Evening star., 1925-10-02
,TUCKERMAN LEADS
IN DISTRICT GOLF
|sTakes One-Stroke Margin
Over Voigt on Third
Round Today.

ing Tree Club. who won the District
championship in 1923, went into a l.
stroke lead over George J.. Voigt Of
Bannockburn at the end Of the third
round of tho competition amateur
and Country Club. Two shots behind
Voigt at the conclusion OF the first
days play yesterday. Tuckerman shot
a IS this morping. while Noigt took
81 Tuckermarh has total Of 2S6 for
the "a holes oftplay and Nogt has Il
total OF 237.
Tom Moore OF the Indian Spring
Club was in third place at the con
clusion of the third round this morn
ing with d total OF 240. four shots
behind Tuckerman. Moore shot "A IS
this morning to ADJ 10 his l62 total
yesterday. Miller b., Stevinson Of Co
lumbia and A. l.. Houghton of the
Manor Club We're ried for fourth
place. with o4-hola total of 241.
Stevinson had scor>e Of 81 this
morning and Houghton had 20.
Il Is Best Score.
The hest individual score of the
morning round today was the 4 made
by j. e. Davis. jr., Of Columbia. His
total is pa. tied with Page Hufty of
Congressional. who scored a &c this
morning.
Noigt was out in Al. with on
the third hole. and back in 40 for
his total Of 81. while Tuckerman waS
out In 40 and back In 3S, notwith
standing a pair of SIS on the twelfth
and seventeenth holes.
Other scores follow: NJ. A. shipley.
Bannockburn. l72-77-c49; r. a.
!. LOTUS. Chevy Chase, l65-s4-249:
George Wadsworth. Chevy Chase.
161-s9-250; Steven F. Colliday, Co
lumbia l6s-S2-25O:; =. w. Calfee.
Washington. 1s9-ss-257: ]. r.
Murphy, Bannockburn, 193-91-2s4.
Voigt Leads Field.
Outsteadying the rest of the field on
q day when scoring conditions were
not ideal, George j. Noigt OF the Ban
nockburn Golf Club led 27 entrants in
the District amateur golf champion
ship yesterday, covering the f1rst So
hbles of the 72hole competition in
15S strokes-two 7Ss making up his
total to lead a score OF 1873 by Walter
X. Tuckerman of Burning Tree by
two shots. Noigt and Tuckerman n
were tied at 7s at the end Of the frrt
round. but Noigt drew away to a two
stroke lead when TuCkerman took 80
over the afternoon round, a disastrous
on the par ninth hole contributing
to his total. Noigt. however, had his
! troubles. for too intimate acquaint-
ance with the ditch at the fifteenth
hole in the afternoon cost him a Z.
Miller b. Stevinson Of Columbia.
| favored by many to win the tourna-
ment, ran into catastrophe at the
| third hole of the morning round. TAX
| ing IL to the hole and getting out in
| 48. A scintillating last nine of IS
gave him an SO. and he followed in
| the afternoon with - for total or
| 160, only four shots hack OF Noigt.
Albert r. Mackenzie and Guy NJ.
| Standifer of Columbia had morning
| rounds of IS and 90. and withdrew
| from the tournament.
| Tom Moore In Comeback.
Tom Moore Of Indian Spring made
| the finest comeback of the day. An
| SO over the morning stretch put him
| far back, but he followed with "a.
| the best single card Of the day, and
ended only six strokes back OF Noigt =
| consistent score.
! Yesterdays summary:
1856 ". r. Tu"sernan. T Burning Tree. IS
s9-lssss n B. ssrslnson Ms5a CoiamS,a'c Hnfx css.e
si-ss Tom Npo,s; Indian Sp5,n., 5.. ss- ss-
les =. F. Colladav Columbia, si--S4-
l6s: p. w. CAlfee, Washington. s!-s2-i8a
w. r. McCaium, Washington. s4-s6-i.O
| Roger Coombs, Washington. s.-S3--l10
}. e. Davis. ir.. Columbia. sB-s4-Fu
J. j. Brawner. Columbia, S5-S!-l1s:
A. Shipley Bannockburn Se-s5-l12: R.
r. Harreil Washington S9-S6-l7i: W
". R.pley;, Columbia. a0-s5|l75: g. Z
Hatch. Columbia 9O-s1-I77i o. G. Mur-
ray. Washington. a2~sl~ls3; ., D
Truett Washington a7-9l-lss: J. B
Murphy. Bannockburn. 96-s7.l93: A. E.
| Mackenzie Columbia. SS ,withdrewi. G
". Standiier Columbia. 90 Withdrew: F.
| r. English. Columbia. 90 twithdrew': w.
| Il Einckel. IL. Columbia. 0G IWIthdreNl.