Evening star., 1923-11-11

to compete at match play tor the an
swalter r. Tuckerman of Chevy
Chase was the last Washington golfer
to make the grade in the amateur.
Since that time, many. many years
ago, Washington has had lean pc
Rod without representative in the
amateur.
Last September Chris Dunphy came
Flossmore. He lost on the play-off
for last place.
Why is it that Washingtons anna
teurS, who do SO well against star
players from other cities here and
elsewhere, cannot qualify in the anna
teur championship? They know med
al play and they We proved their
ability at match play in many hard
fought tilt of the links. Albert Mac
Kenzie had Il particularly brilliant
Baltimore and won the Middle Allan
tic from a fine field Chris has done
excellently in the north and Guy NJ.
Standifer performed brilliantly in the
far west. Yet they go to the anna
teur and fail to qualify.
/ OF course. the job of qualifying
Ia the national is a test that demands
the best golf there is in any man. but
IL does seem strange that in many
years the Capital has not been rep
resented in the match play rounds
of the national amateur champion
ship.
Scores made hereabouts are low.
For example. in the qualifying round
of the Middle Atlantic championship
eleven contests were so or better over
Chevy Chase. Two men made IL,
while four were between that figure
and IS. Numerous scores below 15
have been made over Columbia by
that clubs star amateurs. and Walter
Tuckerman won the amateur title of
these parts with a score of 3lJ
--nearly even 7Ss.
a tournament for the. caddie cham
piorship of the Town and Country
Club is in prospect at the new course
on Wisconsin avenue. just beyond
bethesda. Following the tourney a
dinner will be given to the bag-car-
rierS by the club.
wish to play in more tourna-
ments and to add to an already fine
reputation as a money player is one
pion of the District. is leaving Wash :
IYgton on December 1. Diegel ex-
poets to become attached to a CLUB
In the metropolitan district in a job
tournaments. Friendship. in the
meantime. is seeking a professional
OF national reputation. it is under
stood, to take Diegel's place.
-Four eolfer~-tvvo amateur and two
professionaIs-wiu leave Washington
tomorrow morning for Pinehurst, N,
c.. where they will play in an anna
teur- professional best-ball contest on
Thursday and Friday. Chris j. Dun
ply. last years District amateur
champion. will play with Leo Diegel
of Friendship. while Guy NJ Standifer.
the 1921 title holder, Will pair with
Fred Mcleod in search for golfing
honors. Two years ago Standifer and
Mcleod won the best-baii event-an
annual feature of the fall season at
the North Carolina resort.
Golf professionals Of the District
will meet tomorrow morning at
Spaldfng's to select one of their mum :
her to represent the professional
Golfers Association of Washington
at the annual meeting of the Pro-
fessional Golfers Association of
Fred Mcleod of Columbia president
AZ the local organization, Will prob
ably be selected.
while foot ball Is the great inter-
scholastic fall sport. golf is coming
dents of the high schools. Whenever
Roland Mackenzie. student at
Western High School. plays in a COM
petition there are usually from tour
70 half a dozen classmates OF the
young Columbia star watching him in
action, and pulling with all their
might for the youth to make good
showing. Western, by the~way, has
produced a pair Of good golf players
this year in Mackenzie and Reginald
LOTUS, who won the Liberty cup at
Chevy Chase last week.
Amateur and professional golfers
a. Washington win hook up in a team
match against each other shortly
with q dinner for the twenty-four
cpntest2nts hinging on the outcome
OF the affair. Albert r.: Mackenzie