Evening star., 1928-06-10
SCORES OVER PITT
T. IN FINAL, ; AND 3
Home Golfer Always in Lead
in Capturing Wardman
=, Cup Second Time.
ny WALTER r. McCALLUM.

IA Of Columbia. former holder OF
A a the club title and winner OF
the Wardman trophy in 1926,
again annexed the annual invitation
event of the Columbia Country Club
yesterday. downing Harry G. Pitt Of the
Manor Club in the final round by 5
/, and g. The result of the final reversed
the outcome of the Chevy Chase final
round of three weeks ago. when Pitt
defeated Stevinson by and 2. and in
stalls StevinSon as one of the ranking
favoriteS to win the championship
tourney of the Middle Atlantic Golf
Association at Congressional during the
coming week.
BY his victory yesterday StevinSon
becomes one of three men who have
won the historic Wardman trophy
twice. Silas NJ. Newton won in 1919
and 1920 and George j. Voigt won in
a924 and 1927. Stevenson won in 1926
and 1928.
StevinSon plainly proved his superior
ity over Pitt. who was the sensation Of
the Chevy Chase tourney. by decisively
trouncing the Manor Club star with an
approXirnated score of 72. When the
match ended at the fifteenth green
Stevinson needed three rars for ~
and at the rate he was playing he
might have scored even better than this
mark.
Gains Good Lead.
-Four up at the turn. partly as a re-
suit Of his own brilliance and partly
because of Pitts miScues Stevinson
maintained most of his lead through a
determined squirt by Pitt after the turn
and continued his steady play when
Pitts squirt ended on the tAirteenth, to
win that hole and the fourteenth and
become oormie 4 UP. Pitt only re-
manned or even terms with Stevinson
through the fifth hole by virtue of
brilliant putting and stynlie at the
long fifth. for the tee shots and
fairway shots of the Manor player we're
FAR below his usual standard, as Is
shown by his score of 43 for the first
nine holes.
Where Pitt was wild from the tee. and
lacked punch with his second shots
Stevinson was usually straight down the
alley, fully as far as Pitts lengthy tee
shots and much straighter. In addi-
ton, Stcvinsons work around the putt
Ing greens was accuracy itself, and
against such golf Pitts usually bril-
Liant work faded into mediocrity The
loser, however, staged game come
back Just after the turn. winning the
eleventh and twelfth in an abortivc
attempt TO square the match, a squirt
u
short thirteenth and lost to Stevinson's
par g.
Stevinson won his way to the final by
downing Thomas p Bones jr.. of
Columbia. 5 and 8, white Pitt was beat
ing Frank K. Roesch of Washington,
S and 4.
In the final round Stevenson won the
first hole when Pitt pushed his long
tee and took TO the hole. He got good
the fairway and could not reach The
green In two. Pitt also dropped the
second when he was bunkered from the
tee and took TO the hole. He got a
half at the third by. holing in q single
putt for his tee shot was behind a tree
and ne was in trouble with his second
and third. Pitt annexed the 2I5-yard
fourth hole with par 3. holing good
putt for the win, and he squared the
match on the long fifth by laying
Etevinson dead stymie.
Stevinson won the sixth with a par
when Pitt, after getting a lucky kick
70 the green. took three puts for a S
70 for Stevinson. Then STEVENSON
started the brilliant streak that won
him three holes in a row and settled
the final round. He laid a niblick shot
stone dead at the seventh hole, a shot
that left him only two feet from the
pin for his 3. A high iron shot that
ended only six feet from the Din won
him the short seventh, while Pitt was
missing q chip shot In the rough, and
another great iron shot 10 the ninth
green won the ninth for the Columbia
player. He had won four holes in a
row and stood 4 up.
pitt Ma..es Good Putt.
Pitt eot down q ctirving fiye-footer at
the tenth for half and laid q chip shot
dead 70 wan the eleventh with par
H also annexed the twelfth with a
birdie 4. when EtevinEon missed his sec
ond snot-his only bad shot OF the
round. A. this point Pitt was coming
strong and many members OF the small
gallery thought the Manorite might
square. But Stevingon quickly snuffed
out that hope by laying high iron shot
on the green at the thirteenth To win
with par 3 when Pitts high iron shot
ran over the green and his chip ran
20 feet past the hole.
SteYin3on also annexed the fourteenth
when Pitt pushed his tee shot 70 a
Bunker and was far 10 the left Of the
greer IN two. The end came quickly on
the Gfteenth, which STEVENSON started
cormie up. Here the Columbia star
drove 70 the fat. 40 yards from the
tee, and put his second shot on the
green, With Pitt on the putting surface
On the Ike Pitt took three puts. con-
ce6ing Gteyipson the hole and match
Cards OF the nnaiists follow: