Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-26


a ems championship of the Co.
4 u lumbia Country Club, getting
under way in the qualifying
round. There will be three flights of
eight. The tourney inaugurates a big
week of golf locally, which will end
Sunday with an exhibition match
at Congressional. while in midweek a
group of Washington amateurs will
compete at Indian Spring for the Dis
trict championship. Pairings for the
District title event will be made to.
| night at Indian Spring.
| Although Maurice j. Mccarthy
shattered the course record for the
Washington Golf and Country Club
! course few days ago, he was unequal
to the task of being Dave Thomson,
the club pro, and Frank Roesch. the
club champion, yesterday. Roesch
and Thomson won by 4 and 8.
Washington's golf committee. dissat
isfied with the working Of the ball
rack system of starting players from
the tee on busy days, will inaugurate
the registration system on October 1.
Players may make reservations for
time on Saturday and Sunday when
the course is crowded.
Reid w. Digges annexed the cham.
pionship of the Indian Spring Golf
Club yesterday. trouncing c. /. Put
nam in the final round by and 3
DiggcS won his way to the final by
downing Felix r.. Early, 3 and >, while
Putnam defeated Fred G. Clark, and
3, in the other semi-fnal. The final
rounds in all five flights were followed
by dinner at the clubhouse, at which
ID
Hoover, chairman of the club golf
committee.
Summaries of the tourney follow:
=, First fight-7C. !. Putnam defeated F. c.
E Early. 3 and .. FinaI@Disses defeated
BsFf: sSs Jane. &fgSsy Ssts :ssa
{ defeated eat c.D' ni o. T. stes asi
A., Third fight-FA f, Lewis defeated $. W.
P Pfr end and Ravi s5 T defeated
w up. Consolation--H A. Grant de- de-.
ie1 Feart r. ish T. NJ oRriao as,a,,a,
Mccarthy, " M. Fina Nichols defcatej
o or Bri ,n, an and consoation1R, H Monf.
TInh Hirht5foh@m i !. Biic f"a 81: defeated
2 g Simnich. 4 and 3. W. 6, Msh defeated
feated Mish. and s. VT
Leo +. Pass yesterday annexed the
championship of the Bannockburn
Golf Club for the second consecutive
year. defeating Arthur b. Bennett in
the final. 5 and 4.
George j. Voigt, District amateur
champion, performed as expected YES.
terday in the Brightwood ex-caddies
tournament at Argyle. but lost in a
draw for first place after tieing with
W. ?. Di Este at Is. Low net went
TO j. X. Wannan, who scored $780,
81. leading three other competitors by
one shot. They were Leo McNerhany.
7S-S-70; n. A. Pixton, St-11-7O
and Edward McAleer, 90-2O-7O.
Voigt had 81 and 3s. while Di Este
had 40 and 35.
Final rounds in the club champion.
ships at Beaver Dam and Argyle were
postponed yesterday because William
}. Cox and George c. Gist, finalists In
both events. were playing in the ex.
caddies tourney at Argyle. Cox is to
meet j.. J.. Buchanan for the Beaver
Dam title, while Gist is paired with
}: }. Lynch for the Argyle champion.
ship.
The only match played in the sec.
oiio round OF the Blrney cup event at
Washington Yesterday found d. r.
Dongherty defeating G. F.. Kelly, up
in - holes. First round results follow:
Dougherty (o2) defeated f. F. Gates t21l.
8 and 3; c. E. Kelly (23] defeated A. II.
sinclair ga. I and 3; e. n. Nichols l1S)
qeieateu {, l. Billiard go. u and 3 w. B.
beals t241 defeated F. n. Sesrles t23b. 3
ana :; E. F. McIntire 600 defeated w H
Jenkins Jenkins tlx'. ! up; Ben l.. Butler t1sl de-
I'M, '211 defeated T. Amussen !21l, 9 and
% ~. Med. Shea (2"D defeated l.. H. Clark
Argyle Country Club has been as.
sured of at least five years uninter-
rupted use of it's present property.
Several months negotiat tons between
the board Of governors of the club
ana real estate promoters who had
an option on the property came to
an end few days ago, with arrange
ments having been completed by
which the club secured another five.
year lease
Tn" club now has a membership
OF 276 golfers. Early in the year
announcement was made that Argyle
would have to secure new quarters
because Of an option on the land by
real estate dealers,
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