Evening star., 1927-04-30
STEVENSON PLAYS
|. HOUGHTON IN FINAL
Columbia and Manor Club
Golfers Seek Town and
Country Title.


Country Club and A. l.. Houghton of
the Manor Club are playing the final
round in the Town and Country Club
Spring golf tournament this after
noon. Stevinson won his way to
the final this morning by defeating
Earl McAleer of the Manor Club,
6 and 5, while Houghton defeated A.
+, Williams of Indian Spring,
and /. STEVENSON was in the lead
most of the way in his seni-fina1
match, ending the match on the
thirteenth hole when he laid McAleer
stymie.
Houghton was up and to go. on
Williams, but the latter won the
fifteenth and sixteenth holes to be.
come but / down and 9 to go.
Houghton ended the match ON the
seventeenth when he laid his iron shot
within 10 feet of the hole,
Second flight results follow: John
C. Shorey. Argyle. defeated Chester c..
Ward, Fort Humphreys, Va. 3 and l.;
Emmett Heitmuller, Argyle, defeated
d. J. Kiley, Fernwood, 5 and 4.
Go to Semi-Finals.
McAleer, Stevinson. Houghton and
Williams won their way to the semi
final yesterday in two preliminary
rounds marked by upsets and sur
prises. chief of which were the elm
ination of the long hitting Maurice j.
Mccarthy of the Washington Golf and
Country Club by Reid W. Digges of
Indian Spring. comparatively a novice
at the game. and the later elimination
of Digges by Williams, a clubmate.
Williams had the hardest road of any
Of the semi-finalists. beating Frank
X. Roesch of Washington, the District
junior champion. on the nineteenth
hole in the morning round, and trounc
ing Digges on the nineteenth in the
afternoon, when Williams secured Il
birdie 8. McAleer had little trouble
downing Maj. f. l.. Maiden, the Army
title holder, and G. II. Chasmar of Co.
lumbia, while Stevinson was not hard
pushed to beat John +. Brawner, jr.,
of Columbia and w. j. Cox of Beaver
Dam.
Houghton disposed Of Page Hufty
of Congressional in the morning, al
though the winner trailed most of the
way, and then downed a clubmate,
Harry G. Pitt, in the afternoon.
Yesterdays Summaries.
first round-Earl MeAleer, Manor. defeated
Mai. E; L; Maiden, Washington Barracks. |
FLANAGAN, North Fork. and md 1: ". ]. Cox,
Beaver Dam. defeated Frank T. Reeside,
Gheyy mSo c9sfe efeatad and go GS
bia. 2 and / !; A. L. Houghton. Manor. de-
featccd ,G PaEGe ,Hnfty, Congressional z and |
Columbia BY default: x. +. Williams indian Ian
Spring. defeated F. X, R9esch; Washington.
Spring. defeated n. j. Mccarthy. Washington, t,i,
and |. Second round-McAleer defeated
3 and Houghton defeated Pitt. 3 and /;
Williams defeated Digges. | up in - holes.
by, default: .Brawner. won from Reeside by
aMedaauIt Mda Hufty won fr9m Evans BY. default
Second sht. ' first round round@J. "' +. Collins,
w in 10 holes: c., c. Ward, Fort Hnmnhreys,
and 6 Maj: 9 i. Saunders, Washinstop
Bn Bnrr5eks sS6raH aSSfesed & GF9 q
Carter Indian Spring. 7 ana s: d. J. Kiiey,
Woodland. defeated Jesse Baggett, Beaver
defeated 4, r. Mackenzie. Columbia, up
Emmett Emmett Hssitmnler Argyle defeated John
dergast. Bannockburn,, defeated P. Y Ander-
TSn Wnr, c9Hmhia 81 fgataa c3,g and seeond round
feqted Saunders and Z: Kiey defeated Vo-
gel ! up; Heitmulier defeated Pendergast,
:, Consolation- Rhodes, defeated Pope by de-
SMfss Grnt5 detsased ted MeC3rter and
son defeated Athert6n sSby'd by defaa ad D. Anaer
Solumpia defeated &. 9. Heath, BannoCl-
fsated Fo f. Harris / BahnoGR6arn no%iSn ManSr and DE- /
+ b HooyeF; Indian Spring defeated II.
Congressional defeated W J. Strobei
Argyle, by, default; Il, y. eastman, Wash.
/ Up; w. E. Richardson, Manor, defeated
Bannockburn . and r L. Hudson indian
Spring, defeated DR. w. V. Connors, Manor
! up. Second round--Thompson defeated
Cochran and Knox defeated Hoover,
and =; Richardson defeated eastman. l
Consolation--H Harris defeated Heath . and
|; Warwick defeated Strohel by default;
Batson defeated Gardiner, and L; Pass
defeated Connors, D and f.,
hus. Congressional. defeated o. L.. .VeerhoT.
inEton Barracks. defea%tad ted NJ EiTlS Eiseman oSn ToWn
and Country, 8 and g. j. b. Keeler Beaver
pam, pam defeated !, B. Adams. Columbia. by
defenlt Burke Edwards, Manor defeated K.
McAndrew Washington Barracks defeated
Il. a. Mihills, Indian Spring and Is: A.
Z, Campbell. Indian Spring. defeated James
Hill. lr., Indian Spring. and 3; g. Lea
Sntanier nan Indian Spring, defeated Lynn Haines.
dian Spring. defeated A. E. Steincm, Town
and Country, 4 and 3. Second round--Rev.
bold defeated Antrob,ls, 3 aud =: Edwards
aeeieated keeler. and 4; McAndrew de;
Stcinem, ! up IL - holes;
and Edwards won from Adams by de-
fault; Hill defeated Mihils and 4 Haines
defeated Barrett. and g.