Evening star., 1925-06-26
H0UCHT0N MEETS
MCGUIRE IN FINALS
Golf Tourney Being Decided
After Elimination Of Pitt
and Lynch.

". A. Mcclure and A.. l.. Houshton
are playing this afternoon In an 1s.
hole fnsl round for the golf cham.
pionship of East Potomac Park. Nc
Guire this afternoon defeated Harry G.
Pitt. up. in % holes in one Of the hest
matches ever played in public
links tournament about Washington.
Houshton defeated i. J. Lynch by
4-3 in the other semi-fnal round.
Mcclure was up most Of the way
in his match with Pitt, and they came
to the seventeenth square. Pitt sank
a 20-foot putt on the seventeenth
for half and Mcclure sank one of
like length on the eighteenth for a
half in 3. Pitt made spectacular
niblick shot to secure a half in 3
on the first extra hole and the next
hole was halved in par. Mcclure
missed 4-foot putt to win the match
on the twenty.second hole. and won
with par on the twenty-third when
Pitt missed a 4-foot putt for a half
The final round, scheduled for 36
holes, was cut down to IS holes be-
cs ::sc me semi-finals did net finish
until 1:45 O'Clock.
Mcclure, Pitt, Lynch and Houghton
in the semi.final round today, survived
Il hdN vi GOou h1u Dd0 SOn yesterday Y.
in the course of which John G.. Shorey
la st years winner. was eliminated on
the twentieth hole by Pitt. The win
ner and runner-up in the champion
ship flight will be given a free trip to
the national public links cha ampionship
in August as the guests OF the park
ma ma cement. while they will Also be
entitled to play in the District anna.
teur championship next October.
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of the day, with the youthful Shorey
leading Pitt all the way to the sew
enteenth, where he drove the green,
but took three puts to lose the hole
to by Pitt. Shorey secured a half
In on the eighteenth by settir. down
f1ne putt. after q missed second shot.
and chipped into the cup from off the
green for another half at the nine.
teenth. Both players laid their rec
shots within six feet Of the hoIe at the
short second hole. but Shorey missed
his putt. while Pitt holed.
None of the other first flight matches
yesterday was In doubt. although
Houghotn and G. b. Rollins went to
the last hole before Houghton won by
? up.
Summary for Day.
A summary Of yesterdays matches
follows:
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Ford deisated a. Alexander; mp, J. T.
2 up; Heath won by default: Sykes defeated
Ford: 2 up in q holes: Hubbell won nv
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en s.cond 'f1 roundIaow ard of defeated q Alien,
/ and 3; sttrrer defeated McAboy. j up:. Hair
! d.fested French. and o. Jack defeated
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! roll defeated Miss NestIerode, up.