Evening star., 1917-05-04
HAWESBEATSEYNON
IN OPENING ROUND
Home Club Golfer Defeats
Champion at Start Of
Tournament.
VETERAN TRUETT LOSES

Ihe defeat or E. b. Eynon, jr., District
champion, by r. B. Halves OF
the Home Club was the feature of the
first round of the Washington Golf and
Country Clubs annual spring tourna-
ment played this morning. Hawes
proved himself a better wet weather
player than the champion.
The men were all square at the turn.
Eynon won the tenth hole and lost the
eleventh: the twelfth was halved;
hooked tee shot into the ditch. and
won the fourteeth with a four. Eynon
being bunkered from the tee.
Hawes. with a lone tee shot on the
fifteenth hole, won the hole when
ing the Washington c. c. player. l up.
The short sixteenth was halved in four,
ana the match came to an end when
Eynon took three puts on the seven
teenth green, Hawes winning and l.
Veteran Truett Defeated.
John w. Brawner of the Columbia
c. c. defeated the veteran, C. E. Truett,
Of the Home Club. and 1. D. K Jack
son of the Columbia C. C. defeated B.
L. Taylor Of Bannockburn on the last
green. Loren johnson of the Washing
ton G: c. defeated 1. R. Prentiss. and 2.
A. Winter OF the Col. c. C. was going q
little too strong for John Clapp of
Hughes: jr.. of the Col. c. C. defeated
r. Hayden. fellow club member. and
.. Tom Dempsey, winner of the quali-
fcation round. defeated Emmons S.
OF the Chevy Chase Club defeated VIII
liam Mackie of BannocRburn, 4 and 2.
Results OF play in the second sixteen
ps:v.H =: B. , wagsaman Wa defeated A. P.
,,,g Lynn Haines defeated Robinson
A; e. Yates defeated ]. A. White. 4
J. G. Fales defeated Boyd Taylor. / up
in 19 holes.
John Davidson defeated w. v. Worth
ington. 4 and 2.
S. T. Price defeated A. R. Mckenzie.
H. N. Brown defeated K. L. Finken-
staedt by defaultA
Fourth Sixteen.
H. G. Brown defeated o. R. Evans.
4 to S.
Capt. G. w. Denfeld defeated c. A.
Watson. 2 up.
B. w. Woodruff defeated B. H. War
ner. jr., 2 and 1.
F. E. Kent defeated c. P. King, 4
and 3.
w. H. woodman defeated Herman
Stabler. and 8.
E. NJ Posey defeated F. C. Clark, s
and S.
W. N. Knowles defeated c. H. orme,
l up.
F. L. Mosby defeated F. G. Green, 4
and 3.
The heavy rain which began to fall
early this morning slowed up the course
a great deal. and the players found
pretty wet going.
Dempsey Leads Qualifiers.
Thomas c. Dempsey of the Columbia
Country Club. winner of the qualinca-
tion round last year, again led the field
in the medal round yesterday. with q
score Of ~. three strokes lower than
his last years total. John H. Clapp of
the Chevy Chase Club was second. with
II, with E. B. Eynon, jr., of the Column
bia Country Club. the District amateur
morning scores were Unexpectedly
high, undoubtedly due to q high and
rather chilly wind from the northwest.
Dempsey took three puts on the first
green, and put his tee shot to the tricky
second hole ten feet from the pin. sink
ing the putt for 2. With the assist
ance OF a good chip shot he was down
in 5 on the long third. He drove to
the edge of the fourth green. Clipped
a 3. He drove the fifth green. and
again registered 8. With a regula-
tion on the precipitous sixth. he was
In a fair way to be out In "a or better.
On the seventh. which can be reached
with an iron from the tee. he hooked
his drive and had to sink a ten-foot
putt for a 4. His first lapse from grace
came on the eighth. where he hooked
long. high ball over the out-of-
bounds line and Clipped short. getting
down in 6. With the ninth hole Demp-
sey's missed opportunities ended. Yes
terday 1t was dead into the wind. re-
quiring nearly a full iron shot to a
very fast green. which the medalist
found a little slippery. getting down
in S for an out of 81. There was
nothing spectacular about the last nine
holes, and the Columbia youngster was
back in IS. which included three 3s.
Defnpsey's card:
Outs 2 S 3 8 5-37
In-5 1 8 S 81 3 4 4-35-72
Alpheus Winter John Davidson, E. S.
Duvall and Lee l. Harlan OF the CO.
Iumbia Country Club tied at SO for one
place in the first fight. On the play
off Harlan and DuvaIl botched up the
first hole and dropped out, Davidson
and Winter halving in 4. On the sec
ond Davidson's tee shot went down the
hill and Winter won the hole with
par 3. securing a place in the first flight
The Qualification Scores.
Qualification scores follow:
T. c. Dempsey. Col. C. c., -: John n. Clspp.
Chevy Chase. II: E. B. Eyncn. jr.. 7s; G. e.
Trustt, Wash. C. c.. 80; John W. Brawner.
Col. C. c., so; D. X. Jackson. Col. c. c.. 80;
John S. Larcombe. Jr.. Chevy Chase. so; r.
p Hawes. Wash. c. C., 81; Loren B. T. John
81: sGo Emmon. @ S. Smith. ,r.. Col 6. G. 81; WI.
Goi' a G. C.. s.; Irving R. Prentiss. Mohswk Golf
Club. Sc: Bruce L. Taylor. Bann;. SO: Aipheus
Winter, Col: c: C., IS; John G Davidson, Col.
G g. So s. puva, GbeTv W. oss.s ss s. Fl H,ry; ss
G. G.. SIS: John G. Faies. unattached. IS: Al
bert R. Mckenzie; Col; G.. C.. 80; 4. z. Yates
= wasn' "a: simeon 7. Price. wash C. G.. Sc: John
Chapman. Kirkside. SO; Lynn Haines. Kirkside.
81; Robinson White; Col. c; C.. 81; J. A. white.
I. I Finten.taedt: Col. c. G.. 81; g. T; smith.
Cney G.. e.; II. 4. G,lh.. Chevy Chase. 81; b. S.
simmons wash ss c W. 81 seibsla sSsn co % Gr.ve'
S.: Il. c. smithy, jr.; Col C. C.; IS; &; Y.
Piper, wash. G. C.: ss; l. g. Barr Wash.
G. C.. So: A. G. MeElroy Col c: C.; IS; J. 8
So: q. q. Duganne. wash. g: c.. 50: T. J: W.
Brown, Bann., 50: W +. Ham, Chevy Chase.
go; w. R. Pearce. Bann., 90; O., r. Evans. Col.
e. So BeH.m,n Ws1n.p Mo0GsSnc sr co G. s'ce e.. 90:
Chevy Chase. si; H. @. Brown. wash.
6. G., sl; G. A. Watson. Col. 9. C.. 81: W.