Evening star., 1927-11-29
# Vadon Jones Not Comparable Pitcher Deals Nay Interest H4gns
OFF THE TEE

Three Washington amateurs con
tributed notable bits of golf deeds To-
cally during the season which is pass
| ing into ohscurity and Will he no
! more within a week or two. Another,
who did not play in any local compe-
ton, and in fact played little golf OF
any kind around Washington, carried
the fame of the Capital far atield ana
! did something no other amateur from
! Washington has done in two decades
reached the semi-final in the anna
| teur championship.
George Noict's remarkable record
is the outstanding piece of golf of the
! local year. as his showing last year
| merited the same statement.
Coming up from the South with
three Winter crowns resting on his
black locks, Noigt proceeded to 20
through the local field as hot knife
through butter, winning five tourna
mentS in q row. without being eX-
tended. Only in one event did 1t APP
pear as if he might take a trouncing-
the Indian Spring final. where Page
Hufty had him on the run. only to
wilt before the accuracy of Noigts
game,
Al. the others-Chevy Chase, Balti.
more. Columbia and Maryland-were
OF Il real struggle. NoiSt failed to
qualify for the open and again failed
in the amateur but he came back from
Name in September in time to again
assert his superiority over the local
pack. winning the District amate
for the third time With score of 292
at Indian Spring.
In that same tournament another
If the outstanding deeds of the season
was accomplished by Miller B. SteNin-
son of Columbia. winner of two
tournaments last wear. but whose
competitive light this season has been
shining not so brightly as in past
wears. STEVENSON moved ont over
Indian Springs rugged length and
after going one over par on the third
and fourth holes. proceeded to shoot
81, shattering the course record all
To bits and breaking par by four
strokes. Five brides came the way
of StevinSon. who was in one of the
happy putting moods the Columbia
amateur sometimes enjoys. But his
score the following day moved up in
the neighborhood of S5. and Noi-t
stepped in to win the championship.
Laurice i. Mccarthy of Washing.
tuiit :" Htu'tGIIt OiS6luWH l. III
versity, and the lad who gave Bob
Jones his only scare in the Minikahda
championship contributed the other
bit of scintillating golf on local
courses. Mccarthy, hitting the ire
mendous tee shot he always is capable
of and putting with the finesse of a
Travers. romped around the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club course in
So strokes-five under par, breaking
the best previous amateur score by
three shots, and going one under the
81 recorded two or three times before
by Dave Thomson, the club profess
sional. Mccarthy hagged six brides
on his record breaking round. and
went ono over par at the difficult
sixth hole.
Just a few weeks before Roland II.
Mackenzie had won his way to the
round before the final in the national
amateur title chase at Minikahda,
contributing the biggest bit of glory
Washington amateurs won on foreign
fields, even though Noigt won at Balti.
more and Maryland. Rolands show
ing in the amateur probably has won
him place on the Walker Cup team
in the matches to be played at
Chicago, August 80 and 81,