Evening star., 1926-06-10
GOLF TOURNAMENT
SCORES RUN HIGH
Wise, With "a, Tops Morning
Field at CoIumbia-Hough-
toms 70 Stands.

John l.. Wise of the Washington
Golf and Country Club turned In an
"a this morning to lead the morning
field in the second DAYS qualifying
flight Of the Columbia Country Ciubs
Spring golf tournament. Thomas ri.
kelleher, unattached. was In second
place at the conclusioe OF the morn.
ing flight with q card Of 80, and carr
V. Christie of Indian Spring was
third, with q score of S6.
None OF the morning starters Wss
near the score Of ~ turned in yeeter-
day by A. l.. Houghton Of tho Manor
Club but Il score of the leading play
ers Of the city were scheduled to start
this aft fternoOn. with the probsbilllH
that several of them would better
Houghton's 70. Other early scores to
day follow: Mai Edward Roth. Co
lumbia. "a; ]. W. Finley. Columbia,
3d. Sidney r. Kent. Columbia. 80.
Houshton Best In Qualifying.
A. J.. Houghton. club champion and
ace of the Manor Club. led a field Of
170 golfers in the first qualifying day
of the tourney yesterday. HoughtOn
shot 70. the only card turned In
under ~ by a mediocre field that
included few of the real stars about
Washington. The Manor Club player
shot consistent golf, having only one
| really bad hole-the ninth where a
second shot was bunkered and ne
. took to the hole. He was out In
/ 40 and back In 80 for his card Of -.
Walter X. Tuckerman. the new
| Chevy Chase Club champion; {. A.
| Fuller and r. A. LOTUS, all Of Chevy
Chase. played poorly. Tuckermsn scor'
| ing an "a, Fuller an So and LOTUS
declining to turn in his card. The
day was enivened by one of the un-
usual occurrences of golf. an eagle
| 2 on a hard par 4 hole. the hfteenth
at Columbia. where Claude >. Wat's
| hold his msshie second shot.
| The scores turned In yesterday. all
| on the hish side, showed the effect
| of the wind which swept over the
course all day. making putting aim
! cult and adding TO the hazard al
ready imposed by slippery. keen
! greens. The green's were true and
! good to putt on. but required Keen
touch and good Judgment OF distance
| F'ifty-four LAYERS turned IN CARDS un'
der "a. indicating that probably W
| will be the deadline for qualification
| In the last Of the six flights. The
neld which started today-the iast
qualifying day--was composed OF pct
ter golfers and practically the same
number as that which started yester'
day.
low Scores Listed.
The scores up to s5 made yester-
| day follow:
R. L. Housh,on; Manor; Is' S;;.s 6 +; r,d. psr- .r
s,a: Gs.m0ss. Ss.ss s. ss ss T.lsfF Ls.ve ecne:
| Burr Columbia: A. Coz. unattscneo o"
S:I, s1s3,ey Sh... e. cSs'1 % srssssr essss colq4
sY;onsi. s,i st ss1s Fr:ass fSs' R:;Ss lssss
| Columbia: John Britton. Chevy Chase: j. '
Brovnell. Indian spr7na; ;,,s, u pom.
lod,sn ~ : sprins RI or 9 wsrd s:I ona6 -
iy%S: KlsS.:: b.n%oetS b % HSMa:a sS.% kssney
Unattached: K. J. Fielder, Consress,onal c !:
re. w.'hrsisS% f. MnDsn. w.:h,ds,on & aSS1n'9a siG C
s:aS SG%:s ss:s W s;aSf g.f.e s2s '!s
iamsi.: ; ss0J' W. chiidre.s. chevy Chase
%t0s,. srS,heF: + p s.ra.sa coambs
Tarton fna;.o e 6 Hss,n; sorn. "g
ft'asahsa, assohy n BM.nnosR6srn: j. abs ;n Hudson
jna,S s%o;, sp5iss ss,s,s Arrs. 4 i hs.n paeSe
W. spd'sn lin s%lsh. Columbis: v. j.. Bsk.r. Go
sde Chevy chase: W. NJ. -Kochenderter, CO
iumbia: !. z. shoem sker. Columbia; Jesse B
8 q ardiner. Columbia. and J. E. Murphy
sbNB.' /. Fuller. wsshinstoH; Joseph
! Manor: D. G. Morris. Beaver Dam; E.. W
Camp. Columb mbia; o. c. Murray washinston,
sas ua:.ss:a a:easisisa ..a s'fn0atSSsn Sdy. Soun
| btA.
PAGE Hufty of Congressional. the
| North and South amateur title holder,
! played, but did not turn in card,
pleading pressure Of business as
| rea son for Withdrawing.
| Some Of the queer ouirks OF medal
play showed up yesterday. the rounds
Of J. Logan Hopkins and Gardiner p.
Orme standing out as examples. Hop
kins scored 50 on the first nine and
got back in 3s for 90. Orme was
also out in 50 and back in 80 for a
Al. A dinner will be given by the club
to tournament contestants tomorrow
night.