Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-22
Iron Shots Are Played.


eighth green. Corkran's ball being ten
| feet inside that of the Montclair mans.
The hole was halved in 3. The ninth
| hole was well played. First Corkran
and then the tall player from the met
ropolitan district laced out long tee
shots and their iron shots could not
have been better, both being on the
green against the wind with midirons.
! The hole was fialved in each, max.
| ing a two-foot putt, leaving Corkran
up at the turn.
laced out a tremendous tee shot on the
tenth. while his opponent sliced ms
| ball little. not enough to be on the
course. however. Dyers iron secoho
bank to the left, and Corkran was on
| the green to the right. Dyer's chip
| shot was short and he missed the putt,
| Corkran winning the hole to put MIN
| up.
Then came the turn in the tide Of bat
tie. Corkran walloped a long ball to
the top of the hill against the wind on
the eleventh tee and Dyer sliced TO the
the bunkers. Both men topped their
second shots. Dyer then played fine
| mashie pitch to ten feet above the
hole and Corkran's pitch was over the
and stopped ten feet short Of the cup.
Dyer won the hole when Corkran
missed his try for 5.
The twelfth hole was never played
was negotiated by Dyer. Both PLAYERS
hit their tee shots for a favorable
position to the top of the hill to the
right, Corkrans ball being just in the.
was just short of the trap in front OF
the green, while Dyer hit long iron
shot to the edge of the green, his ball
just missing the trap to the left ano
N
over the hole with his pitch over the
trap. and Dyer laid his ball dead, and
when Corkran missed his putt Dyer
won the hole, As. putting him only
down. Overs mashi HE. shot h.ss,a at oy .ae
the trap. Corkran's pitch being over
the hole twenty feet. Dyer then holed
his chip shot to be only 2 down and
Dyer did not get hold Of his drive
off the fourteenth tee, while his OPP
ponent hit perfect ball, getting al
most into the hollow. 275 yards from
| the tee. Dyer's second was mole Eign
the hill, and Corkran's pitch to the
green just tricled over into the
bunker.
Dyer Clipped up nine feet short and
Corkran put his ball inside. Both
missed and the hole was halved In s.
Dyer. 2 down and 4 to play, hit a
long ball of the fifteenth tee. to the
/ middle of the fafrway, and Corkran.
seeing his early lead cut down to
nair Of holes, sliced his tee shot and
Sliced his second high to the right OF
the green, his ball going through the
tree.
MAR shot of the match, his pitch carry
ing to within five feet of the hole and
running up dead. Corkran topped his
third and picked up, concedlns the
hole. leaving him l up and TO play.
hn oh
| only twenty feet to the right and hole
high, while Corkran played poor
mashie shot to the right, his Dali
catching the edge Of the ditch ana
rolling down to the Drink Oh the
He had a fine shot out, but the ball
caught the top of mound and drop
ped back. Dyer won the hole with
The players stood on the seventeenth
tee ali square. with all the gallery ex-
pecting win for the Montclair man.
after his game fight. for the odds on
the psychological side stood heavily
| in his favor.
His chances looked rosy when Cork
ran sliced his tee shot far to the right,
| while Dyer planted one straight down
| the middle. Corkran rallied quite 10
get hold of his niblick pitch, and car
| red over the pin to thirty feet beyond
the hole Dyer played fine pitch TO
| twelve feet short Of the nag CORK,
rams putt was three feet snort ana
| Overs putt, which should have at least
| heen nm to the hole, was a foot and
| half short.
Dyer Hooks His Putt.
| Corkran holed his putt and then
| Dyer, perhaps little overconfident
| or it may have been through careless
| ness, hooked his putt and the ball did
not drop. Dyer's sensations on the
eighteenth tee probably were any
thing but self-congratulatory, after
| squaring the match and then blowing
| a short putt to be dormie l down. but
when Corkran had hit long ball to-
ward the home green, Dyer let himself
! out and hit screamer, which brought
| up thirty yards beyond the Baltimo-
| reans. Corkran sliced his cleek shot off
| and Dyer half topped his iron shot, the
ball running onto the lower level OF
| the terraced green. Corkran's pitch
| was ten feet above the hole, while
Dyer nearly holed his approach pun
and when Corkran missed his ten-foot-
er extra holes were in order.
Dyer hit a very long ball to the sac
of the hill off the nineteenth tee and
a tree between him and the hole. The
| man from Montclair played good pitch
| to the edge of the green and Corkran had
a superb mashie shot over the tree to the {:
and putted five feet short. Dyre then
failed to get up to the hole and had to
play the odd He heeled his putt and the
pill lust caught the edge of the cup and
failed to drop. Taking great pains and
lining up his putt with exactness Cork,
ran sank the ball to win the greatest nnai
match ever played In a local tournament.
/, was the second meeting Of the pair this
year, Corkran having won another extra
hole victory in the final of the Baltimore
Country Clubs spring tournament.
| Robert Weir of Wilmington defeated w
R. McCailum Of Chicago, 2-1. In the 1nal
round Of the second sixteen. Twos on the
eighth and sixteenth decided the match In
Weir's favor. as on each hole he ran down
a long putt to win
The first local victory came in the final
round Of the third sixteen. when h. NJ
Weaver Of the Chevy Chase Club scored
a 81 victory over W. ]. Hughes. tr. OF
Columbia.
NJ. C. Burton of Huntingdon Valley,
Philadelphia. won the final OF the
fourth fight on the nna1 hole from D.
K Jackson of Columbia.
Z. L. Bartlett, I'd. OF the Baltimore
Country Club defeated w. c. Worth
ington of Columbia in the final round
of the fifth sixteen by up:
w. c. Ba1lantyne Of Columbia. the
middle Atlantic champ ion. defeated
George w. Elkins of Huntingdon Valley
in the final round of the first flight
i defeated eight by 5-3. Ballantyne
played fine golf in the final round. be-
ing even with par at the fourteenth
hole.
John r. Maxwell Of Merton defeated
!. John W. Brawner bv 30 in the de-
feated eight final Of the second fight.
final of the third flight consolation by
defeating II. e. DOYLE Of Columbia IS.