The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
TUCKERMAN Wins
in GOLF tourney.
Chevy Chase Veteran Beats
N. A. Dempsey, Of Colum-
bia Club, In Final Round.
LANDS PRESIDENTS CUP
By FRANCIS YOUNG.

X. luCheFntns W
ranking golfer. won the Presidents Cup
yesterday afternoon, when he beat Nor
bert A. Dempsey. OF Columbia, in the
final round of the first sixteen OF the
annual spring tournament Of the Chevy
Chase Club. This victory gives the home
player a leg on both the Presidents and
Vice Presidents cups.
Honors in the tournament were ve-y
evenly divided. In addition TO furnishing
Chase players also won both the main
and consolation prizes in the second.
when Reeve Lewis and E H. LOTUS
came through in good form AlpheUs
Winter did the best work for Columbia
when he came out in front in the third
while W. ]. Hughes, winner in the fourth
flight OF the consultations. was the other
victor from that club. The other prizes
went to Out-of-town players.
The day was full OF surprises In the
semi-hnals, Norbert Dempsey met Dr..
Lee L. Harlan and Tuckermsn had
Julian T. Bishop as his opponent. Demp-
sey and Harlan met a week or so ago in
the finals OF the Washington Country
Club event and the former won very de-
cisIvely. and many thought he would re-
peat yesterday as he is a veteran At
the game and is now going at top speed.
But IN his yesterdays match, he played
all over the course and was clearly of
color with the result that he lost out
on the nineteenth hole by up. Dempsey
got a splendid start and was 4 up at
the turn. but Harlan played a better
game on the homewsrd trip and caught
him at the seventeenth and nearly won
the match, Dempsey saving himself by
sinking a long putt for a hslve on the
home green. He went straight down the
course on the extra hole and won easily,
Sc. when DR.. Harlan went in the bunker.
The card was:
Dempsey, OUT. 54e5544sS-p
Dempsey, in-......... 456655 5-5-S
Harlan, OUT. b555556+
Harlan, in............ 365356S 45G-S
Bishop i, Easy.
TUckermsn had an easy time beating
Bishop in the lower half At the turn. he
was up. but by winning four OF the next
five holes he gained the decision on the
fifteenth, winning by up and 5 The
card was:
Tuckerman. OUT. 556l555s-A
Tuckerman. in........ 454l4Bs .-as-U
Bishop, OUT. 655I4657S$
Bishop, in............. 3sblBss .-1s-g
The match between Tuckernau and
Dempsey was. Of course, the one IN
which the gallery was most interested.
Dempsey showed that he still has a lot
to learn about the game, although he
did some splendid work at times He
made one serious mistake IN permitting
friend to caddy for htn and advise
him and many believe that had he
padded his own canoe" he would have
done much better. Tuckerrnan outdrove
him throughout the match and had ne
been putting in his usual form. would
undoubtedly have won by even a larger
margin.
Tuckerman topped his drive from the
first tee and when Dempsey got away
well and was dead to the hole in four
he took il after Tuckernan had trimmed
the cup for a halve. The next two holes
were poorly played by both players, the
Chevy Chase player winning both. one
in and the other in s. Dempsey lost
the second when he pulled his tee. went
in the rough on his third and then made
poor fourth. Tuckerman meantime
reaching the green on his second and
taking three puts The younEster again
overran when he played too strongly on
his approach to the third green and took
two 10 get out, making Tuckerman ! VI.
Forfeit stroke.
Fortune was against the younger
player on the short fourth G45 yardsD. as
his mashie shot from the tee fell in the
ditch, just failing TO clear Il by a few
inches. He was forced to drop out with
stroke penalty and then sliced his
approach to the steps leading from the
green for an unplayable lie and had 10
pick UP, conCeding Tuckermsn the hole
TuCkcrman made IL three Up when he
took the fifth after Dempsey had missed
three puts The sixth was halved al
though Tuckerman had an excellent
chance TO win but missed q short putt
The next was also halved. TuckerInsn
increasing his lead on the long eighth.
He was on the green I'm three TO Demp-
seys four and when the latter trimmed
the cup in a pretty attempt from tho
edge for a halve went down in par 5.
TUckerman made il up at the turn by
taking the ninth. Dempsey SLICED his
drive but had no chance TO win. as his
second found him just on the green with
Tuckermsn alnoet dead to the hole.
Dempsey won his second hole when he
took the short tenth, due largely TO Tuck.
erman's poor work. The Chevy Chase
player fell short on his second. overrsn
on his third and when he again crossed
the hole he picked up and conceded IL %
the younger PLAYER. The eleventh went
to Tuckermsn when Dempsey's third
went in the ditch and he overran the
green getting out
The Columbia player had some more