Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-07
middle ATLANTIC GOLF
TOURNEY ON TOMORROW
2O3 Players Will Start in First
Round Over Three Local
Courses.

Two hundred and eight golfers or the
middle Atlantic section will play in the
first round Of match play tomorrow
morning in one of the largest tourna-
ments ever held in this country. The
event, which will be played on three OF
the local courses. those of the CheVy
Chase Club, the Columbia Country Cluo
and the Kirdside Golf Club. netted
considerable amount of money for the
American Red Cross. for whose benefit
the affair is being held. Practically all
the best players of the middle Atlantic
section with the exception of the title
holder, w. C. Ballantyne OF the Column
bia Country Club. are in the first six
narily qualify in the major flight by
virtue of their higher handicaps are In
lower divisions. The first flight should
furnish a great battle with men OF
the caliber Of the two Corkrans. BOD
Weir of Wilmington, Walter r. Tuck
erman of Chevy Chase. E. B. Eynon. IT.,
and T. Courtenay jenkins. last year
runner-up competing.
Players in flights from the first to
the fifth, inclusive, Will compete IN tne
first round over the Chevy Chase CLUB
course, those in flights ranging from
the Columbia Country Club course, ana
those in flights from the eleventh TO
the thirteenth, inclusive, over the
kirkside Golf Club course.
One hundred and twenty-five add
tional names were sent in. but these
men were unable to play. making the
total participation in the tournament
$50. Every local club is represented.
The pairings follow:
First sixteen-Robert wier vs.. ". r. Tucker
man, c. Ashmead Fuller vs. b. L. Bond. george
wss VS. Eynon Charles l.
Ernest smith. l.. :. Harlan vs.; D. G: corkran.
A
Ha Ssssna
Z. Tru.tt vs.. ). B. cassels. simeon T Price 1.
D; 3. Gish; John ". Br.wner - p; K: Jackson s:
Alpheus Winter Us Wix arthur Matfinsy E. Lee
Third sixteen-A q. thurman vs.. A. B. Shell
ton. H. n. Brown vs. Alexander Britton, A. j.
Cowies vs. e. NJ. Talcott. T. J: ". Brown vs.
Fourth pss1 Il w. srense w.
eombe, jr.; Emmons g; Smith. tr.. VS.. Charles
oTms eE1isr pul cb';. r., y F,, Neyboa
vs.. o. H. Wood. Richard Tunstall VS.. R. Z.
Bn Fifth s. E1l1' T. B Ass'
Lindsay. John s. Norris v. Robinson White; H.
VI. John Job H. GhaRn.a w.R
vs.. Louis is /: Dent. = 3. Khsem y. Harry
Wolf J. J. Henderson vs.. J. N. Rankin. G. 9.
Mendenhall. E. /. Porcher. VS.. ]: T. Hendricks.
Philip king rs. c. T. Osburn, n. G. Brantley
VS.. L. =. Mann. +. s. Appleman vs.. +. p. Wag-
seventh sixteen-william C. Prentiss vs.. C. Il.
Johnston J. Andrew White vs. g: A. watson s,sn,. !;
". ]: Eynoa. T. De e. Faust V. G. W ginp 4.
'AI Eighth si1ieenNA. B. pulin VS.. whitman
h.rr s.f ~ E.fn Is ss
ington. Paul sperry VS.. John L. Writ. H. b.
Spencer VS.: Thomas Armstrong. C. r. stetson
Ninth sixteen-w. E. Fowler vs.. A. T. vogel
y Wes;. PAYS ". Baker Woodruff vs.
John e. Walker. Bliss n. Davis VS.. ]. A. ShafYer.
L. II. Pilson vs.. Z. J. Orme. C. ': Wheeler vs.
A. L. Thurman. Low Skinner VS.. Fleming New
Tenth si1teen-J. @. Mclaughlin vs.. c. L.
s s,ss r. s e. Levin W.ss ,. C.
doIph Kaufman, @. n. sparkman Va. 2. O.
s ssa V:ine =. hse E. D. "a cav
vs.. Hugh Mackenzie.
Eleventh si1teen.E. o. Grave: v: J.; ".
ssi,ord vs.. +. J. HssEin. +. W. seibold y. Her.
man Stabler. D. B. Ames ". A. F. Ebsriy. j.;
KIM Orwell erns H. Shannon vs.. ing f. cai
twelfth sixteen. z. Powell ". 4. B. Gar
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Thompson Us. A; L. Bryant. 9. 2. Elicit vs. AZ
b. Brown VS.. Morris simon. A. c. McElroy ".
Bliss y. Davis, Earl u. krewson vs.. Percy D.
Foster.
Thirteenth sixteen-L. L. Hammer vs.. 3. P.
R. Elliott vs.. J. N; sterrett Harrison stidhan
~ Worthington. o. Metzerott VS.. D. E. Nc
Comb. K. 8. spilman VS.. Richard D. Daniels.
J. NJ williams vs.. c. A. Kenyon.
The schedule Of play will be as follow:
6lXteeuo n
elusive:
$40 to 8:15. nth sixteen.
800 to 9:55, third sixteen.
1000 to 1928. first sixteen.
10:40 to 11:15 second sixteen.
II 30 to 11:55, fourth sixteen.
Columbia Country Club, dxth to tenth SIX
teens inclusive:
$40 to o:15, tenth sixteen.
$40 to e:56, eighth sixteen.
1000 to 10: as, sixth sixteen.
1910 to HIS, seventh sixteen.
IL 20 to 11:55, ninth sixteen.
Kirkside Golf Club, eleventh to thirteenth six
teena inclusive:
$50 to 9:65, thirteenth sixteen.
1000 to 1913. eleventh sixteen.
1910 to Heb, twelfth sixteen.