Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

IA indication pointed TO another
VI trip toward the Capital for
/ the historic Middle Atlanti"
Golf Association championship
trophv rs the last days play in the
1927 struggle for the crown now held
hy George J. Voigt OF Bannockburn
got under way this morning over the
course of the Norfolk Country Club,
Noigt himself. along with two other
Neutrality-suspicious. and a stalwart, fine
playing golfer from Tidewater Vir-
ginla, were in the Semi-iinals. The
champion was opposed to Page Hufty
of Congressional Country Club, whom
Noigt succeeded last Spring as North
and South champion, and who has al
ready been beaten twice thus year in
tournament final rounds by the Ban
nockburn star. a. L. Houghton,
steady and nervy golfer of Manor Club,
was opposed to II. II. Hume of Nor.
folk, sole entrant not from the Capt.
tai to survive the first two match-play
rounds of yesterday.
The final round is being played this
afternoon.
Four ID. c. Men Put Out.
Voigt, Houshton and Hufty are the
surviving members of a group of sew
en- Washington players who began the
first match play round. One Wash
ington player dropped out in the first
round, when Harry G.. Pitt of Manor
fell before the steady Charles M.
Mackall of Chevy Chase, holder of the
Virginia State title. The slaughter in
the second round was more severe. for
Miller B. STEVENSON fell before the par
SCATTERING round shot by Voigt; Mack
all was dropped by Hufty and W. r.
l.. - hN+
Houghton.
Entrants from the Capital did not
fare so well in the other flights. only
three men remaining in the subordi-
nate brackets to contest in the semi
final today.
Voigt again was the same inpeccable
performer of other tournaments yes
terday to win from Lawrence Wrenn
of Norfolk by and 5, and STEVENSON,
in the afternoon, by and 2. When
he shook hands with STEVENSON on the
sixteenth green, he had two As left for
a 20, one under par.
To Houghton. however, fell the
Ions share of the scoring honors of
the day, for the Manorite was one un-'
der par at the twelfth hole to beat
Richard N. Tunstall. one of Norfolk's
leading players, in the first round by
and Z, and then shot a 72 in the aft
ernoon to beat McCallum' of Washing
ton on the final green, covering the
first nine in 81, two under par.
Missed Putt Hurts Mackall.
Mackall missed a 3-foot putt on
the seventeenth green to give Hufty
the winning one-hole margin by
which the Congressional player
marched through to the semi-final.
This pair of long hitters battled nip
and tuck through the first is holes
of their match with the break COM
ing on the seventeenth when Mackall
missed the short one.
Voigt always was up after the
eighth against STEVENSON. getting out
in 35 to turn up. Houghton had
McCallum 4 down at the turn. but
the latter gradually whitfield the lead
away and was only 1 down playing
the eighteenth. A hooked tee shot at
the final hole cost the Washington
player a chance to square.
S. c. Watkins of Columbia went
81 holes in the second round to de-
feat DR.. J. T. McClenahan of Wash
ington after the latter had been up
all the way around the course and
at one time held 4-hole lead. Wat
kins sank a Shooter to win on the
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Manor, one of the youngest players
in the tournament, won two matches
: in the third flight, both from Nor
folk men.
How Capital Golfers Fared.
Results in the first flight and of
the matches of the Capital entrants
in the other flights follow:
FIRST FLIGHT
First round-M. B. STEVENSON. Columbia,
defeated Dr. J. Kett Mccormick. Norfolk. 4
and 3: G.. ]. Vogt, Bannockburn, defeated
Lawrence Wrenn. Norfolk 4 and 3: C. NJ.
Mackall, Chevy Chase. defeated Harry G.
Pitt. Manor. up: Page Hufty, Congress.
sdonal, defeated n. H.. Bundy, Norfolk. 8 and
2: Pat Dillon, Norfolk. defeated 1. P. Mat
thews Norfolk, 3 and 2: H. H. Hume, Nor
folk. defeated F. NJ. Savage. .ir.. Baltimore,
and i A. L. Houghton Manor. defeated