Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-27

~HARGES which form the basis
for the action of the District
Golf Association declaring
~ George J. Voigt of Bannock-
burn ineligible for play in the
District amateur championship be
cause he has acted in manner detri-
mental to the best interests and spirit
of the game of golf have been sent
TO all the local clubs which are MEM
bers OF the orga niZation.
Defining the amateur golfer as laid
down by the ysitl3 ssstntes Golf As
ISOLATION in a ruling and in subse
quent interpretations, the District
association devotes more than two
pages of six-page letter to the
charges against Voigt.
The charges are specific in some
cases and vague in others. There is
not anywhere in the charges any d.
rect indication that Voigt has directly
taken money because of his skill in
playing golf, although all through the
story runs thread of implication that
voigt was employed by Edward 3.
Mclean not because of his efficiency
as a secretary, but because of his skill
as golfer.
Puts Case Up to L. S. G. A.
Late in May, according to a mem
Der of the District Golf Association
eligibility committee. the ASSOCIATION
wrote the United States Golf Associ-
ton, outlining a hypothetical case of
alleged infraction of the amateur rule
and naming an unidentified John
Doe" who actually was George j.
Noigt.
On June % a letter came TO the
District Golf Association indicating
that the United States Golf Associ-
alton already was investigating John
Doe" and that early action was ex.
pected. With this letter I'm hand the
District association eligibility commit
tee met little more than week ago,
discussed the entire Voigt matter at
length and decided to bar him from
the District amateur championship on
the basis of the evidence before it,
The evidence consisted of direct and
sometimes contradictory statements,
member of the committee said.
The committee, appointed by the
District Golf Association in March
consists of Guy Mason. chairman; Dr.
james T. McClenahan,. Moryen Thomp-
son, G. II. ChaSmar and Albert j..
Steinem, president of the association.
The charges state that Eoigt, in the
middle of last year, was recommended
to Mclean as a secretary by Sena-
tor, who is unnamed. and that Noigt
was introduced to Mclean by a Ray
Garrett, presumably w. r. Garrett.
president OF the Bannockburn Golf
Club, of which Voigt is member
Eoigt left the Government service, in
which he was employed as type
writer repairman at small salary in
the Treasury Department, to get ac.
cording to Mclean, only n slightly
larger salary than that paid him by
the Government.
However, according to other testi.
mony gained by the committee Noigt
is alleged to have said in a private
conversation that he was receiving
much more money from Mclean than
he received from the Government
Voigt, at a hearing held before the
District association early in May testi
fled he did some secretarial work for
Mclean, such as opening of letters
signing of checks and other work
However, the committee found that
Noigt because of his golf engagements
was frequently away from Mclean
for many days al a time, and was thus
unable to do much work of this char
acter. The testimony declared that
his actual travelling expenses were
paid by Mclean.
Part of the charge was that Noigi
employed a caddie from the Chevy
Chase Club, Theodore. by name. Il
caddie for him in the Indian Spring
tournament, which he won. At the
conclusion of the tournament, Thee
dore was told TO see Mclean to get
his fee for caddying in the event fol
Voigt. Another boy named Martin
who has caddied and worked for Nc
Lean for several years, went to Bal
tusrol, n. j., last Fall to caddie foi
Noigt in the national amateur cham
pionship. This was explained, &C
cording to the committee, by the fact
that Martin intended TO play in a
colored championship at Plainfielt
and asked if he could not caddie foi
Noigt in the national amateur. Mar
tin was denied the privilege by the
United States Golf Association, which
had then in effect rule forbiddins
imported" caddies.
No Direct Proof.
The entire tenor of the charges Is
that although there is no proof thai
Noigt has directly taken money be
cause of his skill as a golfer, he has
made his living out OF the game be
cause he Is a skilled player; that hs
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