Evening star., 1927-09-19
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STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

Two tournaments at Maryland clubs
near Washington were under way
today.
While the professional golfers OF
the Middle Atlantic section played with
woman partners at the Town and
Country Club a group Of some two
score officers of the Army were com
peting at Congressional in the first
half of a 36-hole medal play tourney
to qualify two men from the district
Of Washington for the Army cham
pionship, which will be played al
Rock Island. ILL.,, early in October
Maj. Earl Maiden, who won the Army
title last year at Philadelphia, now is
in France and will be unable to de
fend his title.
The Army golfers were to play Is
holes today and Is more tomorrow
to qualify two of their number.
Match play pairings in the Birney
Cup handicap event at the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club were an.
nounced today as follows:
d. r. Dougherty. %, VS.. E. F.
Gates, 21: c. E. Kelly, %, VS.. A. H
Sinclair, "a; G. l.. Billiard. 21, VS. c.
N. Nichols. IS; w. B. Beals, "a, VS..
f. N. Searles, %; w. II. Jenkins, 1S,
VS.. E. F. McIntire, 20 Ben l.. Fuller,
Is, VS.. c. II. Roesch, 25; T. Anus.
sen, 21, VS.. /. NJ. Tull, 27; L. H.
Clark, 20, VS.. j. Med. Shea, 90 The
first match round in the tourney is
to be completed this week.
Semi.f1nal rounds in the Indian
Spring club championship and sub,
sidiary flights were reached as re-
suit of match-play rounds in the
tourney yesterday. which found Tom
Moore, holder of the club title, elimi.
mated by Fred c. Clark in an over
time first-round match. Clark won
the eighteenth and nineteenth in q
row to put out Moore, twice a winner
Of the club title. Clark then went
on to beat G. X. Mulroy and reach
the semi-f1nal, where he will meet C.
|. Putnam. Other semi-finalists are
Reid W. Digges and Felix E. Early.
Congressional Country Club golfers
whitewashed the Washington Golf
and Country Club golf team yesterday
at Congressional, winning every point
In a nine-man team match.
Page Hufty. the District junior
champion. turned in the best medal
score, n. The summary:
Page :, Hnfty. Congressional. defeated
FRANK 4. Roesch, Washington. and 3;
I. E. Newton. Congressional. defeated r.
I; 3 harrell m Washington. | up, Best ball
n John M; Leayell, Congressional. defeated
p PRaxtpn RsSd washington; end g Lieut.
MeGGallum: Gal n. WASHINGTON, $ and !. Best bali
W; E. Richardson. Congressional. defeated
K. N. Waldron: Washington. ! up: Comdr.
E. r. Shipp. Congressional, defeated Ray.
mond T. Wise, Washington. and a Rest
ball-Won by Congressional. 8 and Q
~, b. L. Taylor. Congressional defeated A,
". Howard. Washington. and 3: w T.
Jenress Congressional. defeated J. + Power
washington. 2 and l.. Best bali-Won by
Congressional. and 1.
l.. Hopkins. Washington. i UP. y
George c. Gist and J. J. Lynch
have reached the final round in the
club championship at Argyle and will
meet this week for the title. Gfst
eliminated both Di Este brothers. con.
quering William P. Di Este, / up
and Louis Di Este, 8 and 4. Lynch
won from E. E. Harmon in the semi.
finals, and 4.
George Frederick won the class B
tourney. defeating Gordon Bailey, 2
and 1.
With a card OF 70, Howard Nord.
linger. led the field in the qualifying
round for the Town and Country Club