enter. may still do SO.
Pairings and Starting Time.
Following are the pairings and time
of starting:
A. Winter, Columbia c. c.
9:05 ANA. ]. Cummings, Columbia G. c.,
VS.. 4. C. thurman Columbia c. e.
$40 a.m.-Thomas j. W. Brown. Bannock-
burn G. c., VS.. f. D. Williamson. Bannockburn
a:15 s.m.-Iohn W. Brawner. Columbia c. c..
o. H. Wood, Columbia c. c.
$40 am. s. Perry. Columbia c. O.,
W. c. Worthngton. Bsnnockburn G. c.
9:25 ami. W. Weaver Columbia C. O.. VS..
A. 4. Mackenzie, Columbia c. c.
$50 me-. W. Burton jr.. Bannockburn G.
c.. VS.. Simeon T. Price. kirkside e. c.
9:35 a.m.-Julian T. Bishop. Chevy Chase
Club. vs.. Harris y. Brown. Columbia {. O.
$40 a.m.-Samuel Mostly. Washington c. c.,
William J. Hoover, Columbia {. c.
3:45 ami. d. Cassels. Chevy Chase Club.
A. s. Nattingly, Columbia c. C..
9:50-G II. Chnsmer tCoumbis) and ]. I.
Harris tBannockburn,
s:s5 AND. r. Gish. Columbia C. c., VS..
z. NJ. Posey. Columbia G. Z.
10 a.m.-Charles II. Orme. Columbia G. c., vs..
G. T. Cunningham Bannockburn G. c. >
1905 a.m.-George f. Truett. Washington G.
C.. vs.: W. c. Ballantyne. Columbiai c. c.
1910 AMI. J.. Harlan. Columbia C. c., VS..
Ormsby McCammon, Chevy Chase Club.
10:15-Richard Beattie tBannockburn) and B.
l.. Taylor tBannockburni.
1910 a-m.-Donald Woodward. Columbia C.
c., VS.. Reeve Lewis Chevy Chase Club.
1925 a-m.-John q. Davidson. Columbia @. C.,
VS.. Roy H. Pickford. Washington c. c.
1890 AMI II. dc Sibour. Chevy Chase
Club, VS.. Morven Thompson Chevy Chase Club
1875 a.m.-George =. James, Columbia c.
c.. VS.. Samuel Dalzell. Chevy Chase Club
1910 a.m.-Norbert Dempsey, Columbia C. c.
vs.. Thomas c. Dempsey, Columbia c. c.