Evening star., 1916-07-17
MARRIED MEN TRIUMPH
Defeat Single Men in Golf Match,
18 to S, at Washington
Suburban Club.

The married men defeated the single
men in the golf match played at the
Washington Suburban Club yesterday
afternoon by is points to 5. The sum
maries:
Harry NJ. Kaufman tmarriedl, captain. de
feated Milton King tsingle). captain, 3 up; Phii
King tmarriedI all even with Mortimer hlnS
(single); Nathan Frank (married) lost 10 Mark
Lansburgh tsinglel, up; Henry l.. Kaufman
Albert sigmund married, defeated l.. Hirsch
(sing.el . up; DR.. Melvin Fischer tmarried, lost
to Sylvan King tsingiel. up; Sidney Reizen-
l up; Edgar Kaufman married, defeated 4.
Hedenfelder lsnglel, up; Sol Minister tnar-
red) defeated Lawrence Heller lsingle, up;
A D. Marks (marriedJ all even with David Baer
isingle): Henry kaufman tmarried) defeated
Melvin Behrens (single). 3 up; j. l.. Goldheim
tmarried) lost to Fulton Brylowski tsingle,,
Steinhem tsinglel, 3 up.
Walter Hagen of Rochester super
sedes Gil Nichols as metropolitan open
champion, winning the play off of the
triple tie for the title. Barnes of
Whitemarsh, one of the longest drivers
among the pro ranks, lost his chance
to again tie for the title through
peculiar accident. At the tenth hole
he drove into a pit, and in getting out
the ball struck the side of the pit and
bounded back on Barnes, hitting the
player on the shoulder According to
the rule, when a ball in play strikes
the player, the latter loses the hole IN
match play and stroke in medal play.
Barnes had led at the turn by two
strokes, going out in 81 to SO for Hagen
and Hoffner. The unfortunate tenth
robbed him of his lead. however, and he
was unable to pick up the stroke
needed even when he holed out a chip
shot from the rough for two on the
last hole, which is short one. Inc
play of Charles Hoffner of the Phil
mont Country Club of Philadelphia was
the surprise of the tourney, as this
youngster, notwithstanding his excel
lent play in the preliminary rounds.
was not expected to do anything which
would get ahead of the efforts OF the
better known pros. Ihe RUE Whlch
lost Barnes his chance to force another
tie for the title seems a peculiar one.
as its foundation seems based on the
physical agility of the player in get
ting out of the way of the bounding
ball Barnes had no intention. of
course of allowing anything of the
sort to happen. and it seems bit un-
fair to rob a player of chance Tor d
big championship through a happening
which was nothing short of accldentai,
and golf is supposed to be one OF the
most precise games on record. Exactly
the same thing happened here not long
ago In the final of one of the big tour
neys which was held in the spring:
This case was noteworthy because OF
the fact that the competitors happened
to be all square, and the incident oc-
CURED on the final hole.
This afternoon the curtain raiser of
the first tournament held by the new
Professional Golfers Association of
America, the amateur-pro four-ball
match, will be competed at the public
links in Van Cortland Park, New York.
The tourney will be conducted under
the auspices of the Newspaper Golf
Club of New York. an organization
made UP of golfng ScribeS of the
metropolis. AS many of the pros will
be paired with newspaper men, the
competition among the scriveners will
be keen, for the Journeys conducted
by the writer's are very well contested
and some good players are found among
gin at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning
and will attract all the players Of
prominence around New York city.
Walter Hagen, the new metropolitan
open champion viii play, as will also
Long Jim" Barnes. runner-up to
Hagen, and Charles Hoffner. who fin
ished third in last weeks event. The
prize money is particularly attractive
to the paid players. as 1t is as high as
that paid for the first ten players in
In the four-baller this afternoon the
premier columnist and fine player,
Grantland Rice, will be paired with the
veteran, Jack Hobens of the EngIe-
wood club. and this pair looks strong
enough to make the rest of the field
sit up and take notice.
The pairings and times of starting for
tomorrow's first round follow:
AN
9;OO-Fank Eastman and A. Fl. Merritt.
9:O4-Jim Hendry and W. Walsh.
9OS-M. Smith and G. f. Sparkling.
9:12-W. MacFarlane and John Bredemus.
9:18-B A. Conroy and Alex. Pirie.
9:2O-Tom Kerrigan and George Mclean.
9:24-E. NJ. Loving and Alex. Milne.
9:2S-Ben Nichols and J. r. Thompson.
9:32-C. W. Hackney and James Crossan.
9:36-Carl Anderson and Tom Boyd.
9:40-Harry Dunn and Paul Haber.
9:44-Joe Sylvester and W. D. Robinson.
9:4s-Dan O'Brien and Jack Barnes.
9:52-Herbert Strong and Emmett French.
9:56-H. Auchterinie and c. W. Singleton.
i0:00-Louis Mattucci and F. d. Hill.
lO:O4-Walter Hagen and Gilbert Nichols.
1O:0s-F. H. Belwood and ]. H. Norton.