Evening star., 1925-08-23

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assured.
Golf instructors from clubs in the
District of Columbia, Maryland, Nir-
ginia and Delaware are eligible to
compete. The entries probably will
total upward of rs players, for in ad-
dition to the pros, delegation of anna
teurs will doubtless enter the tourna-
ment, unless some bar is raised
against the simon-pures competing.
The amateurs competed in the last
professional event held about Wash
ington-the District open champion
Ship-won by Leo Diegel at Columbia
in the Fall of 1923.
Roland X. Mackenzie, winner of all
things in a golfing way around Wash
ington. is today on his way East from
Colorado Springs. where he has been
the better part of the Summer. Ro-
land will not come to Washington,
but will stop off at Pittsburgh. there
to furbish up his game in preparation
for the amateur championship of the
United States, which begins week
from tomorrow over the difficult lay
out of the Oakmont Country Club.
Roland will arrive at Pittsburgh on
Tuesday and Immediately will get
busy ironing out the rough spots in
game that has not had much practice
since early July. He will be joined
by his father. Albert f. Mackenzie.
Miller B. STEVENSON. Washington's
latest entrant in the coming struggle
for the amateur crown, has been play
ing splendid medal play golf all
through the Summer and should make
a good showing. Yesterday, playing
match with Fred Mcleod at Columbia,
STEVENSON finished the last four holes
3. 2, 4, 3 against a par of 4, 3, 4, 4.
He scored a rs. Several scores better
than 72 have been made by Stevinson.
Dave Thomson, pro at Washington
Golf and Country Club, is planning
to compete in the Virginia State open
golf championship to be held at the
Hermitage Golf Club, Richmond. Va,
October II and IS. The event is ~
hole medal play affair. Thomson fin
ished in third place last year.
Two real veterans of the game will
pair in the qualifying round of the
amateur championship eight days
hence when Walter r. Tuckerman of
Burning Tree and William c. Fownes,
jr., of Oakmont leave the first tee
at Oakmont. Tuckerman is the only
Washington player ever to reach the
semi-final round in national cham
pionship, accomplishing that feat Is
years ago, when golf was really in
its infancy in this country. In win
ming his way to the penultimate
round Tuckerman defeated such fine
players as Heinrich Schmidt of Wor-
cester. F. A. Marion of Ekwanok and
Harold Weber of Toledo. only to fall
on the final hole of 36-hole match
to Warren K. Wobd of Chicago. The
same year Tuckerman went to. the
semi-final at Brookline the title was
won by William C. Fownes, jr., who
will be his partner in the first half
of the medal round next week.
Fownes has been consistent lead
er in golf, and, even though he is far
past the average age of most of the
competitors in the present champion
ship, is still able to give the finest
golfer in the land a battle. He cap
tanned the last Walker cup team and
is an officer of the United States Golf
Association, besides being the man
behind Oakmont, known as one of
the finest championship golf courses
in the United States.
A. l.. HOughtOn, East Potomac Park
champion, and Mel Shorey. profess
play against George Diffenbaugh and
Odlihy Iioi sam ploS olI ANoeh Siceh
Park in a special exhibition match
at the East Potomac Park course this
afternoon. The match will start at
8: 80.
Seth j. Raynor is constructing
golf course for students of Yale
University on property given to the
university at New Haven by Mrs
Ray Tompkins. 1t will be formally,
opened next Spring. although it may
he Dlayed on this Fall