Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-29

~ GORGE J. NOTGT of Bannock
burn, premier golfer of TIL,
Middle Atlantic section. will
~ know within a week whether
he is to have a crack at The
amateur championship now held BY
George Won Elm of Los Angeles.
The record of an aIl-day hearing
held yesterday behind closed doors al
the Mayflower Hotel before Herbert II
Ramsay, secretary of the United
states Golf Association and chairman
or its eligibility committee. will be laid
before the executive committee of
that body early next week, and a rll
Ing will be announced before the end
or the week. There will be no delay
in a decision in the Voigt case, Ramsay
declared before he left WASHINGTON
Tor New York last night, because OF
the national prominence of the player
ana the fact that justice to him de.
mands that immediate action be taken.
either to clear his name, or to declare
MIN ineligible to play in the amateur
championship.
Although Z. c. Alvord. counsel for
Noigt, and a fellow member of the
Bannockburn Club, declared that no
charges have been leveled by the L. S.
q. A. against Voigt and that the in
Vestlgation" conducted by Ramsey
yesterday was incidental to action on
MS application to enter the amateur
championship, it is quite plain that
II the u. S. G. A. acted in a similar
manner in the cases of all applicants
Tor the championship, it's members
would DO little else than travel about
the country seeking information on
goifers. In fact, Ramsey said that
rumors" and allegations. containing
ABOUT the same general charges that
have been laid against Voigt by the
district of Columbia Golf Association
came to the United States Golf Asso-
cation as early as last March.
!, U. 9. G. A. Has District Report.
? The U. s. G. A. is in possession of
Che report of the District association
declaring Voigt ineligible for play IN
the local amateur championship "be-
cause he has acted in a manner detri.
mental to the best interest and spirit
OF the game" although the national
golf governing body had decided prior
TO the District decision to hold an in
dependent inquiry into Voigt's case.
Alvord's statement that no charges
have been preferred against Voigt by
the parent golf body was met with
Ramsay's assertion that the associa
ton was in possession of the "rumors"
and allegations, which were not speci-
fed, and the District association find
ings. Ramsay said the executive
committee of the U. S. G. A. I'M
doubleday would ask him for recon-
mendation in the Voigt case with his
report of yesterdays hearing. He
added jokingly that his recommenda-
tions were not always followed, but
declined to make any statement as to
the testimony laid before him at the
protracted hearing, nor give any
indication as to whether the allega-
tons against Voigt would be pushed
further.
Sharp differences of fact and judg-
ment were said to have been brought
out at the hearing, which found four
of the five members of the District
association eligibility committee ap
pearing in support of their charges |
against the player. w. r. Garrett.
president Of the Bannockburn Golf |
Club, who was said to have intro
duced VoiSt to Edward Beale Mclean. |
his employer, said he had never met !,
Mr.. Mclean, and therefore could not |
have acquainted the two men. An |
other charge that Theodore Jenifer, a !