The Washington herald., 1916-05-26
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

| Under ideal weather conditions and
on a course that was in excellent shape,
considering the drizzling rain during the
past few days. the Chevy Chase annual
spring tournament got under way yes
| terday. a4 golfers, the cream Of the
players in this section, teed off in the
qualifying round.
| The out-of-town representatives played
prominent part in making the low
| qualifying scores, as a trio heads the
list In the first sixteen, while another
pulled up in eighth position, four strokes
more than the honored mark.
| W. H. Dun, OF the Oakmont Golf Club.
of Pittsburgh, Pa, and Robert Wier. of
the Wilmington Golf Club. of Whining
| ton, Del, were tied In the low qualify
ing score, putting over So. while w. P.
Cleveland, of the Oroninmick Golf Club.
of Baltimore Md, followed with an 81
Ashmead Fuller, of the Chevy Chase
Club. and George P. James. of the Co
lumbia Country Club, were the first local
players in the low qualifying score list
having IS each, while J. NJ. Scranage. of
the Bannockburne Golf Club, and T. c.
Dempsey. of the Columbia Country Club,
put over Sc.
Duff teed off with Morven Thompson
at 9:45 and played the course in great
style. He made the outward journey
! in A and return in 49, On the outward
journey Duff pared the first, fourth and
| seventh hole, while on his homeward
play he pared the tenth. eleventh, thir-
teenth and fifteenth. His card for the
qualifying round follows:
! w. H. Duff
| Out .........4 8 s s s +H
In .............3 SIS 8 s S 5 5-39-s3
Robert Wier. the Wilmington golfer
played equally as well in tieing the score
set by Dun. Wier went out in 10, which
was one more stroke than Dun, but he
returned in 3s, which was one better
than the Pittsburgh pace-setter. In the
fight from the home green Wier pared
the fourth fifth and ninth hole. while he
pared the fourteenth, sixteenth and
eighteenth hole on his homeward jour
ney. His qualifying card follows
Robert Wier-
Out ............6 3-i5
In ..............4 s 3 1883
Eighty-nine was the high qualifying
score for the first sixteen, Allen Lard, Of
the Chevy Chase Club; ]. II. De Sibour,
of the Chevy Chase Club and Ormsby Nc
Cameron OF the Chevy Chase Club. being
tied ]. H. De Sibour withdrew from the
exclusive class and McCameron and Lard
played of for the honors.
The playoN in this sixteen was one Of
the most exciting matches Of the day.
McCameron winning on the fourth green.
The player halYed the first hole with FIVE,
and repeated with the same score on the
second. On the third green. McCameron
was compelled to make a difficult put TO
even up count of six made by Lard, but
on the fourth green McCameron went one
less and is classed in the first sixteen
Lard Withdrawing from the match play.
z. f. Jackson, OF the Baltimore Golf
Club, who won the hono.y last season,
was a slight disa appointment to the large
gallery present, as he finished with a
score of 80, which qualified him for the
second sixteen. His outward flight was
made in ffty-one and the homeward jour
ney in forty-two.
Eleven players were tied with ninety
eight as the high qualifying score for the
fourth sixteen, and ]. D. Beurett, of the
Columbia Country Club. was given the
lucky position in the draw. The Dempsey
brothers, of the Columbia Country Club.
who are two of the youngest players in
the tourney, both got in the first sixteen,
| Norman making an eighty-eight and Tom
! and eighty-six.
The match play today will be watched
closely, as many are picking the out-of-
| town golfer to fall by the wayside at the
hands OF the local players.
Tho qualifying scores follow:
| w. q. Duff. Of oakmont Golf Club. a. @eS;
Robert Wier. Of Wilmington Golf Club. IS. S-s3
W. p Cleveland. Of the Aroninnick Golf Club.
i5 39-a; Ashmead Fuller OF the Chevy Chase
Club. As, 4o-s5; George P. James. Of Columbia
Country Club. ~. - IS; ]. n. ScTange Of Ban
nockburns Golf Club. q. 45-se; T. c. Dempsey Of
Columbia Country Club. 45 H-se; C. b. Chssmsr
Of the Columbia Country Club i3. H-s; L. l.
Harlan. Of the Columbia Country Club q, as
Hamilton h Kerr. OF Greenwich Golf Club Phila-
delphis. ii, 43-S; J. T. Bishop. Of Chevy Chase
Club. 45. f-ss; n. A. Dempsey. Of Columbia Coun-
try Club. a. +-sS; E NJ. Weaver. Of Chevy Chase
Club. 43. 45-ss; Walter TuckennAn. Of Chevy Chase
Club. A. Ass: Allen Lard. Of Chevy Chase Club,
IS. 4-ss.
J. H De sibour. of the Chevy Chase Club. 4s.
4l-ss; Ormsby McCsmmon. Of Chevy Chase Club.
q, 4s-se; d. K. Jackson, Of Chevy Chase Club IS,
$3.50; J. A. McCheenn. Of Chevy Chase Club. a..
$50; ]. W. Brown. Columbia Country Club. ~,
A-sl; L. W. Weaver. of Chevy Chase Club. IS.
46-sl; C. T. Cunningham. Bannockbume Golf Club.
4s, 43-el: E. h Lotus, G. G. O., 46. 45-s1; E. S.
Duvall. Of Washington Country Club. H. isl;
Washington Country Club 49, i3-sc: w Ia Hiuyer.
Of C. c. C., a. Sc; Reeves Lewis. Of c. C c..
q. So; MoTen Thompson, Of c. c. c, a. 4e-s3;
R. R. stewert, Of New Arcadisn Golf Club. Il.
is-e3: Z. E. Jackson, Of Baltimore Golf Club.
81 42-s
James Baird Columbia Country Club. 80. 44-sa;
! 2. VI. Hlcntt, Of G. O. C.. 81. S-ei; c. H.
Donss. II. Washington Country Club IS, 4s-s4
l. R Prentiss. 46. 4s-a; Donald Woodward. Co
lumbia County Club. 40. 45-si; W. C. Peter. C.
c. C., 81, A-e5; A. Winter. Columbia Country
! Golf Club. 49, 1876: W. o. Gilbert, Columbia
Country Club -. 4s-s5; C. H. Williams. Arunin-
mick Golf Club, 50. 45-a5; A. S. Mattinsley, Coum-
bia Country Club, 49. 45-s5; w F. Ham. c. c. C.,
40. 1876; John l. Newbold. C. c. c.. 4s. 4s-es
I s. P. Thompson. Columbia Country Club. So 4-
&c; D. F. Asbury, AZ. 49-es; W. J. Hughes tr.
| Columbia Country Club. 4s. F-s; W. R. Mccall
! lum, 4s. i7-8 W r. Nicholson, Wyhsyle Golf
Club. Al. 4s-ss: C. C. Truett. c. c. c.. 81, 1876;
W. G. Ballantyne. Columbia Country Club 49, 4a-
| 81 D. B. Gish. Columbia Country Club, AZ, 4s-93;
/ Richard Crane Ontwensei Golf Club. 50, 4+s7 ;
Henry A. Cotton. Trenton Country Club. So. H-e7;