Evening star., 1916-08-10
FINISH FIRST ROUND
Columbia Country Club Golfers
Reach Second Contests in
August Tourney.

The August tournament matches in the
first round of the Columbia Country Clubs
monthly event have reached the second
round, practically all OF the flrst-round
matches having been played. The tour
ney is notable because of the fact that
some of the best players of the club
are not in the competition. E. B. Eynon.
jr. District champion, is not playing. aud
the names of Donald Woodward. w. c.
Ballantyne and several others who usually
compete in these monthly events are
missing
The results of the frst-round matches
follow: First fiight-Roy Pickford defeat
ed E. NJ Posey, / up; A. G. Buhrman de-
feated William J. Hoover by default; A.
W. Copp defeated c. H. Pope by default:
Robinson White defeated A. Anderson.
81: F. S. Appleman defeated William w.
Price. 50: c. c. Van Leer defeated Will
liam Smith. 4-3.
Second tlight-C. E. Caldwell defeated
E. l. Ober, "a; A. C. Moses defeated T.
H p Seidkmann, al; Hugh Mckenzie
defeated F. w Seibold. a.; William
H. West defeated o. B. Drown, IS.
Third Night. NJ Williams defeated
George Rice, 5-3: B. U. Graham de-
feated s. A. Reeves, 5-3, and P. s.
Foster defeated F. K Jelleff. 2-.
The following players will compete
in the second round of the Let's trophy
Leer, g. H. Chasmar VS.. Ralph Barnard,
Robson White VS.. E. NJ Posey and
Alpheus Winter VS.. o. H. Wood.
Bannockburn golfers and all friends
Of George T. Cunningham, the popular
member of the Cabin John organiza-
ton, will be sorry to learn that he is
seriously i'll with pneumonia at his
mothers home in New York state.
The Columbia Country Club members
of the Army and Navy Rifle Union will
journey to the government rifle range
tomorrow to compete in special COM
pany shoots. In rifle shooting the same
degree of earnestness characterizes the
contestant that keeps alive in him the
fascination of golf. There are bugs"
In rife shooting as there are in the
ancient Scotch game. and some of the
very good shots. At least one Of the
troop. which numbers nearly twenty, is
entitled to the appellation of expert
marksman."
Surely Walter C. Hagen of Rochester
and metropolitan open champion is
frantically trying to set a new mark
Tor winning open Journeys this year,
Ioi SeSteTudy afternoon he brought in
the lowest score in the Shawnee open
tournament. classed by most of the
professionals as second in Importance
only to the national open itself
consistency proved the jewel in
Hagen's crown, as, after a pair of 75s
tuesday he went out yesterday and
under the spur of the fine golf of Jim
Barnes and Gil Nichols, who were
pushing him, shot another rs and then
a 73 to lead Robert Mcdonald of Buff
falo by four strokes.
Barnes started the final day of play
one stroke behind Hagen, but could
not do better than a in the morning
round. when the sensation of the tour
nament was furnished by the tenn
peramental Gil Nichols, who got
around the long and difficult course
in II. which put him in a tie with
Hagen for first place Gil and Hagen
were paired in the afternoon and a
battle royal was staged until the tenth
hole. after both had reached the turn
in 80, when Nichols faded completely
and Hagen won easily. Bob Mcdonald,
the doughty Scot from Buffalo, turned
in 72 in the afternoon, and but for
three short missed puts might have
broken Nichols score of IL.
Fred Mcleod of Columbia won the
tournament in 1912.
Jack Burgess. the Chevy Chase pro-
fessional, has not been able to leave
his sick bed, and it is expected that
he will be confined for another day
or two.