Evening star., 1927-10-23


- sional of the Columbia Country
Club of Washington and Mary
i land open champion. putted
himself into tie with Lee
Diegel for the Middle Atlantic open
GOLF championship at Indian Spring
yesterday afternoon.
twenty-five minutes after Diegel
had holed a 10-foot putt for a par 4
on the eighteenth hole Mcleod
chipped his ball up feet past the
hole from the far edge of the green.
and noncha !antly sank the putt to tie
Diegel's total of 295 for the 72-hole
competition. score that led Willie
Leach of Overbrook. Pa, in third
place, by two shots.
Freddie had his troubles to tie the
fast flying Diegei. taking three puts
at the ninth and sixteenth and vast
ing a shot at the twelfth, when shots
were badly needed. However. he sank
the putt on the last green to tie the
pro from Fenimore, n. Y, and that is
what counted in the last analysis.
The tie is to he played Oft at Is
holes at Indian Spring this afternoon.
There will be no admission charge to
the play.off for the title. Diegel has
won for the last two years. repeating
his initial victory at Burning Tree by
leading a stellar field at Baltimore last
year.
: Four shots i'm front OF his nearest
competitors. in tie with Glenn Spen-
Ger of the Green Spring Valley Hunt
Club of Baltimore for first place at
146 over the first days play. Mcleod
Ilayed steady and consistent golf to
work himself into tie with Diegal
The pair, incidentally. are firm friends
on and off the links. Spencer faded
over the last day. where Tommy Ar
fiaour, holder of the National and Can
adian open titles, also played poor
golf, while Diegal literally burned up
the course in defense of his lone re-
naming championship. Rounds OF 20
and IL. one under par for the day,
enabled Diegal to play himself into a
tie with Mcleod. where the diminutive
Columbia mentor had round of 7G
and 73.
The final day was enIivened by the
feat of Eddie Towns Indian Spring
pro, who played the first nine holes
fl 32 strokes. with the aid of an eagle
2son the 403-yard second hole, where
he holed a mashie second shot,
George, j. Voight of Bannockburn,
District amateur champion, led the
simon pure contingent with card of
2s9. in tie with Tommy Armour
and the long-hitting Glenn Spencer.
Willie Leach, who shot scintillating
g over the third round, finished in
third place with total of 297. Four
Washington professionals and one
local amateur finished in the first ten,
with Eddie Eowns winning an overcoat
denated by Joe Dreyfus of the Town
and Country Club for winning tenth
mace. s
Summaries of the tournament:
LEO Diexel New York. l55--7o--7i--
FIRED Mcleod. Columbia 14s-7e-73---
MlgIs Leach. overbrook Pa. I5a-so--
Glenn Spencer. Baltimore 146--76--77l-
TON Armour. Congressional. 15o--75--
.G. veiet, fan,atsur,. Dannockburu.
kErair wood Baiiusroik. N. J.. 150--75--
"a 9.s1hngs,oa M9SEimEie ,eosans'taehsd,. Washing.
Ekobert T. Barnett. Chevy Chase. ISL
Educ Towns Indian Spring 157-7s--
sJamss Thomson. Richmond. Va. 153-
&C McMaster. Baltimore. 155-75-
wiltTed THOMPSON. Richmond. Va. 1so--
Zoe Turnesa. New York. 15s-77-7e--
Mike Turnesa. New York. 154-7s-v9--
Jtl.
Werner Mather. Baltimore. 154-19--so
.<Raiph Beach Washington 1eo--77-77--
"A; A. Armour WASHINGTON. 157--79--79
,6ass, Hptty samateur,. Congressional.
Charles 3 Betschier Baltimore. 102--
Mel shorey. Washington. 161-so-7e->
Kenneth Allen. Baltimore. -7o-77---
paye Thomson. Rixey Va 157-s4-T
Alex TAYLOR. Baltimore is7--75-77--
Gin Spencer Baltimore 1e4--7s-so-
E. :, Rtsse. fama.enr,. Washington. 1872
Pets Henry. Newark. n J.. 16o-ss--
Is. q. y. gewtesno tamateur,. New York,
Leo McNerhany WASHINGTON 164-s1--
Tom Moore tamateurl. Washington. 167
-~<s5--s7-339
4y. and z. W. Digges and A. L. Houghton.
washington amateurs.