The Washington herald., 1919-05-17
Low Medalist Tuckerman
Eliminated in Second
Round Of Chevy Chase
Spring Tourney-Extra
Hole Matches Predomi-
nate.

The old superstition in golf to the
effect that the low medalist never sur
wives the first day of match play
worked" again yesterday when Wal
ter II Tuckerman was eliminated in
the second round of the annual spring
invitation tournament Of the Chevy
Chase Club.
Tuckerman came through in good
shape in his match with Fraser Hale.
the Chicago crack who represents
Columbia. in the first round. but
Cameron B. Buxton. OF Philadelphia.
was too much for him in the second
round. Tuckerman showed n brand
of golf which would no doubt have
beaten any other player in the event:
but Buxton. IL former Quaker City
champion. WAS at his best as Is at
tested by his round of 20. The card
for this match was:
Buxton .......Out , 4 424 . 4 6 $50
In45I344 ET-73
Tuckerman Out AS "a 44G +S
In365 5434 SSH
McCaIIum is Beaten.
I pSClo anu CAlld-hOit
dominated. In the first flight alone
there were no less than eight sur
prises sprung, among which may be
mentioned Walter r. McCallum's de-
feat by both John w. Brawner ana
Merven Thompson. George James de-
feat by John II. Clapp. and Albert r.
Mackenzie's defeat of the latter.
James was later beaten again by
George Chasmar. c. NJ. Mackall. a
l5-year-old youngster from the Wash
ington Country Club. eliminated T. c.
DeRossett. one OF Baltimore's best
players. in the first round. and
George T. Cunningham. of Bannock-
burn. in the second. The same con-
dition applies to the other flights.
favorites being bowled over in them
also with clocklike regularity.
Walter II. McCallum and John II.
Brawner furnished the longest match
OF the day. the latter winning on
The twenty-third green. -Four other
matches called for extra holes
The event will end today with the
semi-final rounds in all flights schcd-
uled for the morning and the finals
on the afternoons card.
FIRST SIXTEEN.
First round-Georgc r. Cunning
ham. Bannockburn. defeated L. f.
PurnelI. Baltimore. up; c. NJ
Mackall. Washington, defeated T.
c. DcRossett. Baltimore. up; Cam
eron l.. Buxton. Huntington Valley,
Philadelphia. defeated F. c. Morton.
Baltimore. up and I: Walter Il.
Tuckerman. Chevy Chase. defeated
Fraser Hale. Columbia. 3 up and 2:
/ John w. Brawner. Columbia, de-
+ feated Walter r. McCallum. WASH
ington. l up at % holes: Lee l..
! Harlan, Columbia. defeated Marvin
Thompson. Chevy Chase. up and 6;
I Albert r. Mackenzie. Columbia. de-
feated George H. Chasmar. Column
bia. 1 up: John II. Clapp. Chevy
! Chase, defeated George z. James.
Columbia. 1 up at 20 holes.
/ Second round-Mackall defeated
/ Cunningham. . up and 1 Buxton de-
! feated Tuckerman. 4 up and 3; Har-
ban defeated Brawner. l up at 1s
/ holes: Mackenzie defeated Clapp,
up and 2.
I Consultations. nrst round-DeRos-
sctt defeated Purnell. 4 up and 3:
Hale defeatede Morton. 4 up and 8;
Thompson defeated McCallum. 1 up;
Chasmar defeated James, 3 up and 2.
SECOND SlXTTEN.
marsh Valley. Philadelphia. defeated
S. W. Laudick. Columbia. 8 up and .;
E. L. Bartlett. Baltimore. defeated ].
c. Nagle. Bannockburn. up and 4:
James Baird. Columbia. defeated John
c. Davidson, Columbia. up and 5;
G. M. Ivory. Bannockburr, defeated
Tom Moore. Bannockburn. I up and 3:
! Harris n. Brown. Columbia, defeated
+. b. Pyle, Columbia, l up at 10
holes; j. II. DeSibour. Chevy Chase,
defeated Daniel X. Jackson, Columbia,
up and l: Hugh Mackenzie, Column
bia, defeated c. A. Fuller, Chevy
Chase. by default: W. c. Barr, Wash
inston. defeated Edward E. Harlan,
Columbia, up and 5.
Second round: Bartlett defeated
Newton. 4 up and 2: Ivory defeated
Baird. l up: DeSibour defeated Brown,
up and 3: Mackenzie defeated Barr.
6 up and s.
Consultations. first round: Nagle de-
feated lIaudick, by default; Davidson
defeated Moore. up and I; jackson
defeated Pyle. . up and l; Harlan
won by default.
SECOND SIXTTEN.
First round-H King CornweIl. CO.
lumbia, defeated A. L. Christman, Co.
lumbia, l up at 10 holes; F. II. Ellis.
Chevy Chase, defeated c. Brown
Miller. Chevy Chase, up and 3: Mar
, shal Langhorne. Chevy Chase, defeat
cd Robert Weir. Wilmington, by de-
fault; r. r. Harrison. Chevy Chase,
defeated C. A. Bicder. Columbia. 3
up and s; I. T. Mann. Chevy Chase,
defeated s. II. Harris. tr., Kirkside,
up and 3; A l. Thurman, Columbia,
defeated John S. Larcombe, tr., CHEVY
Chase, up and !; Donald Woodward.
Columbia, defeated f. J. Orne. CO.
lumbia. up and 5: Hughes Oliphant,
Chevy Chase. defeated j. l.. Davis,
Chevy Chase, by default
| Second round-Ellis defeated Corn
well. 5 up and 4; Harrison defeated
Langhorne, up and &: Mann defeat
! ed Thurman. up and s: Woodward
defeated Oliphant. by default.
/ Consultations. first round -Christman
defeated Miller. by default: Bieder
won by default: Harris defeated Lar
combe. up and 5; orme won by de-
fault.
| FOURTH SI..TEEN,
First round-Robert Dugan, Column
bia. defeated c. 7. Osborn, Chevy
Chase. by default: Arthur s. Mating
ly. Columbia, defeated F. L. Davis.
Columbia. up and s: George T..
| Truett, Washington, defeated W. II.
AkeIey. Columbia, . up and 1; Otis
III. Wood. Columbia, defeated Robin
son White. Columbia. up and -: J.
Donald Cassels, Chevy Chase. defeated
]. T. Barnes. Washington. 4 up and .;
| E. NJ. Talcott. Chevy Chase, defeated
4 RaQil nj Manlag pannankht,r.,