The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
STEADINESS OF PLAY
GIVES VIRGINIAN WIN
Form of Both Players Falls
Below Tournament STAN
dard; Careless Putting Of
Local Player Helps the
Southerner.

OF Virginia, captured honors in the
Columbia Country Club golf tourna-
ment again yesterday for the sec
Ond time in as many years, main
tanning an early lead over W. r..
Tucksrman Of the Chevy Chase Club
in the final for a margin of 4 up
and to go.
Form OF both players fell below
their tournament standard, but with
Newton taxing advantage of nearly
ever opDortupi:y. The Richmond
entry snatchsa the first four holes
IN par figures and reached the turn
i've up. Tuckerman braced coming
in but could only reduce Newton's
lead by one hole, the match ending
on the 18th. when he missed a long
putt to win and a short one for the
half.
Newton took the lead with his
beautiful approach shots and steady
putting while Tuckerman was vast
ing long drives by missing iron
shots and puts in the early stage
Of the game. Newton also dis
played a better game in playing out
Of trouble. The Richmond star well
deserved his victory but Tuckerman
should have made II a closer match
with more careful putting on the
first nine holes. He put up a stub
born fight and delayed defeat by
capturing two holes after Newton
was dormy dve.
Tuckermsn won his way to the
finals by defeating a. r. Mackenzie,
Columbia Country Club. up and >
to go, in the morning round. New
ton eliminated NJ. B. Stevenson, the
other Columbia Club semi-finslist. 3
and >. 1t was a we'll played match.
DR.. L. L. Harlan, of the Colum-
bia Country Club, copped the title
in the second group by defeating
Horace Green, of the Chevy Chase
Club, 4 up and to go. 1t was a
well-played match. with Harlan
holding the lead throughout.
G. P. Orme topped the third group
in a nineteen-hole match with
Schuyler Phillips, of the Hudson
River Club, the feature match OF
the day. Orme took the first three
holes and Phillips evened it up on
the next three, and the battle see
sawed the rest of the route. Orme
holding a l up margin at the turn.
The local player evened the match
on the eighteenth, and when Phil
lips drove into the rough and failed
match was concluded.
B. H Warner, Columbia, defeated
George z. Truett, Of the Washing
tor Club, ? up and l. E. P. Brooke
took the fifth group title with a
victory over c. S. Watts, of the
Columbia Club up and ..
Dwight Partridge, of Chevy
Chase, snagged consolation honors
in the first group by a victory over
James Baird. of the Columbia Club,
up and (.
The hole by hole play of the
championship match:
Newton:
out...-..-........... 44ts6s4 SO
Tuckernan:
out...........-...... 65545s55 $40
In. n....-.........--... S 90 81
The results yesterday follow:
First sixteen-Semi- finals: W. r.
Tuckerman, Chevy Chase. defeated
A R Mackenzie. Columbia, and .:
S. N. Newton, Richmond, defeated
NJ. B. Stevenson. Columbia, and >
Finals: Newton defeated Tuckerman,
and 2. Consolation finals: Dwight
Partridge, Chevy Chase, defeated
James Baird. Columbia, and l.
Second sixteen-Simi-finaIs Hor-
ace Green. Chevy Chase. defeated
W. J. McSalIy, Columbia, and |;
DR.. l. L Harlan. Columbia, defeated
H. L. Willoughby, jr.. ! up. Finals:
Harlan defeated Green, I and ..
Consolation finals: Lynn Haines,
Bannock burn. defeated B. z. Hinton,
Columbia, 5 and 3.
Third sixteen - Semi-fnals: 8
Phillips. Hudson River Club. de-
feated sherman Ford, Columbia. 3
and !; G. P. Orme, Columbia. de-
feated James Baines. Columbia, !
and s. Finals: Orme defeated Phil
lips. l up, l9 holes. Consolation
finals: Melville Peck, Richmond. de-
feated B. L Taylor. BannOckburn.
Fourth ixteen-Semihnals: B. H
Warner, Columbia, defeated Charles
Il. Orme. Columbia. and 2; George
z. Truett, Washington, defeated c.
B. Asher, Columbia. l up. Finals:
Warner defeated TrUett and I.
Consolation finals: \. D. V. Burr,
Washington. defeated c. A. Dunn,
Columbia, 1 UP, 10 holes.
Fifth sixteen-Semifnals: Z. p.
Brooke, Bannockburn. defeated J.
". Pierce, Baltimore, 6 and 5: C. S.
watts, Columbia, defeated John w,
Childress. Chevy Chase, and I.
Finals: Brooke defeated watts, 3 and
Z. Consolation finals: ". c. Wood
ward, Bannockburn. defeated Frank
Govern. Columbia, { and 5.