The Washington herald., 1916-10-22
B. WARREN CORKRAN |
Lands FIRST flight
Baltimore Country Club Golfer Grabs
Honors in Columbia Country
Clubs Tourney.

the annual fall tournament Of the Co
lumoia Country Club. which ended yes
terday afternoon as Gen. z. NJ. Weaver,
who won the third sixteen, was the only
Washingtonian to score in the main
flights. In this match, the general beat
w. ]. Hughes, jr., OF the home club,
up and /. When Weaver got a pretty
on the thirteenth, the match was squared.
He took the fifteenth in par and then with
Hughes dead to the hole, ran down a 30
foot putt on the seventeenth, ending the
match
B. Warren Corkran, Baltimore Country
Club; Robert Wier, Wilmington Country
Club; NJ. c. Burton, Huntington Valley,
i and e. =. Bartlett, 5rd, Baltimore Country
Club, were the winners OF the first, sec
ond. fourth and fifth flights. respectively.
while the four consultations went to W. c.
Ballantyne, Columbia; J. r. Maxwell,
Merton Cricket Club; Harold E. Doyle,
Columbia, and F. P. waggaman, Column
bia, in the order named
In the play-ofr OF the tie for the three
prizes In the medal play event. H L
Bond, 3rd, of the Baltimore Country
! Club, won with an 81 tout q, in Se), with
George P. James and Roy H. Pickford.
! both of Columbia, second and third, re-
/ spectively, Donald Woodward having de-
faulted. James scored an sS, while Pick
ford took IS strokes.
A gallery OF more than 100 enthusiasts
was on hand when B. Warren Corkran
and F. W. Dwyer started of in the final
round Of the first sixteen. Both players
are well known locally, Corkran by rea-
son OF the fact that he has been a fire.
quenter OF local events for years past and
! Dwyer on account OF his having attended
school here three or four years ago, when
he played both football and baseball at
! the Cathedral School Corkran won- l
up at 1s holes, but not without a great
| battle. Any time he has an opponent
down at the tenth hole and then the
match has TO go extra holes his opponent
must have played some wonderful golf.
And this is what happened yesterday. The
! long game Of both players was about
equal. but Corkran was perhaps a little
| better on his approaching, and great
deal better on the greens.
| Dwyer won the first hole after Corkran
had topped his drive. He had an excel
lent chance to make II up on the next
| but missed a putt Of less than two feet
enabling Corkran to win and square the
match. Playing No. 3, Corbran was on
the green on his second. with Dwyer just
! off, the Baltimore player winning II when
Dwyer first overran the hole and then
missed another short one coming back.
A long putt on the fourth made Corlran
| 2 up. Dryers run-up to the hole was the
| better but Corkran ran down one at
about fifteen feet for win.
Playing the fifth, Dwyer repeated the
performance of his mornings match at
this hole by driving his second shot out
OF bounds, which cost him a stroke, but
notwithstanding this, he put his third on
/ the green and halved II in par 8 after
| Corkran had trimmed the cup on his
fourth. The Pennsylvania champion got
into more trouble on the sixth when he
pulled his drive to the bunker. He made
a pretty out but lost the hole when Cork
rams second was hole high and he was
down in 1.
Corkran made II up by taking the
seventh hole in par figures His opponent
outdrove him by fully twenty-five yards
but sent his second into the bunker
guarding the green and then overran on
his third. On the short 194-yard eighth,
both reached the green on their tee shots
and were down in 8. The ninth was
halved in As, and when they turned for
home Corkran was up and going at a
great clip having made the first half Of
the journey in par 81, with his opponent
strokes worse. On the tenth the Bal
timore players second was hole high and
he trimmed the cup on his third. getting
a 4, Dwyer overplaying the hole TO the
rough. At this stage of the game Cork
ran was up and everyone conceded
him the match, and the only doubt ap-
peared to be as to how bad he would
beat Dwyer. But from this time on con-
ditions were reversed. Dwyer seemed to
hnd himself and he bested Corkran at
all angles of the game until the finish.
He took the eleventh. getting on the
green In and going down in 4, after
Corkran's third had cleared the green
and he had missed two puts The tweIftb
was another par hole, which he took
, IN 4. His second was just off the greer,
! ne laid his third dead and won when
I Corkran took three to reach the green
and made a 5. 1t was up when DIVER
holed a beautiful approach shot from
the edge OF the thirteenth green for a 2
On the fourteenth, the Baltimore player's
second cleared the green. but he made a
pretty third and had to be content with
a half when Dwyer laid him a stymIe
Dwyer again beat par figures when he
took the fifteenth (par ~ in 3, Corkra n
getting In trouble and finally concedtng
him the hole. This made Corkran onIv
up, and 1t was squared when Corkran
sliced his tee shot on the sixteenth To
the ditch, taking a to Dwyer's g.
On the seventeenth the old adaKe
Never up, never in." was aptly illus
trated. Both players made beautiful
pitches to the green for their seconds
Corkran's third was almost dead. DIVERS
third was short OF the hole. giving Cork
ran much the better putt. He holed his
and was l up again when Dwyer missed
his about eighteen inches. Going to the
home hole they lay about alike on their
drives. but Dwyer reached the green on
his second and Corkran sliced his
Dryers third was within a few inches
OF the pin and he won when Corkran
missed an attempt at a long putt. This
squared the match again, and made an
extra hole necessary, which Corkran won
when Dwyer missed a putt Of about six
feet for a halve.
This was easily one of the best matches
played on local course this season
Coming in, Dwyer's medal score was 81
under par, while Corkran took ls. The
card was:
| Corkran-
Out .........5 4 4S4I 81
In ............4 4 654B +47-a
Dwyer-
Out ..........4 S $3.50 Al
In ............5 2 So $50 S4o-s1
In his match in the second sixteen. wier
counted Is on both the eighth and six
teenth holes and won from McCaIlum on
the seventeenth when the latter lost his
ball.
| FIRST SIXTEEN
| Semi-hnxl round-F. w Duyer Montnl,tr de-
! feated R. s. WOrthinEton Shawnee up and 4:
B. Warren Corluan. Baltimore C. O., defeated r.
| l.. Bond Sd Baltimore O. c., up and 2
| SECOND