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Show HUE PLAYERS WIN IN FIRST ROUND phi i. a DEULPHIA, sppt. ST. Rrooklin pUytra ami J, h. SiiUtvan, Jr., of tho Woodlawn QoW club, wero tho only out-of-town con test tints lo mirvlvo the first round Of piny hi th Invitation golf tour-imnient tour-imnient which opened today on ih links of the Merlon Cricket club. B. w. Eitabrook defeated H. W. Ithortea. Snli:Kluit)ii. r. np and 4 to play In the first round, and was awarded hln BMOQd round match hy the default of K. ML FlUer of the home club. n it. wilder ami Ralph Hornblower, alio of BnHtkllne, won i heir flrt-round mat Chat, but Were eliminated In the second sec-ond round. Sullivan, who Is now regarded hy tho QrltlOJ aa the probable winner of the tour-na tour-na nient, won hla tlrt mutch from S. V. W, patteraODi Merlon. -1 and 3, and drew a bye In the second round. Jerome D. Travels, the open champion, was obliged to wlthdfaWi for as he waa about to tee off In the opening round, a telephone mesaaace from New York advlaed him of the sudden death of his nance's mother. Francis Oultnet. the former for-mer amateur champion, also withdrew, while J. D, t'ady of Rock Island. 111., was eliminated In the tlrst round. |