Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
Burgess Captures Fifth.

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Burgess and Spencer walloped out
long balls on the fifth hole, with Beck
EFT Just little behind them. Mcleod
over the first hill to the edge of the
rough. whence he pitched out to the
left of the green. Beckett topped his
second. and was just on in 3. Spen-
GERS high pitch was short, and Burgess
was over. The latter Clipped up dead.
as did his partner, and won the hole
with 4. Mcleod missing a fve-foot
putt for half. The latter came into
iron shot just on the edge of the green
to the right. Burgess hooked to the
hillside. and Beckett was on, thirty feet
short of the cup. Mcleod played per-
the pin and ran to the left, ten feet
from the cup. When his putt went
down for 2 the match was squared.
Beckett nearly getting a half.
All got good balls from the seventh
tee. Beckett was just on the green In
three shots, and took three puts, Bur-
CESS being just to the left of the pin
on the like and getting down in the
Spencer put his second shot over the
road out of bounds. and Mcleod
shanked his pitch. The match was
again si squared ~ at the eighth. Spencer
topped ball hit in the rocks and jumped
out. Mcleod and Burgess were just off
the edge of the green. The former
won the hole when the Chevy Chase
pros chip was short. The ninth was
halved in 4. leaving the match all
square at the turn.
Burgess had a chance to put his team
/ in the lead on the tenth hole. but his
and failed to drop All the tee shots
| on the eleventh were we'll hit, but
Beckett and Burgess were short with
| their pitches. Spencer being over to the
l. Af Il Tar
| the hole. He had a very ticklish ap-
proach putt along the edge of one of
| the depressions and played it well, his
ball stopping two feet from the cup.
| half with Mcleod, putting the Beckett
Mcleod combination 1 up.
The Washington Country Club pro.
hit good ball to the short twelfth,
| Leod's ball. a good deal hooked. ran
into the gallery which stood on, the
mound above the green. Spencer's ball
| ran well up on the green. while Burgess
| hooked his tee shot to the edge of the
| rough. Spencer's putt for a 2 trimmed
the cup and the hole was halved in 3
Beckett running down a six-footer for
a half.
Burgess Wins Thirteenth.
Again the match was squared at the
short thirteenth. Both Beckett and
Mcleod. trying to play the pitch a little
too fine. put their balls in the ditch.
Spencer's pitch barely carried the haz-
ard. and Burgess was in the edge of the
rough above the green. Mcleod elected
to lose a stroke and drop back. and
his niblick pitch missed holding only by
inches. Burgess winning the hole with a
| ,. The fourteenth was halved. All got
fine balls off the tea. Burgess being
to the right. his second shot hitting
tree and bounding far back. spen-
GERS high pitch was hooked, Beckett
was Just short in and Mcleod was
again to the left. Beckett and spen-
Ger had As, leaving the match still
square
Runs Down Putt for Q.
The break came at the short fif-
tenth. where Mcleod had previously
secured 2. On this occasion his tee
| shot was not 80 we'll hit, his ball
carrying twenty feet short Of the pin.
Burgess being in the woods to the
| right. Spencer just off the green to the
right and Beckett on the hill to the
left. McLeod's putt for a . hit an in
equality in the green and jumped in