Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-02
FIRST ROUND PLAYED
Initial Matches in Golf Event at
Chevy Chase Ended.
PICKF0RD CAPTURES TITLE


held by the women of the Chevy Chase
Club yesterday morning. AS a result
of the default of Mrs. Wyeth. Miss
Lacey will meet the medalist. Pauline
Lockett. in the second round today.
Miss Lockett won her frst-round
match. by default, from Mrs. 7. A. Clay
tor. The other matches turned out
much as was expected, although the
defeat Of Mrs. Newbold by Mrs jack
son was not on the cards. Mrs. Nc
Cannon has returned to competitive
golf, this being her first tournament
this season. She won her watch, by
Ga, from Mrs. Tracy. The high wlnd
which swept the course made low scor-
ing difficult, and with the putting
greens quite fast the scores were not
as good as those made in the quahty-
ing round. The summaries:
Miss Lacey defeated Mrs Wyeth. by
default; Miss Lockett defeated MIS-.
Clayton, by default: Mrs Frailey de-
feated Mrs. Hagner. 81; Mrs JACK
son defeated Mrs. Newbold, u MISS
Hacker defeated Mrs. Mcvay' -
Mrs; McCammon d defeated dafs M1s Mrs
Bethel 90; Mrs Southgate defeated
Mrs Ballou, 5-4.
Roy H Pickford won the CLUB cham5
pionship of the Washington Golf ana
Country Club yesterday. defeating
Simeon T. Price in the thirty-six- hole
final by one hole, when the latter miss
ed four-foot putt on the nome green
to SQUARE the match. Pickford played
a strong, uphill game, as at the lunch-
con interval he was down. due TO the
great putting and excellent recoverles
from trouble of Price. Pfckrord won
the first two holes OF the e. ma &c ha any
then dropped the next nVe' 10 pe
down at the turn.
The tenth hole was halved in 3, a
thing seldom seen. and the eieVen.h III
4. Price won the twelfth with 2: ms
iron shot being only eight rect from
the cup. and when Pickford botched up
the thirteenth, taking a Z, Price was
up.
with B. but took three .p put Isl, on i ne
was not on the green at the snort SIX
teenth and lost again. The seventeenth
was halved in 3. Price won the elsnt-
zenith, to be up at the luncheon IN.
tervai Prices. score was "a as against
Pickford's 70. Pickford started well In
the afternoon by winning the first hole
when Price sliced out of bounds. The
second was halved in 3. Pickford max
ing aNten-foot putt for the half. PICK
third and was just on the green in 4.
while Price was dead in the same num-
Der. the latter winning. 5-6. Inc
fourth was halved in 4 and neither man
was on the fifth green from the tee ,s
Pickford laid his mashie shot up while
Price half topped his, and Pickford won
the hole, As. Price hit long ball on
the plateau sixth, but failed to get up
with his mashie, and Pickford won the
hole when his opponent missed short
pric seventh
with a midiron, while Pickford's iron
shot played too far up the hill, mt a
stone and ran on the lower edge OF the
green. He took three puts. however.
and Price won the hole. 81. On the
eighth Price, who is a left-handed play
er, sliced his ball out of bounds. and
Pickford, playing straight on the pin.
won the hole with par 4.
Pickford's tee shot on the ninth, the
twenty-seventh Of the match, was badly
sliced, but his opponents ball was
even. worse, as he did not get over the
ditch. and put his second shot in the
hazard. Pickford won the hole and
was 1 down at the three-Quarter point.
in two against the wind and when
Pickford. after topping his mashie shot.
ran down a hve-foot putt, the hole was
halved. Price hooked his ball badly
off the eleventh tee, the pellet carry
ing clear across the tenth fairway into
the woods. He missed his mashie shot
and lost the hole to S. squaring the
match.
AS in the morning round. Price laid
his ball almost dead on the short
twelfth and won the hole with
when Pickford was short with his tee
shot. Pickford made an eight-foot putt
to get a half on the thirteenth. Prices
ball hit a tree on the short fourteenth
and came almost back to the tee while
Pickford was on the green. Price laid
his second up and got four, but Pick
ford made four-foot side hill putt to
win the hole and square the match.
the fifteenth tee and both played good
pitches to the green, Pickford's ap-
proach being the better. Price took
putter and was eight feet short and
Price trimmed the cup with his eight
footer and Pickford sank his short one
to be in the lead for the first time since
the fourth hole.
The fireworks came on the next two
holes Pickford played a superb mashie
shot on the short sixteenth. which
trickied to within two feet of the cup
and won the hole with to be dormie
2 up. He did not get hold of his tee
shot on the seventeenth and was just
short Of the green Price hit a scream
er which carried to the edge and ran
eight feet past the cup. For moment
1t looked as If he was going to register
a /. but his ball missed the cup by
and was dorn1ie ! down. Both players
got off good tee shots to the final hole
and both were short with the wood on
the second shots. Pickford's ball being
sliced TO the hillside. He pitched up
fifteen feet short, while his opponent
had a good run-up shot to within four
feet. Pickford missed his and then
il was UP to Price to sink his four
footer and square the match. His ball
went to the edge Of the cup and looked
over, but failed to drop. just few
blades of grass preventing the match
from going extra holes.
The Oden Horstmann memorial COM
petition emblematic of the Chevy Chase