The Washington times., 1916-05-26
FIRST ROUND GETS
OFF IN: PLAY TODAY
IN BIG TOURNAMENT
Chevy Chase Club Is Host in
Renewal Of Annual Golf
Classic.

Players 10 the four sixteens, qualified
yesterday In the annual renewal OF the
tChevy Chase Clue invitation golf
tournament. got off early today for the
first elimination round under what
promised to be a regular sizxling day.
An early morning sun dried out the
going until bv noon the course was ex-
pected to be normal. Yesterdays damp
ness under foot accounted for q num-
Der of excellent pitch shots. Today the
long player will be favored to some
extent.
A large gallery Is expected to follow
the golfers around tomorrow when the
play will be developing possible winners.
Only a handful were out this morning.
Following are the results up to noon:
SECOND SIXTEEN.
L. w. Weaver defeated z. H."Loftus,
s up and T.
THIRD SIXTEEN.
Boyd Taylor won by default.
Il. NJ. alcot won by default.
c. H. Doing, jr.. won by default.
FOURTH SIXTEEN.
W. 8. symington defeated H. oliphant
II. p. cobey defeated R. white. q
8. p. Thompson won by default.
w. r. Nicholson defeated w. j.
Hughes. 1r.. and s.
G. G. Van Leer won by default.
q. E.. Truitt defeated Richard Crane
L. p. Johnson defeated H. A. Col.
ton. up.
Washington golfers give promise OF
being among the winners In this year
event although several excellent golfers
from out of town are In the first and
second sixteens. The fact that W. H.
Duff. OF Oakmont. Pittsburgh. turned
In the low score In medal play with Rob-
ert Weir. of wilmington, both players
getting SO. Is considered significant In
that none of the local veterans got
within two strokes of these cards.
. an 81. was third. while Ashmead Fuller
OF Chevy Chase. one of the youngsters
in goifing circles here. turned in So
George p. James. of Columbia, played
fine golf for an IS. while ]. N. scranage
Of Bannockburn. and Tom Dempsey. the
Georsetcwn university player. affiliated
Practically all Of the District crack,
=, are numbered in the first sixteen. G. II
Chasmer. L. l.. Harlan, winner OF tn,
recent washington Country Club tour
ney; N. A. Dempsey, Gen. d. M. Weav
er, walter Tuckerman, Julian Bishop
and Allan Lard are all In the running II
the first sixteen today.
@. IL cSasmar coiuasSia 1is-ii $50; i6:oS-
J. NJ. scranase. Bannockburn tts-t3-ssl. VI
~ L. Harlan. Columbia Cis-tt-sD; 1910
George p. James. Columbia H2-ia-Sb). Va
n. A. Dempsey. Bannockburn Ct-tt-s0
lo;lS-T. C, Dempsey. ,Bannockburn (ts-ti-ss
io:so-ormsby Mccamnon, Chevy chas
US-4s-ss). vs. e. NJ. Weaver. Chevy chas
(ts-45-SO; 1o;a-w. II. Dun. ID. oakmon
(44-3s-sD va Walter Tuckerman. Chew
(haAa (ll-Al-ROs l0.30-RObArt WieF WI
minEton n6-ss-ss), VS.. Ashmead Fuller
Chevy Chase (t6,.o-Ss); Io'S-W ?. clsv,
CHEVY Chase U5-43-ss).
SECOND SIXTEEN.
sA6-L. W. Weaver Columbia (t-4s-si
VS.. e. II. Lotus Chevy Chase N6-+6-sil
s;:O-p x; Jackson, Columbia t.S-4s,sY. ~ y.
s;2S-Reeye Lewis, Chevy Chase tt7-S-ss
VS.. ]. w Brawner. Columbia U7-44-sl
sSO-E y. Jackson. Baltimore Gi-2-s3. "
j a. Mciihenny, Chevy Chase (T-is-so), v
@. T. Cunningham, Bannock6urn tts-is-sl
I5' De s,. s'oO So, SSsTy G9s.s $3.50
N. Thompson' Chevy Chase C7-is-ss1; $50
4 G. Lott, Chevy Chase W 7;.1; vs.
THIRD SIXTEEN.
io;%-w. q. Peter. Chevy Chase (Sl-tt-e6
s Boyd Taylor; Westminster !.s-f1se
iCScsJ W; drIs'inssr o,I sosdlers cou Mo%
tss.@-ss} ic;Ss-w, J. McNsiisy, cOiamS
ssa Ca Ys e ps1sS'' H. oH %ssh Gss
(4s-%-sD. vs. Donald Woodward, columb
Us-S-sD; 'l1:o6-James Baird. Column
Q0-t4-sD, vs.. A. 8. Mattingiy, Colun,b
ds-+-9D; li:l0-I n. Prentiss, MohaN
- (ts-4s--eD. vs.. A. Winter, Columbia t50-t5Yso
i1;iS-D. r. Asbury. Columbia t7-4s-ss). v
J, L. Newbod Chevy Chase us,s-sSl; IL:
Charles Williams, Aronimink t5o-t6-sS). Y
w. r. Ham, Chevy Chase us-H-sS.
FOURTH SIXTEEN.
s;so-w. g. symington, jr., Baitimo
tlS-te-gD. Va. H. Oliphant, Chevy Cha
raj l6-0D. g:3b-J C. Davidson ColumbI