Evening star., 1923-10-12
CHRIS DUNPHY LEADING
GOLF FIELD IN BATTLE
FOR D. c. CHAMPIONSHIP

Steady as the proverbial clock and
brilliant when he needed to be, Chris
~. Dunphy, the District champion, led
a field of thirty-four starters in the
petition for the District golf title at
| the Chevy Chase Club yesterday, with
a 36-hole card of 156, composed of a
pair of TSS One shot back of Dun
Ia made yesterday afternoon. when
/ he was not conceded a chance to
catch the title-holder, came Walter
r. Tuckerman, the Chevy Chase Club
crack and a former holder of the til
tie. Dunphy and Tuckerman are
the one-stroke handicap Dunphy has,
| 1t would not be at all surprising to
see Tuckerman catch and pass the CO.
lumbia crack, for Tuckerman is a
gets the feel of the ball.
| Three shots back of Tuckerman
come Miller B. STEVENSON and Roland
X. Mackenzie, the youthful star of
Columbia, who shot 76 yesterday
! morning to lead the field. He took
81 in the afternoon. Stevinson had
rounds OF 70 and 81. Albert r. Mac
kenzie Of Columbia. the middle At
liantfc champion, stands by himself at
1853, while. John F. Brawner of Column
| ton are tied at 164. The rest Of the
T.; field is strung out down to A. NJ Por-
ter of Columbia, who had two rounds
! of LOG for a total of 212.
] -Four Stand Ont I'm Play.
! In medal play anything may hap
| pen, but the course of the Chevy
I Chase Club is not conducive to rum
and the chance of any one but Tuck
erman, Stevinson and young MacKen-
zie to catch Dunphy is slim. Roland
| and Stevinson are playing today.
while Albert Mackenzie is playing
with ]. F. Brawner and McCallum is
| playing with Samuel Dalzell, the
F., Chevy Chase Club champion, who had
a score of 165 yesterday. Guy NJ.
Standifer. the 1921 District champion,
on his way to Washington from Cali
fornia, was detained by train wreck
! and was unable to play. He wired
! the committee asking that he be al
lowed to play 72 holes today, but was
refused.
Tsste,rday,,ss cards FOLLOW: G. J; Dunphy.
Columbia. 7s-s4-1eo; NJ b. stevinson.,
E0T%ba Snm%a 7ssl.ce r. ssKenais CO.
ing,on, sl-s3--l64; J. F.. Brawner. Columbia.
sa-so-1s+: 5 samuel u paizell, Chevy Chase,
sSsi-iSs; Donald woodward. % Hne' col3mbss, nsss,
sImse-le5; =; =; Hart, C,oIlumbia. sIs4a
Tom Moore, Indian Spring, Ss-s3-17l: Lee
Crandall. jr, Bannockburn, ss-s5-173; X. +.
| Davidson, Wash ngton. S7--S9-l76; A. r.
Prescott, Columbia, S5--92--l7s; G.. T. Gun.
| niEshHm Bannockburn, 9l--90-iSi; 8. r.
/ Sreelman. Indian Spring. S6-96--ISa; A. l..
| Chr!stman, Columbia. D0-9S--iSS; H C..
Train, Columbia. 95-94-1S9: J. ~ white,
jr., Bannockburn, 94-97-191; A. N. Porter,
! Columbia. 1Od-l06-ol2.
f: Many withdraw.
! withdrew--G. Il. Truett, Washington. 99-
| 96--195; A. q. Mattingly, Coluinb a. 90; w. r.
! Pearce, Bannockburn. o.; g. p. Lynde, Wash
! ington, 80; H. L. Davidson. Chery Chase, 91
G; p orms Columbia; @. z James. Columbia,
Tuckermsn's card of IA follows:
Gn': fn. ...:::.: .': ! ) Is : / Z aassss-7. 80
1 In his morning round Tuckerman
| came within four inches of an eagle
( two on the eighteenth hole. His ba'l
J hit the Flagstaff and came to rest bul
/ four inches away. McCallum and A.
! r. Mackenzie were the only players
i to secure birdie threes on the difficult
seventeenth yesterday.
| In addition to being In second place
In the District titular event at the
/ close of play yesterday, Tuckerman
(, led for the Chevy Chase Club title.
which is being played in conjunction
| with the District championship. With
| his score of 157. Tuckerman led Sam
uel Dalzeli. the present champion, by
I a cht sh0ts