Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
CAPITAL GOLFERS
SEW UP TOURNEY
Only One Other Entry Left in
Three Top Flights at
Sherwood Forest.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.
HERwoOD FOREST, Md, July IL.
Washington golfers rode rough
~ shod over the competition from
Baltimore and Annapolis here to-
day and as O result Of the first two
match play rounds have sewn UP the
competition In this fourth annual Sher-
wood Forest tournament to the extent
that the first two flights lie entirely be-
tween club swingers from the Capital
and in the third flight only one foreign
entrant remains to bar the conquering
stride Of the Capital gang.
The semi-hnal In the first night to-
morrow will ind w. Byrn Curtis, the
long hitting southpaw from Indian
Spring, opposed to Robert Bowen Of
the golflng family Of Bowen, who Is
registered from the Argyle Country Club.
The other semi-final lies between John
@. Shorey, co-medalist with James G..
Drain Of Washington, and the straight
hitting young Roger Peacock of Indian
Spring, holder of the District Junior
title. Shorey shot the best golf Of the
day yesterday In eliminating his two
opponents, uncovering a neat and FORM
hitting "a on the first nine to Johnny
Owens of Columbia to smother the CO.
lumbia lad, and 4.
Peacock ran into some trouble to beat
Bill Cox of Beaver Dam, but finally
conquered the steady Cox on the six
teenth hole, winning. and 2. Curtis
romped through both his rounds In easy
fashion. winning from John Lynch by 4
and 3, and finding easier going against
Jimmy Drain In the afternoon, whom
he beat by and 5. John Owens held
on against Shorey fairly well In the
afternoon until the Bannockburn strok-
ing marvel began collecting nocks Of
brides, and Owens succumbed by 5
and 4.
Semi-finalists In the second fight are:
Melvin Kraft Of Argyle. Alton Rabbit,
unattached golfer who plays at East Po-
tomac Park: ]. s. Morris Of Beaver Dam
and Frank K. Roesch, former champion
Of the Washington Golf and Country
Club. In the third flight Volney a
Burnett Of Beaver Dam, A. z. Alex
ander OF Bannockburn, and A. r. Vance,
unattached, remain as the Capital rep
reSentatives. Down through the other
three flights various Washingtonians are
scattered. The semi-flnal and final
rounds in all flights are scheduled for
Here are the results of the Washing
ton entrants in the first two rounds:
FIRST FLIGHT.
.tIkST BOUND. q. Drain (wasAington)
ane = Lqth eri hiorins
L'n Gh.tt assssSf' d.i sna Nsu5y
tArsylel won from Comdr. j. B. Pollard
n a9FnSSD1i'' s. 9s es5ay shoIsy B5n
se ssa Soi.i B Sants5 Lndisn
. Cog (Beaver' DAM defeated q. a 3. Camp W:
0e sEcoNp 5m Ro3NnH a9s defeated Drain
ana No. 5: Bowen Defeated FtsEsrald. and
ooeE S.fsstsS seS. e ana > and :; Pea
BY o99 .tsolt gSss7 defeated Lynch
defeated Armacost. 2 ana /.
SECOND FLIGHT.
FIRST RoUND-M. L. Kraft (Arsyie) de-
isatf He+ 4; B. &C, Goopsr sSsherEood2, and =
S E9sca9: and $; F <, Roe.ch IWashinston!
s Morris iBesver pam HFS asfestsd a r. NJ Il
G sEc6S sb5iT SSHSD 1Rd defeated nor.,1
S Sssssd s Heron ana morris ssss. Ss
55nxa1 2tm sDoS0, ana l; Hoescn oefeateo
foi S ATIsoiNiSfe2 up Defeated stot.
Wannan won by default.
THIRD FLIGHT.
pam dstssssa p Ro,, & s. RHFn:tt avsr
Eb. Akxsndfr gs3tpSSk6urn defeated John
dsiest:d Lang sna DAY vi Ss: s't by
J. B. Dulin (unattached), 2 and 1; Frank
Gerard {colum6iaj lost to A. R. Vance tan nH
defeated John Holzberg IWsshinstoni.
:, SECOND RoUND-:Burnet. defeated p. L.
feated Lucas, up; Vance defeated Hall. 2
S CO. Aairso defeated Gerard,
FOURTH FLIGHT.
defeated Wilbur seay (washinstcnl, up;
M asns 45sdsi ssf4u: sh.1p sa1sEr
i'sise E6sfPf5 'p w.
s essed df s. 4sT ss ov .nd d.
Baldwin defeated Elliott Clarke. . and =;
Kellerman defeated r. W. Koib (Annapolisl,
CoNsoLATIoN-c. overend CBaltimore)
f,nn1s d sea-; ana i R Thomas bal
FIFTH FLIGHT.
FIRST ROUND-John Downey (unat-
tachedl defeated W. c. Rogers (Annapolis)
and 2; Harold Riggor (Annapolisl, defeat
ed P. G. Knox undan Sprins), and S.;
Pat Carnes (Bsltimore) defeated A. R.
SECOND RoUND-Downsy defsatsd J. c.
" coasoL aer t. surshou,e defeat
ed Knox by default; Strohm defeated DR.. J..
]. Field (Baltimore), and 5.
SIXTH FLIGHT.
FIRST ROUND-L Sherry (unattached)
defeated L. Reyes (Annapolisl. by default;
N, l. Brownell (unattsched) defeated 7; G;
Schane (Annapolis), and 2; F. Lambert
(Baltimore) defeated w. K. Wimsatt Unat-
SECOND ROUND. sheehan tAlexan-
drial defeated Sherry. and 1; Brownell de-
A. Fischer Washington defeated Harvey
Cons OLA TioN-wimsat. defeated J. T.
Dimling BY default.
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