Evening star., 1925-05-08
WINS WITH PUTTING.
Roland Mackenzie Takes Qualifying
Round With Is.

PLAYING with the skill of a tour
nament veteran and the putting
touch of a Travis. Roland +. Mac
Ken1ie. the District amateur golf
cha mpion. led a fed of more than
2a5 players in the qualifying round
of the Washington Golf and Country
Club tournament Yesterday, with
card of IA Roland's score. composed
of a 80 out and d 81 back. was one
shot in front of the IS made by w.
r McCallum of the Washington
club. who had finished his round
few moments before Mackenzie and
whose score appeared TO be low Tor
the dav. until Roland rammed down
a 4-footeputt that won him the medal.
Roland's victory yesterday gave him
his second medal in as many weeks.
as he won the qualifying round and
the medal at Indian Spring last
week Mackenzie and McCallum are
in opposite halves of the draw. and
ii both win today and tomorrow
morning. should meet in the final
round.
One of the fea lures of yesterdays
qualifying round the second of two
days devoted to the medal round.
was the failure of such sea Soned
players as Albert r. Mackenzie, ia
ther of Roland: Miller Is. Stevinson
and J. Floyd Bra wner to qualify in
the first flight. The pace was fast.
as il required an SO or better to make
the first division. hut all three of
the men mentioned are capable of
far better than So. Other low scores
turned in during the day included
pair of 7Ss hy w. A. Mcclure, unat-
tached. and Charles y. AGnew. jr..
Bannockburn. and ~ by Dona Id
Woodward. These four We're the
only scores under so Yesterday.
Wins on Putting.
Rolands score apparently was
ruined. in so far as winning the
medal was concerned. at the tenth
hole, where he took a through
intimate acquaintance with bunkerS
Three long puts in a row. howev ar;
at the thirteenth. fourteenth and tif-
teenth. all of them more than 20 feet.
gave him two brides and a par. and
these puts really won him the medal.
McCallum came to the sixteenth
with three As for a IS and took three
5s Short puts on the sixteenth and
seventeenth holes hit the back OF the
cup and refused to drop.
Cards of Mackenzie and McCaiium
follow:
Psr-out 4 3 ; 3-36
Ont ...4 ; 4 ) , 2-36
Par-In4 3 > 4-:i4-s0
In - .......6 So s--35-74
McCslIum-
One OF dozen scores Of 81 got in
the sixth flight. upsetting the ealcu
lations of tournament dopesters, who
J l. i laF hi
81 would make the last fight. The
most remarkable stunt of day full
of thrills came on the short eleventh
hole. when A. l.. Gardiner of Coium-
bia put his tee shot on the green in
|. and then holed out in 10. putting
the ball off the green into the guard
ing ditch.
Pairings for To-day.
Today's pairings follow:
First fight-Gene Kane. nnsttached. -
VS. Donald Woodward. Columbia -79: w r.
NscalIo@ Ssshins,on ri vs. Shin
81 So J. 4. Cox. So, VS. j. E. Wise. Wsshins. as
ton. 81; c.. y AgneW ir;, ,BannoclSburn
s Ensish ss co1mbis hs'y as vs. ohase e. r. So Mac
kenzie: Columbia, q: w 4: MCGUIRE. ,un-
Keiierman. Nir.. COLUMBIA. SO
VS.. 4. " Howard. Washington. So: j. +
GSa's 81 II f. R2naid Rin hnds iaSsn
spring. "a vs.. A: R. Mackenzie, Columb,a,
! attached. SO. vs.. C. B. Asher. CoIumhia. So
s. r. Speelmsn. Indian Spring So vs.
Frank Roeseh Kirkside. S3 H. F. Kratiss
hammock burn. "a vs.. G. p Orme. Columbia
~: A. NJ Porter. Columbia. as. VS.. R. Nc
r>Nulty Chicage. s..
I Third firht-w. B. Xogei. unattached
81. vs.. Roger Coombs; Kirkside 81 A. f.
Columbia, ss: r. T. Hsrrell. Washing ton
IS, vs.. J. T. McClenahap. Washington Sc :
s. Parks. unattached. 81. VS. Larry Day
4 IN attached s6: r. J. Norman Washing
kfon, 81. VS.. r. S. French. ir.. unattached.