Evening star., 1926-05-13
V0|GT AND HUFTY
. W|NNERSAT GOLF.
D. c. and North and South
Champions Have Easy Time
at Chevy Chase.

Two amateur champions, one title
holder Of the District Of Columbia ana
the other the North and South cham
pson. wor their first round matches In
tie Chevy Chase Clubs invitation golf
tournament today. Page Hufty of the
congressional Country Club, North
and South champion. defeated a. L.
Houghton of the Manor Club. by y and
5. and George !. Noigt of Bannock'
hurn. the District amateur champion;
defeated Walter f. Tuckerman "t
Chevy Chase, > and |.
Both Hufty and Noict played eXcep.
tionallv fine golf to win their matches.
Hufty. At the sixteenth hoie. had par
left for score Of 20. and when Noigt
defeated Tuckerman on. the seven
teenth the District champion had
for a score of Il. NniGt and fucker
man were square At the turn, nut
Voist secured FIVE IS on the last nine
holes to defeat the home club veteran
on the seventeenth hole. Tuckerman
was putting poorly although his other
shots were superior to those of Noist'
II. l.. Bond of Baltimore won his
first fight match from Perry X. ROO
yer Of Indian Spring. and >: John r
Rrawner of Columbia defeated 4. ID:
rurr. ir.. Of Columbia. , and ;. and
Earl NcAIeer Of The Manor Club de
fested L. A. Smead of Columbia. ana
: Harry G. Pitt "f Manor and X. 7.
Harrell of Washington finished their
match all square and went to the nine
teenth hole.
Second Flight Results.
Second flight results follow: X. J..
Norman. Washington. defeated h. n
Cornwell. and ;: Roger Coomos'
Kirk side. defeated g. 7. Orme. Cclum-
bia. nv default: G. r. Hatch. Column
bia, defeated !. w. Childress. Chevy
Chase : md {: Robert Stead. ir..
Chevy Chase. defeated w. H. Green
field. Congre ssional. | up: !. p. Muir
phv. Bannockhurn. defeated George l..
Robinson. Toronto. and s: Henry
u. Nicholson. Washington. defeated
!. ". Davidson. Washington. up
in 90 holes: Mai Z. II. Lowe, Chevy
Chase. defea ted +. &. Knox. Indian
Spring and 3: George p. James.
Columbia. defeated !. r.. Proctor.
Toronto. and :.
Fourth.fight results follow: Hugh
Reid Toronto. defeated {. &. Court
ney. Chevy Chase. and A. r. w.
Baker defeated +. W. Dggs. Indian
Spring > and |: j. r.. Baines. Column
bja. defeated w. r. jeffress. Congress
yional | up in 70 holes: j. NJ. John
ston. Bannockburn. defeated y. Y.
Wheeler. Chevy Chase. and :: l.. w.
AIcCrea. Baltimore. defeated s. r. Ap-
pleby. Columbia. > and /: DIR. a. NJ.
Hauci ~. Philadelphia. defeated Paul
Reed Chevy Chase. ; and ,: Marshall
Morgan. jr. Manor. defeated pr. I.
n. Foley. Chevy Chase. M.
George voigt Is Favorite. I
George J. Noict of Bannockhurn.
District amateur golf champion. win
ner of the Indian Spring tourney last
week and medalist in the present
tournament. was installed as favorite
to annex the annual Spring invitation
event of the Chevy Chase Club as the
elimination stages got under way to-
day.
Noigt's remarkable SO to win the
qualifying round yesterday, eQualing
par and setting new competitive rec
ord for the course. more than any
other factor convinced students of the
game of the Soundneas of the golf
developed by the former public links
player who is now member of the
Bannockhurn Golf Club. Eoigt. per-
forming IN true championship style.
vras out in As and back In "a. paral-
ielins par all the way. His steadiness
Is shown by the fact that at only one
hole did ha 60 over par. while to offset
this mistake at the short tenth. where
he was trapped. he came hack with a
birdie Al the twelfth. a 15-foot putt
finding the bottom Of the cup. His |
putt for q birdie 2 AZ the 400-yard !
eighteenth trimmed the cup. lea wing |
him a putt of less than half yard TO |
break 20. !
Hufty Proves Class.
The fine score of the District cha m /
ripp In do
marked by fine golf on the part Of |
some Of the entrants srd mediocre /!
play on the part Of o ers. Page !
Hufty of Congressional Pinehurst |
North and South amateur champion. !
proved his class by scoring a "a to
finish second to Voigt. c. A. Fuller, |
Chevy Chase Club champion was far
poor 81. He found the greens not
10 his liking. Six youngsters made
the first Is in Hufty. Frank RoeSch
John F. Brawner. r. A. LOTUS.
Tie We're Burr and Harry G. Pitt
f'rhe first round found Eoigt pitted
against Walter r. Tuckerman. ace
of the Chevy Chase Club. a former
thinner of hoth the Chevy Chase event
and the District championship and
nne of the steadiest players about the
Cry. while another fine battle was
scheduled in the match between 4. l.. !
tfoughton of Manor and Page fluffy. |
tHoigt's record breaking score fol |
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Gen. Treat Has Trouble.
Maj. Gen. Charles G. Treat. T.. s. A.. |
retired. one Of the leading PLAYERS Of
oIn
well until he reached the sixteenth
hole, where he was in the ditch,
struck a bridge. went in the ditch
again and wound mp with total Of |
for the hole. John W. Brawner
came within inches of securing l
on the t95-yard thirteenth hole. his
i,all stopping less than inches from
the cup.
-Four players-H. l.. Bond, Sd: Earl
McAleer. j. r. Murphy and Comdr
c. p. Hateh-tied for two ,places at
81 in the first flight Murphy and
Hatch did not appear for the play
off and the places were awarded by
default to Bond and McAleer.-
Todays first-round pairings follow,
with qualifying scores:
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mann dbs1T cSs. wief 4 l. Il sonH p"ts d
s6r0te serin9 Ie1i: j. F. Brawnsr fFel v.; <. B.
y Burr lr coTmh.a Is.,i ss.ii H wsnaidn 6 Pi1,;
g4 aaP0r Esri Mcsresr Manor asFrs "ennsG" ss
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ss ftAe < sors.s sHrTss esaws: ws:Ann ss
5s%. SSn.r eSSmSia eGSSmss Ks:tsd 3 st Hatch coum
ts5l: Robert Stead, ir. Chevy Chase ts3,.